Mail Order Monsters

[fmofmpls]

I sure love this kind of stuff. Does anyone have this item? If I recall correctly, didn't this Monster Ghost fetch around $10,000.00 on eBay? Am I outta of mind, or did this actually happen? There ought a be a law against such things! It's a balloon man, a white balloon!

[Mike Scott]

If I recall correctly, didn't this Monster Ghost fetch around $10,000.00 on eBay? Am I outta of mind, or did this actually happen?

If somebody paid 10K for that, they're the one who's ought of their mind! (Or so filthy stinkin' rich they blow their nose with $100 bills!)

[fmofmpls]

LOL! Blowing their noses you say? I was thinking more like wiping their ... uh, never mind. You know what I mean. 

[monsterphile]

I sure love this kind of stuff. Does anyone have this item? If I recall correctly, didn't this Monster Ghost fetch around $10,000.00 on eBay? Am I outta of mind, or did this actually happen? There ought a be a law against such things! It's a balloon man, a white balloon!

I think there was a guy that was trying to sell one on Ebay with some ridiculously high opening bid, although I'm not sure it was that high.  I don't think he had any takers.  At least I hoped not.

Rob

[Mike Scott]

I was thinking more like wiping their ... uh, never mind.

I was thinking that, too, but I cleaned it up.

[Monster Bob]

Yup, I remember the guy making all sorts of claims and having a ridiculously high Buy It Now price- it may have been $10k. And nope, it didn't sell. Not sure exactly what he was thinking.

I was pissed when I paid a buck for one, way back when!  

[Toy Ranch]

Yeah, it's cool... but...  lol!

[Roback]

That'd be cool to own but definitely not for that price. Brings back a ton of memories though.

[Monster Bob]

I felt ripped off everytime I opened a package from one of those Monster comic book ads!  You'd would have thought it would have taught me a lesson or something. Yet here I still sit. Sending money to strangers for monster crap. 

[Gasport]

Captain Company STILL owes me an Aurora long box Hunchback model that i ordered from Famous Monsters back in 1965  ... I don't want to sound pessimistic, but sometimes i think i may NEVER get it!  Do you think they realize i've moved a few times since then??

[The Phantom Creep]

The short film FLIP represented this Monster Ghost very well along with the realities of ordering other stuff from the monster mags back then. If you haven't seen FLIP, I highly recommend it.

[raycastile]

I think the guy wanted $20,000, not $10,000.  He never sold it.  He was trying to sell half-baked reproductions of Captain Company-type items, then wondering why nobody was buying.

[fmofmpls]

But wait .. there's more! What about this guy? Anyone know what this thing really was? A toy? A piece of paper? Flimsy plastic poster? Another balloon maybe?

[Mike Scott]

Another balloon maybe?

Latex (along with the bouncing and wobbling) certainly suggests a balloon. Not too many latex toys or posters.

[fmofmpls]

This hobby needs more balloon monsters! Bring back the balloon monsters please. And not at Sideshow prices either.