Exploring Ben Cooper and Collegeville Halloween Costumes
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- čas přidán 13. 10. 2023
- When it came time to choose what costume we would wear for Halloween in the 70s, 80s, and 90s, there were only two names we needed to know… Ben Cooper and Collegeville. Between the two, every licensed character under the sun was an option for your Halloween costume of choice. A Collegeville or Ben Cooper mask, fragile and inaccurate as it was, would be all a Gen X kid needed to step into the role of his or her favorite character when paired with the sometimes surreal smocks that accompanied them.
We look back at the companies that used plastic smocks and vacuformed masks to create vintage Halloween empires that influenced multiple generations of children.
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My favorite childhood pictures r looking at the Halloween pics.
I’m confused Gen x gamer has another Chan Chan 🤝
I was one of the many Devil variants in 1976 age 5. I can't remember if it was my mom or aunt that made me a tail to go with the costume. It had wire in it so it went out and stuck up in the air. I remember at school being paraded around the different classrooms of older kids and all of them kept smacking my tail as I'd walk by haha. The next year I was Batman. I THINK the costume for that was actually pretty decent, a cloth one and not vinyl. And yea I can still smell the inside of the mask, and remember the pools of sweat that would form around the mouth and chin. Great memories!
Is rubies costumes still around
By the time I was old enough to really enjoy Halloween circa 1985 my grandma made our Halloween costumes. I do remember lots of friends who had these store bought costumes, but we were kinda poor and my mom always said these store bought costumes were garbage.
I know we had certain ones but my coolest was Ultraman that glowed in the dark like the Aurora models. As a kid I didn't know the word collector & it & other things gone.
Wore these costumes as a kid and collect them as an adult. Like many here, I collect pretty much all Halloween merchandise as well as Mego, Lincoln, AHI, Tomland and Remco figures as well as comics, Mego playsets, vehicles, company literature, Wacky Packages , Imagineering Halloween items and so much more. I enjoyed your video very much and am about to subscribe. I'm looking forward to sharing some of my collection as I really enjoy seeing other collectors displays. Thank you for taking the time to share your collection with us. Much appreciated.
Have Collegeville Gene Simmons and Peter Criss 😎🤟🏻
I really, really want some t-shirts with those old smock designs on them.
I was Raggedy Ann my first year, then Bugs Bunny, then Smurfette, then Apricot from Strawberry Shortcake, then a flower girl (in an actual family wedding- that was 1982, so trick or treating wasn’t even an option that year) then Snow White and after that it was cheerleaders, cowgirls, and one year I wore the color guard uniform for the rival high school, and then it was mostly either my poodle skirt or my Renaissance Faire outfit. 😂
Have about 100 ben cooper but just picked up the 1976 ISIS very rarely see it sold l got lucky
Gen X Grownup. I didn't know you had so many channels. That's great!
I actually collect vintage Halloween Costumes and the Devil and Creature From The Black Lagoon are 2 that I REALLY want!
Ben Cooper's Superman was my favorite 😎🤘
We didn't have much money so I only remember getting one of these costumes a time or two. Which was fine by me because they were very uncomfortable. I preferred a homemade costume.
I remember these costumes like it was yesterday… ahem, okay more like 57 and less years ago.
Omg, the smell of the masks and vinyl was horrendous.
I was born in the early 90s, so I never had a chance to wear costumes by Ben Cooper or Collegeville. Some of the store-bought costumes that I did wear included the Red ranger, the red M&M, Winnie the Pooh and Poliwhirl from Pokémon. Not in the exact order, I mind you.
Good one! I feel like our channels should be friends.
Had 2 Star Wars smock costumes but other than that we made our own. My mom and both grandmother's were great costumes makers 😄