Thingmaker and More

[ChattyLMS]

Those are fantastic!
I wonder if the heating unit still works, and if the goop is still good.  I remember having the Fright Factory and I think Mini Dragons.  And the goop melted the styrofoam.

[Gareee]

Count me in as another goop fan! I've got a minidragon complete set, and a creeple people set as well. My cooker died a year or so ago, but I found a standalone stove burner works just fine. (and you can also do them in the oven as well)

I need to make more mini dragons, and more creeples.. my wife loves the dragon I made for her.

BTW, you can also decorate them with acrylic paint as well.

[Gasport]

BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLES, DL! I used my Creeple People set ALL the time as a kid. I stupidly sold the molds [that's all i had left] at a yard sale in the 80's. Fortunately, a good friend of mine GAVE me his still boxed set when cleaning out his attic. Not unopened like yours, but i was VERY happy to be reunited with this long lost toy. As if that wasn't enough, he also gave me his still boxed giant Erector AND Vacuform sets. You really should set up some kind of display for those babies...Congratulations!

[dlhenderson]

Oh, yea, the Vac-U-Form! I remember having that prior to the advent of the Thingmaker sets. The oven was very similar to the Thingmaker unit. I recall the aroma of those softening sheets of plastic. For some reason I don't really recollect the specifics of what I made with the set though. I'll have to google that (or flickr it).

[CreepysFan]

 DL those sealed sets are fantastic. You are also more in control than me, I'd have Creeple People running around by now.

[monsterphile]

Those are some great sets.  I think this is the one I had years ago.  The box art looks very familar.



Rob

[Gasport]

DL,
      I believe the Vac U Form machine duplicated toys using those plastic sheets you mentioned. My friend who gave the set to me explained how it worked, but we didn't have any sheets to try it out. Apparently, you put a toy [like a Hot Wheels size car] in the top tray and thru some process the plastic sheet would get heated up and brought down with a lever over the template toy to create an exact replica. The lever created a vacuum effect and the air was forced out via a vent hole on the side. He said it worked great. Wish he had saved some examples of his work. The other cool part of the thing is part of it is a Thingmaker oven. This is what i use these days when cooking up my old molds. Got a complete set of Fright Factory molds a couple of years ago for nearly nothing and have gone thru countless bottles of goop making skeletons for myself and friends. Also found that if you just fill up the skull part of the skull/bone/ chain mold ,they make some really cool fridge magnets! Nothing like the smell of cooking goop...

[dlhenderson]

Yea, I made a TON of skeletons with about a gallon of the glow goop. I have only one left. Where did they all go?!
Duotone bats were my other specialty.

[Jscareshock]

The goop gets into your blood.  Once you smell it you can't forget it, and you find you need more.  WHat a joy that we can still play with this toy!!!

[Gareee]

And precious snowflakes today would burn a house down with it, burn thier delicate pinkies, and the odor would be harmful to them.

Kids today don't know what it's like to enjoy GOOD toys like this.

[Hepcat]

Here's an ad for the Fright Factory set that appeared on the back cover of DC comics on sale in the spring of 1967:

[horrorhunter]

Here is my Fright Factory set. The box has some wear, but it is complete with all original parts and is sealed.

[Mord]

And precious snowflakes today would burn a house down with it, burn thier delicate pinkies, and the odor would be harmful to them.

Kids today don't know what it's like to enjoy GOOD toys like this.

I realize kids today are idiots, but the way everything thing is safety tested & regulated, a toy like thing would never even make it to the toystore shelves.

[Scatter]

Here is my Fright Factory set. The box has some wear, but it is complete with all original parts and is sealed.

Wiping drool from my keypad............

[Hepcat]

That's why I never log on to this site without my drool bucket strapped firmly in place. Situations like a M.I.B. Fright Factory set leave me no real alternative.