Clinton Frankenstein bucket

[Maceo1]

Here Maceo1, here is the proof above.

PS I still need a lamp.

But you cannot see the bottom. So we cannot tell how it was cut and if it was cut at the same length.  I know people have cut off bases because the head is formed a bit crooked on the base, but still a mystery if they were cut at factory.

[hugohernandez]

Look closer at the picture with hole.  That Frankenhead was sawed off by hand.  It is NOT a clean cut. 

Here is the bottom!!!!

[Maceo1]

OK . So now what ?

[skully]

If I was looking for a Frankenstein lamp, I'd want one that is intact with the base, the way it was intended to be. Sure, the base is usually a bit skewed, but honestly, not that much. A very slight bend wouldn't matter to me. It is how they were made.

[hugohernandez]

Skully this thread is to prove that the lamp was made in many versions, intact with crooked base,  or cut off at the bottom as the picture shows.
both by the manufacture.

also as blonde plastic aka faded which I think is on purpose, not due to elemental issues.

[Count Zero]

have you seen this yet?

[hugohernandez]

uh ugh.   resin.   awful.

just my opinion

[skully]

Hugo,  only 2 versions could exist, with and without a base. Honestly, a LOT of speculation here. And, it can only be opinion. Unless hard evidence surfaces as with pictures from a store way back then, or factory correspondence with photos and paperwork, all that's being done here is guessing.  Almost seems like if a person does indeed buy a light with no base, he is hoping and praying it was done at the factory so the purchase can be somehow "justified" as being ok because that's how it was originally made. My guess, speculation, opinion, is that they were made with a base, and people cut them off later on. The only version of this "holy grail" piece that I remember seeing in a store was in Philadelphia in a display window and it was the speaker head, it was a novelty store and I mentioned this in another thread. It made me wonder if the piece was actually not a mail-order only piece, and actually sold in some stores. But one must remember, seeing it in the back pages of Famous Monsters magazine as a mail order piece may deepen the mystery because early Captain Company was located in Philly at one time.

[Monsters For Sale]

...  have you seen this yet? 

Yeah.  It is a copy of a copy that lacks a lot of the fine detail of an original.  Being resin it is heavier than either the original or the copy it was made from.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Frankenstein-Monster-Bucket-Head-/182844539596?hash=item2a926242cc:g:YnEAAOSwIJlZ6lPk

Anyone wanting to make much of this will need to do some re-tooling to give it back some of the fine lines of an original.

Not sure what I would ever do with one of these - but the price would have to be next to nothing before I would even try.  I'll pass.

Had to happen sooner or later.

[Maceo1]

Some ideas.

[hugohernandez]

STill awful.   I don't care if you fill it with gold pieces, it doestn't compare to an original piece.     Skully, I agree its all speculations but thats what is fun about this mystery.
I still speculate that the factory produced it in many forms, with base and without for the lamps.

I can't wait to get a cut off base lamp justifiable or not, its still classic to me.

anybody got a cut off they want to sell me?

[Mike Scott]

Sideshow Frank

[Jimi Bat]

Rasta Frank ?

[hugohernandez]

Sideshow Frank

FRANKLY I don't care for it.       

[Monsters For Sale]

FRANKLY I don't care for it. 

Me, either.

BUT...  I have no problem with someone making a faithful copy of an original in some other color plastic - green comes to mind.

I really don't think of vintage toys as being sacred or investment properties.  Besides, copies are made of famous original oil paintings all the time - doesn't seem to lower their value much.

Seeing a plant in one makes me think a nice, cheap terra cotta version could be a fun planter.

(I will now put on my cup - swing away.)