Well I'm going to start this off with something that we and I'm sure you all look forward to every year the "13 Nights of Halloween" schedule. I'm sure that you all have seen it but here it is anyway for those of you that haven't. Enjoy.. 

 

Let me know what  Movie or Show you are most looking forward to. 

Info and Full Schedule from FREEFORM.COM

"Vintage Gaming"

 

 Put This Up For Sale......

 

Look what just went up for sale....
Posted by Toys of My Past on Wednesday, July 12, 2017

"Getting Zombie Figures Ready"

 Still working on painting them, I'm having a bit of trouble choosing a color scheme for each.

  (still working on this one)

 But I think they are coming out pretty good.

 

Just to give an idea of what they look like before paint.

and yes these will be given away later this month.

Found this guy in a local thrift shop for $5, I personally never had any of these figures but I did see their commercials when I was younger. 

Cool.

About Time Zombies in your mailbox

FYI This Giveaway is for us residents only, as I currently can not ship out of the country, sorry in advance.

Free Zombies

 

 Ok it is finally time to give these guys away, and here is how to get one. 

Tell me if you can remember what your first horror movie was? It can be any type not just a zombie movie, can't remember? Then write a little about what you miss about your childhood. You do not have to answer both questions you can just write about one if you like. I will be choosing the coolest stories and will post the winners in an upcoming post.

Send your stories to hippi35@hotmail.com

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X-Ray Vision for $1

 

Remember seeing those ads in your old comics, the ones that offered cool toys for almost nothing, only to get a NO as soon as you pointed to the ad when asking your parents for money, then wondering what it would've been like to have that awesome toy? Well there is this cool guy that put together a book that will answer that question and more, its called "Mail-Order Mysteries" and I have to say that this book is AWESOME!

 

This was one of my favorites to read about. I was always curious about what would actually be sent to who ever ordered something like this. I would've had a blast as a kid if I had one of these.

 

There are also some secrets revealed about some of the items that were offered, like this "100pc Toy Soldier Set". The ad description was a bit flat...sorry, had to.

 Oh and you can't forget the original that everyone can say that they wanted, the amazing "X-Ray Spex". Every young boy that saw these knew that they had to get them for one reason and one reason only...to see what was inside those Birthday or Christmas gifts...you thought it was going to be something else huh.. don't lie you know you thought it.

I had a hard time putting this book down there is so much great stuff in this book I had fun reading this and promise that you will to although I made myself stop reading from time to time because I didn’t want it to end.

Special Thanks to Kirk Demarais for the OK to write this. Want to know more about him and his work head over to SecretFunSpot.com you can find links to his other sites.

Oh and check out his short film "FLIP"

See it here: http://vimeo.com/979599

Get The Book Here