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October 3, 2011 By 12 Comments

Countdown to Halloween — Creepy Critters display box

halloween creepy critters collection

Over the years, I have gathered a bunch of random small items and my favorite way to display these things is in a hinged glass front box. This is the box I have for creepy crawlies and mini monsters, but I have others for gumball machine toys, plastic figures, Batman items… you get the idea.

halloween creepy critters collection

At Halloween time, I like to bring this case out and set it on the coffee table. When I leave the room, several of the toys glow in the dark which always freaks out the kids! This is a great way to store and display a collection. It takes almost no effort to maintain and the haphazard approach actually looks pretty cool!

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  1. The Sexy Geek says

    October 3, 2011 at 10:11 am

    Pretty cool idea.

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  2. kngfu says

    October 3, 2011 at 11:46 am

    My kids would have that open and all the pieces scattered or lost in no time flat.

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    • Brian says

      October 3, 2011 at 11:49 am

      Ha! I guess I’ve been lucky so far in that regard. 😉

      Reply
  3. jboypacman says

    October 3, 2011 at 4:33 pm

    I like that a lot just nice mix of creepies and what a great way to display them all but can you tell me who that clear little figure is with the skull and rib cage showing? He looks cool.

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    • Brian says

      October 4, 2011 at 12:45 pm

      I have no idea what that skeleton is from. There are no markings on it and it looks like he might have ridden a motorcycle or something since there are holes on his inner calves and he has knee-high boots with buckles. Maybe a Ghost Rider knock-off?

      He is pretty cool though, kind of like a skeleton that was coated in ballistic gel.

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    • Shawn Robare says

      October 12, 2011 at 11:37 am

      The Skeleton with the ribcage showing is indeed from a motorcycle playset. Don’t know the name of it, but it’s typically stocked int he same aisles as the Hot Wheels and tech deck stuff.

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  4. jboypacman says

    October 4, 2011 at 5:46 pm

    My be some sort of cheapie Halloween toy perhaps? Looks cool either way.

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  5. the pizza says

    October 5, 2011 at 11:24 am

    sweet. I like the multi-eye alien guy.

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  6. Paxton Holley says

    October 7, 2011 at 10:57 am

    Love the cover to that Dracula movie reel. That’s what it is, isn’t it?

    There were a series of them and all of their covers were painted and awesome.

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    • Brian says

      October 7, 2011 at 11:17 am

      Yep, that’s an old 8-mm Dracula movie. I’ve seen some of the other monster movies. They sell for around $10-20 usually.

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  7. Shawn Robare says

    October 12, 2011 at 11:38 am

    Yeah, this is a really great idea. I’ve been slowly mounting some of my vintage odds and ends in shadow boxes to get them out of the closet and off the shelves. I just mounted my vintage 80s eraser collection like this…

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    • Brian says

      October 12, 2011 at 11:42 am

      Let’s see it, Shawn!

      Reply

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