#VintageToyTuesday #ROTJ #Kenner 1983 Kenner Return of the Jedi Emperor's Royal Guard

Larry Elmore's Ancient Red My favorite art for all of D&D. Have you ever wondered what happened to that brave warrior facing off against that awesome Red Dragon? The answer was given to us in 1983 way before any modern interpretations. A thread 🧵

This sets up one of my favorite knock down, drag out, knuckle busting brawls between the ever lovin' blue eyed Thing and the green Goliath ol' jade jaws er ... I mean gray gums Hulk! Hulk has to use his wits when might fails him.

A fan goes on a pilgrimage to the Robert E. Howard house in Cross Plains. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOOa...

What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are: - Literary works poorly adapted to the big screen but good in their own right - Sympathetic monsters and unsympathetic aliens - Everyday heroes - Guy fights against a culture then get adopted into and fights for said culture - Underdog WWII story lines

The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z issues 1-12 1982-1983

Watching these two shows back-to-back is one of my core childhood memories...

Clash of the Titans 1981 Ray Harryhausen

the Wooden Figurehead Maiden brought to life by the sorcery of Prince Koura. The Golden Voyage of Sinbad 1973 Ray Harryhausen stop motion creature effects I need to make a little navigation chart for her other hand

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad 1958 has some of the greatest special effects monsters ever filmed creations of monster magician Ray Harryhausen using his Dynamation, stop-motion animation technique. The Dragon of the Cave, Roc Chick, and Cyclops figures by X-Plus

Monster maker Ray Harryhausen's Guardian of Good Griffon vs. Guardian of Evil One Eyed Centaur, and Hoysala Kali living statue from The Golden Voyage of Sinbad 1973. X Plus vinyl figures 2002

When I was a young man, I made a display of historical pirate flags for my dad. We watched many swashbuckling tales together. While they are historical in the sense that they are drawn from old books, they are only based on written descriptions. There are only 3 captured real flags known.

#FrankensteinFriday If you want to infuse a spark of life into your being, I suggest you view @realgdt.bsky.social's Frankenstein this Friday. A truly galvanizing experience! No course stitching only fine lines and beautiful cinematography. It will haunt you immortally with pathos.

Barry Windsor-Smith

Robert E. Howard's Complete Conan of Cimmeria: Volume Two cover art by Gary Gianni (2003) #CONAN #fantasyart

As shown in my Toy-Ventures Quebec video, picked up some more Monster Glow Puffy Stickers for collection. I see these, and I'm instantly transported back to being 9 years old. More on the blog today: plaidstallions.com/reboot/monst... #puffystickers #monsters #glowinthedark #80stoys

The Incredible Hulk Television Series is 48 years old today. While other Marvel comic characters had made it to the small screen before it, The Incredible Hulk was the company's first successful live-action series. www.retroist.com/p/retroist-i...

#vintagetoyTuesday Creature of the Black Lagoon 1991 Tin wind-up figure Universal Studios Monsters Robot House Inc. Evanston, Illinois #UniversalMonsters #CreatureoftheBlackLagoon

I am here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I’m all out of bubblegum. On this day in 1988, They Live was released in theaters. #80sSciFi #JohnCarpenter @thehorrormaster.bsky.social

Bernie Wrightson's Frankenstein illustrated edition of Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus Marvel Comics 1983 A thread of all the original published illustrations

(Post) spooky season! Weird Mystery #11 (1974) Great Luis Dominguez cover!

🍂 As #spookyseason settles & autumn’s shadows grow long, we return to THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW — Irving’s haunting mix of fall’s golden calm & sudden terror. 👻🪦 🔊 Make sure sound is on! More vintage frights ⬇️ archive.org/details/@ste... #Librivox

#DayOfTheDead #DiaDeLosMuertos Papier-mâché Charra Catrina decoration with ceramic skulls calaveras ceramicas, and a candle.

Have they forgotten the tradition of telling ghost stories at Christmas time? My favorites: The Signalman and The Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens The Empty House and the Wendigo both by Algernon Blackwood. Smee by A.M. Burrage, Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs The Phantom Coach by Amelia B. Edwards

The Benji mask looks more like Cujo than Benji.

#DayOfTheDead #DiaDeLosMuertos 2000s Padi die cut jointed decorations Catrín Charro Mexican cowboy skeleton and Catrina monarca Monarch butterfly lady skeleton. Monarchs symbolize the returning souls of the dead.

Me at a Dia De Muertos celebration and remembrance of ancestors as a calaca mariachi.

“I am not hungry now,” said the Dark Frog. “I have eaten too many tasty frog children. But after I jump rope one hundred times, I will be hungry again. Then I will eat YOU!”

My son made this bat from an egg carton and he is perfect.

For Halloween, I went as Marvel Comics villain Ogun, Wolverine's enemy and mentor, who was once his teacher of ninjutsu. With a Papier-mâché mask I made.

My ultimate Halloween double feature. Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

#VintageHalloween Halloween 1981 My cousin a Gypsy, I was Benji, and my brother the Devil. All memory of this Halloween was lost until just recently. No explanation of why my parents painted our faces instead of using the masks that came with the costumes. Collegeville Devil costume re-acquired.

#VintageHalloween US Metal Toy Skeleton Noisemaker Tin Lithograph 1960s

Movie theatre marquee and display for The Mummy premiere in 1932 at the Rivoli Theatre in New Jersey.

Let ol' Brom Bones tell you the frightful tale of the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow...

What's your favorite Halloween costume you've ever done? 🎃🦇👻💀👹 My favorite costumes are me and my brother in Ben Cooper or Collegeville vinyl costumes with masks because they scream Halloween to me. Our best costumes were probably the several years we focused on classic monsters with makeup

Did some impromptu pumpkin carving. Only had 5 minutes, so I went traditional.

THE MAD DOCTOR (1933)

1982 TROLL ASSOCIATES Books Edgar Allen Poe's (series) Sold through Troll mail order forms, book clubs, and book fairs. The Fall of the House of Usher 1839 The Masque of the Red Death 1842 The Pit and the Pendulum 1842 These come in hardback and soft cover.

#VintageHalloween Lady in White 1988 A ghost story. If you haven't seen it yet, what is stopping you?

#VintageHalloween 1964 ABG Products Monsters Etta the Ghoul pencil sharpener

London After Midnight by Marie Coolidge-Rask 1928 novel Based on the 1927 MGM picture of the same name by Tod Browning starring Lon Chaney Sr as a vampire known as the Man in the Beaver Hat. Sadly, my copy no longer has the dust jacket.

There are multiple editions of Disney's Chilling, Thrilling, Sounds of the Haunted House: 1. White 2. Orange 3. With spooky party hints 4. New edition with skeleton and crow 5. Cream colored, likely a discolored white, but there are pristine copies that look new 6. Haunted Mansion on the cover

#VintageToyTuesday #UniversalMonsters 2003 Sideshow Universal Monsters Since they never made a Silver Screen Edition Mummy I picked up the standard version but he is pretty monochromatic to begin with and fits in well with the others. Boris Karloff as the Mummy

#VintageToyTuesday #UniversalMonsters 2002 Sideshow Universal Monsters Silver Screen Editions Lon Chaney Sr as the Man in the Beaver Hat

#VintageToyTuesday #UniversalMonsters 2002 Sideshow Universal Monsters Silver Screen Editions Lon Chaney Sr as the Phantom of the Opera

#VintageToyTuesday #UniversalMonsters 2002 Sideshow Universal Monsters Silver Screen Editions Lon Chaney jr as the Wolfman