I'm not sure if that was the exact name or not but I can remember my local pharmacy or deli had these little orange plastic coffins that were filled with Pez like candy in different colors. The candy itself were bones, and a skull. At the end of each piece of candy was sort of like a puzzle piece and you could actually put together a multicolored skeleton, or buy a few coffins and just put together a candy skeleton with super long limbs or whatver.
Wax teeth, wax harmonica and the little coffins....fun stuff at the register, anyone else remember these?
Love it~! Great stuff, I wish I had some of those syrup-filled wax monsters from when I was a kid.
Mr. Bones was one of them, I've got a black coffin here and I recently found an orange one too. I don't remember what kind of candy that mummy case had in it. Good memories.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2386/1795844518_5d5a68355e.jpg)
Quote from: m_binion on May 03, 2009, 06:14:28 PM
Mr. Bones was one of them, I've got a black coffin here and I recently found an orange one too. I don't remember what kind of candy that mummy case had in it. Good memories.
Mr Bones!!! That was it! Wow, thanks so much for posting that!! Time to start hunting!
Ah those orange wax harmonica's at Halloween.You could hear them all over our neighborhood as a kid.I tried to track some down,but was told they were not made anymore. Damn.
I've still got a couple of the coffins laying about, but I've never seen the Mummy sarcophacus before. That's very cool.
Quote from: m_binion on May 03, 2009, 06:14:28 PM
Mr. Bones was one of them, I've got a black coffin here and I recently found an orange one too. I don't remember what kind of candy that mummy case had in it. Good memories.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2386/1795844518_5d5a68355e.jpg)
Oh man, haven't seen Mr. Bones in decades! Very cool post and thread. Thanks for the memories.
Thank you kindly for the pics. I was not familiar with this product at all. Now if I see one I will know what it is. Much appreciated. David
Mr. Bones still pops up. I've got some early ones and some brighter colored re-issues from not too long ago.
The mummy container looks cool. I've never seen that before.
Actually found a site that shows the candy bones and the skeleton assembled.
http://neatocoolville.blogspot.com/2006/10/fleers-mr.html (http://neatocoolville.blogspot.com/2006/10/fleers-mr.html)
Excellent information and thank you kindly for the link. David
I tried today to find these on eBay, no such luck. I had no idea they were made by Fleer. A company still in business that I *think is now partially owned by Marvel! I never see them anymore, but looking at some halloween candly whole sale places I found basically the same candy, in a clear coffin that wasnt 1/2 as cool...it was called scary...uhhh...scary something, it wasnt too memorable.
If its the Fleer company that was in Phila their out of business and have been for a while now.
Quote from: toysoldierman2001 on May 04, 2009, 05:18:34 PM
If its the Fleer company that was in Phila their out of business and have been for a while now.
Good call...I think its pretty much a done deal!
I cant believe how much time I spent today researching Halloween candy....lol
I loves Mr. Bones! I used to have the red coffin one. Wish I could get one again. They need to bring them back! Anyone know where to find any?
Quote from: BlackLagoon on May 04, 2009, 05:11:49 PM
I tried today to find these on eBay, no such luck.
Hey BlackLagoon, I see we both were on eBay looking for Mr. Bones! Sometimes I think about what the hell I am spending my time on! LOL!
Quote from: BaronLatos35 on May 05, 2009, 08:05:24 AM
Hey BlackLagoon, I see we both were on eBay looking for Mr. Bones! Sometimes I think about what the hell I am spending my time on! LOL!
Baron, Im rehabing an injury and have alot of free time right now, lol if I had a dime for every minute I gave to looking up ridiculous things, I could donate a BMW to every member here!
I Still have the mummy one in blue ! wow we all have the same brain ! this forum is amazing ......What happened to all the classic monster stuff in the kid toy market?
Found some info on the Mummy, link to the display box they came in.
Topps Munchy Mummies Candy 15 cents
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonliebigstuff/2612059131/sizes/l/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonliebigstuff/2612059131/sizes/l/)
Quote from: m_binion on May 05, 2009, 06:33:00 PM
Found some info on the Mummy, link to the display box they came in.
