EPIC UNIVERSAL MONSTERS 70s & 80s Toys | 70s & 80s Toys of Original Universal Monsters Merchandise
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- Epic Universal MONSTERS 70s & 80s Toys and Original Merchandise. Horror Toys of Vintage Universal Monsters like Dracula and Frankenstein ran the gambit of games and action figures. 1980s Universal Monsters Toys and Action Figures from Universal City Studios, MEGO, REMCO, Aurora, AHI, and more classic cinema monster merchandise. History of original Vintage Toys for any Toy Collector with a Universal Monsters Collection of incredible Famous Monsters of Filmland Toy Collection.
My first introduction to the Universal monsters came when I watched the TV series "Monster Squad" as a child. The one with Walt, Drac, Frank and Bruce W. Wolf acting as crime fighters. When I got older, I watched the classic Universal movies and still do today. They're timeless treasures.
That is a great introduction for sure. They have just been in our lives for so long. I hope they continue.
Wow, awesome Universal Monster figures! I had the Mummu and Wolfman with the glow in the dark faces and grabbing arms.
That whole grabbing thing would have been a gimick I needed. We had a couple of Mini MOnsters, but these were great.
I had all of the Mini Monsters and the playcase! My folks say they still have all of them packed away at their house. I'd love to get my hands on it and put it on display. Hopefully, it'll turn up someday!
YOu need to get those guys for sure before it is too late. I would love to have the whole set.
Those toys are so freaking cool 😎
I know right, so many options during that time. NOw there are some beautiful collector pieces, too.
Always loved watching Abbott and Costelo meet the monsters specials on Sunday morning reruns with my Dad after church. Great times.
Classics, man. That is a great memory, too. I love that it was after church, too. Thanks for continuing to watch!
Only one i met was Frankenstein's Monster at Universal.
That is still pretty cool. I only remember the two, and I hated the PHANTOM. Scared the heck out of me.
Long live Universal Classic Monsters
FOREVER
Magnificent Universal motion pictures monsters from the classic
years of real horror movies this is really awesome thanks.👻🎃👻
Thank you. Loved making it, I am such a fan of these guys. It is HALLOWEEN, so why not.
I had a full set of the action figures when I was a kid. When all of my friends had super heroes, I had the universal monsters 😊
Your collection made for some GREAT villains. I would have been just like you. I had NO Superheroes (well, typical DC or Marvel that is, lol)
A memory flooded my brain seeing the wind up sparking black Lagoon monster. Also I could smell the tin lunchboxes
I had that wind up Creature. LOVED it completely
@@GENXPERIENCE same
You forgot the most epic of universal monster merch. The Creature Features board game! I played it with my siblings and it is still memorable and fun. It worked like Monopoly but instead of buying hotels, you bought movies and the stars that went with those movies.
I really should have put in board games into this, thank you. Watch my Dark Shadows video about that board game if you have the time.
I was born in 1970, so my introduction to the classic Universal Monsters came through reruns of the Munsters, Shock Theater on the weekends and Famous Monsters of Filmland.
I had those monster View Masters! I hadn’t thought about them in years. As far as I know, they’re still packed away somewhere at my parent’s house. They were not derived from any TV special I’m aware of. Apparently, they were just created for the View Master.
Its cool you had those viewmasters. They were so strange to me. I didn't think they would make those little vignettes just for the toy itself. They looked like holiday specials, lol. Thanks
@@GENXPERIENCE I was just reading about the View Masters online. Needless to say, they were extremely popular for several decades. The company actually had sculptors create those amazing scenes for various stories. Florence Thomas and Joe Liptak were two of their main artists.
To people who say, "your kids aren't going to like the same things you liked," I point out the Universal monsters, Three Stooges, and superheroes that have been around for almost as long.
You can find outliers in almost everything. I think the idea that kids not liking the same things you did is because it's mostly true.
It is very true that some kids do end up enjoying what their parents do, and you listed fine examples. Those monsters are certainly...UNIVERSAL
I remember the Imperial Universal Monsters being pretty sturdy. I had their Dracula and Wolf Man, and got a lot of play time out of them.
I love hearing when people had these...and remember enjoying playing with them.
I still have all 4 of the Imperial monsters.
That is awesome...and has to be worth something.
Excellent video, and I hope you fared well with Milton. I’m from New Orleans, so I know all about hurricanes! As a Monster Kid growing up in the ‘60s and ‘70s, I had all of the Aurora monster models as well as most of the Monster Scenes and Prehistoric Scenes kits. Those models are long gone now, but I started collecting again in the ‘90s and early 2000s. As an artist, my model painting skills have vastly improved since the old days!
