Imagineering Tribute

[BANE]

Why is it that you cannot find the stuff on Ebay IF they made thousands of them?  I rarely find one.  Am really looking for vampire blood.

[Roback]

Their tough to find because every kid back then ripped them open to enjoy them. As a seasoned toy collector, I'm constantly amazed at just how many boxed and carded figures have survived the tests of time. Just ask yourself how many toys that were under your Christmas tree did you leave in the package? I'm guessing not many if any at all. Heck, mine were ripped open literally seconds after they were unwrapped. Still, as you know, " these toys have a way of finding their way in to collectors hands that love them". Sound familiar? It should, it's a quote from Ray Castile that he used in one of my articles for Lee's Toy mag.

[Radioactive Rod Whitenack]

Bane,

I think it's because no kid that ever lived could buy a tube of vampire blood and NOT open it immediately and pour it on his arm or neck. I don't know how long that stuff would last unopened, but after being opened I would think it would dry up in a matter or time. Maybe someone here with greater knowledge of the ingredients can commnet on that.

[poseablemonster]

The hardest part of having the Imagineering stuff was rationing it out so that it would last as long as possible.  I only got one tube of blood for the Halloween season, and there were so many things that needed a dose of Vampire Blood.  I rarely had any left by the time Halloween rolled around.

[OldTimey]

The one consolation for summer vacation coming to an end was knowing that all of that cool  Imagineering stuff would soon be on display at our local dime store. Around mid-September, every year, I'd eagerly await it's arrival. By Halloween, I would have gone through a dozen or so pair of glow-in-the-dark evil teeth, at least that many tubes of vampire blood, and enough scar stuff and bloody orbs to have made up an army of zombies. Some of my favorite childhood memories are attached to those wonderful Imagineering products. Thanks Dan, for a nice little trip down memory lane. I could have watched hours of interviews like those you conducted. It never fails to amaze me that so many of us have shared a collective childhood. Your memories are my memories too.

[ProfGriffin]

That was awesome.
A very heartfelt tribute!  Oh, man, I LOVED 'the Face' make-up kits. 
We had the Skull...and the Mummy, and the Ghoul.  The Ghoul I used as a Phantom of the Opera face...


Good times.

[ProfGriffin]

That video tribute prompted me to dig this old photo out.



That's my brother James, in a Halloween costume of his own creation...using Imagineering's The Face (the Mummy), and the Spooky Eyes.
I recall the costume smelled like Talcum power (since he patted himself down with it liberally.)
And Yes, those are REAL chains.

He is a stickler for detail.

[gracebuster]

LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Monolith]

Really great photo!

And thanks for making that tribute Gracebuster, it's awesome!

[Minion]

That picture is great! He's also wearing Topstone monster hands.

He looks like we could be related

[Radioactive Rod Whitenack]

Nice "Halloween III" masks in the background. Who knew they would become so popular with collectors at the time?

[Gillman-Fan]

These Imagineering products and the Dick Smith horror/monster/gorilla make-up kits were all crazy influential on me as a kid!

[Monsterama2000]

That was a great tribute Dan. I had tons of that stuff when I was a kid.

[shiverbones]

That was great, thanks for the post!

[Scatter]

OUTSTANDING!  Great homage to what made us girlfriendless geeks!  

Yeah!! (Don't know why I sound so happy about this).