Some years ago MC published my article on the Truly Horrible Lindberg monster kits.
In it, I said I had come across what appeared to be a later mail order advertisement for the figures, possibly from a comic book.
The quality of the image was very poor and hard to read. I thought the name of the company selling the kits was Victory Specialties. That was incorrect, I have just discovered the name of the company was Victor Specialties, P.O. Box 151, Derby, Conn. (Connecticut, USA). No ZIP Code is mentioned in any of the ads I have seen.
Other mail order operations: World Wide Specialties, Shopper's Guide, and Hit Records, all have the same P.O. Box number, but with different Dept. numbers. All four names are used in different ads within the same comic. Monster Mailman has two different addresses, either P.O. Box 151, Derby, Conn, like the others; or Charlton Bldg., Derby, Conn.
Charlton Publications Inc., Charlton Building, Derby, Conn, was the publisher of such magazines as Horror Monsters, Mad Monsters, and Brides in Love.
Presumably, the ad for the Lindberg kits would have appeared in one or more of their publications at some point.
Paul Adams from New Zealand
Zip codes were introduced in the early sixties, and were optional.
ReplyDeleteHa ha, mad monsters and brides in love. They should have combined those titles! And I so want to buy something from Monster Mailman!
ReplyDeleteThey did Woodsy, It's called 'Bride of Frankenstein'.
ReplyDeleteOr how about 'I Married a Monster from Outer Space' ?
Yep, good one Mish! Old Elsa Lanchester! I've an LP of her bar room songs somewhere! I once saw John Cooper Clarke recite his I Married A ..... Could have been Glastonbury 1980. Hilarious!
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