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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 6h

Around these parts, you know you're deep into the Halloween season when those "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" cardboard pumpkin bins start popping up. 🎃

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Just a reminder that I've been updating Dino Drac's Mausoleum of Madness as often as possible, with all sorts of vintage Halloween goodies. Runs through October 31st! Read here: dinosaurdracula.com/blog/mausoleum-iii/

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Showing off the Telco’s incredible glowing-eyed Werewolf figure, one of the most extravagant Halloween decorations of the ‘80s!

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Super rare sign for the McDonald's Monster Mac! This four-patty behemoth was test-marketed back in 1993, when burgers this big were still pretty unheard of. It was specifically pitched as a Halloween promotion, too! 🎃

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Remember Weepuls? Those little pom-pom creatures with the sticky feet that used to turn up everywhere with no rhyme or reason? Well, they came in Halloween styles, too! 🎃

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

For the latest Purple Stuff Podcast bonus show over on Patreon, join us for a deep dive into some killer trivia surrounding the classic animated special, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! We are playing DEEP on this one! Up now, for subscribers: patreon.com/purplestuff

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Things got lit at Jo-Ann Fabrics during the 1992 Halloween season. You could sew costumes from Batman Returns, Toxic Crusaders, *and* The Addams Family!

Jo-Ann Fabrics Sunday circular from October 1992.

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Dino Drac's September Funpack is finally here! Whether you like ghouls, goodies or Ghoulies, it has you covered. Very few available! dinosaurdracula.com/blog/september-funpack-2026/

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Photo slides from an elementary school's Halloween parade in 1985. Look close and you'll spot everyone from Rainbow Brite to Gremlins. Happy autumn! 🎃

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

imagine going through life without a "talking dracula with lighting eyes and moving lips"

"Talking Dracula" vintage toy, from Japan.

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

FYI! In hospital with burst appendix! What fun! They haven’t let me drink or eat in two days! This is why I’m MIA right now… will keep you posted re: Funpack/pod/etc schedules.

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

You probably didn't expect to see a sealed pack of Oreo Halloween Treats from 1994 today, but here we are.

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I hope today brings you something as beautiful as this old Kmart Halloween bag.

"Halloween Lives at Kmart" shopping bag, from the 1990s.

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

If you’re looking for vintage Halloween animated figures that won’t break the bank, here’s a pair! Take a gander at Rennoc’s 18-inch Witch and Vampire.

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Here's an unbelievably great pair of Halloween class photos from the '80s. Look close and you'll spot He-Man, the Smurfs, Gremlins, Mr. T, and Strawberry Shortcake. (TWO Strawberry Shortcakes, actually.)

Kids in Halloween costumes at school in the 1980s.

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It’s actually ridiculous to live with a being this perfect.

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

My all-time favorite Halloween blow mold. It makes me want to befriend crows and eat candy buttons.

Don Featherstone / Union Products Haunted House Halloween blow mold, from the late '90s.

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Showing off more of the classic Halloween Spook-O-Lites collection, from the 1960s! 🎃

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Just dropped Dino Drac's GLOOM BAGS and FRIGHTENING FLATS, because who says money can't buy you a good Halloween? Grab yourself a pile (or two) of old eerie collectibles. Details: dinosaurdracula.com/blog/halloween-drops/

Dino Drac's 2026 GLOOM BAGS and FRIGHTENING FLATS!

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Here's a quartet of Garfield Halloween decorations, likely from the early 1990s. Not often seen, unless you're staring at the walls in my living room.

Die-cut Garfield Halloween decorations from the 1990s.

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

spent half the day trying to organize my stuff

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Kicking off the Halloween season with this absolutely bonkers two-foot animated Devil from 1990! They really don’t make decorations like they used to.

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Mausoleum of Madness Part III, now on Dino Drac. Check back daily if you like four-paragraph tributes to vintage Halloween t-h-i-n-g-s. dinosaurdracula.com/blog/mausoleum-iii/

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Happy September! As is tradition, here's the crew:

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

New Purple Stuff Podcast! In 1991, the Horror Hall of Fame II -- a TV special that celebrated horror movies with the trappings of a fancy awards show -- hit networks across the country. Now we're diving into the original broadcast! Listen here: dinosaurdracula.com/blog/1991-horror-hall-of-fame/

The Horror Hall of Fame II TV special, from 1991.

