Unexpected Halloween costume collection

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I honestly never set out in this life to collect Halloween costumes, I blame working on this site because now I've got a bunch of these things littering my house and I thought I'd share.

It all began with the Ben Cooper Frankenstein above, which I bought two years ago yesterday at a toy show that took me a long time to get to and I didn't want to go home empty handed from. The beauty of the box with it's swiped Aurora art really spoke to me. I'll reveal more of my " new collection" after the break.


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Here was another case of the box getting to me with this Star Trek Klingon, I mean, look at Captain Kirk's pink sweater, it's delicious.
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The costume itself is also bad ***, I like the red streaks in his hair and the goofy face in the middle of the tunic. Wonder why the designers at Ben Cooper felt the need to add those?

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I bought this Swamp Thing from a costume dealer online, at first glance I assumed it was from the early eighties and based on the fun movie series that I adore. Upon receipt I realized it was from the not so successful 1991 animated show but I really didn't care.
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Finally, I had to pick this one up, seeing as I wore it 35 Halloween's ago. I paid a whopping $5 for this, which is probably what my mom paid at Woolco.

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I actually have more costumes to share this month, this has really become something of a sickness.


More Costumes :


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[saucerful]

Okay, now this is wild! Time warping back and forth. Great mysterious collector powers bringing this all together. I love it!

[HardyGirl]

I really like that Klingon costume. And that box was the best! Awesomeness!

[nvmbrsdoom5]

Love it, and I think The Bat costume is great, I woulda worn that as a kid too!

[rche]

I always figured the pictures and text were on the costume so that you would have an answer when the little old lady asked, 'And who are you this year, little boy?'. You know, a creepy question like that can really rattle a 5 or 6 year old and they may need some backup. ;)

The Bat is totally awesome, btw.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Ben Cooper just HAD to put the characters name somewhere on the costume or mask. Batman, BATMAN for pete's sake, had a bat-symboy plastered on his forhead and the word "BATMAN" on his chest. I think it was a law back then.

It looks like McCoy has on Kirk's real shirt on that Klingon box as well.

The Swamp Thing mask is kind of an expressionistic interpretation of Swamp Thing.

Awesome collection B.

Chris

[jds1911a1]

I had the starsky costume a paul Michael Glaser mask and the torino on the chest classic

[vintage spideyfan]

Those boxes are brilliant. Got to love the costumes too, even though they could be kind of on the crude side.

[toys2cool]

awesome!! I love those Ben Cooper costumes

[Karen-bionic-fan]

Iv got Six million dollar man /bionic woman ones love them .

[Sowth]

Your eyes in that bat mask are following me around the room.

It's kind of freaking me out.

[Meule]

Oh, I love that Batman and Swamp Thing costume. All the costumes look cool, but those 2 are my favorites

[vulcan2074]

Those are super cool. :beaming1:
Sammy

[ScottA]

This was a fun read. Love the Trek and Bat costumes.

[Ranger 3]

Oh, I love that Batman and Swamp Thing costume. All the costumes look cool, but those 2 are my favorites

Hold on a minute there- that is a 'The Bat' costume, not 'Batman'... Any similarity is strickly coincidental. You wanna get someone sued?

:)

[UnderdogDJLSW]

Great stuff. Trying to buy stuff for my kids these days, I've been wishing for the Ben Cooper simplicity to come back.

[Neutron X]

NICE COLLECTION! I picked up 6 mint 1970s Superhero masks at a flea market and displayed them hanging on my wall for years. They looked great as wall art!

[SUP-Ronin]

I seem to remember these costumes all had a particular smell. I'm sure I'd recognise it immediately, if I smelled it again. Cool collection.

[Johny_Utah]

Just picked these up.


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[mego73]

Has anyone noticed the Mego influences on the Klingon costume from the face and the look of the communicator drawing?

[vintage spideyfan]

Just picked these up.


Nice!!

[The Toyroom]

I've grabbed a couple over the last few years.....Bionic Woman, Isis, Lone Ranger, Batman and Spider-Man

[The Toyroom]

I'm surprised no one has written a definitive Ben Cooper Halloween Costumes book yet :wink: I'd buy one!

[pepi]

Have Evil Knievel, Shazam! (my favorite) and King Kong great graphics on the box!

[draconianguard]

I never knew that Klingon costume existed. I love it!

[Twiki1979]

I'm surprised no one has written a definitive Ben Cooper Halloween Costumes book yet :wink: I'd buy one!

There is one....not just Ben Cooper but Collegeville as well