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[Monsters For Sale]

1961.

I had Google handy. 

What post number was this in response to?

[Mike Scott]

What post number was this in response to?

Ah crap! I got it in the wrong place. Where was that Archie comic you just posted about?

[Monsters For Sale]

Ah crap! I got it in the wrong place. Where was that Archie comic you just posted about?

O-O-O-H!

You must mean this:

http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=22269.msg372247#msg372247

That was in post #103 - That was back in 2013.

[Mike Scott]

That was in post #103 - That was back in 2013.

What the hell was I doing there? I must be in the Twilight Zone! 

[Monsters For Sale]

What the hell was I doing there? I must be in the Twilight Zone! 

Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo.

[zman1981]

This is a REALLY cheapo free monster item, but I find it interesting.

This 1976 Coca-Cola waxed paper cup has been described as a "Park Exclusive".  Pepsi is pretty strongly affiliated with Universal.  Was it preceded by Coke?  When did Pepsi come on board?









The cup uses the same long-haired Frankenstein image as does this 18" Index Toys doll.  The doll has been described as being from the 1980's



So... Was Coca-Cola the official soft drink of Universal in 1976, did Pepsi let their contract with Universal lapse temporarily - Or is this an aberration that was used by Kwik-E-Marts?

That's very cool.  I have a button that used the same graphics.  The frankenstein image was also used on souvenir pennants sold at the parks.


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[Hepcat]

The 1995 Halloween theme for Hardee's Restaurants was "Small Frights".

They gave out this glow-in-the-dark bucket:





Their buckets were always so colorful.

That bucket is way cool!

[darkmonkeygod]

There were also a Dracula cup, Creature cup, and evidently a Hunchback cup issued at the same time.

That being said, these may not have been entirely free.  A small surcharge may have been added to get your drink in one of these beauties.  (I would have happily ponied up the extra change.)

I have never seen an example of a Hunchback cup.  Anyone out there have a photo to share?

Randomly enough, Clay (member clay.sayre here) just posted a photo in the Vintage Monster Toys fb group that has the Hunchback cup in it.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153111086768699

Hit him up, perhaps he can post a cu.

[Monsters For Sale]

Randomly enough, Clay (member clay.sayre here) just posted a photo in the Vintage Monster Toys fb group that has the Hunchback cup in it.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153111086768699

Hit him up, perhaps he can post a cu.

Thanks, darkmonkeygod!

Here's a sneak peek:



It DOES exist!

(I sent Clay.Sayre a PM - fingers crossed.)

[clay.sayre]

Here ya go....

[Monsters For Sale]

Thanks so much!

Another monster collectible mystery solved.

So interesting that they decided to go with images from a silent film!  Great to see Lon, Sr. getting some of the respect he is due. 

Be interesting to see the older Wendy's customers explaining this cup to the younger patrons.

[Mike Scott]

Be interesting to see the older Wendy's customers explaining this cup to the younger patrons.

Just tell them it's the live action version of the Disney cartoon.

You know, relatively speaking, it's not that much older than The Bride Of Frankenstein.

[Monsters For Sale]

...You know, relatively speaking, it's not that much older than The Bride Of Frankenstein.

That's true.  I didn't think of it that way.  Much wider gap between Bride and Creature.

[Mike Scott]

The Wendy's set reunited.

[Haunted hearse]

Thanks so much!

Another monster collectible mystery solved.

So interesting that they decided to go with images from a silent film!  Great to see Lon, Sr. getting some of the respect he is due. 

Be interesting to see the older Wendy's customers explaining this cup to the younger patrons.

It seems that these are classic Universal films.  Why would they have chosen a different Hunchback?  The Charles Laughton film was good, but it was an RKO release.  Is there another Universal Hunchback film that they could have chosen?