Your Oldest Monster Collectible

[Bogey]

So, what are the oldest non-paper and paper monster items that you own?  Just curious to how "old school" some of you may have ventured.  Thanks!

[Illoman]

So, what are the oldest non-paper and paper monster items that you own?  Just curious to how "old school" some of you may have ventured.  Thanks!

Nothing fancy here, just my old 1970's Aurora's. They are still the way I painted them (i.e. poorly) as a Monster Kid. Part of me wants to do them justice, part of me wants to leave them locked in their time period.

Mike

[avenger]

Mike,
    I would leave them as they are.They are part of a time of fond memories.They are part of your history.

[Bogey]

Mike,
    I would leave them as they are.They are part of a time of fond memories.They are part of your history.

Absolutely agree here.  Do not touch them, Mike.

[Gasport]

I agree...with all the reissues available for cheap out there it'd be a crime to erase something like that from your childhood. Like finding one of your kid drawings from way back and correcting all the imperfections.

[poseablemonster]

I agree...with all the reissues available for cheap out there it'd be a crime to erase something like that from your childhood. Like finding one of your kid drawings from way back and correcting all the imperfections.

Good analogy.  Don't alter them!  Built-up Aurora monster kits are cheap.  Get replacements if you want to paint 'em.

[CreepyJeff]

I have a complete set of the Jack Davis "You'll Die Laughing" cards from 1959.  My first vintage toy/model bought about twelve years ago is the 1961 Aurora Frankenstein built up with original box.  Paid $200 for it and thought it was a good deal at the time.   Before ebay (or at least before I knew of it). 

[tv horror]

My Aurora models are my oldest toys and a pressbook for the Mummy is my oldest bit of printed matter.  Like the rest of you I agree I would never repaint my models, in fact I even (now don't laugh) painted my Wolfman with liquid brown boot polish!!! Also he still has a shine to his fur nearly forty odd years later, I wonder could this be some kind of record. So instead of yak fur he has shellac fur (groan).

[MDG]

I don't want to think about what I had as a kid that got trashed when we moved (or was just played with to death)

The oldest paper I've bought is the Creature-cover Mechanix Illustrated. Toys are Marx Frankenstein, Mummy, Hunchback and Creature.

The oldest thing that I was able to hang onto is my Green Ghost game.

[Universalrocks]

My Frankenstein Bike Buddy.

[ChattyLMS]

Well, I'm new to this so my oldest monster is one of my Wolfys.

[Gasport]

I guess my oldest monster related collectible would have to be Famous Monsters #1....I will never forget buying it from a mail order comic/magazine dealer here on LI back in 1976. I was working with my late dad who was an electrician and since his paychecks were erratic at times, he would often just write me a check for bills and spending money as i needed it instead of paying me outright every week. I'll always remember the look of utter shock on his face when i said i needed 75 bucks [a fortune to me in those days] to buy an old magazine... He said "Here's 5 bucks, go buy TEN MAGAZINES!"

I was pretty used to this scenario by now as [in his eyes] almost EVERY purchase i ever made was wrong. Eventually i wore him down and he cut me a check for the mag. One of my most cherished possessions and i'm happy to say that i got  Forry himself to sign it for me at a New York Sci Fi con in the early 90's... A lot of precious memories wrapped up in that one "old magazine."

[ChattyLMS]

Hi Gasport!
I can just see your dad rolling his eyes and clutching his chest when you asked for $75 for a magazine!  "Elizabeth, I'm comin' to join you honey" - Fred Sanford

PS - If my hubby knew what I spent on some of my collectibles he'd be rolling his eyes and clutching his chest, too!

[Bogey]

I guess my oldest monster related collectible would have to be Famous Monsters #1....I will never forget buying it from a mail order comic/magazine dealer here on LI back in 1976. I was working with my late dad who was an electrician and since his paychecks were erratic at times, he would often just write me a check for bills and spending money as i needed it instead of paying me outright every week. I'll always remember the look of utter shock on his face when i said i needed 75 bucks [a fortune to me in those days] to buy an old magazine... He said "Here's 5 bucks, go buy TEN MAGAZINES!"

I was pretty used to this scenario by now as [in his eyes] almost EVERY purchase i ever made was wrong. Eventually i wore him down and he cut me a check for the mag. One of my most cherished possessions and i'm happy to say that i got  Forry himself to sign it for me at a New York Sci Fi con in the early 90's... A lot of precious memories wrapped up in that one "old magazine."

Yet another great story.

[Toy Ranch]

I have some petrified dinosaur poop that's about 67 million years old.