Which Mattel Thingmaker sets do you like the best?

[Hepcat]

I do have a bunch of the older creepy crawlers and fright factory and other various old metal molds and a few old cookers. i prominately display them in my glass case. i have a few original bottles of goop with some stuff still in em,

Post some pictures please! I'm sure that I'm not the only one who would like to see them.

I think the problem with Zoofie-Gofies is that they look like they're silly with cutesy animals.  As a kid, I would have had no interest in such a thing.

Hmmmmm. You could be right about that! Eleven year old boys might very well have regarded the Zoofie-Goofies as sissy.

[Flower]

I still like the idea of edible creepy crawlies the best ... 

[bigbud]

Here's my Incredible Edibles set........The cooker is a cool looking critter called the Sooper-Gooper. He cooks up the Gobble-Degoop..........

[charp13]

Well I would have bought it just to say the word Gobble-Degoop over and over!  I love this word    All I know about is the infamous Plastic Goop.

[bigbud]

Carp, you come on over and we'll cook us up some of the special items suggested on the box top sides....... Turtle Soup, Sweet Snakes, Gourmet Goldfish, Ginger-men and more. The Gobble-Degoop is unopened....should still be good........Buddy

[Hepcat]

I also bought some of the seperate mold sets. I had Superman, Batman, and Green Hornet that I liked.

Yes. Mattel issued a lot of very cool carded Accessory Kits including Squirtles, Gangly Danglies, Slitherees, Superman, Batman, Green Hornet, Tarzan, etc:



The graphics of these carded Accessory Kits weren't nearly as gaudy and eye catching as the graphics of the full fledged Maker-Paks/Play-Paks, however. There were also so many dozens of these Accessory Kits issued over the years that I don't believe they've even all been catalogued. There's no way therefore that I could have included them all in this poll.

[bigbud]

Some folks might not know this set, but it is really neat. Here's some pics of the Peanuts Super Cartoon Maker Thingmaker............

[Hepcat]

Nice set!



But I wish Mattel had released Maker-Paks with other cartoon/comic characters as well. I'm just not a Peanuts fan.

[bigbud]

I'm just not a Peanuts fan.

Man, I sure am! I went to a KC flea market late in the day........there sits a guy with 8 original Peanuts strips. I couldn't believe my eyes! I bought all 8....pronto! But besides that, Peanuts is a great strip........love Snoopy!   Buddy

[The Mighty Bongo]

The Fright Factory was the only set I had as a kid , but it was the coolest toy ever !
I blame it completely for inspiring me to become a sculptor and make-up FX guy.
It taught you the basics of molding and casting that the FX industry uses constantly.
And who could ever forget the taste of Plasi-goop fangs in your mouth for hours at a stretch !

[bigbud]

Bongo my friend......you may be onto something there. I too am a sculptor. And I too enjoyed my Fright Factory and Creepy Crawlers. That may have been the beginning of my sculpting motivation.......Buddy

[Hepcat]

My votes:

Creepy Crawlers
Fright Factory
Mini-Dragons
Eeeeks!
Zoofie-Goofies

[Unknown Primate]

Coolness!  I had the Tarzan & Superman packs, along with CC & FF.  Did anybody else ever make fishhooks with the bugs from CC?  I did - and sold some to my uncles!

[bigbud]

Did anybody else ever make fishhooks with the bugs from CC?  I did - and sold some to my uncles!

Oh, that's funny! I still have a childhood memory of the distinct smell of goop cooking. Got several burns from hot molds too....

[Unknown Primate]

Those were the days!