Topps Munchy Mummies Candy 15 cents
Dude that is great!! The more you look at stuff like this, you almost forget how cool the little things were in comparison to how much we spend on ebay and high priced elaborate stuff.....damnit now I want Munch Mummies!!! lol
Here's mine. And the somewhat "mummyfied" candy...
(http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/7752/mummycandy4.jpg)(http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/6717/mummycandy1.jpg)
(http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/8546/mummycandy2.jpg)
(http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/903/mummycandy3.jpg)
That candy is great! Really dig the Wolfman heads! Much nicer than the skellie you got with Mr Bones.
Excellent reference information gang. Thank you for sharing. David
Quote from: hammett1 on May 06, 2009, 02:15:37 PM
Excellent reference information gang. Thank you for sharing.
I second that! Some great stuff you guys have, thanks a bunch for sharing!
Quote from: BlackLagoon on May 06, 2009, 03:12:54 PM
I second that! Some great stuff you guys have, thanks a bunch for sharing!
I agree, I love the memories these pictures brings me! ;D
You can still get something very similar to Mr. Bones from Oriental Trading Company.
http://www.orientaltrading.com/ui/browse/processRequest.do?demandPrefix=12&sku=/K333&mode=Searching&erec=3&D=skeleton+candy&Ntt=skeleton+candy&Ntk=all&Dx=mode%2bmatchallpartial&Ntx=mode%2bmatchallpartial&y=11&N=0&requestURI=processProductsCatalog&x=16&sd=Interlocking+Bone+Candies (http://www.orientaltrading.com/ui/browse/processRequest.do?demandPrefix=12&sku=/K333&mode=Searching&erec=3&D=skeleton+candy&Ntt=skeleton+candy&Ntk=all&Dx=mode%2bmatchallpartial&Ntx=mode%2bmatchallpartial&y=11&N=0&requestURI=processProductsCatalog&x=16&sd=Interlocking+Bone+Candies)
I remember when MR BONES coffins first came out they were black. We used them to fill our dungeons with when our MPC monsters went up against our MPC cowboys who were out monster hunting. I got a flashback to my childhood when I saw them again in yellow, red, and green and they came in bags to be given out as Halloween treats-same size and all. That was about 10 years ago. Now Oriental Trading Company offers something similar. I think the molds may have been copied and knocked off in China--as happened to a lot of cool stuff over the hyears.
Never saw the mummy crypts though. They look cool too.
Talk about a blast from the past. I used to love those candies just as much as the actual coffins. Thanks for the trip down memory lane and for taking the time to share.
The mummy looks very nice!
Coffin candy was awesome. I don't remember if my uncle and i ever got a complete skeleton out of one. We used to go to a Wolworth candy shopping. Had to buy the coffins, gum cigars, and the packs of gum cigarettes. I even bought an air rifle there(didn't shoot)when you could still buy toy guns. Ah, the memories..........
I loved this stuff. The candy wasn't anything special, it was cooler to look at than to eat, but a favorite Halloween treat to be sure!
Wow, score another for the simple stuff! Just looking at those pics, the memory of the sugary smell as you opened the coffin is coming to mind.
I could never wait, and save the skeleton parts, till I could get another coffin to make the whole thing.
I saw some of the new coffin candy at a Johnnie Brocks Dungeon Halloween store this weekend. It's a lot bigger than the Topps candy, but pretty similar looking otherwise. I am betting those smaller pieces from the old days would present a choking hazard now.
I must've been the stupidest kid because the thought that these pieces were actually meant to be assembled never once occurred to me! I just figured they were bones and that was that... down the hatch. Never once gave it a second thought... lol. Still, fond memories, for sure...
The ones we got in the UK never ever made a whole Skeleton, I think they were intended to be incomplete, I don't quite remember - inside the UK coffins was a cool little diagram of the Skeleton puzzle pieces assembled.
I used to make various skeletal mutations with them, that would keep me happy for hours.
Not exactly coffin candy but this talk of making a skeleton reminds me of this from a couple years back. Skelly components you buy, eat the suckers then assemble a skel. I liked the display box and I have a complete set. I hope some day my great grandchildren will rip it apart and bust it all up to make the skeleton. Thus will I reach out from the grave as a sweet reminder of the good old days shortly before being thrown in the trash.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2450/4015988327_81f8ff76a7_o.jpg)
That is cool! I never seen those before.
