VTOD 60's - I am the walrus...

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February 11th, 2005, 02:46 AM
Michael Crawford

Uh, no. But monsters were all the rage when I was a kid, especially the Universal stuff. Here's another item I picked up a few years ago at a PTO Thrift store for a couple bucks that I've found out zippo about. It's from another big company, at least for the 60's, Cardinal. It's a set of 'monster' checkers, which is actually a variety of red and black plastic monsters - Dracula, Wolfman, Mummy, witch, etc - and a pressed paper board. There's also a set of regular checkers in the bottom to go along with it.

http://www.mwctoys.com/images/votd_checkers_1.jpg

http://www.mwctoys.com/images/votd_checkers_2.jpg

http://www.mwctoys.com/images/votd_checkers_3.jpg
February 11th, 2005, 02:47 AM
Thew

hahahaha awesome!!!!!
February 11th, 2005, 02:59 AM
Street Worm

ummmmmm..........

so those monsters look just like MPC's "Pop-Top Horrors" from 1964 (that I loved the mostest~) which were about 5" tall-

http://thegalleryofmonstertoys.com/60swing/poptop.jpg

and the smaller (2.5"s) Unbearable Weird Monsters-

http://thegalleryofmonstertoys.com/60swing/weird.jpg

[ February 11, 2005 12:45 AM: Message edited by: Street Worm ]
February 11th, 2005, 03:07 AM
TCM Hitchhiker

Yep, somebody must have been using sombody's mold, because those are Pop-Top all the way.

Monsters make anything cool, even checkers!!! [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]
February 11th, 2005, 03:55 AM
Thew

how the heck would you king those guys?
you can't stack em [img]confused.gif[/img]
February 11th, 2005, 05:13 AM
Mr. Yac

now that is friggin cool [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]
February 11th, 2005, 08:45 AM
Peter Peeker

Quote:

Originally posted by Thew:
how the heck would you king those guys?
you can't stack em [img]confused.gif[/img]

with the handyman's secret weapon, of course.
duct tape.
http://tinypic.com/1pc653
http://tinypic.com/1pc64g

checkers rock.
monster checkers rock even more!
February 11th, 2005, 12:00 PM
Andyman

Now that is cool! I can see my brothers and I smacking the figures off the board whenever we would jump them. [img]wink.gif[/img]
February 11th, 2005, 12:08 PM
Michael Crawford

Hey, they are the pop top molds! Very cool...when did MPC do the Pop Tops?

Michael
MWC
February 11th, 2005, 01:11 PM
Street Worm

Pop-Tops & Unbearable Weird came out in 1964-

Once in a great while I see an even smaller version of these guys on Ebay..........(?)

How tall are the Checker's Monsters, btw?

...........
&

Looking around on DrBred's Playset Page, where he lists past playsets he's reviewed, he has MPC Monsters & Plamer Monsters listed.......

I know of the figures, never heard of any playset-
know anything about these?

[ February 11, 2005 09:30 AM: Message edited by: Street Worm ]
February 11th, 2005, 02:17 PM
toymank

haha peeker! [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

hey, it's what I use when I get rips in my clothes! [img]wink.gif[/img]

damn, monsters kick ass, plain and simple [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
February 11th, 2005, 07:55 PM
Shypappette

http://tinypic.com/1pc64g
Ha ha ha!!
"If they don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy!"
February 11th, 2005, 10:34 PM
sculpey

OOOOhhhhhhhh.. those are damn cool !
February 12th, 2005, 05:15 AM
Michael Crawford

They are about 3"...

Michael
MWC