Skulls Out

I would have loved these as a monster mad kid, especially at Christmas.

Skull pencil sharpeners in a nifty box. What more could you want! 

Did you have any skulls?

THE LINDBERG PIRATE SKULL

Over the years pirates, pirate guns, and pirate ships have been a popular subject for kit makers. In 2006 Lindberg decided to get a little more milage out of their old, full-size human skull kit, by releasing it as The Pirate Skull. Indirectly cashing in on the popularity of the Pirates of the Caribbean films, the first of which had been released in 2003, with a second in 2006.

Like the rest of the Lindberg anatomy kits, the Skull was a re-issue. The Superior Plastics version had a copyright date of 1960 on the box, and was moulded in their standard Superlon plastic. The anatomy kits then went to Educational Products in the later 1960s, and finally to Lindberg. Some issues of the Skull included a human brain.

The box-top of The Pirate Skull (or Le Crane de Pirate on one side of the box) showed a well-weathered skull, sporting a bright red headband, and shiny gold tooth, with a green and black snake crawling over it.

The box boasted: 'Life-Size Anatomically Accurate Unassembled Plastic Model Kit'. Skill Level 2. Features were: 'Movable Jaw'; 'Molded in Bone White Plastic'; but 'Decorative Accessories Not Included'. The gold tooth could simply be painted on, but you would have to find your own headband and snake.

The side of the box gave further details. 'This finely detailed kit with removable skull cap can be used by doctors, educators, and schools for study purposes. The teeth can be drilled and filled for demonstration'. A display stand, and anatomy chart were also included.

Kit number 71302, with a copyright date of 2006. J. Lloyd International Inc. Made in U.S.A.

This was one of several pirate kits that Lindberg did around this time, most of which had Caribbean Pirates on the box.

Paul Adams from New Zealand

SHOULD HAVE GONE TO SPECSAVERS!

My new diet seems to be going well!

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one of my most important monster toys when I was a kid was a laughing soft rubber skull. we parted company in the late Seventies but I was thrilled to be re-united with this one in the Naughties. 

did you have a rubber skull?