Category: Collectibles
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 308 – Halloween is really really over
I know Halloween is really, really over when I put away this year’s Halloween Horror Nights media gift/invitation. The severed hand sent to me by Lady Luck is now boxed up, placed upstairs with a mutilated old doll from clown Jack and a chain-wrapped jewelry box from Bloody Mary. I look forward to seeing what arrives when Halloween Horror Nights 22 comes around in 2012. Now it’s officially time to put it behind me and prepare for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 297 – Hippo prize
In lieu of a short night at Halloween Horror Nights, Michelle and I went to Dave and Buster’s for another 1/2 price Wednesday. In addition to eating dinner (the food there is surprisingly good), we blasted through quite a few games to win more than 15,000 tickets in a few hours, walking away with this orange plush hippo. Okay the hippo only cost 250 tickets. We spent 15,000 tickets on a new Nintendo Wii game called Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure, which comes with a set of figurines (including Spyro, the little purple dragon) as well as a wireless “portal” that allows the figurines to interact with the video game on screen. Sounds pretty nifty. For another 50 tickets, we also got a small plastic disc thrower, which our cat loves. A winning night all around. Tomorrow… back to Horror Nights!
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 293 – Cryptkeeper find
In a full day shopping extravaganza, I scored a full set of Tales from the Cryptkeeper action figures that are almost 20 years old. They were just $2 each in a toy store at the Florida Mall, still on their original cards! Great deal. The figures are from the 1993 animated kid’s show based on the HBO series “Tales From the Crypt.” I don’t remember the cartoon, but I’ll have to look it up soon, as I love the old live action HBO show. Cryptkeeper needs to make a comeback. These are the 2 Cryptkeeper figures in the full set of 8, which also includes a werewolf, mummy, zombie, and other horror staples.
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 289 – Giant inflatable Stay Puft Marshmallow Man
We have a 8.5-foot tall Stay Puft Marshmallow Man in our house. I busted him with my PKE meter. Or… Michelle bought him from 80sTees.com. His smile tells me he’s happy, but his eyes tell me he’s angry. I suspect he’ll only get angrier once my ghost trap arrives soon! Bustin’ makes me feel gooood…
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 288 – Horror Nights prize
Technically I won the ghost pictured here yesterday at Halloween Horror Nights, but I didn’t get home until after midnight, so I’m counting it as today’s photo. In the Amity section of Universal Studios, I paid $10 for 4 dart throws at balloons. I hit popped 4 balloons and walked away with this ghost (which I’d been wanting since spotting it last year) for 3 hits and a little cow for the fourth. I could have only paid $8 for 3 darts and left with the ghost I wanted but figured I might as well go for an extra throw, just in case I missed.
