Show off your Weekly Finds.

[bigbud]

Popcult! Gee Wizz! That's a great find! What's the strange head bucket in the middle of the photo? Heh-heh!  Buddy

[poseablemonster]

Wow, great finds!

[ramsey37]

I've picked up a few things recently, all Halloween related. First up is a Telco Dracula motionette:

I suppose now that I have 3 of the Telco Universal Monsters, I'll have to buy the rest of the set I also picked up another Halloween blow mold, the jack o'lantern atop corn stalks:

I also picked up a second Rushton Scarecrow Sam doll:


I know that technically Sam doesn't qualify as a monster toy, but he does qualify as a Halloween toy. Rushton specialized in vinyl face dolls and plush animals from the 1950's through the 1980's, and they did seasonal toys for Christmas, Easter, Valentine's Day, and graduation. As far as I can tell, Scarecrow Sam is the closest they ever came to doing Halloween themed toys. I picked up another Rushton Scarecrow about a year ago and had him professionally cleaned and repaired:

The eBay seller I got him from said that he originally belonged to her mother. When the mother outgrew him, he ended up in in her bedroom closet. The seller refused to go near that closet as a child, because she knew the Scarecrow was in there waiting for her. I had to buy him just based on that story You can see before and after pics of his repairs here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramsey37/sets/72157624434309295/
George

[Therin of Andor]

We don't get into Halloween too heavily Down Under, but I couldn't resist this as my annual Halloween decor:


Mr Potato Head's Halloween by Therin of Andor, on Flickr

[jim m]

purple people eater

[GAKENSTEIN]

WTF???  Please tell us about this Purple People Eater thing!  New??  Vintage??  Me wanty!

[Radioactive Rod Whitenack]

That Purple People Eater is going to give me nightmares. Thanks.

[jimm]

Kinda looks like "The Thing" dog absorbing scene! Dog looks a bit like Droopy though 

[darkmonkeygod]

Hi new to board but many of you might already know me (Robert Bruce from red bank,nj vintage Godzilla/Gamera monster toy collector) this was this mornings acquisitions

That's some kinda luck! I actually love the look of the Clinton bucket. Congrats on the finds, and thanks for posting 'em!

[marsattacks666]

Telco Dracula.........Awesome!!

[jim m]

made in 1980, and i think it was released in England only.

[Wicked Lester]

Ramsey
Love those pumpkin blow molds. Especially the one with the pointy teeth. I've got a few myself and IMO nothing really screams vintage Halloween like one of those.

[charp13]

I can't believe how delighted I feel when I look at the weekly finds! It's so cool to see what mystery treasures pop up on here.   
ramsey- Those blowmolds give me the warm fuzzies! They are so charming. And the little scarecrows and the Motionette are awesome! I only have the Creature motionette, but I love those things!
Therin- Sweeeeet Potato!
jim m- Ahhhhhh! The Purple People Eater is insane!! I love it!

[marsattacks666]

Cool Purple People Eater

[Therin of Andor]

Cool Purple People Eater

Don't they eat purple people?