Very cool!!!!!
I remember the Mr. Bones coffin candy and I still have a yellow one. I would have loved to have a black one but I never found one. They sold at one of the local quick stores.
I remember the wax lips and harmonicas from the sixties. www.Retrocandyonline.com (http://www.retrocandyonline.com) has wax lips, wax fangs ect.
Quote from: packy120353 on October 16, 2009, 07:14:24 AM
Thus will I reach out from the grave as a sweet reminder of the good old days shortly before being thrown in the trash.
Some folks don't how sweet they have it until its too late. ;)
I used to have two Mr. Bones Coffins, one white, one red, but i had to get rid of them because i had to cut back on my clutter. :'(
You didn't buy them for the candy, you bought them for the package.
I also fondly recall the orange wax harmonicas--called "Wowee Whistles." Each one had an atmospheric Halloween scene stuck to it (but not meant to be eaten). They still made these in the 80s, and I'm not sure when production stopped. In the 60s, when I was a kid, they were at every store during the Halloween season. Also, wax fingernails, not just lips and fangs--lots of wax ghosts and skulls filled with syrupy "juice," and special Halloween novelties (always made in Japan) were front and center in every mom and pop store around my neighborhood. A great time to be a kid!
Quote from: yendor1152 on November 01, 2010, 11:09:10 PM
In the 60s, when I was a kid, they were at every store during the Halloween season. Also, wax fingernails, not just lips and fangs--lots of wax ghosts and skulls filled with syrupy "juice," and special Halloween novelties (always made in Japan) were front and center in every mom and pop store around my neighborhood....
Yeah, I remember a period of extensive waxness--various mustache/nose combinations with a "bite plate" so you could hold them in your mouth and have them cover your nose, buck teeth, "horse teeth," monster figures, etc.
I'm diabetic, but my one weakness every year is Candy corn. I love the stuff.
Candy corn...ugh. I've tried, really I have. I see others gulping down the sweet kernels and it looks so good, but it is SO damned sweet. And nobody ever seems to finish the whole bag, the leftovers just get tossed out.
As a matter of fact the entire supply of candy corn was manufactured just once in the late 1940s and the company just goes around on November 1st emptying dumpsters of their unused corn, and re-bags it for next year!
While we're at it -- is there anything more awful than those disgusting orange Jumbo Circus Peanuts??? They're stale right outta the bag! Ugghhh.......
Quote from: GAKENSTEIN on November 02, 2010, 01:04:43 PM
Candy corn...ugh. I've tried, really I have. I see others gulping down the sweet kernels and it looks so good, but it is SO damned sweet. And nobody ever seems to finish the whole bag, the leftovers just get tossed out.
As a matter of fact the entire supply of candy corn was manufactured just once in the late 1940s and the company just goes around on November 1st emptying dumpsters of their unused corn, and re-bags it for next year!
While we're at it -- is there anything more awful than those disgusting orange Jumbo Circus Peanuts??? They're stale right outta the bag! Ugghhh.......
LOL a couple of years ago, one of the gals at the office had a bowl full of Candy Corn to as I walked by, I grabbed a handful. Now as I've not had any of this in probably 35 years, I was shocked to find how awful it tastes! That being sad, I do still enjoy Jumbo Circus Peanuts!
I found all of mine and I have the orange, yellow and red coffins:
http://flic.kr/p/8Qhj4j (http://flic.kr/p/8Qhj4j)
Quote from: Opera Ghost on November 02, 2010, 01:12:46 PM
LOL a couple of years ago, one of the gals at the office had a bowl full of Candy Corn to as I walked by, I grabbed a handful. Now as I've not had any of this in probably 35 years, I was shocked to find how awful it tastes! That being sad, I do still enjoy Jumbo Circus Peanuts!
Circus peanuts. Gross!
BTW, on the new blu-ray of Psycho, you can
clearly see "Candy Corn" imprinted on the bag o' candy that Norman is munching on.
Did anyone ever bite the little white tip off the candy corn say "Look I lost a tooth"?
