Hi, here's my Ben Cooper / Collegeville / Halco ect. vintage mask collection. Really didn't realize i had this many till i started taking these pics lol, but i guess there is around 80. One cool thing about these is that they used florescent UV paint so they would be more visible by cars at night, so i took these pics using a UV flashlight to make them glow. I also have the costumes to most of these too, i didn't take pics of them because its a pain to remove them, then fold it up & stuff them back in the box. But if anyone wants to see a costume that goes with a certain mask i can post a pic. ;D
Row Below: CV Black Cat / BC Gabby the Ghost 1973 / BC Witch 1972 / BC Alien 1979
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/3738/BXuBtF.jpg)
Row Above: BC Frankenstein Monster / Halco Vampire Bride / BC Wolfman / CV Skeleton
Row Below: BC Dracula 1975 / BC King Kong 1976 / Devil Donald Duck / Halco Satans Bride
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/6629/IMXjhC.jpg)
Row Above: BC Hairy & Scary Werewolf 1978 / CV Devil Glow in the Dark / BC Hairy & Scary Vampire (girl) 1978 / CV Garbage Pail Kids Rob Slob 1985
Row Below: BC Pirate / BC-Woolworth's Ghost / Halco Gargantua Gorilla / BC Micronauts Baron Karza
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/9126/3nDwFC.jpg)
Row Above: CV Vampire (Girl} Glow in the Dark / Halco Skeleton / CV Skeleton / BC Panther
Row Below: Halco Devil / CV Vampire Girl / BC Witch / (unkown) Black Cat
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/8267/Lpzesy.jpg)
Row Above: Halco Hobo / (unkown) Skeleton / (unkown) Devil / Halco Clown
Row Below: (unkown) Vampire / Zest Soap Devil / CV Black Cat / BC Wolfman 1966
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/1508/gymOdO.jpg)
Row Above: BC Empire Boba Fett 1980 / Bland Charnas Frankenstein Monster / BC Morticia Addams 1965 / CV Clown used in Rob Zombie's Halloween
Row Below: Kusan Skeleton 1974 / Grants Clown / BC Devil / CV Skeleton
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/4967/OLH1Sz.jpg)
Row Above: CV Humanoid / Halco Frankenstein Monster / CV Rambo 1986 / BC Mummy 1963
Row Below: Kusan Vampire 1974 / CV Freddy Krueger 1987 / (unkown) Devil / Creepy Creatures Skeleton 1983
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/4686/p3qwLb.jpg)
Row Above: BC Dracula 1978 / BC-Spook Town Frankenstein Monster / Creepy Creatures Witch 1983 / CV Casper
Row Below: BC Frankenstein 1973 / Bland Charnas Skeleton / BC Gremlins Stripe 1984 / BC Owl
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/2221/QOCSyD.jpg)
Row Above: BC Black Cat / CV Witch / Bland Charnas Skeleton / BC Hairy & Scary Witch 1980
Row Below: Austin Art Ghoul / CV-Spooky Spooks Mummy 1979 / BC Skeleton / CV Monster (Phantom)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/3533/rXempY.jpg)
Row Above: CV Frankenstein Monster / CV-Spooky Spooks Devil / Bland Charnas Skeleton / BC Real Ghostbusters Egon 1986
Row Below: BC Hairy & Scary Werewolf 1978 / CV Scarecrow / BC Hairy & Scary Dracula 1978 / CV Ghost 1984
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/6450/rqMxyz.jpg)
Row Above: Norben (Canada) Dracula / Bland Charnas Space Wars Centaurus / CV Jaws 1975 / Creepy Creatures Dracula 1983
Collegeville Frankenstein Monster:
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/1658/WRYvKH.jpg)
Collegeville Witch 1984:
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/2386/goFYeC.jpg)
Ben Cooper TV Star Frankenstein:
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/2735/Zg157e.jpg)
UPDATE 7/13/2022 :
So the collection is still going >:D here's some of my new monster ones:
(most these pics are off the ebay ads from where i bought them, too lazy to take new ones)
i got these cool vtg hangers for a couple i didn't have boxes for:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214647218_53b93b7c86_z.jpg)
WOLFMAN COLLEGEVILLE WEREWOLF :
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52213628757_545f3afe0f_h.jpg)
DRACULA VTG 1966 Ben Cooper
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52215122585_955e911f36_b.jpg)
Dracula Monster Squad Collegeville TV Costume 1978
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214915524_e954dca917_c.jpg)
