Monster Memories... 1979-1980

[enyawd72]

A collection of my most prized childhood monster items...

A beautiful unused Universal Monsters lunch box, a set of mint Remco Mini Monsters, and an unread copy of the Wolf Man hardcover book from Crestwood House.

School days were magical then...taking my lunch in that beautiful box, which usually also smuggled a Remco monster or two! I remember Frankenstein peeking out from behind my peanut butter & jelly sandwich.

And the Crestwood House Monster series were my favorite library books, checked out in constant rotation two at a time...what great memories.

[PNGwynne]

I cherish some of those same items. Those Crestwood books were wonderful. Nice picture, D.

[Hedji]

Lovely, lovely photograph. I can almost smell the school library whenever I see those monster books.

[TrekStar]

Love the lunch box, I'm not sure but weren't the figures also available for a limited time at Burger King back in the day?

[cjefferys]

No, the BK figures were similar scale figures that came out around 1996 I believe? Completely different figures, although a few looked somewhat similar.

[comicmike]

What a great snapshot of pure magical nostalgia. Really takes me back!

[Werewolf]

The art on the lunch box is wonderful and it's one of the few times they got the Bride's hair color right.

[newlyknighted]

Awesome collection! Great photo!

[enyawd72]

The art on the lunch box is wonderful and it's one of the few times they got the Bride's hair color right.

^Yes! She looks so much better with auburn hair. The lunchbox is also the only non-paper appearance of Tarantula.

[PNGwynne]

^Yes! She looks so much better with auburn hair.

I agree. My lunchbox is well-used and has no thermos, but I'm glad I still have it. I store extra 9" Remco monster parts in it!

[enyawd72]

I agree. My lunchbox is well-used and has no thermos, but I'm glad I still have it. I store extra 9" Remco monster parts in it!

It's a shame really that Universal is so absolutely clueless when it comes to the monsters. The people in charge know very little about them or their history, or how to properly market them.
There are so many incorrect things in the official style guides. Bride with black hair, Frankenstein with green jackets...they even released the 1932 Mummy on DVD with a picture of Lon Chaney Jr. on the back incorrectly identified as Boris Karloff.
The worst offender though was a Dept. 56 "Torbet" Castle...the home of the Wolf Man, Larry TORBET.

Even that book in my photo above misidentifies the Werewolf of London as the Wolf Man!

[Wee67]

Is that lunchbox vintage? It is in amazing condition. I love the memories of carrying your figures in it. And I completely relate to having the favorite library book.

[acrovader]

I never really was interested in these classic monsters during this era. Don't know why. Everything for me revolved around Star Wars, Micronauts, Shogun Warriors, etc. Now as an adult, I really like the 3 3/4" monster action figures and would like to collect them one day..

[enyawd72]

Is that lunchbox vintage? It is in amazing condition. I love the memories of carrying your figures in it. And I completely relate to having the favorite library book.

Thanks! Yes, it's vintage, but it was unused store stock. It's pristine inside and out. Still had the tags and original price sticker on it when I bought it. I carefully removed the sticker as it was right on Frankenstein's forehead.
I'm going to do a complete photo shoot of it this weekend.