Wendy’s is back in the Halloween kids meal toy game again for 2025! Following up Wendy’s 2024 Halloween premium offerings are the 2025 Wendy’s Frosty Frights characters. There are six characters to collect – but each has a variant, so if you mean to get the whole set, you’ll need …
In 1989, M&M Mars candy company put out two highly detailed, and fairly large, candy containers, A Snickers ghost and a Milky Way Pumpkin. They are made of blow molded plastic and are called “Trick-O’-Treater”. In 1990, they released a third character, and sold all three that year. The third …
I was scrolling through social media tonight and saw an image posted. This image. Mars candy Fruit Skittles black Halloween cat: How have I never seen this? And even more crazy, I can’t find one anywhere. Even in all the old ads I’ve come across, I’ve never seen this little …
Remember Red Barn Restaurants? They were a fast food joint that served burgers, chicken, and fish. Red Barn Restaurants opened in 1961 and went out of business by 1988. This Red Barn Trick/Treat bag I’m sharing today is a paper bag with paper rope handles. Like the few other Red …
McDonald’s is back with the 2024 McDonald’s Boo Buckets – Four buckets featuring monsters. Collect white, green, blue, and orange. These Halloween candy-catchers come with matching sticker sheets – although from what I’ve seen, it seems a lot of these are just going out with whatever sticker sheet happens to …
Professional haunted houses have kept gaining popularity, especially over the past couple of decades. Theme parks dedicate after hours for the entire month of October to haunted houses. Old stores and warehouses are transformed into gory scare zones. While there are many haunted houses in the Cleveland area to choose …
Spooky Sweetness: Wendy’s 2024 Frosty Frights Halloween Kids Meal Toys It’s that spine-chilling time of year again, and Wendy’s has conjured up something special for Halloween 2024 that’s sure to thrill little goblins and ghouls. This year’s Frosty Frights Halloween kids meal toys bring a blend of eerie excitement and …
The Nostalgic Charm of the McBoo Halloween Trick-or-Treat Bag When it comes to Halloween, few things invoke nostalgia quite like the iconic plastic trick-or-treat bags from our childhood. Among these cherished artifacts, the 1980’s McDonald’s McBoo Bag holds a special place in the hearts of many. This delightful piece of …
Halloween in the 1980s was a different kind of magic. Trick or treat bags were everywhere, and today we’re looking back at the Bresler’s 33 Flavors Halloween bag. Measuring a handy 15×11 inches, this adorable plastic bag was an essential accessory for young trick-or-treaters. Its vibrant orange and black color …
What kid didn’t love getting a plastic bag for trick or treating? Sure, you probably wouldn’t use it, but the 1980s Burger King Halloween bag was still a treat. For those who grew up in the 1980s, Halloween wasn’t just about candy and costumes—it was also about the fun and …
The 1920 Dennison Bogie Book is one of many Bogie books, an item that has gone up and down, yo-yo’ing in price for decades now. Reprints are available for a reasonable price, and are really wonderful little books to have if you want to lose yourself in vintage Halloween (and …
The 80’s had a lot of cool stuff – but these weird foam pumpkins were always a little too lifelike for my liking. Sometimes called Grumpkins or Grotesque Face, designed by Diane Steel and Todd Masters (and possibly more). Produced by companies such as Fundex, Topstone, and Summit Collections. These …
Remember these? TrendMasters Boo Bunch Halloween Window Silhouettes – How we did Halloween window decorating before cheap projectors
Popular Mechanics Christmas 1963 woodworking series brings us “Make your yard a Christmas card”. Catchy title! The magazine claims that you can win some prizes amongst your friends and neighbors in a local decorating contest. That’s quite a boast! The Popular Mechanics Christmas 1963 edition suggests this interesting technique. It’s …
Behold, the Kusan Costume Catalog 1973 edition! Kusan, Inc. out of Nashville Tennessee, thought itself as America’s leading creators of masquerade costumes. This catalog showcases masks, wigs, boxed and non-boxed costumes, and accessories. Kusan licensed many of these properties. Kusan’s 1300 Tiny Tot Range was a gypsy, a devil, a …