Bride of Frankenstein Collegeville Costume
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52215122665_bf13433c71_h.jpg)
Devil Ben Cooper Costume / Topstone mask
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214655388_1cb206f48a_c.jpg)
Lady Dracula Bland Charnas
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52213633267_b117e2bd21_h.jpg)
Lady Lizard Collegeville Costume Spooky Spooks
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52215122755_9f45f38423_h.jpg)
GREMLINS GIZMO 1984 Ben COOPER
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214672603_49471669fd_h.jpg)
Bela Lugosi Dracula & Ygor Masks by Retro a go go
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52215232830_cfb73a66a6_b.jpg)
Here's some non-horror Movie, TV & Video game characters:
INDIANA JONES Raiders Lost Ark Ben Cooper 1982
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52213650032_cc893a7816_h.jpg)
Robocop 1987 Collegeville
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52215140250_1d38dae0cf_h.jpg)
SKELETOR MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52215140360_9ba932c3da_h.jpg)
Willow Ben Cooper 1988
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214672798_c63f48b7a9_h.jpg)
Sonic Hedgehog Sega 1992 Collegeville
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214672773_f845df0337_h.jpg)
Zelda 1988 Link Nintendo Ben Cooper
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52215140415_7be9079c97_h.jpg)
Snoopy Peanuts Collegeville
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214655156_d15533d3ff_c.jpg)
Monster In My Pocket - Wendigo Collegeville
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214915619_830bbf752b_c.jpg)
BATMAN RETURNS COLLEGEVILLE
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214672523_0e9c957fb2_h.jpg)
BATMAN RETURNS CATWOMAN
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214932769_34416e79fa_h.jpg)
BATMAN RETURNS PENGUIN
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52215140160_790ba0d98a_h.jpg)
BART SIMPSON 1990 Ben Cooper
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214654906_65a1acdbe5_h.jpg)
Raphael TMNT Ninja Turtle 1988 Collegeville
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214655106_88eb71551a_h.jpg)
Bucky O'Hare Vintage 1991 Collegeville
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214932844_192a1cb8f7_h.jpg)
E.T. Collegeville 1982
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214672583_86cdb74e97_c.jpg)
---END OF UPDATE--- u6juu
Oh wow! What a fantastic collection! Those masks look eye-poppingly fabulous.
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Can you post a list identifying each mask by manufacturer and character plus year of issue (if you have any idea) though?
???
I can fairly quickly identify these:
A2 - Ben Cooper Ghost
A3 - Ben Cooper Witch
B3 - Ben Cooper Wolfman
B4 - Ben Cooper Spook Town Skeleton
C3 - Ben Cooper Donald Duck
F1 - Collegeville Vampire Girl
F3 - Collegeville Skeleton
G2 - Collegeville Spooky Spooks Vampire Girl
G3 - Ben Cooper Witch
I2 - Ben Cooper Devil
J4 - Collegeville Clown
K4 - Collegeville Skeleton
L4 - Ben Cooper Mummy
N4 - Collegeville Casper
O2 - Ben Cooper Spook Town Skeleton
P1 - Ben Cooper Black Cat
Q2 - Collegeville Spooky Spooks Mummy
R1 - Collegeville Spooky Spooks Frankenstein
S4 - Collegeville Ghost
T3 - Collegeville Jaws
The fact that each company produced so many variants of each kind of mask over the years makes it really difficult to identify many of these masks with absolute certainty. For example mask B1 looks almost exactly like one of the Ben Cooper Frankenstein ones I've seen but your mask has a big bolt right at the hairline which I've not seen on the others.
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Quote from: Hepcat on November 20, 2021, 02:42:30 PM
Can you post a list identifying each mask by manufacturer and character plus year of issue ?
I wouldn't mind seeing such a list myself since I never could tell which from tother as Hepcat already knows. ;)
They look like effects in a dark ride with all that day-glo color. Thanks for the great pics, SpinalRemains.
If you take anymore, include one of the A L I E N 's costume from that top row.
