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In 1964, Palmer Plastics released a series of eight 3-inch monster figures. They really aren’t much to look at and are fairly crude to be honest, but collectors crave these guys. I was surfing the internet a month ago, looking for more info on the King Kong figure and came across this post by Eric […]

Who’s up for a board game? This is the King Kong board game released by Ideal in 1976. It’s “The game that pits you against the most terrifying monster of all time!” I think I would have preferred playing as Kong rather than the people fighting him, but what are you gonna do? This has […]

Want to know who’s getting all the ladies on Halloween night? This guy… Nothing screams Halloween like a good old fashioned Ben Cooper costume! In 1976, all the cool kids could dress up as the greatest movie monster that ever lived — King Kong! This is an officially licensed costume that promoted the Dino De […]

Back in 1976, you could walk into 7-11 and get a free plastic King Kong cup with purchase of a 16 oz drink. It’s true! This is the poster that advertised the fact. This is a cool stylized version of the movie poster art, where the design has been reduced to just four spot colors, […]

Today’s post for KONGTOBER features one of my absolute treasures. This is a huge Italian movie poster from the 60’s that shows King Kong swatting down biplanes while towering over Fay Wray (who appears to have passed out). The size ratio on this image is all kinds of wonky, but I’m sure that’s because they […]

What the flock! Here’s one of my favorites–a furry, flocked King Kong coin bank, probably from the 60’s. I have seen an identical version of this that is a shampoo bottle, but have yet to add that one to my collection. I can’t imagine having a flocked furry shampoo bottle–shivers. I love the look of […]