A trip to the Posties today and I thought I'd seen a ghost.
There below the Papers was a stack of plastic masks.
Dracula masks.
£2.49 each.
They're virtually doubles of a similar Drac mask I have.
You can see it here at the top of my old toy cabinet talking to a skull.
Mine was vintage already when I bought it in Whitby at the Stone House shop probably 20 years ago, if not more. I remember buying three for .... £30. I keit one and sold the others. It's the closest I've been to the quality of a Don Post mask. Somewhere in between that and Ben Cooper.
Mine looks a bit more detailed and is made of quite hard plastic. The Posty masks are flimsier but so similar.
I'll have to find mine for Halloween!
Do you own any masks?
I had many masks back in the day. Mostly the cheap plastic ones, for some reason, probably just because I liked them and they stored easily. But a couple of "full" masks from makers unknown. A whole other world, that! SFZ
ReplyDeleteYep, I like cheap masks too SF. There's so many now here in Blighty. Halloween has grown and grown since I was a wee monster.
Delete"Yes, we have masks..."
ReplyDelete"Well, can I see them? Can you show me the masks?""
( spot the mangled SF movie quote!)
Mine are all vacuum formed, and even at the time, they were difficult to find. In fact the best "haul" I ever got was at a Japanese goods and furniture store in Prahran in Melbourne back in the 80's.
Here's an old Moonbase post about them.
https://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2023/09/birthday-ball-looeys-masque-of-red-robot.html?m=0
Speaking of movie quotes about masks, how about this classic British Horror film?
"Take them off!"
I remember that post. Such a fab display Looey. The quote has got me!
DeleteI have had a Don Post Wolfman mask since my childhood.About 15 years ago,I took it to a horror convention and put it in the hands of Don Post Jr.and posed with him for a picture.After the picture was taken,I realized Tom Savini was standing behind me and we all had a conversation about the mask.Good times!
ReplyDeleteNow that's a story Brian, a Post Savini sandwich and you were the filling! I love that Wolfman mask too if it's the one advertised at the back of Creepy and Eerie. Grrrrreat!
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