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Ben Cooper, Collegeville or...? Whose Halloween costumes do you like the best?

Started by Hepcat, October 24, 2012, 02:15:59 PM

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Hepcat

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November 17, 2021, 10:17:58 PM Last Edit: November 17, 2021, 10:40:45 PM by Hepcat
Quote from: Sir Masksalot on November 17, 2021, 08:13:36 PM'Am pretty sure I had one of those Frankensteins as depicted in Herr Hussmann's post above. My Mom or Dad must've gotten it for me from Newberry's, our local variety store.

That though is a Ben Cooper costume. Your mom and dad getting it at a Newberry's store would have fit right into Ben Cooper's strategy of selling through chain five-and-dime stores. How/where Collegeville costumes were sold is more of a question. I can't find any first person accounts on this board of anyone buying/having a Collegeville costune as a kid.

I see though that Hills stores carried Collegeville costumes:



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#46
November 18, 2021, 01:22:30 AM
Where I grew up, we had both a Target and Venture nearby so I'm sure my folks got the Ben Coopers at one of those places.

Sidebar: parents would never do this today, but my mom used to drop me off in the toy department of our local department store while she went off clothes shopping for 30 minutes or more. I didn't mind!

Hepcat

#47
November 18, 2021, 11:26:51 AM
Quote from: Doh! on November 18, 2021, 01:22:30 AMparents would never do this today, but my mom used to drop me off in the toy department of our local department store while she went off clothes shopping for 30 minutes or more.

That would have been before the concept of helicopter parents was invented circa early 1990's. Almost all of us on this board were very properly free-range kids back in the day.

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marsattacks666

#48
November 18, 2021, 11:53:41 AM
Quote from: Hepcat on November 18, 2021, 11:26:51 AM
That would have been before the concept of helicopter parents was invented circa early 1990's. Almost all of us on this board were very properly free-range kids back in the day.

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November 22, 2021, 11:31:09 AM Last Edit: November 22, 2021, 12:26:57 PM by Hepcat
Comparing just the boxes, this one is my favourite:



It has the retro old-school look with the traditional Halloween imagery I like, but it's not so retro (like back in the early 1950's) that it's too plain and thus generic. Note as well that it's sparingly printed against white cardboard stock employing just red and yellow ink as well as black (clearly to keep printing costs down). This now contributes to the retro look I really like.

Vying for second place are these four:









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