(*at*)Hepcat: thanks, i can post the names & maker for most of these, it might take awhile theirs 80 of them lol. the year made is really hard to know, the box & mask usually never say but sometimes the costumes have a copyright year on them
(*at*)maskalot:
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/1903/tlSOyf.jpg)
^kinda goofy image on it :o don't think Giger would be pleased
Quote from: Spinal Remains on November 20, 2021, 07:17:04 PM
kinda goofy image on it :o don't think Giger would be pleased
A bit off topic and a rather sad, but it is announced today that the fellow who illustrated so many of the Ben Cooper costumes, Frank Romano, has died.
http://www.horrornewsnetwork.net/ben-cooper-artist-frank-romano-passes-away-at-age-97/ (http://www.horrornewsnetwork.net/ben-cooper-artist-frank-romano-passes-away-at-age-97/)
Such weird timing: I just read that Ben Cooper book!
Spinal Remains, that's a great collection -- and what a clever way to do the photos! Thanks for sharing.
Okay, i updated the post with names, brand & year (if known) BC=Ben Cooper / CV=Collegeville
Yay! Thank you!
Quote from: Hepcat on November 20, 2021, 02:42:30 PMI can fairly quickly identify these:
A2 - Ben Cooper Ghost
A3 - Ben Cooper Witch
B3 - Ben Cooper Wolfman
B4 - Ben Cooper Spook Town Skeleton
C3 - Ben Cooper Donald Duck
F1 - Collegeville Vampire Girl
F3 - Collegeville Skeleton
G2 - Collegeville Spooky Spooks Vampire Girl
G3 - Ben Cooper Witch
I2 - Ben Cooper Devil (Should be Zest Soap although those were made by Ben Cooper.)
J4 - Collegeville Clown
K4 - Collegeville Skeleton
L4 - Ben Cooper Mummy
N4 - Collegeville Casper
O2 - Ben Cooper Spook Town Skeleton
P1 - Ben Cooper Black Cat
Q2 - Collegeville Spooky Spooks Mummy
R1 - Collegeville Spooky Spooks Frankenstein
S4 - Collegeville Ghost
T3 - Collegeville Jaws
So I misidentified the masks I've highlighted in red. The skull masks are tough!
;D
Quote from: Doh! on November 21, 2021, 03:20:39 AMSuch weird timing: I just read that Ben Cooper book!
The book though is precisely what bumped up these discussions on old Ben Cooper and Collegeville costumes which prompted Spinal Remains to post pictures of his collection!
;D
Incidentally, does the book indicate what year Ben Cooper began adding glow-in-the-dark elements to its costumes? I don't remember glow-in-the-dark features in my trick-or-treating years pre-1965.
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Great collection Spinal Remains
(*at*)Hepcat the Devil Donald is Ben Cooper, so you guessed right
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/3307/d1XMqF.jpg)
the picture on this costume is great >:D
Quote from: Spinal Remains on November 21, 2021, 04:47:45 PM(*at*)Hepcat the Devil Donald is Ben Cooper, so you guessed right.
Yay! I knew Ben Cooper had the Walt Disney licence.
Quote from: Spinal Remains on November 21, 2021, 04:47:45 PMthe picture on this costume is great >:D
Oh I agree. It's fabulous!
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Quote from: Spinal Remains on November 20, 2021, 02:36:03 PMHi, here's my Ben Cooper / Collegeville / Halco ect. vintage mask collection.
Row Below: CV Black Cat / BC Gabby the Ghost 1973 / BC Witch 1972 / BC Alien 1979
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/3738/BXuBtF.jpg)
Row Above: BC Frankenstein Monster / Halco Vampire Bride / BC Wolfman / CV Skeleton
The skull mask from your Collegeville skeleton costume looks
very similar to this Ben Cooper one:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Ben_Cooper_Skull.jpg)
Quote from: Spinal Remains on November 20, 2021, 02:36:03 PM
Row Below: BC Frankenstein 1973 / Bland Charnas Skeleton / BC Gremlins Stripe 1984 / BC Owl
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/2221/QOCSyD.jpg)
Row Above: BC Black Cat / CV Witch / Bland Charnas Skeleton / BC Hairy & Scary Witch 1980
And the skull mask from your Bland Charnas skeleton costume looks
very similar to this Ben Cooper one:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/ben-cooper-skull_mask_2.jpg)
???
