Alton Rubber Giant Frankenstein Jiggler

[Toy Ranch]

Maybe the initial ones were painted, but the ones I had from the Frito 6 packs in '65 - '66 were solid color plastic without paint.

The idea of them being painted really doesn't make a lot of sense, on several levels.  Mainly...  why would Frito Lay pay extra to have them painted? MPC did not have painted soft plastic figures that I recall. They did have the capacity to paint things, there was some paint on some of their toys and they had hard plastic figures that were painted, but I don't think I've ever seen a soft plastic MPC figure that was painted from the factory.  That suggests that either Frito Lay employed people to sit around and paint figures, or they went from MPC to some other company that painted them and then on to Frito Lay.  And although food safety and stuff was not like it is today, a far cry...  there was a sense at the time that you didn't want to feed paint to kids. Paint does not adhere to soft plastic particularly well. So why would Frito Lay go to extra time and expense in order to deliver bags of chips covered in paint flakes?

Anything is possible I suppose, but I believe the Alton Frankenstein is vintage a lot faster than I believe that Frito Lay put painted MPC figures in bags of chips.

And why aren't these painted ones found all the time?


These guys have painted ones...

http://www.toysoldierco.com/MainPages/Product.asp?ItemID=8342

Resin recasts, but...

[Monster Bob]

Nope, these are not even close.

I've had mine since I was a kid, and mine came factory painted, chipped up as they are now. The mint set I have came from another guy that saved them as a kid, and he still had the little insert paper NM, too. They are pretty rare in this configuration, especially mint, as the paint flakes off if they are played with heavily. I think VERY few that are still around actually came out of a Frito package, just like very few of the actual papers exist. How many boxes of Fritos could a kid eat while the offer was running? I doubt very few kids collected a set that way. I only have 3 of my originals, and I believe I originally had one or two more.

My Dad was a dentist, and he used to be able to get plain MPCs by the bag (just a plain bag), from companies that sold "prizes" for Doctors and Dentists. He had them available through most of the 70s, as well as those smooth gray plastic dinosaurs, rat finks, little trolls, flicker rings, chrome space rings, etc.

The Frito MPCs may have come plain in your neck of the woods, but they came painted here, and the mint set I have is 100% bonafide from Fritos, matches mine old ones exactly, and came out of an estate in Pennsylvania.

[jimm]

My Dad was a dentist, and he used to be able to get plain MPCs by the bag (just a plain bag), from companies that sold "prizes" for Doctors and Dentists. He had them available through most of the 70s, as well as those smooth gray plastic dinosaurs, rat finks, little trolls, flicker rings, chrome space rings, etc.

One of the best memories of early dental excursions was the awesome fish tank, and the toy box we got to dig thru when we were done!

[Mord]

I thought this was about the Alton Rubber Co. rubber Frankenstein? Did someone hijack this thread again?

[Monster Bob]

There's not much left to say about Mr. Stein.


BTW, I will kind of go out on a limb here, but my collecting experience with the "little" stuff- rings, figures, buttons, and the like- is that VERY little of it comes via a kid that actually owned it; that is to say, most that still exists is unused store stock or old warehouse stock finds from years ago. Percentage-wise I think survival rate is about the same or maybe slightly higher as the "bigger" collectibles (board games, kits, etc), on a per piece basis.

I would say about one third to half the "little" items I have myself came down the pike from a kid's collection- this stuff is incredibly hard to find that way (piece by piece). Probably plastic figures (Marx, Palmers, MPC regulars) are the easiest to find. To add to the confusion, alot of the plastic/rubber stuff on ebay are repops.

[Mord]

Fair enough.

[Dr.Terror]

Any chance we may be able to see these Frito monsters?

[Hepcat]

I've gotten almost nothing but positive love in this place. now I've seen people have opinions but they were pretty polite. I think part of having a forum is to be able to discuss the things we like. And in discussing not everyone will agree. But really I have to give this site props I have never experienced the the amount of positivity and kinds like I have here.

To say this site is overwhelmingly positive in its responses to pretty much ANYTHING that's shown is a vast understatement. Why deprive yourself and others of the joy of sharing these old treasures because complete unanimity is impossible? Can anyone point me to the threads where these vintage toys are being disparaged and degraded? I'm closing in on 13,000 posts, and I can't recall anything like that happening in all my posting travels.

I agree. I think that overall this forum is a very positive place.