I Hate Palmers!

[Hepcat]

Since you guys resurrected this dead thread....

Good threads never die. They always rise again, like phoenixes from the ashes!

[Hepcat]

The Fritos Premiums were solid figures without the Pop-Top feature; same sculpt I believe.

They're not quite the same. The 2 1/2" Weird Monster sculpts were just slightly modified for the smaller size.

http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=4304.0

[dlhenderson]

Yep, you're correct sir! I have all of the "Fritos" figures in various colors. I don't remember seeing the actual pop-top figures in my neck of the woods (back in the day).

[Hepcat]

Every day I look at my Palmers and they bring back sweet memories of fantastic battles with blue defenders from Hamiltons Invaders, regular troops from Marx and MPC, and even dinosaurs from both Marx and MPC against Palmer Gorgo and Palmer Kong.

I never get tired hearing about personal recollections of that sort.

A guy offered me $500.00 for my blue Gorgo and I instantly turned him down. I knew that in a short time the money would have been spent here and there but I probably would never see another blue Palmer Gorgo in perfect condition.

Precisely my thinking and my reply when anybody aske me why I don't sell some of my collectibles! The money would soon be gone anyway so I'd quickly end up with neither.

[Hepcat]

The Pop-Top sculpts were great. I remember getting them in those multi-pacs of Fritos. So cool to dig down in there and come up with an awesome monster. The Fritos Premiums were solid figures without the Pop-Top feature; same sculpt I believe.

Do you remember whether the Weird Monsters you got in these Fritos multi-packs were hand painted or a solid colour?