"Incidentally, does the book indicate what year Ben Cooper began adding glow-in-the-dark elements to its costumes? I don't remember glow-in-the-dark features in my trick-or-treating years pre-1965."
Sorry, Hepcat, but the book isn't that detailed. The chapters are broken down by genre of costume and don't really go into the minutiae of the pieces.
(*at*)Hepcat: All my info probably isn't 100% accurate, i bought most these costumes used off ebay, so some people probably put the wrong skull mask with the wrong box sometimes, or just threw in any mask they could find. iv also seen some Ben Cooper & Collegeville masks that look nearly identical to each other.
about when the Glow in Dark stuff came out, i have this Vampire & the box looks really old, so like 60s-70s maybe?
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/789/454Wiv.jpg)
Quote from: Spinal Remains on November 22, 2021, 01:30:18 PMalso seen some Ben Cooper & Collegeville masks that look nearly identical to each other.
I wouldn't be the least surprised if the costume companies ripped off each other's designs.
Quote from: Spinal Remains on November 22, 2021, 01:41:25 PMabout when the Glow in Dark stuff came out, i have this Vampire & the box looks really old, so like 60s-70s maybe?
Hah! To me stuff from the the 1970's is recent!
I think Glow in the Dark costumes started to appear around 1965 but I'm wondering whether it might have been a couple of years earlier.
;)
yea, i meant really old for my collection lol, most my stuff is later than the 60s/70s
Quote from: Spinal Remains on November 20, 2021, 02:36:03 PMHi, here's my Ben Cooper / Collegeville / Halco ect. vintage mask collection.
Row Below: Halco Devil / CV Vampire Girl / BC Witch / (unkown) Black Cat
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/8267/Lpzesy.jpg)
Row Above: Halco Hobo / (unkown) Skeleton / (unkown) Devil / Halco Clown
I believe that's a Collegeville Black Cat circa 1956 in the top row:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Collegeville_Cat.jpg)
That unknown Skeleton in the bottom row is almost certainly this Collegeville skeleton from about 1960:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Collegville_Skeleton_costume.jpg)
tynhrt
Quote from: Spinal Remains on November 22, 2021, 01:41:25 PM
about when the Glow in Dark stuff came out, i have this Vampire & the box looks really old, so like 60s-70s maybe?
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/789/454Wiv.jpg)
Spinal Remains. I've been looking for that particular costume for years. Awesome character.
(*at*)marsattacks666 yea i agree its one of the best Collegeville costumes, it shows up on ebay from time to time around like $50-100 depending on condition & if its complete
Quote from: Spinal Remains on November 25, 2021, 03:20:50 PM
(*at*)marsattacks666 yea i agree its one of the best Collegeville costumes, it shows up on ebay from time to time around like $50-100 depending on condition & if its complete
I did see a seller auction the mask only. However. The seller way asking WAY too much for the mask.....without costume.
Quote from: Spinal Remains on November 20, 2021, 02:36:03 PMHi, here's my Ben Cooper / Collegeville / Halco ect. vintage mask collection.
If I had to choose my five favourite masks from your collection at the moment, I'd pick these:
Collegeville Vampire Girl(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/8267/Lpzesy.jpg)
Ben Cooper Witch (https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/3738/BXuBtF.jpg)
Collegeville Skull (Upper right)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/4967/OLH1Sz.jpg)
Collegeville Skull(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/9126/3nDwFC.jpg)
Ben Cooper Black Cat(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/2221/QOCSyD.jpg)
:)
(*at*)Hepcat, those are some good ones, my favorites are probably the classic monster ones like wolfman dracula mummy Frankenstein. I just got a few new ones too.
Collegeville Frankenstein Monster:
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/1658/WRYvKH.jpg)
Collegeville Witch 1984:
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/2386/goFYeC.jpg)
Ben Cooper TV Star Frankenstein:
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/2735/Zg157e.jpg)
One bad thing is they smell like cigarettes >:(
Quote from: Spinal Remains on December 03, 2021, 05:25:36 PM
Collegeville Witch 1984:
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/2386/goFYeC.jpg)
Interesting! The witch you just scored is the one with which I was familiar. I thought that was the Collegeville Witch you had originally pictured but then I realized the one you'd pictured was a different one because she was smiling so my identification attempt failed.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/2221/QOCSyD.jpg)
I wonder which witch Collegeville produced first?
