COLLECTION CORNER!!

[Doh!]

Fun, informative video, jupiter! Glad you decided to make new videos. Not a fan of the clown paint, but that's a terrific sculpt. Did prefer the original paint scheme, but the hat throws it off. On the thumbnail for the video, I thought it was a unicorn horn.

As you noted, the book by Lee Lambert is a must-have. Great photos throughout.

[jupiter2]

Thanks Doh!
Yes, The Illustrated History of Don Post Studios is a real treasure!

[Hepcat]

Here it is in plain sight and full colour!

[jupiter2]

A joy to behold, indeed!
Working on some new videos. Hope to have some completed soon.

[jupiter2]

Collection Corner #90
2023 The Vault Creature Shop "The Traveler"

https://youtu.be/Wj5QrskyGes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj5QrskyGes

[Sir Masksalot]

Collection Corner #90
2023 The Vault Creature Shop "The Traveler"

This would certainly meet member Barlow's standard of scary: blank soulless eyes, pointy ears
and teeth, distressed musculature ... it's independent studios like TVCS who'll give the majors
a run for their money.  Thanks for the review and congratulations on scoring "The Traveler",
jupiter2. I hope its itinerary doesn't include my next nightmare!

[Sir Masksalot]

'Got a scary new score to report this season:
a DPS Mongo mask, foam-filled and in decent shape.
Out of production since the 1970s, I later learned
it was formerly held by Dr Shocker's House of Horrors.
'No wonder it looked somewhat familiar >



Weeks earlier, a DPS Wizard also joined my collection.
Sculpted around the same time as Mongo, it didn't
transform into the Wizard until years later (due to
black magic, no doubt). I've always loved the way
Post Studios interpreted these characters.

[Sir Masksalot]

I'd been a fan of Ayres Studios since the late 1970s. In-between movie FX jobs,
he makes custom masks for collectors. His scariest character has to be DORIAN,
a copy of which I ordered back in May 1980. More expensive than other masks
of its time, he granted me 20% off as a repeat customer >



Surely the most gruesome interpretation of Oscar Wilde's decadent dandy,
it reminds me more of that mutant monster from 1979's "Prophecy".
Here's my DORIAN mask around the time I scored it >



No catalog or ad images of it exist in my archive and I only ever took a couple
of photographs while it was mine, not very good ones at that >



The only other place I'd ever seen a copy was at the Ackermansion. It appears
sometimes in group shots of Uncle Forry's artifacts >



New York's Frankenshrine acquired my copy in February 1985 and that was the last I saw of it, until ...
surprise surprise ... DORIAN returned last month to haunt me!



At some point in time, that bulging eye was added >



Its new owner, the Crimson Ghost Mask Room, had sent it my way for preservation treatment.
I took advantage of its visit to snap some decent portraits for us >

[jupiter2]

Wow! What a treasure! And a great story to go with it. Thank you for sharing the pictures of such a rarity!

[Josh]

'Got a scary new score to report this season:
a DPS Mongo mask, foam-filled and in decent shape.
Out of production since the 1970s, I later learned
it was formerly held by Dr Shocker's House of Horrors.
'No wonder it looked somewhat familiar >

Nice! So, you ended up with that Mongo! I was tempted to buy it, but I'd just gotten one, after 10+ years of waiting, a few months ago. The mask gods are fickle: nothing for years then 3 Mongos come up for sale within months of each other.

[Sir Masksalot]

I just scored a copy of this Don Post rarity from 1982,
a mask which eluded me for some time. It was only catalogued
that one year, sculpted by Jim Leonard based on concept art
by Cathy Tharp.



It must've remained in collectors' hands for these past forty-plus
years since it's in perfect condition, its hangtag still attached
and hair unmatted. What are the odds?!



Comments welcome, but please ... no "Smurf" jokes if you can help it. 

[Doh!]

Whoa! Nice score, Sir!!

[FRANKENSTEIN455]

Congratulations Sir – Merlin looks incredible.  It is amazing seeing a mask that has remained completely untouched and original all these years.  He's in perfect condition.  I remember seeing both color variations "The Wizard" and "Merlin" at our largest Chicagoland costume mask shop Murray's Party-time in LaGrange, Illinois back in the early 1980's. I always thought they were cool looking masks. That is so interesting that they were based on one of Cathy Tharp's concept drawings.

[Sir Masksalot]

Just when I start thinking that all the vintage DPS masks
have been scored, along comes this relic from the mid 1970s
to give us hope. >



It's an 1100 line FLY ; hardly in perfect condition after fifty
years, its mouth extrusion having crumbled to bits as plainly seen ...



... but its antennae are still perky, its eye lenses intact which is most
unusual since they're just thinly vacuuformed plastic and prone to breakage.

[Doh!]

I could've used one of those 13 years ago for Halloween -- but honestly, I was pretty pleased with how I altered my Buzz mask: