Spooky Surprise Grab Bags

[Hepcat]

Here's a group shot of several different Becker Grab Bags:



First time I saw three of them!

 

[Doh!]

Love those graphics!

[horrorhunter]

Someone got a great deal on this eBay auction lot containing one of the scarce Becker MPCish Mini Monsters (1 1/2" tall).

https://www.ebay.com/itm/335753533114



The lot sold for only $15 + $6 sh with 1 bid. It was poorly listed with no mention of "MPC", "Spooky Surprise", or "L.M. Becker" in the title, so anyone looking for these with saved searches never even knew about this listing. I have all three Becker Mini Monsters so I passed on bidding, but if I needed a Becker Witch, I would have bid.

It's hard to say what the FMV of the Becker Mini Monsters are, probably around $40-$50 considering their scarcity, but the winner of this auction got the Witch for next to nothing since the other lot items (Etta the Ghoul Sharpener, 3 Best Plastics Monster Flats in what may be '60s silver color, and gumball charm) are probably worth close to the lot price.

And, yes, the Witch is undamaged except for minor scuffing. Becker Witches never had the shoulder bat like their MPC sisters, just as the Skeleton had no bat and the Creature of Doom had no scythe. Those small bits were left off of the sculpts probably because they wouldn't have molded properly.

[horrorhunter]

Here's a video I did covering the MPC Weird Monsters and related items (which includes the Becker Mini Monsters).

[Mike Scott]

(Etta the Ghoul Sharpener, 3 Best Plastics Monster Flats in what may be '60s silver color, and gumball charm) are probably worth close to the lot price.

$15! I'd say! Don't think I ever saw the flats in silver?

[horrorhunter]

$15! I'd say! Don't think I ever saw the flats in silver?

I was considering the total price with shipping and tax at around $23, but you're right those extra items are probably worth more than that. A lot of Best Plastics Flats have sold pretty cheap recently, but the silver ones should be worth more than what the common repops sell for. The Etta Sharpener is probably FMV $10-$15 these days. So, the buyer got a pretty good deal.