???
You might also want to keep an eye out for this Halco Witch costume which has a really wild and colourful mask:
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Halco%206_zpsezc6g02y.jpg)
:)
yea those witches are very similar, i know the frowning one goes back a long time so thats probably first. Here's the oldest witch costume i have by far, probably from like 1950s?
Ben Cooper Witch:
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/600/yvit9a.jpg)
Given the box and the flatness of the mask I'd say that with costume must be from the early 1950's.
Interesting too that the shawl part of the costume is similar to the shawl Charp13 is wearing here circa 1970 with a Zest Soap premium gypsy witch mask:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Charp.jpg)
The shawl was part of some other costume which we've not succeeded in identifying.
:-\
Big update on front page! ;D bump ededed
Quote from: Spinal Remains on July 13, 2022, 05:54:12 PM
Big update on front page! ;D bump ededed
Thanks for more fun memories of Halloweens past. I shouldn't look at them too long,
lest I get drawn in and start collecting them myself!
There are many antique shops in my area, with some vendors selling Ben Cooper and Collegeville.
Quote from: Spinal Remains on July 13, 2022, 05:54:12 PMBig update on front page! ;D bump ededed
Rather than editing your initial post from November 20th though, I'd suggest you just add your acquisitions to this thread with new posts.
:-\
i can put it here
UPDATE 7/13/2022 :
So the collection is still going >:D here's some of my new monster ones:
(most these pics are off the ebay ads from where i bought them, too lazy to take new ones)
i got these cool vtg hangers for a couple i didn't have boxes for:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214647218_53b93b7c86_z.jpg)
WOLFMAN COLLEGEVILLE WEREWOLF :
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52213628757_545f3afe0f_h.jpg)
DRACULA VTG 1966 Ben Cooper
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52215122585_955e911f36_b.jpg)
Dracula Monster Squad Collegeville TV Costume 1978
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214915524_e954dca917_c.jpg)
Bride of Frankenstein Collegeville Costume
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52215122665_bf13433c71_h.jpg)
Devil Ben Cooper Costume / Topstone mask
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214655388_1cb206f48a_c.jpg)
Lady Dracula Bland Charnas
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52213633267_b117e2bd21_h.jpg)
Lady Lizard Collegeville Costume Spooky Spooks
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52215122755_9f45f38423_h.jpg)
GREMLINS GIZMO 1984 Ben COOPER
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214672603_49471669fd_h.jpg)
Bela Lugosi Dracula & Ygor Masks by Retro a go go
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52215232830_cfb73a66a6_b.jpg)
Here's some non-horror Movie, TV & Video game characters:
INDIANA JONES Raiders Lost Ark Ben Cooper 1982
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52213650032_cc893a7816_h.jpg)
Robocop 1987 Collegeville
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52215140250_1d38dae0cf_h.jpg)
SKELETOR MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52215140360_9ba932c3da_h.jpg)
Willow Ben Cooper 1988
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214672798_c63f48b7a9_h.jpg)
Sonic Hedgehog Sega 1992 Collegeville
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214672773_f845df0337_h.jpg)
Zelda 1988 Link Nintendo Ben Cooper
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52215140415_7be9079c97_h.jpg)
Snoopy Peanuts Collegeville
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214655156_d15533d3ff_c.jpg)
Monster In My Pocket - Wendigo Collegeville
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214915619_830bbf752b_c.jpg)
BATMAN RETURNS COLLEGEVILLE
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214672523_0e9c957fb2_h.jpg)
BATMAN RETURNS CATWOMAN
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214932769_34416e79fa_h.jpg)
BATMAN RETURNS PENGUIN
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52215140160_790ba0d98a_h.jpg)
BART SIMPSON 1990 Ben Cooper
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214654906_65a1acdbe5_h.jpg)
Raphael TMNT Ninja Turtle 1988 Collegeville
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214655106_88eb71551a_h.jpg)
Bucky O'Hare Vintage 1991 Collegeville
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214932844_192a1cb8f7_h.jpg)
E.T. Collegeville 1982
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214672583_86cdb74e97_c.jpg)
u6juu
Great collection, SR!
