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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 14h

He also wrote a book about horror models from Aurora called "Aurora Monster Scenes - The Most Controversial Toys of a Generation", which looks like it would be a ton of fun!

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 14h

The Flickr account is by Andrew Yanchus, a man whose career started with Aurora models in 1965 before becoming a colorist at Marvel Comics in 1976. One of his first coloring jobs was 1977's X-Men #104, which saw the reintroduction of Magneto:

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 17h

Legally, anyone who buys this ALF watch isn't allowed to be within 1000 feet of an elementary school. I don't make the rules.

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Shadows in the Forest: a.co/d/07aWR7Au Not strictly Halloween, but has a spoopy vibe. You play in the dark using a tiny lantern. The idea is one team hides little forest spirits in the shadows while the other team uses the lantern to reveal them.

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Some suggestions: Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters a.co/d/08sUuhhJ We played this one a lot. It's a little like Luigi's Mansion, mixed with Mall Madness.

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I had to track down the Raiders of the Lost Ark and D&D dioramas. Man, I'd love to get my hands on these, but I'm sure they're insanely expensive now. The Orc War kit seems different from the catalog photo. Not sure if it's the same or if the catalog is an early design photo. Either way - WANT!

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Meanwhile, in St Louis today... They are saying this will be our last hot day of the year, though. Fingers crossed.

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

My first thought was Sega Genesis box art 😆

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Nice! I've thought about getting a repro one, but I don't like to do repro often - it can muddy the waters. I had a connection when I got mine - my step-brother ran a thrift store, so he got it cheap and passed on the savings to me.

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

That puppet is in AMAZING condition! They're usually completely trashed, but that looks like it just came off the shelf at Toys R Us. I opted to use a dragon hand puppet from IKEA for mine 😁

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Thinking about how much money I spent during the junk wax era. I wish I knew something creative to do with these, but all the internet has come up with is Mod Podge tables. I'm going to keep a handful of favorites, but I guess the rest are getting recycled.

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

That's lucky! We weren't home when it happened, so I lost everything. Literally piles of slop in plastic bags. You can see here the boxes just came apart. The thought of collecting comics again just made me miss what I lost.

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I kind of love it when streamers accidentally use international poster thumbnails.

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Jack watched a lot of Pee-Wee Herman that winter...

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Enjoyed some witchy fun last night thanks to zines from @sanshinsoba.bsky.social! 🧙‍♀️

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

hehe Maybe it's because they're called Young Black Teenagers and they look like this:

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I guarantee there will be some flocked panels on the upper. Probably pretty similar to the Fraggle Rock shoes they put out a while ago:

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

What is the movie that came out before you were born that you’ve watched the most times?

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

In honor of scary media month: what is the first piece of media you remember truly frightening you as a child? The Muppet Show with Mummenschanz is one of the first times I can remember being scared out of my mind, but also fascinated and could not look away.

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Here are some actual photos of Fisher instead of what I think is old town Rantoul...

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Happy birthday, @spidey004.bsky.social! May all your hams be spidery! Who doesn't love a good ham spider?

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

When my friends and I saw the graphics in Ultima 6...

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Well, our Michael's didn't have any more signs, but they did have this paint-it-yourself pumpkin decoration...

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The more you look, the funnier it gets. Good luck selling this slop, man...

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We missed out on the flocked Frank box last year, but I wasn't going to let that happen this year with Chocula. I guess this means we have one more year of Muppet Monsters to make a complete set of special edition boxes, huh?

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I don't know - seems like she'd be fun to hang with. Don't knock it till you've tried it...

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Here are your retro calendar photos for October! Normally I'm all about the TMNT pics, but I have to say, the Batman one goes pretty hard this month.

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

When we visited NYC in the late 80s, we intentionally bought knock-off Gucci watches just for the fun of it. Less than 24 hours later, the 4 had come loose and was rattling around inside the watch face. We loved it.

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

As for the rest of the box of VHS tapes, they came from foreign language classes, so I have dubbed versions of some big movies from the 80s/90s movies. Most of the front covers were damaged, but you can brush up on your French, Spanish, and German with these photos of the back covers:

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🧵 Happy birthday to this VHS copy of MTV's Straight Dope that I picked up at a school district sale seven years ago (I really just wanted the library tables they were selling, but it came with a box of VHS tapes as part of the lot).

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Makes me want to crack open this classic

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Is this a gritty, "adult" Wreck-It Ralph reboot?

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

When I took @mayhem.bsky.social home to meet my family, we went to the Harvest Moon Drive-in in Gibson City, IL to see Spider-Man 2. That selfie is us waiting for the movie to start. We're still together and the drive-in is still there: harvestmoondrivein.com

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Mom, can we get Hamburglar?" "No, honey, we have Hamburglar at home!" Hamburglar at home:

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I had a pretty solid week. RE is a blast. I can't stop thinking about Camp Miasma, so I bumped that score from an initial 4 to a 5. There's some good stuff out there, folks!

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I just hope you don't start seeing this kid wandering around in the woods www.imdb.com/title/tt4820...

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This isn't exactly a ringing endorsement for your nutritional value, Pop Tarts (but I ate them anyway)

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🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Repost with an image of your favorite James Bond (wrong answers only) I mean, obviously...

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