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Barely last month I reviewed Dinosaur Dracula's funpack subscription.
Oh shut up, like you never watched "Blue's Clues".
That's right. Last friday, my beloved Dino Drac funpack came in, and I quickly took that bad boy to the table and sliced it open like a deer dressing. Hell yeah. If you're new to this funpack phenomena, check the link up top and get yo'self caught up. Let's look it the neat swag I got this time.
I mentioned the lil touches like the doodles on the post-its, in the last pack, but this one is super adorb. A sunglasses wearing ghosty and a pumpykin sticker. :3
Simplicity! That's why I love doodling ghosts. Round tops and spiky wavy bottoms. Very Pac-Man.
Inside the belly of the beast. I wanted to be surprised for the pack, so I generally only browse the article where Matt talks about the contents, though I did know that some Nightmare on Elm Street stuff was gonna be in there. I wouldn't call myself a huge fan of the series, but not because I don't like it. Its mostly because I thinks is such good series that its too successful in the scares for pussy me to get through. I love Robert Englund though, which is why I do have a spot in my heart for Freddy.
Fucker just scares the shit out of me.
Big item! A movie sticker book. Kids about our age would remember the concept: you had a big book with squares with numbers that corresponded with card sized stickers, and the goal was to collect them through blind packs to complete the album, or set. In some cases, they were dedicated to a movie, and moved chronologically through it like a sorta cheap cine-manga with captions and stuff. This is the ilk that this album is based on.
What's also neat is the fact I also got a pack of cards for the book too. I haven't opened the bad boy up yet to see what I got, but I know I should have at least no doubles. I just started. Not that I think I'll ever finish it, what with the age and the shelf life these things used to have, but you never know. I think I used to see these when i was in my Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy phase and was obsessively trying to complete my set.
OH MAN. 3D GLASSES. And not that slick new-fangled kind that has the polarized lenses. NO SON, THIS IS THE REAL DEAL. We're talking stereoscopic red and blue.
So these were used in what I believe was the 6th Elm Street film. Evidenced by the title, and the 1-900 number on the glasses, I assumed this was meant to be the last film in the series.
We all know how that turns out.Part of this movie I guess was in 3D, so thus the glasses. There's a warning on when to use them, on the center of the inside, so I suppose the whole movie wasn't in 3D (remember, I'm a wuss. I can't watch Elm Street movies without the resultant 2 weeks of no sleep). Note that 900 number…I wonder if anyone's called it recently….or if someone actually got the chance to see Freddy's funeral. Sounds interesting in ways that funerals could be interesting. Note, I take no responsibility for you actually calling that number, since you're (hopefully) and adult can can handle the charges or the inevitable reality it may just be a phone sex line (and again can incur fees for that). But let me know if you do get a hold of someone.
……should I wiki this? Its got Hulk Hogan, Christopher "Doc Brown" Lloyd and Shelly Duvall. That sounds like a Rifftrax party in the making.
On second thought, I have a special event to cover next week and I am lazy. I'll just assume this movie came and went like The Tooth Fairy.
MORDLES! I had no clue what these guys were, so a quick Google-fu later, I learned that these things were lil cheap toys made to be eaten by bigger cheap-ish toys.
Yes. These lil guys were FOODSTUFFS FOR OTHER TOYS. Described here by a fan site: "To be perfectly clear, Mordles were nothing more than murder victims. They were created solely as a foodstuff for children to put into the mouths of Rocks & Bugs & Things monsters! […] Mordles came in several bright colors, which seemed to be a cruel evolutionary trait that made them even easier to spot and devour." Holy shit.
Mine looks like a lil gargoyle head with his feet on backwards, which says to me he probably did so to confuse his predator. Dunno how well that worked out. Also, mine is glow-in-the-dark which amused me greatly (I checked with my black light keychain). I have so many little weird things in my room that glow randomly that it'll be like living in a cave with glowing mushrooms (a bottle opener with a giant beetle, a necklace with another giant beetle, random origami paper…).