Quote from: Spinal Remains on July 15, 2022, 01:24:18 PM
Bucky O'Hare Vintage 1991 Collegeville
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214932844_192a1cb8f7_h.jpg)
Wow, Bucky O'Hare! Count me among the few Bucky O'Hare fans on this board. I bought a whole bunch of deeply discounted Bucky O'Hare figures at Toys "R" Us in the early 1990's for Salvation Army Xmas kids.
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Holy, wow! Fantastic collection.
Quote from: Hepcat on July 17, 2022, 10:38:24 AM
Wow, Bucky O'Hare! Count me among the few Bucky O'Hare fans on this board. I bought a whole bunch of deeply discounted Bucky O'Hare figures at Toys "R" Us in the early 1990's for Salvation Army Xmas kids.
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yea i remember one xmas my grandparents gave me a bunch of Bucky O'Hare toys thinking they were ninja turtles ??? but i still liked them. theres also a NES Bucky O'Hare game thats awsome
12/30/22 Another big update !!! :o
(again most these pics are off the ebay ads from where i bought them, too lazy to take new pics for all of these)
So this first one might be my all time favorite vintage costume, its called Spooky Monster by Collegeville from 1973:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52595324336_7f621f2874_h.jpg)
its got to be one of the earliest gorey zombie costumes ever & the graphic on the front with the dug up coffin & hooded skull is so damn cool. the problem with this one is the fabric had gotten brittle & was splitting in spots all over the graphic :'( i really wanted to try to save it, so I bought some Heat n Bond, Iron On Adhesive :
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52595630349_ecce921b55_z.jpg)
used that on the inside of the costume & it really worked out great!
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52594831782_33b8af7b02_z.jpg)
its much thicker now & i think it will last a long time. If this ever happens to any of my other old fabric costumes i now know how to repair them >:D
The Bat by Ben Cooper :
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52595834458_56a0d80de2_b.jpg)
Rat Fink by Collegeville 1990 :
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52594827737_f4ddee1735_h.jpg)
Alien 3 Collegeville costume 1992 :
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52594827802_d2a22103df_h.jpg)
Alien 3 Face Hugger by Collegeville:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52595834578_00b8f0c8a0_h.jpg)
Astronaut Planet Patrol Gauze mask with lights & costume by Halco :
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52594827827_445cee5fda_h.jpg)
Black Cat by Ben Cooper Spotlight Paper mask & Costume 1949 :
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52594827847_ce56170899_h.jpg)
Creature from the Black Lagoon Costume by Rubies 1992 :
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52595738735_d6bf6a295f_h.jpg)
Devil Ben Cooper Glitter Glow Costume :
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52595834658_f083c462b2_c.jpg)
Dracula Ben Cooper Play Suit 1975 & Ben Cooper Poncho 1977 :
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52595834693_337e3d9f97_h.jpg)
Frankenstein / Monster by Ben Cooper 1973 :
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52594843567_9b24426876_h.jpg)
Frankenstein Gauze mask with lights & costume by Halco :
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52595592289_4b37b65401_h.jpg)
Garfield Collegeville 1981 :
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52595850503_92abecff3f_h.jpg)
Hot Wheels by Collegeville 1971 :
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52595592369_b9fc81a845_h.jpg)
Skeleton Cloth Mask & Costume by Collegeville 1957 :
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52595592389_1782b8b9b1_h.jpg)
Skeleton by Ben Cooper Gauze mask & Costume :
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52594843702_133f5ba52e_c.jpg)
TMNT Samurai Raphael Collegeville 1992 :
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52595754550_334bb639fa_h.jpg)
Transformers Optimus Prime Collegeville 1984 :
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52594843817_3e8a3614df_h.jpg)
Viking by Halco :
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52595330871_fbd9682ed7_h.jpg)
Witch Glittery Glow in the Dark by Ben Cooper :
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52595330891_f25be08c3d_h.jpg)
Witch Gauze mask & Costume by Ben Cooper :
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52595592154_c32074f00e_z.jpg)
Werewolf / Wolfman by Collegeville :
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52595867593_a8c08ecb35_z.jpg)
Here's some Ben Cooper rack masks that weren't sold with costumes & are painted by air brush instead of the usual silk screen
Frankenstein, mummy, witch, cave man & a skull (the Blue Wolfman is by Super 7) :
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52595330576_18cced7141_h.jpg)
last here is some Ben Cooper/Collegeville style masks that Spirit Halloween did that i thought were kinda cool:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52595850418_2ed2b8714d_h.jpg)
thats all for now chain_saw
Wow! Scary wild! Not only are you the top Halloween costume collector on this board, you have to be right up there with the top costume collectors in the country.
