Elwar Button Mystery

[michblk]

Awesome Hugo!

[Mike Scott]

Can't wait to see more!

[raycastile]

That non-Elwar Wolf Man looks pretty neat.

[hugohernandez]

Can't wait to see more!

this pic is for YOU, Mike Scott.       notice the subtle differences in all of the creatures.     

[hugohernandez]

Awesome Hugo!

Thanks.   Lucky Duck.

[zman1981]

Fantastic!

[Mike Scott]

this pic is for YOU, Mike Scott.

Thanks, Hugo! Boy, would I love to have one of those!!

[ilikemonsters]

These are really cool.
Does anyone know how many of these "1st run" buttons have been found or are in collections?

[hugohernandez]

These are really cool.
Does anyone know how many of these "1st run" buttons have been found or are in collections?

where is Richard?  He did so much research on these 1st run buttons.   He would know for sure just how rare they are.
anybody know if Richard is still on this site?  He posted all throughout this thread.

more pics coming

[horrorhunter]

These are really cool.
Does anyone know how many of these "1st run" buttons have been found or are in collections?

I'm curious about that too.

Here's pic of mine (which are all the more common variety) with some other stuff:



I bought that Creature button when I was a kid and it must have been sometime in the '60s. Do we know for sure when the common versions like I have were first sold?

[hugohernandez]

quote: I bought that Creature button when I was a kid and it must have been sometime in the '60s. Do we know for sure when the common versions like I have were first sold?

This thread had said, I think it was Richard, whom discovered the first ad for the Elwar marked buttons in issue 92 of FM, which would be 1970.

that seems a little late, now that you are saying 60's.   I might be wrong about the #92, but its somewhere here in this wonderful wonderful thread. 

speaking of wonderful, here is a nice set of buttons off eBay, they are 2 1/4 inches.    Ill post another pic with a bigger button.

[hugohernandez]

here is the Old Elwar marked Frank, with a new Frank of previous picture, along with the artwork from FMS.   you can see they are all different.

I don't have the 1st run of Frankenstein, but actively looking to complete my set.    the smaller new button of Frank is absolutely lifted off of FM yearbook 1965 cover.   

[Mike Scott]

speaking of wonderful, here is a nice set of buttons off eBay, they are 2 1/4 inches.

A nice ebay entrepreneur button set! The art is kinda from all over the place, though. Gogos Phantom (FM16), later Gogos Creature, "Big Frankie" box art, Hasbro Wolf Man and just a photo of The Mummy.

[horrorhunter]

quote: I bought that Creature button when I was a kid and it must have been sometime in the '60s. Do we know for sure when the common versions like I have were first sold?

This thread had said, I think it was Richard, whom discovered the first ad for the Elwar marked buttons in issue 92 of FM, which would be 1970.

that seems a little late, now that you are saying 60's.   I might be wrong about the #92, but its somewhere here in this wonderful wonderful thread.

Yes, I read that info earlier in the thread. When I get the time (a LOT of time) I'll go through my FMs and see if I can discover any earlier ads for them.

Regardless of this info, however, I bought my Creature button sometime in the mid '60s to the best of my recollection. It seems like it was on a blister card and the price was 39 cents. That would indicate that the common versions were sold in the '60s. I can't prove when I bought the button, but that's what I remember. Maybe the common ones were marketed in stores before they were sold through FM.

[Mike Scott]

It seems like it was on a blister card and the price was 39 cents.

I would love to see a carded one!!!