When I opened the box, this bag was all smiling and empty while bits of tsotchkes were strewn about, so I think they were supposed to be in that bag. I scooped all the lil bittys together, which consisted of what I think is a neato pepsi can necklace (I LOVE miniature things), a sticker from Gremlins, bone candy, and 2 lil spiders, one glow-in-the-dark and one normal and black. At some point, the boyfriend asked me if I opened the funpack on the table, and when I answered in the affirmative, he breathed a sigh of relief cuz one of those spiders got left on the table and was almost mistaken as the real thing. I mean, look it this guy.
This is not one of those fake web packaged spiders, this thing has nice separated legs with none of that extra plastic tag leftovers, and even has tiny lil fangs (and eyes, but I don't think my phone could hand macro photography). I nearly yelled when I forgot to put it back IN the box and called for someone with a tissue and balls to handle it. Its kinda cute….when you remember its really fake. >>
Oh man, another Pocket Rocket book. :3
AND ON MONSTERS. I love cryptozoology, which explains a lot since I love the supernatural/paranormal/fantasy and I also live-breath-die Pokemon. Its the whole awesome package and throws in cute girl trainers as bonus. The last one in the last pack dealt with ancient man.
I can easily say this one beats them all. Some of the beasts inside are anecdotal stories like giant squid or the like. Others are the run of the mill yeti. And there's one story about the first time someone found a Coelacanth, a true monster to be sure.
But its worth it to see a pic of the Lock Ness Monster eating a hapless goat (or…kinda. looks like a goat-rat creature). This book rocks.
Equation: Roger Rabbit, plus McDonalds plus mention of video cassette equals amazing piece of paper. I love this movie, evidenced by the fact I still find that Judge guy scary as all fucking hell (and many people still do), but I also fucking love Jessica. Its pretty obvious why.
This was actually a sign that you would hang to let trick or treaters know that instead of candy, you had gift certificates I think for MickyD's. Which in retrospect, is actually very rad. If given the choice between a Snicker's bar and a 4 piece Chicken McNuggets Happy Meal, hell, I'd go with the sorta white meat nuggets. I still get a toy anyhow.
A glow-stick necklace! For when you wanna rave this shit up and you got some sweet Daft Punk queued on the iPhone. Mine is blue, I think, since the label says so, but even if its not, that's ok, cuz I love glowing things.
Also it gives me something to tease my dog with. Well, the one who can see. Molly, even if she wasn't blind, would probably still give me this "the fuck you doing, dumbass human" look.
The specimen sample! This, nestled in a tiny gashopon capsule, is a type of trading toy/craft/thing called a pop-a-bead, which I do recall from my childhood (and I think they still make these in some form or another). One end has a nub to connect into a hole, which is on the other side of the bead. It makes a sort of chain that one can wear as a bracelet or necklace. This sample is of the Madballs ilk, with a crazy face and neon orange coloring.
If I can, I might combine it with usable pop-a-beads to make myself something. In the meantime, I might find a way to hang that gashopon on a string. XD
The Poster!! As I said in the last funpack article, I really love the mini-posters. These feel like jumbo trading cards, except that I don't need to trade, I get them all consecutively. :3
Dino Drac is decked out in orange and with a trick or treat bag, with a ghost headed hulk behind him, before a red topped castle. I have to say I also love that stick figure with antennae. Like…is it an alien? A mutant? Is it a guy with a conjoined twin, and those are the legs? Is he giving the hang-loose sign or is he giving us a rude alien flip off?
Am I just making too much of a poster's stick figure? Damn right. It beats wondering about what the fuck is going on with the world; I'd rather wonder what the fuck is going on with stick figures.
And the newsletter, which has a built in checklist! Yes, I will be attempting to blitz that for an article. Hopefully not all in one night cuz. fuck, after watching Howling 2, I may not have the brain cells to draw anything but patches of black scratches in crayon.
And I don't have a single crayon in the house.
But making a MOOD TABLE is certainly on my to-do list anyhow. I just gotta find the right place for it (>> My room is a disaster area).
I wanted to do the walk for decorations, but sadly, nothing has gone up yet (including us @_@), so I might have to wait til after our special event week coming up.
So! That's the funpack for October. I can't wait til November :3!!!!! Thanks to Matt at Dino Drac, the best place for the weirdest stuff you never knew you wanted until now.
--Dio (10/11/14)
(Mordles fan site from http://mordles.com)
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