I had a wide assortment of monster toys, books, figures and collected all things PLANET OF THE APES, including the models and a complete collection of the POTA magazine.
I grew up absorbing any monster magazine I could find, starting with FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND. I’m proud to say that I currently illustrate and write for SCARY MONSTERS magazine.
I wish I could post photos here, as I would post photos of my current monster models that you would be free to use in your videos. These include Aurora re-issues as well as some by Polar Lights, Moebius and others.
Might I suggest that you make a video about PLANET OF THE APES merchandise? There certainly was a lot of it, predating JAWS and STAR WARS.
Thank you. Although many areas were battered, mine was not....doing well (loved strong wind storms to be honest), but hate that anyone has to deal with terrible aftermath. As you would know, for sure. When you mentioned your paint skills I thought to myself how that is what I would ruin about them. Love that you had those all and continue to do so, they were amazing kits back then, and I bet your work is amazing now...I do wish we could post pictures here, darn it. Your collection sounds incredible, I too love the Planet of the Apes. Thank you for the compliment, the watch, and the comment. See you soon.
Awesome video Victor. So many cool toys.
Thanks, man. And yeah, what a great time, great toys. And they continue to live on, old and new.
I also had a small activity book called Spooky Action cut-outs, by James Razzi. It featured Vampires, werewolves, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde and something that's supposed to be godzilla. You'd cut out the pages and asemble or fold the illustrations. You could ake a skeleton in a rocking chair, Make Frankenstein's monster tip his hat to an old lady. (We never saw that in the movies!) It's real fun when you were six years old.
HA! No, maybe that scene got deleted, lol. That sounds like a fun book and something like that is vaguely familiar. Thank you
I remember seeing the Phantom and Frankenstein at universal studios Hollywood as a kid, sadly no photos with them though. They had these cool souvenir machines that made a plastic/wax like figurines of the monsters.
Those wax formed souvenirs were the BOMB. A couple of years ago, Busch Gardens in Tampa Bay, I found one of those that formed a Cheetah. Had to do it, put the money in, watched it and came out with a blast from the past souvenir. LOVE IT. Thanks for the memory.
@@GENXPERIENCE it's good to know that those are still around
I had those Star Wars type Monsters the case & the Monsterizer 👍🏻
Lucky Duck. I would loved that whole set. I am pretty sure we had a couple laying around getting lost in the Fisher Price Adventure people, etc.
@@GENXPERIENCE 🤣🤣🤣 speaking of that my brother handed down to me Fisher Price Sesame Street. Such a cool place with many of the characters. I just donated it to charity
Just a bit too young when these came out but really cool stuff and love the franchise for sure.
Understood, but the franchise lives on in so many ways. Lots of gorgeous collectibles today, so even now, it is a great franchise to enjoy. Thank you
The Drak Pack,was also a quite nice Saturday/Sunday morning Cartoon and I think it was made by Hanna- Barbera Cartoons.
I remember it, but didn't watch it. But you're right, it could go right along with those other TV entries.
I don't think we had any Universal Monsters toys over here, well except for the monsters subline of the Real Ghostbusters, and the Turtles as Dracula, Frankenstein's monster etc.
I'm also gonna count Play-doh's count Creepyhead as it let you make Dracula, Wolfman and Mummy faces.
Never thought about that, but perhaps their later resurgence in the 70s and 80s didn't make sense yet. What do I know. I love your reference to GB and TMNT with their HOrror designs. Very cool. Now I want to look up that Play Doh set.
You can't keep a good monster down.I remember Friday night monster movies ont.v. Saturday afternoon movies the Crestwood books at school which had great photos. I still collect universal monsters toys statues etc.
You got that right. Friday night movies you found some real treasures. Glad you still collect.
The universal monsters are the kind of classic thing that has staying power. Look at the Adam Sandler Dracula cartoon movies. Drac and the guys are beloved children's characters. They're not going anywhere. It's really kind of hilarious and cool.
Btw, have you seen the recent jada toys monster figures? They're really good.
Agreed...they will last forever. NICE. And yes, JADA does some amazing stuff, adn I love that collectors have so much to chose from. Thanks for dropping by.
one year my mom filled my Easter basket with less candy and ALL SIX of the Remco Universal 'mini' Monsters
I would have happily taken that for sure. Would love to have those guys now. Awesome memory of Easter.
What is that black and white Universal Studiios footage at 14;57.
