Halloween PEZ

Some more of the goodies from my C.R.A.P. file blogs, but I’ve grown tired of calling it crap so I will just title these posts for what they are…and in this case it’s PEZ!

Every Halloween you can usually find some Halloween themed PEZ dispensers available in your local stores.

I’m no PEZ expert so I don’t have a clue how many different Halloween PEZ dispensers have been produced but I did find some fun PEZ facts.

Ready?

Each piece of PEZ candy is 15mm long, 8 mm wide and 5 mm high.

The name PEZ was derived from the letters at the start, middle and end of the German word for peppermint, Pfeffeminz.

The logo is drawn to give the appearance that the letters are built out of 44 brick-like PEZ confectionaries.

Three billion PEZ candies are consumed each year in the U.S. alone.

PEZ was invented in 1927.

Ok, lesson done.

Visit the official PEZ website by clicking here.

Yo Ho Ho...

More from the C.R.A.P. files, the only different is that these weren’t packed away in bins but are actually displayed on a shelf in our hallway along with some Disney Haunted Mansion artwork.

These six pirates are from Summit Collection and are extraordinary in detail and coloring.

Years ago I found the same collection of pirates available in a dollar store.

The dollar store versions were obviously cast from the same molds but the paint job was absolutely horrible which just goes to show that you really do get what you pay for.

Summit website can be found here.

C.R.A.P. Files 007

More goodies from the orange bin, the theme this time is things on four wheels.

There is nothing cooler than Matchbox cars, that is until you add some legendary movie villains.

Freddy and Jason are part of Matchbox Collectibles Character Car Collection-The Monster Series.

Freddy is standing on top of a Chevy Van while Jason perched on a Jeep Cherokee.

A couple other four wheeled gems are some Little Big Head Shredders.

The Wolfman, Invisible Man, Mummy and Dracula all doing their best Tony Hawk imitation.

The entire collection also includes Frankenstein and The Creature From The Black Lagoon, I’m pretty sure I have these guys also, I’m assuming they are packed away in the garage with all the other C.R.A.P.

C.R.A.P. Files 006

Been a while since I’ve dug into the crap files, for those not familiar the C.R.A.P. files are my collections of Halloween stuff.

Stuff I like to call “Collectibles Retained and Packed” while my wife just insists on calling it crap.

This bin is a doozey, a treasure trove of goodies that I stumbled upon this past December while unpacking Christmas decorations.

This bin is filled with small Halloween items that we used to use to decorate a Halloween Tree during October.

There are hundreds of items to show and tell so we will take it slow and feature one collection per post.

First up are some of my all time favorite Halloween items, Little Big Heads.

All of the LBH’s were purchased from www.sideshowtoys.com.

My collection has figures from several different series including the “Silver Screen Edition” which are black and white, “Universal Monsters,” “The Munsters,” and a special Christmas edition.

The LBH’s were not limited to just the horror genre but featured characters from various movies, music, presidents, wrestlers and historical figures.

Each figure is approximately 3.5 inches high and feature heads that can be posed.

Little Big Heads get two big thumbs up in my opinion. These toys are fun, perfectly rendered and painted.

Love me some LBH’s!

Little Big Heads can still be found on ebay and other toy collectible sites.

Little Big Heads were manufactured by Sideshow Collectibles.

More Sideshow Toys

Another beautiful piece from Sideshow Toys circa 1999.

The Universal Studios Monsters Mt. Rushmore miniature.

Highly detailed likenesses of Frankenstein, Wolfman, Mummy and Dracula all in a wonderful collectible.

Bobbleicious

I love bobbleheads…I know that they are silly but over the years I’ve come across some very cool horror/fantasy bobbleheads.

The first set is from Sideshow Toys made in 1999, a collection of Universal Studios Monsters and Herman and Grandpa Munster.

These are really beautiful pieces featuring wonderful detail and paint.

The second set is from a company called Adam’s Apple Creations and feature a variety of skulls and fantasy characters.

Again these are beautifully painted and sculpted…they may be silly but they are a great source of inspiration.