In fact, I still remember getting one as a happy meal toy with dinner at a Big Boy restaurant one Halloween night certain figurines like the Siren were available only at participating restaurants. Needless to say, these were just what the doctor ordered for a kid obsessed with monsters and Halloween. Many a child fantasized about uncovering one of these Golden Tickets, but alas, I never did. ![]() ![]() There were also– allegedly– Monsters marked with a star entitling you to receive a bag full of Monster in My Pocket toys. Each struck a fearsome pose, and each had a point value– 5 for the more common Monsters and 25 for hard to find ones. The monsters ran the gamut from essentials like Ghost, Vampire, and Werewolf to mythological beasts like the Chimera and Hydra to icons from film and literature like the Invisible Man and the Phantom. “Collect the Greatest Real Monsters of All Time!” shouted the advertisement.Įach monster was small, plastic, and all one color– light green is the one that sticks out in my mind, since that’s my favorite. Anticipating the current “blind box” craze, these figurines (which debuted in 1990) came in random assortments of six, twelve, or (in limited editions) twenty-four, and you never knew what you were going to get. The toy line was the brainchild of two former Mattel executives and was manufactured by Matchbox– the same company that made many of the toy cars I had growing up. Monster in My Pocket was a brilliantly simple concept. ![]() Toys ‘R Us, meanwhile, had Monster in My Pocket, which just might be my favorite toy of all time. Saturday mornings featured cartoons like Beetlejuice and Tales from the Cryptkeeper while bookstores stocked the likes of Goosebumps and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. I was always into spooky things growing up, and looking back it seems like I was born in a pretty good era for Monster Kids: the 1980s/early 90s.
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