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  • LordMudd
    Persistent Member
    • Aug 22, 2011
    • 1331

    #16
    Sinclair oil sponsored set of "life size" dinosaurs on flatbed trucks that traveled around, with these machines so you could make your own smaller version. I know I had a red T-Rex.


    CCC.

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    • glimpy
      Loco Chango
      • Feb 5, 2012
      • 682

      #17
      Back in 1975, I believe, At Universal Studios, My parents bought us 3 Wax Frankenstein's each. 2 Red and 1 light blue.
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      • PNGwynne
        Master of Fowl Play
        • Jun 5, 2008
        • 19444

        #18
        What a great thread! I didn't know about Frankenstein, but I had a Jimminy Cricket from the state fair.
        WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.

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        • darkmonkeygod
          Career Member
          • Sep 5, 2005
          • 850

          #19
          They are back!

          Universal Studios Florida in Orlando has them in their Halloween Horror Nights Tribute Store on park grounds.

          https://wdwnt.com/2020/08/photos-new...udios-florida/

          Here's a hotlinked photo:

          franken-mold-6-1200x900.jpg

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          • hedrap
            Permanent Member
            • Feb 10, 2009
            • 4825

            #20
            There's a guy who restores these...I want to say he's in Chicago.

            Always loved my gorillas. It shows how steeped in injection casting/blow-moulds our lives were when we had on-demand dispensaries.

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            • Makernaut
              Persistent Member
              • Jul 22, 2015
              • 1546

              #21
              Originally posted by hedrap
              There's a guy who restores these...I want to say he's in Chicago.
              https://news.wttw.com/2019/09/26/sto...uvenir-machine

              In 2011, the company changed its name from the William A. Jones Co. to Mold-A-Rama Inc. and moved out of the Jones house into an office on 31st Street in Brookfield. They also have a mechanical warehouse in Lyons where machines are repaired.
              https://www.rblandmark.com/News/Arti...rookfield-Zoo/

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              • J.B.
                Guild Navigator
                • Jun 23, 2010
                • 2881

                #22
                Originally posted by samurainoir
                I vividly recall these machines at Universal Studios in California as a kid.
                I remember them at Universal Studios and also at the Griffith Park Observatory.
                You are transparent; I see many things... I see plans within plans.

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                • Earth 2 Chris
                  Verbose Member
                  • Mar 7, 2004
                  • 32498

                  #23
                  I would love to get a Frankenstein and a Jack O' Lantern from Universal Florida. But part of the fun is getting it in person...and I think I'll pass until all the pandemic is finally over.

                  Chris
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                  • hedrap
                    Permanent Member
                    • Feb 10, 2009
                    • 4825

                    #24

                    Oh wow, that second article has a pic of my gorilla with an alligator?!? I never saw that at that the zoo!

                    Our machine was real limited and built more like a typical standing dispenser. Gorilla, Lion, Elephant and Giraffe. I had gotten them all at different times. The Giraffe neck never held up, literally.

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                    • Confessional
                      Maker & Whatnot
                      • Aug 8, 2012
                      • 3410

                      #25
                      I specifically made a pilgrimage to Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa years ago to give Mold-A-Rama offerings in order to secure a couple sacred rhinos.

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                      • drquest
                        ~~/\~~\o/~~/\~~Shark!
                        • Apr 17, 2012
                        • 3741

                        #26
                        I love these things...

                        Last year when I was in Vegas I went to the Pinball Machine Hall of Fame. It's well off the strip by the way. My youngest son and I had a blast there, ton's of Pinball machines, older, newer tons of different things. One thing I was drawn to was the Mold A Rama that actually came from Disneyland. I pumped it full of quarters and got a piping hot Donald Duck to take home.

                        The St. Louis Zoo used to have one of these and I can remember getting a gorilla from that one. Also the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry used to have one that would spit out a German U-Boat, U-505.

                        Here's a picture of the one at the Pinball Hall of Fame.

                        Danny(Drquest)
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                        • B-Lister
                          Eccentric Weirdo
                          • Mar 19, 2010
                          • 2921

                          #27
                          I wouldn't mind getting one of these. I'll probably never set foot in Florida in my lifetime, but there's always ebay.
                          Looking for Green Arrow accessories, Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver, and Japanese Popy Megos (Battle Cossack and France, Battle of the Planets, Kamen Rider, Ultraman) and World Heroes figures

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                          • glimpy
                            Loco Chango
                            • Feb 5, 2012
                            • 682

                            #28
                            Where were they sold at Griffith park?
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                            • J.B.
                              Guild Navigator
                              • Jun 23, 2010
                              • 2881

                              #29
                              Originally posted by glimpy
                              Where were they sold at Griffith park?
                              Remember them being on a paved path outside the observatory, near a snack shop.
                              You are transparent; I see many things... I see plans within plans.

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                              • Neutron X
                                Persistent Member
                                • Dec 22, 2007
                                • 1803

                                #30
                                I have a damaged Gorilla from the St. Louis Zoo that I hope to upgrade one day.Cool figure! It came with a Big Jim collection I bought. Mine from the grade school field trip never made it home. Good news though I now know I have a Pluto figure from Disney Mold a Rama machine!

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