THE COBWEBBED ROOM: 'SKELETON IN COFFIN' Novelty

I miss this old dormant monster blog a lot. It would be perfect for Halloween reading.

The skeleton in coffin was one of my fave little toys as a kid. I got it from Ellisdons by mail order using a postal order. Remember them!

Did you have a restless skeleton?

https://cobwebbedroom.blogspot.com/2011/10/skeleton-in-coffin-novelty.html?m=1 

KING PET

Hi Woodsy,

Good to hear you still have the King Tut. Your post led me to wonder why a sarcophagus for pets had a human figure on the lid - bit of product re-use there, I think!

Re: mummies and pets, attached is a cartoon I drew a while ago.

Andy B.

Tut Tut

 I had to look twice at this toy sarcophagus on Ebay.

I thought it was my beloved King Tut. It was described as being for pet burials!

King Tut was a magnetic novelty in the Seventies. This one's on eBay too

As a kid I bought King Tut and Restless Skeleton from Ellisdons  Mail Order in Liverpool. Both long gone and no doubt restless as ever.

I did see a restless skeleton toy on the much missed Cobwebbed Room website 

You can it's full entry here:

https://cobwebbedroom.blogspot.com/2011/10/skeleton-in-coffin-novelty.html?m=1

Long time blog reader Andy B kind sent me a boxed King Tut years ago. A lovely surprise.

Did you have a King Tut or Restless Skeleton?

TUT TUT

 

I always love pictures of this toy as it so reminds me of my childhood.

King Tut is the stablemate of a toy I adored, the skeleton version of it called the Restless Spirit.

These toys were all the same, magnetic and great fun. The 'bodies' just won't stay down.

King Tut Arises!

This King Tut was made by Fairylite no less.

My own Restless Spirit was bought from mail-order kings Ellisdons of Liverpool.

Did you have anything like this?