Imperial Toys Spooky Kooky monster jigglers

[ZMOQ]

You know, these guys:



I've been waiting for YEARS for someone to do a write-up of my favorite monster jigglers. Finally, I got tired of waiting and compiled all of my notes from a few years ago and wrote the article myself. A friendly note to an ebay seller got me in contact with a super collector who had quite a few bootleg/knockoffs!

This is the first version of the article. Any additional information or photos are greatly appreciated. Happy to credit anyone with additional input.

http://zemastor.blogspot.com/2016/01...ooky-oily.html

[Neutron X]

Good Job! I enjoyed your post and am glad to learn about these fun figs.

[darkmonkeygod]

Very cool. Any idea when Topstone made (or perhaps distributed) them? Here's the TS box.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/vint...5263504231545/

[ZMOQ]

I wasn't aware that Topstone made toys. Weren't they known for the rubber monster masks that you could buy from Johnson Smith catalogs?

I don't have access to Facebook. Can you copy any info or pics and PM them to me?

BTW- just added a blog page for my "Hogan's Heroes + Spooky Kooky = ?" mashup. My brother and I used to play "Hogan's Heroes" with Spooky Kookys back in '72 or '73. Once I got replacements for my Kookys (almost 40 years later), I made them some "Hogan's Heroes/Adventure team" type outfits.

http://zemastor.blogspot.com/2016/01...s-playing.html

[ZMOQ]

I'm back everyone. I've been spending more time searching the Internet and discussing Spooky Kooky boxes at the Universal Monster Army. Borrowed a Facebook id and found more info on Facebook. I've (mostly) completed writing Part II of the Spooky Kooky story. Turns out, the boxes and packaging tell a far more interesting story than the Spooky Kooky toys themselves.

Draft version is here:

http://home.earthlink.net/~zmoq/data...ackaging'.html

This is a DRAFT, not the final URL. Awaiting the possibility of better pictures, and I have made a few more email contacts who might have more info.

Any feedback or comments are appreciated.

Also, I have updated the main Spooky Kooky page with a newly-found photo of fake knockoffs still attached to a vending machine backing card. More laughs all around.

[scoth70]

this is a very late reply to an old post but I only just found it.... I do have some of these troubled tormented souls hanging around
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