More Junk

[raycastile]

Since so many people seem to enjoy pictures of junk, I will give you another helping.

Here are authentic replica shrunken heads, direct from the land of the Amazon.




Here is an odd assortment of stuff from the 50s, 60s and 70s. 





Here are some closer shots of specific items so you can soak in their glory.




I love that Smokie Skull.  The same toy used to be available in vending machines as "Smokie Joe."  I always wanted one as a kid.

This rubber "Willie" worm below is from 1950.  What a strange toy.  It's just a little sliver of rubber glued to a card.




I think those inflatable "pillows" are 70s, but I'm just guessing.



Oh wait, there's a copyright on them.  It says 1974.  I didn't even notice until I looked at the picture just now.




This weird sex joke novelty is probably from the 50s.  It might have a copyright date somewhere, but I can't be bothered to check.  My time is too valuable.




What's under that foam "flying saucer?"  A hideous space creature.  Best to leave it to your imagination.


I have lots more dime store junk to show you.  I'll just keep throwing more pictures into this thread until y'all get bored with it.

[Nicole]

Oh, no. We've encouraged him and now he's never going to stop...

Just kidding! I think it's cool to see all this weird old novelty stuff. I dig the shrunken heads, and the artwork on those "pillows" is really appealing. And "Sex Creatures from Outer Space!?" Now I think I've seen everything.

Okay, I'm not burned out yet. More junk, more junk! Geez, I sound like Terry now...

[MDG]

So, are ya gonna lift the flying saucer and let us see the sex creature or what?

I bought a big plastic jar of those blue-tagged "jivaro" shrunken heads from a toy store that was going out of business about 10 years ago--at least 3 dozen of them. At the same time I got a bunch of small jigglers, plastic clips that looked like ears, balloons, rubber fish skeletons, witch fingers, harmonicas, etc, etc. They've all left the house as Halloween treats except the shrunken heads and 15 or so hula girl push-button puppets.

[Neoplastic]

I agree with the previous post, we all need to see the Sex Creature from Outer Space!

I love seeing this kind of stuff as it always reminds me of when I was a kid in the late '60's and early '70's begging my mom for a dime or quarter to get a prize from the vending machines.  One of my favorite stores in Chicago is "Uncle Fun" that is choked to the rafters with treasures like this. They also have a website here: http://www.unclefunchicago.com/ .

Last time I was there I picked up a shrunken head, skull, two "winged skulls" and my wife bought me a robot.  I need to go back and pick up some more supplies.   

[Monster Bob]

Novelty shrunken head from the 1950s. It is slightly bigger in size and more detailed than the 60s/70s heads.

[Jscareshock]

Gotta love those heads.  They don't make them as cool now.

[michblk]

Wow, Great Stuff Ray!  Love the shrunkin heads!

As for the sex creature, I couldn't imagine how long I would have been grounded for bringing that home as a kid.

Bk

[toysoldierman2001]

Great Stuff! Please keep it coming.

[CreepysFan]

 Man, I haven't thought of those pocket skeleton hands In years.  Leave it to you Ray, to dig up the childhood memories.  By all means, please keep exhuming more goodies from the buried past.

[raycastile]

OK, time for more junk.

Plop.





It's primarily Halloween and disguise stuff.  I like the artwork on the Devil's Teeth and Nails set.  It's in the Goth-icky book, as is some of the other package art in this thread.





Those flicker-eye masks are cool.  And look at the Ygor face on that Horror Teeth card.





That carded blood and scar kit is from Topstone.  And look at the cool Frankenstein artwork on those glow nails.  Those Evil Eyes look like Imagineering, but they are not.  Imagineering had a lot of imitators.  By the way, you'll be seeing plenty of genuine Imagineering in this thread very soon.





I remember that carded Devil makeup from my childhood.  I know I saw that very same art.  And I remember seeing that Fun Light, too.  I don't remember seeing the Trick'r Treat glasses, but that card is cool.





There ya go.  Stay tuned to this thread for more JUNK!

[toysoldierman2001]

Great stuff! Where do you get all this from Ray?

[Sleepyhollowstudios]

I'm diggin' that black cat "Halloween Decoration." I love old school Halloween decorations. They're just so...cool! Everything Halloween related should be black and orange. Ah, the old days!

-Andy

[dlhenderson]

Great stuff Ray. Thanks for posting.
When I was a kid I used to take a bus to the downtown area on Saturdays to visit my Dad at work.
Then I would just walk around, haunting the magazine shops and taking in a movie.
Near the center of downtown (an area called Five Points), there was a little shop called The Trick Novelty Shop.
This place was CRAMMED to the rafters with weird stuff. This was late 50s / early 60s.
I remember having a few magic trick items from the shop, and the ubiquitous plastic puddle of vomit.
Also a little rubber "monster" comprised of two feet, two hands, and a head. The parts were not attached to each other; rather they were meant to be bent around things like lamp shades (head and hands on top, feet peeking around the bottom of whatever-object-you-were-sticking them to. I recollect that this particular item was called a "Kubitzer" (sp?).

[raycastile]

Here is another bunch of junk.  This time it's all rubber jigglers.





Below, on the right you see bagged Ugly Stickers jigglers.  One of these days I'll do a thread just on these critters.  I have two counter display boxes full of them, plus these bagged ones.




Here are some bagged De Horribles and carded Spooky Kooky jigglers. 



I got ripped off on the Kookies.  I bought five of them and got three.  The seller kept saying they were in the mail, then said he hadn't mailed them yet but he would tomorrow (this went on for weeks), then said he had a supplier who was in the hospital, then said he would refund my money, then stopped answering my e-mails.

Below are a couple of cool carded jigglers from honest sellers.  The dragon is from Imperial and Spidey is Ben Cooper.




I really like the "Sea Monster" vending machine display card.  I got that from Andy Williams, another honest seller.



When I was a kid and visited my grandparents in Collinsville, Ill., they would take me to a little clothing store that had vending machines with cool jigglers.  One of them was this Sea Monster assortment.  It must have been there at least a couple years.  I got the shark, the whale and the swordfish.   My brother might have got a dolphin.  I don't think we ever got any turtles.  Since Andy lives in Illinois, I have to wonder if this could be the very same card!  Who knows.


Finally, we have some more miscellaneous jigglers.  The bat is probably the same kind sold in those comic book ads.  That bagged PVC Animal is another Ugly Stickers jiggler.





So are you guys getting tired of junk?  I got more if you want it.

[poseablemonster]

MORE JUNK!