Ben Cooper '76 King Kong costume

[cjefferys]

On our flea market excursion yesterday, I found something cool to add to my 1976 King Kong collection, a Ben Cooper costume (my first). The outfit looks brand new, unused and features a rather charming, simpler rendition of the theatrical poster artwork. The box is pretty generic but still has some neat, very off model superhero artwork. I would have preferred Kong specific artwork or at least a window, because right now I'm not sure how to display this.

[palitoy]

Oh man, I never actually looked at this when you bought it. It's really cool!

[Bruce Banner]

That's cool! I distinctly remember having that same mask as a kid... not sure what happened to the rest of the costume, or whether I somehow just picked up the mask by itself somewhere.

[Earth 2 Chris]

So, Kong had his own movie poster tattooed on his chest. Hardcore!

Seriously, that is awesome.

Chris

[cjefferys]

So, Kong had his own movie poster tattooed on his chest. Hardcore!

Yeah, it took me a minute to figure out that the design around the picture is supposed to be Kong's chest hair, pretty bizarre!

[Brown Bear]

My oldest brother used to sit beside our bed with that mask as we awoke from a sound sleep and scare us. Good memories. Still smile every time I see that Kong mask.

[hedrap]

I had that mask!

I do not remember that box. That is awesome!

[Hedji]

A masterpiece! Love any and all Kong 76 stuff!

[Mikey]

The mask looks like what would happen to Al Jolson if he had one too many shot glasses of Gamma Rays.

Don't think that would fly today

[HardyGirl]

Wow! So you have the play suit and not the plastic costume! Sweet! It will display a lot better w/ less wrinkles. Nice grab!

[cjefferys]

Thanks Sharry. Yeah, at first I thought this was just a normal plastic Halloween costume (I'm not too knowledgeable on Ben Cooper stuff), so I was really surprised that it was made of fabric and was a whole suit with legs and everything. Now if I just had the extra wall space in my office I would be hanging up this bad boy.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I still have my Batman playsuit like this, minus the mask. How it survived from early childhood, I have no idea. Thanks Mom!

Chris

[Bravestarr]

King Kong 1976 merchandise is the best

[ScottA]

That's pretty slick.