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Count Chocula box from 1998, which made Hilary Duff marshmallows an official part of Monster Cereals lore.

1998 Count Chocula cereal box, featuring "Casper Meets Wendy" marshmallows.

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Showing off the berserk second version of the classic Don Featherstone Haunted House blow mold from the 1990s!

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

When you get to a certain age you get *really* excited when sanitation workers take the objectively unreasonable amount garbage/recycling you left on the curb before bed. Looked out my window this morning like Ralphie seeing the snow on Xmas morning, only my snow was empty pails and no cardboard.

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

By popular request, here is the 1988 recipe for Tato Skins Pizza.

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

RIP, Tim Curry. My all-time favorite actor. Just made absolute magic out of every role, big or small, no matter how preposterous some of his characters must've looked on paper. So many of my favorite films featured him, and they were my favorite films *because* of him. Legend!! 💔

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The best thing you'll see today is this box of Quaker's Halloween Oatmeal, from 1992. (Featuring flavors like "Scary Strawberry" and "Spooky S'mores.")

Quaker Oatmeal Halloween Variety Pack, from 1992.

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Trash Witch 🎃🦇 @trashwitchh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly forever 💔

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dino Drac's Eerie August Funpack is here! Kick off your Halloween season with a box of ghoulish goodies rescued from the fiery pits of Hell. Limited supply! dinosaurdracula.com/blog/august-funpack-2026/

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Let’s look at three old Halloween blow molds. (Also, sorry about mixing up my Pokémon names, it’s been a while.)

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Just you try not to fall in love with this Halloween Pixie, likely from the 1960s. These old "knee hugger" decorations don't pop up in their original packaging very often. 🎃

"Halloween Pixie" knee hugger decoration, from the 1960s. The figure is a pumpkin-headed scarecrow-like being who looks very relaxed despite being trapped in a plastic bag.

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Sometimes ya gotta play catch with a Ghostbusters frisbee for the sake of a podcast bit. New Purple Stuff bonus show is now on Patreon! We searched eBay for the weirdest Halloween junk from 1985… including this “Ghost Flyer" from Ghostbusters Cereal! Up now for subscribers: patreon.com/purplestuff

Two people threaten to publicly play frisbee with a vintage glow-in-the-dark "Ghost Flyer," originally from Ghostbusters Cereal.

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

People who think the perfect piece of art doesn't exist clearly never saw this Coors Beer Wolf poster from the '80s. I mean, WOW.

Coors Beer Wolf promotional poster from the 1980s.

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

There's still magic on FB Marketplace if you wait out the 20000 times when there's no magic.

A gaggle of ghouls collected from Facebook Marketplace.

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Me and @sludgecentral.bsky.social had to get a mark photo with Tuesday Knight, who didn’t just star in an Elm Street movie, but sang its incredible theme. 🖤

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

You need to see this very vintage Belco Haunted House. One of the coolest Halloween decorations ever!

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This newspaper ad from the '80s completely captures the Halloween vibes of its era. We've got He-Man and Gizmo costumes, ceramic pumpkins, wild wigs and Tootsie Rolls. Perfection!

Halloween-centric newspaper advertisement from a 1980s pharmacy.

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

A friendly plastic ghoul, here to make you a little bit happier.

A small plastic ghost blow mold, carrying around a disembodied devil head.

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Dino Drac's Envelopes of Evil have returned! Grab yourself a ghoulish gaggle of creepy collectibles, while supplies last: dinosaurdracula.com/blog/envelope-of-evil-viii/

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Feral Queen update: We're now into the eighth month of daily feedings. She looks great, seems so healthy and happy, and never roams far. She would also kill me if I got any closer than this, but that's OK.

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Dinosaur Dracula 🦖🧛 @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I hope we can agree that I needed this ancient Garfield coffee cup.

Very old Halloween mug featuring Garfield in costume.

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