A handful of candy corn and "autumn mix" will do me just fine for the year. Anything more is sugar overload!
Circus Peanuts are literally barf-inducing. So soft, so stale. And the color. Putrid!
Another candy I find disgusting is those fake ice-cream cones with the rubbery, marshmallowy tops. Actually, now that I think about it, a lot of candies from my youth were pretty bad. Hated Mallow-Cups, for example. But the worst, the absolutely worst candy of all time, has to be Necco Wafers. Brrr. Touching them to my tongue was akin to the feel of a tongue depressor! Never liked popsicle sticks for the same reason--or those little wooden spoons that came with Sealtest ice cream cups!
By far, my favorite kid candy--only sold at movie theaters--was Jujubes. Sold in a white box, manufactured by Heide (I think). Unlike the Jujubes of today, which are soft, gushy, and therefore indistinguishable from any other jelly candy, the old Jujubes were like little rocks. Very tasty, if I remember correctly!
Rod
Here's some Juju's yendor1152.
Don't eat 'am all at once.
(http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/1354/jujubescopy.jpg)
Quote from: yendor1152 on November 05, 2010, 07:51:06 PMBut the worst, the absolutely worst candy of all time, has to be Necco Wafers. Brrr. Touching them to my tongue was akin to the feel of a tongue depressor! Never liked popsicle sticks for the same reason--or those little wooden spoons that came with Sealtest ice cream cups!
I like all those things - Necco Wafers, popsicle sticks, those little spoons that came in the Silverwood's Dairies Dixie Cups. Mmmmmmm, mmmmm!
:laugh:
Quote from: packy120353 on November 03, 2010, 06:30:07 PM
Did anyone ever bite the little white tip off the candy corn say "Look I lost a tooth"?
I used to stick 'em on my teeth like fangs.
i loved coffin candy or mr. bones i still have an orange and two yellow coffins, that i always display on Halloween, awe memories
I still have my old green Mummy Sarcophagus.
Quote from: toysoldierman2001 on May 04, 2009, 05:18:34 PM
If its the Fleer company that was in Phila their out of business and have been for a while now.
Fleer was bought by Marvel Comics in 1992, and the decision was then made to deemphasize the confection business and concentrate on trading cards:
Quote from: WikipediaIn 1995, Fleer acquired the trading card company SkyBox International and, over Thanksgiving vacation shuttered its Philadelphia plant (where Dubble Bubble was made for 67 years). In 1998, 70-year-old Dubble Bubble was acquired by Canadian company Concord Confections; Concord, in turn, was acquired by Chicago-based Tootsie Roll Industries in 2004.
Although Fleer emerged intact from the late 1996 bankruptcy of its parent Marvel Enterprises (caused by overexpansion and a fundamental lack of understanding of the comics business by majority owner Ron Perelman), when the trading card business faded, so did confectionery-less Fleer:
Quote from: WikipediaIn late May 2005, news circulated that Fleer was suspending its trading card operations immediately. By early July, in a move similar to declaring bankruptcy, the company began to liquidate its assets to repay creditors. The move included the auction of the Fleer trade name, as well as other holdings. Competitor Upper Deck won the Fleer name, as well as their die cast toy business, at a price of $6.1 million. Just one year earlier, Upper Deck tendered an offer of $25 million, which was rejected by Fleer based on hope that the softening sports card market would revive.
>:(
Quote from: Dr. Madd on November 02, 2010, 10:25:14 AM
I'm diabetic, but my one weakness every year is Candy corn. I love the stuff.
For me..............Circus Peanuts.
Bleagh! Circus Peanuts!
Rod
I've got a white and 2 black coffins, and 3 small white plastic skeletons that came from a school Halloween carnival residing in them.
I saw neon colored skeletons at my grocery store that came from the same molds last Halloween so they are still around after all these years.
They are a perfect fit for the Mr. Bones coffins .
I used to have a red one and I thinks a green one. Wish I still had the little coffins they were cool.
Alright---I know this is necroposting....thread died several years ago. But who cares? Today, for the low price of $1...I got a (harder to find) BLACK Mr. Bones coffin-- with a miniature rubber skeleton from the 80's crammed inside it,lol. It looks grand with my Munchy Mummy candy container. Hard to believe the awesome stuff we had as kids of the 70's-80's. Sadly, no fossilized candy was inside however,lol.
