vintage famous monsters binders vs. repros.

[Dr.Terror]

I just took the inserts out of my repros and framed the artwork.

[Hepcat]

Good idea! Do you have them all?

[cannibalchris]

Apologies for bringing up such an old post but I was hoping someone could answer a question for me.

I know with the originals each binder said the name of the monster, with the repros they just said "Famous Monsters of Filmland," correct?  And the logo, the binder I have came across has the image with the FM logo, but the logo looks like it was originally cut out of the magazine and affixed to the image before they made copies to put in the binder.

I'm hoping someone with the repos could shed some light on this for me.

Thanks!

[Mike Scott]

The ones in Hepcat's post, above, are the original 1960s binders made by SPP.  The 1990s ones made by Ray Ferry, when he was publishing FM, had a Phantom, a Wolfman that looked like the Aurora art and a Frank and Drac that looked like the originals. He used a computer program to add the FM logo to the images. These aren't technically repros.

[cannibalchris]

So would this be a "bootleg" of the 90's reissues?  It looks like the logo from cut right from a magazine and pasted onto this, then the image was used to make copies.

[Mike Scott]

So would this be a "bootleg" of the 90's reissues? 

It's certainly very strange! The one I have (a Phantom) is very professionally done. Is the picture sealed in, or can it be removed?

[cannibalchris]

It can be removed.  It's not sealed and on the inside it says it's a AVERY binder.

[Mike Scott]

It can be removed.  It's not sealed

Bootleg.

[cannibalchris]

Bootleg.

Thanks!

[hugohernandez]

Ray Ferry did 3 pro binders, good images, sealed in, non-removeable.
then he  did some xerox images with plastic sleeves in the front to slide image in.    this mummy binder shows that is removeable from front sleeve and the  image is poorly reproduced.   
He said he wanted to keep the cost down so he stopped making the sealed binder.  hence making them somewhat collectable.   I know, I paid 75.00 for Frankenstein off of ebay.

the other 3 pictured are very nice additions to the older FM binders indeed.

[Mike Scott]

Thanks for the info, Hugo! I didn't know about these later Ferry binders. The Mummy looks like the SPP wallet art, as does the Phantom. Both probably repainted. The Frank is not the original SPP binder art. Looks like the later ones use the monster name, rather than the FM logo.

[Wolfman]

Ray Ferry did the Wolfman, Frankenstein, & Phantom sealed binders. There was no Dracula sealed version. There was another person selling binders, I believe named Samjo. He was selling the Dracula binder where the image was removable.

JP

[Hepcat]

The ones in Hepcat's post, above, are the original 1960s binders made by SPP.

I don't believe that SPP was the company that made those original binders though. SPP made the Weird-Ohs binders but a different company, perhaps an affiliate of Hasbro, made the three original Universal monster binders.

[Mike Scott]

Ray Ferry did the Wolfman, Frankenstein, & Phantom sealed binders. There was no Dracula sealed version.

Thanks, JP!

There was another person selling binders, I believe named Samjo. He was selling the Dracula binder where the image was removable.

He was selling repros of the '60s binders, along with repros of the Horrorscope and Bike Buddy. Maybe other things?

[Mike Scott]

I don't believe that SPP was the company that made those original binders though.

Yes, you're right. I've been calling them that for so many years that it's hard to stop!    I guess it was finally decided that they are Hasbro after all (or a complete mystery).