Lorie Bubble Bath

Found this great vintage boxed bubble bath gift set the other day, and what a score it was because you all know how much I love some strategically placed bubbles on a 60's product mascot-- POP! POP! POP! Also, as you can see, lovely lil Lorie and her cheeky mole is quite cute in any color / scent combination, (individual packets still smell pretty damn good too!), and yes before you even ask, bringing an umbrella into the bathtub makes perfect sense. Lorie Floral Bouquet Bubble Bath is not only a refreshing flesh cleanser and tongue twister, it was made in Los Angeles and Toronto, but most importantly also right here in good 'ol STL as well. "Profusion of Bubbles" is probably the name of a Guided by Voices song I've yet to hear...

Randotti Ssssskull

If you were a spooky kid like me and ever went to Disneyland back in the day (early to mid 70's D-World for me), chances are you came home with a variation of the uniquely cool, and very scary, glow-in-the-dark Randotti Skull. Creators Randy and Dotti Smith combined their first names and throughout the 1950's through to the 80's, unleashed one of the most original, park exclusive Disney souvenirs of all time. Made of a hard, surprisingly heavy plaster type material, and sold in park gift shops near the Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean rides, the actual hardest part of a Randotti Skull was being able to decide which one to get from the variety of creepy different styles and sizes available: w/slithery snake, w/scurrying spider on top, incense burner, w/blank eyeballs, w/pirate eyepatch, wall plaque, etc. I found this one the other day but it was way over $100 so I passed on it, but it sure did scare up some macabre memories for me and I couldn't resist taking pix of it from every angle. My favorite part of a Randotti Skull will always be that shiver-inducing narrow mouth and what's left of those terrible, gnarly teeth. The snake winding his way in and out of the eye socket is a nice touch, but tbh, I prefer just the plain old regular skull version. Find out more about Randotti Skulls by checking out Coop's killer collection HERE!

Stop and Smell the Roses

Here's a saucy little vintage flicker postcard I picked up a few weeks ago, featuring a lovely young lady who seems to be taking too deep'a whiff of those perty flowers --because her equally perty breast keeps popping out! I actually have another one of these that I'll share later this month too...

Sicco's Horror Masks - VAMPIRA!

It wouldn't be October 31st without a visit from the Queen of Halloween herself, --VAMPIRA! I recently acquired this incredible, high quality, display mask of her produced by Andrea Sicco at SICCO'S HORROR MASKS based out of Brooklyn NY. Hand made and hand painted, I can assure you that this is absolutely the best, more accurate likeness of her I've ever seen. The first two photos below were taken at a Maskfest Con a few months back (which I sadly could not attend), but the rest of the pics are by me and taken in my car the day I got her in the mail, as well as her current set-up here in my office placed upon a temporary wasp-waist mannequin form painted by Clint. In the coming months I plan to assemble her with a full-sized, seated mannequin body, and of course I will post pictures of that as / when it happens. CLICK HERE for the Sicco etsy store and see some of Andrea's other mind blowing masks! And Happy Halloween too!

The War of the Worlds!

And here's how one heck of an Orson Welles radio program all went down, --86 years ago tonight at 8pm in 1938! From the August 1978 issue of UFO Flying Saucers #5, with art by Frank Bolle. 

I'm Goin' with Demon Werewolves

Okay, we've had this discussion here at AEET before about antique animal depictions possibly not being recognizable in this modern age vs. how they were interpreted way back long ago (was lion / wolf reference material really that hard to come by in the 1800's?!) The tag on these very old iron wall mounts called them "lions", but honestly, do these look like lions to anyone? I put the question to social media yesterday and got a lot of answers, ie: wolves, demons, gargoyles, even griffins. What's everyone here at Blogger think? Also, does anyone know what these were actually used for? I'm just guessing about them being wall mounts since they're completely flat on the backside. Thanks ahead o'time for any useful info!

UPDATE IMAGE ADDED: I appreciate the comments on this post so far, but I also now realize I should have added a picture so everyone could get an actual idea of how big these things are, which is to say, they're not big at all. They're very small in fact, and both can practically fit in the palm of my hand. Please keep sending in those thoughts, you guys are the best! :)

Hairy & Scary Hippy Hag vs. Hobo (with Derby)

On the same day I found a Ben Cooper Hairy & Scary Were Wolf box (unfortunately empty), I also found a crazy looking hippy hag mask with real hair. So yeah, I cheated and put that funny, flower-power lookin' Phyllis Diller face inside the Hairy & Scary monster box, until someday when I find the appropriate H&S wolf man mask to replace her. Actually, any of the masks from this super 70's Halloween costume series would be great to have, as you can see from all of the wild illustration examples featured on the lid and sides of the box below. A friend of mine asked if those were actually unlicensed KISS masks, haha and now I can't see 'em any other way.

Then! the day after finding all of this cool stuff, I stumbled upon a way overpriced 60's Collegeville Hobo costume in a sadly destroyed box. As a kid, I never understood why anyone would want to be a hobo for Halloween when you could be Ultraman or the Creature from the Black Lagoon, but looking at the face now with much older eyes I can honestly say I love that design. Even better though are all of the dynamite details on the box lid: bats, witches, pitchforked devil, and an astronaut with a Misfits devilock (or would that technically be referred to as an Astro Zombie?) But possibly the greatest part of this Collegeville kit was finding the original Ben Franklin store receipt still in the box, revealing that this medium sized HOBO (with DERBY) was purchased on October 27th, 1965. Who else misses the old Ben Franklin stores?