I realize the nostalgia factor may be lost on 60's monster kids...but give us Johnny -born- latelies a chance here,lol. 8)
Quote from: Anton Phibes on January 17, 2015, 05:34:09 PMAlright---I know this is necroposting....thread died several years ago. But who cares?
Precisely! I never understood why anybody would object to resurrecting an old thread. Makes a lot more sense than starting another one.
cl:)
(http://www.retro-daze.org/images/postImages/1410536542boothillcandy.gif)
Leaf Boot Hill Candy company tombstone with candy bones still inside. I know there were also generic bone shapes for arms and legs, and a rib cage but all I have left are hands and a skull.
(http://www.retro-daze.org/images/postImages/1412117145Sept,-12,-2014-(2).gif)
I also have Mr. Bones candy coffins in Halloween colors orange and black of course, that had a jigsaw puzzle skeleton candy that you could assemble.
(http://www.retro-daze.org/images/postImages/1410493812vintagehalloweenjunk.gif)
(http://www.retro-daze.org/images/postImages/1410536572mrbonescoffin.gif)
(http://www.retro-daze.org/images/postImages/1410536595mrbonescoffin1.gif)
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This brought back sooo many memories of Trick or Treating in the 80s! I LOVED Mr Bones - Always assembled him before eating!! :)
When I was 18 I had a pet mouse named Edgar. He was pretty cool. When he died I put him to rest in one of these. I'd forgotten about that for years until I saw this thread.
I remember that there certainly used to be "candy collectors" - the ultimate ephemera collector - who saved and sought out old untouched candy, particularly holiday decorations... a prominent dealer showed me a box of foil wrapped chocolate Christmas tree decorations, still in their box, 30 years ago that then had to be 80 years old...
I have never heard about this before! Nice new knowledge.
They sell "scary skeletons" now that is kinda the same, but with a very much less good looking coffin. You probably already know this, but I thought it might be worth to mention because of the similarity.
http://www.candywarehouse.com/occasions/halloween-candy/products/scary-skeletons-candy-coffins-12-piece-display/ (http://www.candywarehouse.com/occasions/halloween-candy/products/scary-skeletons-candy-coffins-12-piece-display/)
oh, and I also know a russian(?) version of those who they sell here, but I don't know how to translate the name. :/
Quote from: zombabe on July 04, 2015, 01:57:13 PM
I have never heard about this before! Nice new knowledge.
They sell "scary skeletons" now that is kinda the same, but with a very much less good looking coffin. You probably already know this, but I thought it might be worth to mention because of the similarity.
http://www.candywarehouse.com/occasions/halloween-candy/products/scary-skeletons-candy-coffins-12-piece-display/ (http://www.candywarehouse.com/occasions/halloween-candy/products/scary-skeletons-candy-coffins-12-piece-display/)
oh, and I also know a russian(?) version of those who they sell here, but I don't know how to translate the name. :/
These are very cool! I love the skull licorice. Are you Russian, Zombabe?
Quote from: toysoldierman2001 on May 04, 2009, 05:18:34 PMIf its the Fleer company that was in Phila their out of business and have been for a while now.
Quote from: BlackLagoon on May 04, 2009, 09:18:54 PMGood call...I think its pretty much a done deal!
Frank Fleer's descendants sold confection company Fleer in 1989 to other private interests for just under $70 million. Fleer at the time marketed confections under name brands which included the iconic Dubble Bubble brand together with trading cards.
The comic book company Marvel Entertainment Group purchased Fleer from these private interests in July 1992 for US$340 million! Marvel then purchased another card company, SkyBox International, in March 1995 for $150 million and merged Skybox into Fleer. I clearly remember wondering at the time what more Marvel was really getting purchasing Skybox as well since Marvel already had the Fleer vehicle/name brand to market any cards they could. Well I was right to wonder. Marvel declared bankruptcy in 1996.
The Dubble Bubble name brand was sold to Canada's Concord Confections in 1998. Concord Confections was itself acquired by Tootsie Roll Industries in 2004.
