1981 Ben Cooper Costume Catalog

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Halloween around here wouldn't be the same without the store bought goodness that is Ben Cooper. If you were a child of the 70s or 80s, then you certainly knew their product.

Cooper held some of the great licenses in 1981 including the Disney characters, both the DC and Marvel comics Superheroes, Clash of the Titans and of course, Star Wars. The only thing they were missing were the Universal Monsters (who had jumped ship to rival Collegeville).

In addition the store bought costumes, Cooper had a mountain of other fun Halloween related items like rubber masks, fake blood, rubber bats and bugs and tons of Jigglers to suck your wallet dry like a vacuum baby!

http://plaidstallions.com/bencooper/1981.html

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[Werewolf]

I remember all of those SW masks.

[Red Hulk]

I don't remember some of those costumes but I find it interesting there's Red Skull masks,costumes and even a jiggler figure.I was Yoda that year.

[Chris]

At first glance, I thought the Fred Flintstone drawing was grabbing his crotch.

[Shanester]

Thing looks like a turd and Woody is calling me a loser...

[palitoy]

Thing looks like a turd and Woody is calling me a loser...

Doctor Strange is going to beat the crap out of me.

[HardyGirl]

I have a printout of the Thing mask in my doll sized Woolworth right now.

[Wee67]

OK, I have a confession- Although I live nostalgically love them now and I wore one every year when I was kid, BUT... I also found them disappointing when I was a kid.

I remember being so jealous of kids whose mother hand-created cool costumes. I found it frustrating that Ben Cooper couldn't simply reproduce the character's uniform or outfit on the jumpsuit. Did we really need a picture of the person on our chest? I think that's one of the reasons I stuck with Batman so many years (besides my love of Batman). Yeah, he had his name on the mask, but the costume was kind of close. I really wanted sleeves and a big cape. Definitely a dangerously large cape.

[CrimsonGhost]

Yeah I never like the ones that had a picture of the character on the costume. I'm trying to remember... I had Spider-Man, Batman, Chewbacca, C-3PO and maybe Superman, I'm not sure.

[cjefferys]

Doctor Strange is going to beat the crap out of me.

Nah, with his misshapen little right arm, you could probably take him.

I said it in the Titans thread but I'll say it again, I really find those drawings oddly disturbing. *shudder*

[HardyGirl]

I had a homemade costume and store bought mask and hat for 4 years (I was a witch), but loved it in 6th grade when I got my first and only Ben Cooper costume, the Bionic Woman. I loved that thing. I even slept in it once, and got a rash b/c of the plastic. But these days, I have my 18 inch dolls, and for Halloween, I make them Ben Cooper style costumes, matching boxes, and even a Woolworth setup. I miss those days.

[Mego MkIV]

Is it me or dose that Scooby Doo look stoned?

[Wee67]

May be my favorite custom of all time-

http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?17804-Ben-Cooper-Halloween-Batman&highlight=ben+cooper+custom

[nvmbrsdoom5]

OMG that Batman custom is brilliant!!!

[nvmbrsdoom5]

Oh and I would've guessed that the Doctor Strange costume was actually supposed to be the angry weight-lifting dad from "The Wanderers". Yikes.