They should bring back the classic Halloween costumes

[drquest]

This time of year we start getting a bunch of those Halloween Costume magazines hawking the latest costumes for the kids, and big kids. Of course the local annual Halloween stores will be opening soon as well.

As fun as they are, I miss the old style Halloween costumes. Ben Cooper, Collegeville etc... The smell of those vinyl costumes was intoxicating!

http://flashbak.com/bad-halloween-co...and-80s-23092/

I saw this one listed on eBay and it just made me a little sad that this era has passed...

[Brown Bear]

I'd love to see them in stores agin in adult sizes.

[Hedji]

My idea:

Hallmark ornaments of classic Halloween costumes. They've done it for Barbies, Fisher Price Toys, Lunchboxes.

I'm surprised Super7 or someone doesn't do mini versions in a collectible format.

[palitoy]

Fright Rags has been doing them in an adult variation.

[Donkey Hoatie]

In college in the early 90s, I used to go to the store and buy one of those vinyl costumes with masks. I'd slit the sides and essentially wear it like an apron. Oscar the Grouch was always a real crowd-pleaser. Wish I could still find them in stores like that.

[HardyGirl]

I miss going to Woolworth's and seeing shelves and shelves of Ben Cooper goodness. In recent years, I've made a mini Woolworth's and Ben Cooper style costumes for my 18 inch dolls. Sure, they were hokey, but you could be pretty much anything you wanted. I have a plastic POTA Cornelius mask. I think I'll make a costume from an old rain poncho, and BC costume graphic, complete w/ Ben Cooper logo.

And someone had t-shirts done in Ben Cooper costume style on Ebay a few years ago.

[Spawn67]

I agree they should but I dont think kids nowdays would want to wear those costumes. I miss those days as well.

Woolworth Woolco Halloween Commercial 1978

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvQf1d83lOw

woolworth halloween

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFaoMsmWXvo

[drquest]

It's not a costume, but I added this to my T-shirt sales page today.

http://www.redbubble.com/people/drqu...s=22&p=t-shirt



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