Seeing bundles of plastic Spooky charms always gives me a Halloween buzz.
I adored little plastic nic-nacs and accessories when I was a kid, especially anything monsterized.
Favourite accessories included all the little parts that came with Aurora monsters.
The Witch's bats, cap, scissors and bottle. The circular cauldron contents too!
Jekyll and Hyde's flasks and phials
And the Bride's bottles and electrodes.
They would have looked great in spare parts baggies with headers.
The Sixties Queen of miniature sets in the States, which sadly didn't make it to the UK, was Grandmother Stover of Ohio.
From basic dolls house miniatures to themed gag sets like these,
Grandmother Stover showed their true genius with these horror packs as part of the Sixties monster craze.
For those who like a little horror, yep, I would have loved them!
Like plastic pastiches of the equally colourful You'll Die Laughing gum cards of the time, my favourite of all the Stovers I've seen has got to be the Frankenstein Repair Kit!
There's even a mini Robby Robot charm thrown in for the hell of it!
Masterful!
I suppose a modern version of these sets would be something like the Victorian Gravedigger Set given away with Horrible Histories magazine.
Did you have any Stovers sets or any small spooky miniatures?
What a gruesome collection. Aurora actually did two Customizing Monster Kits that included just such assortments of horrible goodies. They were re-issued by Polar Lights a few years back.
ReplyDeleteIf course. They deserve a post. I think you've done one Paul!
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