We are not alone

[RSS]

These rubber bendy figures by Imperial are some of the few bits of merchandise that Close Encounters recieved and they certainly served a purpose to me as a kid.

Mostly because I was incredibly curious as to how the aliens looked in the film.

I'm not sure they were big sellers however, I seem to recall these hung on shelves at my local "Dominion Playworld" until it closed it's doors in 1983.

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[megoscott]

So creepy and pink....

[HardyGirl]

He looks like he comes from the planet "Bubble Yum".

[Bruce Banner]

I remember seeing those a lot in the stores, although I never owned one.

[darkmonkeygod]

I still occasionally run across these in the wild. They were around en mass of years after the film at drug stores, Lionel Playworld, and Children's Palace. Oddly, I never knew about the Ben Cooper costume until the eBay days.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Why do I want mashed potatoes now...?

Chris

[MIB41]

If Mr. Happy grew limbs...

[Brown Bear]

I still have two from my childhood. They were my tag team champions named "The UFO's".

I had a brown eyed one and blue eyed one.

[nazgul]

They should've made a bendy Richard Dreyfuss too....

[Figuremod73]

Interesting piece of film merchandising. I would grab it if I saw one of these at the fleas now.

[kennermike]

One of the greatest films ever.I need to buy ones of these very soon!

[ddgaff1132]

Looks like one of the Venture Brothers escaped the cloning tank early.

[cjefferys]

Heh, I picked up one of those on clearance for 99 cents when I was a kid. It was cool to get a good look at an alien from that film. I have to admit that I didn't give the toy too much respect though. I remember throwing him up onto the roof of our house, where he remained for about two years.

[The Nawd]

OMG! I used to have one of these! Forgot that it was from Close Encounters.

[Splitty]

Wow. So happy.