Little Dracula .This toy line from Bandai was based on a short lived cartoon that aired on Fox from September 1991 to October 1991 for a total of 6 episodes .The failure of the show pretty much doomed these toys at retail and for the most part they went from case to clearance bin completely skipping the toy aisle.
Toonsylvania. Produced by Toy Island and based on another short lived cartoon that aired on fox in 1998.At the same time these toy hit the store shelves Burger King was giving away Toonsylvania toys with their kids meals and 2 years after the show was canceled a game for the Gameboy color was released.
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters .This toy line from 1995 by Mattel was based on the cartoon that aired on Nickelodeon for years.Of the 12 toys in this line only 4 appeared on the show, The other 8 where rehashed from a toy line that never made it to production.Besides this toy line the cartoon spawned ton's of other merchandise ranging from trading cards to chewing gum .
Bump in the Night .These are based on a show that aired on ABC off and on from 1993 to 1995 .I haven't a clue who made the toy line but I do know they came in 3 sizes (these being the large 13 inch set) and Subway gave away pvc toys in their kids meals.
Monster Force.Made by Playmates and based on the 1993 cartoon that ran 13 episodes on USA network.This line wasn't incredibly rare but didn't sell very well at the time and is probably more well know than some of the other line I have listed above.
Big Frank.Made by Playskool in 1993.No cartoon needed for this one he is just pure awesome
Used to have a couple of those Monster Force figures that i ended up pass along to Reis and I would love have a couple of those Toonnslyvania playsets because they look so much fun.
ReplyDeleteGood thing with the Toonnslyvania items is that they are all really low priced still,I see the figures up on ebay mip all the time selling for a few dollars.
ReplyDeleteYep! Thanks to Jboy, I got the Frank and Drac from Monster Force! I need to get around to getting the rest, but I've eased up on my monster toy collecting.
ReplyDeleteI had that Little Dracula back in the day. I never saw the cartoon but just found him one day at a KB Toys on clearance and thought he was so cute that I had to have him.
Around that same time, I remember loving the Addams Family cartoon and buying up all of the toys. The Morticia was TO DIE FOR. Haha! Get it? "To die for?"
I'm hilarious.
Strike that, I have Drac and the Werewolf from Monster Force. My bad.
ReplyDeleteI think the only place I ever saw the little Dracula toys was in the KB Toys 3 for $9 bins.I have the Addams family figures I just wish they had made cousin it :( I dont have a complete set of the Monster force either , I only bought the monsters and skipped the humans.
DeleteWow! Wow! Wow!
ReplyDeleteWe need these!!!!!!
Never seen these before...need them!
Crazy from digging around your blog and seeing some of the simply amazing things you guys find Im surprised you've never found a few of these items.
DeleteI love the Ahh Real Monsters figures. I used to have that Little Dracula fig. It had the worst case of new toy smell i've ever come across.
ReplyDeleteI recently bought real monsters on dvd and I still really enjoy it.I keep thinking about buy a little Dracula but Iv heard that the paint and or plastic on them has became really stick over time, with the dust problems I have in my house I try to not buy sticky toys.
DeleteThe Little Dracula cartoon WAS terrible, but the books it was based on are completely charming in a morbid sort of way.
ReplyDeleteThey're primarily children's books, but the first page of one of them has "Big Dracula" (meaning, the dad) making his breakfast. This involves cracking open a severed head and emptying its contents into a frying pan!
From that toyline, I have Little Dracula, Maggot Man and a coffin that turns into a car.
As for Bump In The Night - really like that cartoon, got a DVD of it in fact! No idea that any toys existed for it, I'd love one of those 13" ones.
The little Dracula toys seemed to have made more of an impact in you parts of the world than the did here and I believe more items to the line made it to store over there than here. Those big Bump In The Night toys are crazy expensive! Ive seen the set of 3 sell for over $600.00 .
DeleteYou've inspired me to do a posting on Little Dracula now, cheers!
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