Quote from: Spinal Remains on December 30, 2022, 04:58:18 AMSo this first one might be my all time favorite vintage costume, its called Spooky Monster by Collegeville from 1973:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52595324336_7f621f2874_h.jpg)
Well yes, of course. I mean with Flasher Lite included it really expands the possibilities for All Hallow's Eve!
;D
I like The Bat otherwise:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52595834458_56a0d80de2_b.jpg)
I'd never even heard of that one.
tynhrt
Quote from: Hepcat on December 30, 2022, 11:23:52 AM
I like The Bat otherwise:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52595834458_56a0d80de2_b.jpg)
I'd never even heard of that one.
tynhrt
yea that ones really cool, iv seen a couple other masks that look similar, like this one:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52596426941_058f142a26_z.jpg)
but thats the only one with a matching costume iv seen
That Collegeville was offering a more realistic Catwoman costume by 1992 is also interesting:
Quote from: Spinal Remains on July 15, 2022, 01:24:18 PM
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214932769_34416e79fa_h.jpg)
cl:)
Quote from: Hepcat on December 30, 2022, 06:43:09 PM
That Collegeville was offering a more realistic Catwoman costume by 1992 is also interesting:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52214932769_34416e79fa_h.jpg)
cl:)
Collegeville released an entire Batman: The Animated Series line, and that's the line the pictured Catwoman mask and costume is from. I've never seen one with a Batman Returns box before this photo, and Collegeville did released an on-model, all black with white stitching version of Catwoman from Batman Returns. Perhaps the seller mixed the boxes?
What about the Collegeville Batman and Penguin costumes that Spinal Remains pictured in Batman Returns boxes near the top of this page?
Quote from: Spinal Remains on July 15, 2022, 01:24:18 PM
BATMAN RETURNS COLLEGEVILLE
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BATMAN RETURNS PENGUIN
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52215140160_790ba0d98a_h.jpg)
Would you say that they're in the right or wrong boxes?
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Quote from: Hepcat on December 31, 2022, 12:31:11 PM
What about the Collegeville Batman and Penguin costumes that Spinal Remains pictured in Batman Returns boxes near the top of this page? Would you say that they're in the right or wrong boxes?
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Those aren't Batman Returns boxes.
The Penguin is the 1992 Batman Returns mask and costume, but the box doesn't have the branding sticker on it, just like the 1993 Batman: The Animated Series line. It looks as if the copyright line has been markered out, but perhaps that's the COO line or even another mention of flame retardancy, it's unclear.
The Batman is not the Batman Returns version, and also looks to have had a line markered out.
Both do have the Bat logo hologram that was being affixed to official merchandise at the time and the correct character names on the boxes along with the assortment/UPC stickers. Perhaps they're closeouts from later years or there's some other answer we may never know.
yea Collegeville kinda messed up on those Batman costumes :P i bet they had some leftover Batman TAS costumes & marked them Batman Returns then just hoped no kids would notice the difference lol
Quote from: Spinal Remains on January 02, 2023, 06:23:41 PMyea Collegeville kinda messed up on those Batman costumes :P i bet they had some leftover Batman TAS costumes & marked them Batman Returns then just hoped no kids would notice the difference lol
Moreover at first glance your Collegeville Catwoman costume looked more like a Batgirl costume to me since I've always thought of Catwoman as being clad in purple:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Catwoman.webp)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/catwoman_zpsc7c23bf3.jpg)
But I see that DC hasn't been at all consistent over the years as both Catwoman and Batgirl have migrated through purple, grey and black costumes over the years.
:-\
Working on a small collection myself. You have one great collectio!
I had a skeleton costume for Halloween one year (probably around 68 / 69) that I really liked - I painted glow in the dark paint on it so it glowed brightly at night. I don't remember the vacuform mask that came with it, tho, because I used the Topstone rubber skull mask with it.
Quote from: Spinal Remains on December 30, 2022, 04:58:18 AM12/30/22 Another big update !!!
thats all for now chain_saw
Anything new for Halloween 2023?
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