Marvel sold Fleer/Skybox to private interests for no more than $30 million in February 1999. Fleer went bankrupt again in early 2005 and Upper Deck bought the "Fleer" brand name for $6.1 million in July 2005.
How's that for a sordid tale of corporate incompetence on the part of Marvel?
:-\
Quote from: Ghost on January 17, 2015, 08:36:04 PMI also have Mr. Bones candy coffins in Halloween colors orange and black of course, that had a jigsaw puzzle skeleton candy that you could assemble.
(http://www.retro-daze.org/images/postImages/1410493812vintagehalloweenjunk.gif)
(http://www.retro-daze.org/images/postImages/1410536572mrbonescoffin.gif)
(http://www.retro-daze.org/images/postImages/1410536595mrbonescoffin1.gif)
(http://www.retro-daze.org/images/postImages/1410817578mrbonescoffin2.gif)
Quote from: Wicked Lester on January 22, 2015, 07:55:04 AMWhen I was 18 I had a pet mouse named Edgar. He was pretty cool. When he died I put him to rest in one of these. I'd forgotten about that for years until I saw this thread.
So very cool!
8)
Quote from: Mord on July 04, 2015, 05:15:22 PM
These are very cool! I love the skull licorice. Are you Russian, Zombabe?
Yes, I agree!
No, I'm Swedish but they import the candy to smaller candy shops and so. :)
Quote from: zombabe on July 04, 2015, 11:40:22 PM
Yes, I agree!
No, I'm Swedish but they import the candy to smaller candy shops and so. :)
You don't see many around here (Los Angeles) in shops. Even during Halloween, there's not much variety. What are your main areas of interest, if I may ask? Do you like classic horror, modern horror, slasher, supernatural....? Just curious.
Hello,
here in the UK those sweets were called Bone Shaker. I have a red coffin. :D
Quote from: Mord on July 05, 2015, 01:15:09 AM
You don't see many around here (Los Angeles) in shops. Even during Halloween, there's not much variety. What are your main areas of interest, if I may ask? Do you like classic horror, modern horror, slasher, supernatural....? Just curious.
Sorry for such a late reply! I actually spoke about various "halloween candy" with a friend the other day, and we both agreed on that they do not really seem to understand that it's only halloween once a year.. Haha. There is always candy skeletons, eyes and what not in the stores the whole year around here. And pumpkin decorations! Like, I bought "cottoncandy spiderweb" yesterday and it's july.
I won't complain though!
My true main area is comic books but when it comes to movies I prefer classic horrors and psychological thrillers. I guess you could say that I prefer that creepy feeling you get when you realise something, over the one that pop-up jump scares gives you.
Quote from: zombabe on July 11, 2015, 03:41:33 PM
I guess you could say that I prefer that creepy feeling you get when you realise something, over the one that pop-up jump scares gives you.
Give me Hitchcock's "bomb under the table" over gut wrenching gore, any day!
I just ordered a box of these...
(http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss74/FRANKENSTIEN53/FRANKENSTIEN53025/scary-skeletons-candy-coffins-halloween-display-129440-w_zpsoufingi6.jpg) (http://s563.photobucket.com/user/FRANKENSTIEN53/media/FRANKENSTIEN53025/scary-skeletons-candy-coffins-halloween-display-129440-w_zpsoufingi6.jpg.html)
(http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss74/FRANKENSTIEN53/FRANKENSTIEN53025/scary-skeletons-candy-coffins-box-129440-w_zpssotomeze.jpg) (http://s563.photobucket.com/user/FRANKENSTIEN53/media/FRANKENSTIEN53025/scary-skeletons-candy-coffins-box-129440-w_zpssotomeze.jpg.html)
Mcdee
Quote from: Mcdee on July 11, 2015, 06:14:31 PM
I just ordered a box of these...
Counter box box, or an individual box?
Quote from: Mike Scott on July 11, 2015, 08:47:47 PM
Counter box box, or an individual box?
The counter Box of 12 coffins :)
Mcdee
never saw the mummy case. That is Awesome. I'd so have bought that.
I totally forgot about the coffin candy! I remember I used to paint the coffins black and use it for my Remco Dracula. lol