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Post by lizzfizz on Jun 17, 2017 18:50:25 GMT -8
I'm a long time monster collector and am happy that there are more people who care about such things. I hope to post a couple photos of my collection soon. Also, I recently took a vulcanization class so I'm planning to create some ugly molds.
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Post by Astronit on Jun 19, 2017 17:27:51 GMT -8
Welcome to the RU Forum lizzfiz! Like your avatar image. Looking forward to seeing some of your collection.
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Post by lizzfizz on Jun 22, 2017 17:47:04 GMT -8
Hi Astronit, thanks for noticing my avatar! I made it based on my favorite Diener eraser monster. I have a pink one which I called "Crazy Harry". I noticed that you have a blue one in your collection. So cool, especially as he has all his limbs. My cousin "accidentally" tore off my Crazy Harry's legs which was very sad but my brother made him a wheelchair out of Lego. Do you know any more of the history of this monster? My brother found a bigger version and gave him to me for my birthday last year which was the best present ever  |
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Post by Astronit on Jun 22, 2017 18:13:08 GMT -8
Hi Astronit, thanks for noticing my avatar! I made it based on my favorite Diener eraser monster. I have a pink one which I called "Crazy Harry". I noticed that you have a blue one in your collection. So cool, especially as he has all his limbs. My cousin "accidentally" tore off my Crazy Harry's legs which was very sad but my brother made him a wheelchair out of Lego. Do you know any more of the history of this monster? My brother found a bigger version and gave him to me for my birthday last year which was the best present ever Originally called Jiggle-Lo but "Crazy Harry" is good. I got mine many decades ago. Hope you can find another to add to your collection.  1960's diener rubber monster jigglers ad by Astronit, on Flickr |
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Post by lizzfizz on Jun 23, 2017 9:47:25 GMT -8
So cool to see the artwork. Yeah, I got mine in a Cleveland mall in the 80's. I had no idea I'd still be obsessed with him 30+ years later.
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Post by lizzfizz on Jun 23, 2017 9:52:46 GMT -8
I would like to know what other people called these monsters when they were younger. I had an entire world based on them. I gave them all their own names in that world because I didn't have any of the marketing materials that came with them.
So Jiggle-Lo = Crazy Harry
Shaky = Samantha
I called rubber uglies "Gneeps" because they lived beneath things.
What did everyone else call their monsters back when you were innocent and had your own world?
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Post by Astronit on Jun 23, 2017 16:03:41 GMT -8
"Gneeps", that's sooo cool.
My friends and I called many of the mid-1970's figures "Brabos"
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Post by lizzfizz on Jun 23, 2017 18:33:08 GMT -8
Interesting. Do you know where that name came from? My brother and I definitely categorized them into different species. We called Slurfies "Snozzle Noses".
Shaky was a Buggawad but they all had different first names.
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Post by Astronit on Jun 23, 2017 18:40:25 GMT -8
Yes, "BRABO" was a maker mark that was printed on the Kooky Spooky figures. We didn't know any better so we just started calling any and all rubber toys "Brabos"
My mother gave me a package of "Slurfies" around 1973 when I was sick. Since I got them in a package I've always remembered their series name. I never named any single one differently.
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Post by lizzfizz on Jun 24, 2017 8:51:46 GMT -8
A package of 1973 Slurfies while sick sounds like the best comfort food I remember losing one of my Slurfies in the grass and looking for him for hours and never finding him. Maybe there should be a section on here for monster memories |
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Post by monsterman1962 on Jun 25, 2017 6:47:17 GMT -8
Good idea.
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Post by Astronit on Jun 26, 2017 12:45:54 GMT -8
Maybe there should be a section on here for monster memories Done: Monster Memories |
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