It was a 60s tour showing off the TEN COMMANDMENTS set. Here is the address to the video: ua-cam.com/video/e0m8IgV50BI/v-deo.html
i had a land of the lost lunchbox
This is completely unrelated, but IS THAT THE ENTRANCE MUSIC FROM CAPTAIN EO IN THE BACKGROUND?!?! 🤩🤩🤩🤩
I heard it and gasped so freaking loud 💖💫😅
You are good. What great ears. Yes, it is and always sneak stuff in like that. Thanks for noticing.
I'm more "Monster High", frankly. Which ironically is in development as a Dark Universe movie. Though I have seen some girls' stuff from the '60s like a paper doll set and baby dolls inspired by "The Munsters".
Monster High was a great idea, honestly. Too bad they lessened the monster aesthetic in teh last few years. But they are still pretty successful.
@@GENXPERIENCE Let's just say I'm not thrilled with what Nickelodeon did with it. But at least they claimed a multiverse regarding the characters, so it's not all bad.
I did a little research and as far as I know there were never any Universal monster claymation specials (licensed or unlicensed). I couldn't find much information on the actual Viewmaster reels but I would guess either the art was made specifically for them or was taken from books that reprinted versions of the original stories.
Hey there. Thanks for looking into it. It was odd for me to believe they created all these static figure/Claymation vignettes for a view master. They looked like the 60s Christmas Specials, so I wondered. Thank you. I thought you would have appreciated my comment in the show about "the reach around."
@@GENXPERIENCE You're welcome! The only other thing I could think of was maybe it was concept art for a show or specials that didn't get picked up and they sold off the art. And yes, I did appreciate the reach around.
@@pantheonvideo View Master had a staple of artists who created the sculptures used with the slides. Dracula and the Wolf Man were done by an artist named Joe Liptak, while Frankenstein was done by Mr. Liptak and an artist named Lelia Heath Pearson. There is a View Master website that catalogs all the artists, what reels they worked on and some behind the scenes information. I know UA-cam doesn't like links posted in comments, but that website shouldn't be too hard to find. The problem with the three monster sets is that they were created after GAF had bought the company and switched the film stock to their own rather the previously used Kodachrome, so the slides have all tinted to red. The reels on Kodachrome look they were made yesterday. Growing up I had (and still do have) the talking version of Dracula and Frankenstein and a few years ago got the Wolf Man off of ebay. These are not adaptions of the Universal films but are there own takes on the tales, told from a first person perspective (at least the voice over is) Dracula is told from the point of view of Jonathan Harker's nephew and Frankenstein is told from Doctor Frankenstein's perspective. Now that I think about it, the first person perspective is in line with the original novels. Since the Wolf Man isn't based on a book it's a bit more of an original tale. Over all an excellent video, especially since you had an image of Topps Creature Feature/You'll Die Laughing cards. I think the only thing you forgot were the Crestwood series of books; which my fiends and I had on constant rotation of checking them out from our school library. Though I have I have to admit I have no idea what flip it's are.
@@pantheonvideo Sorry if this is a double post, but what I previously posted disappeared. View Master had a staple of artists who created the sculptural/diorama reels. Both Dracula and The Wolf Man were created by an artist named Joe Liptak. Frankenstein was created by Mr. Liptak and an artist named Lelia Heath Pearson.
The problem with these monster reels is that they were created after View Master was purchased by GAF, which substituted its own film stock in place of the previously used Kodachrome. That GAF film stock has now tinted red with age. If GAF had continued to use Kodachrome the “slides” would look like they were taken yesterday.
I had and still do have the talking versions of Dracula and Frankenstein. I got the non-talking (I’m not sure if a talking version was made for those reels) off of ebay a few years ago.
These are not adaptations of the Universal films but rather new takes on the original novels. The story lines are told in the first person (at least the audio is); Dracula is told from the point of view of Jonathan Harker’s nephew and Frankenstein is told by Dr. Frankenstein himself. The Wolf Man not having a book to be based on is much more of an original tale. Now that I think about it, telling the story in the first person is very much in keeping with the original books style.
Overall a very well done video. I think you got pretty much got everything. I was pleased to see that you included an image of the Topps Creature Feature/You'll Die Laughing trading cards. The only thing you missed was the Crestwood series of books. My friends and I had those books on constant rotation of checking them out from our school library.
@@billgrindler4653 Thanks for sharing all this information! I was surprised at how little I could find about those specific reels online, and it was kind of bothering me even though it's technically not important information for me to know. Haha.