Electromsters

Chris Johnson - fridge magnet - laminated cut out color xerox - 7 x 8 in

     

     I was attending the Central Canada Comic Convention here in Winnipeg a number of years ago. I had an artist table there selling my own stuff. It's hard to get away from your own table to look around at all the other artists and dealers, but you just have to spend a chunk of time looking around even though you might be missing out on sales of your own merchandise. You just never know what you may find.

     A couple rows away from me was this young fellow with his art all out on display. It was laminated and cut to shape as huge fridge magnets. This was the first time he was showing his work. I fell in love with it and I wanted some. I had a hard time deciding as there was so much. Not too many people were biting on his stuff. It's a comic convention and people are there for Batman I suppose.  The convention was two days and I bought these two pieces on Saturday. I wanted to go back and buy some more but I got really busy near the end of the day, then had to pack up. I'll get some on Sunday I thought, but the artist did not come back to set up. I guess he thought it was not worth while for him to be there.

     I occasionally do web searches to see if I can find anything about this guy, but so far I've come up with ziltch. At least I got his name.  

    

Chris Johnson - fridge magnet - laminated cut out color xerox - 6.5 x 9 in

Micro Dot Monsters

     This is about the size of a little salt or pepper packet that you might get when ordering take-out. Inside are 18 quarter inch plastic disks with transparent images of monsters. But why, you ask? Because I wanted some. Now you can have some too! $5 a pack post paid. Micro Dot Robots coming soon.

Front and back of package design. 2 in x 1.5 in

This is neatly tucked inside every pack. ( front and back shown)

You can send away for a display strip to hold all your Micro Dot Monsters.

A variety of 4 different package covers.

Britains Green Aliens

     These are a couple of my favorite alien guys. The spaceman is ok too. He came along in the same baggie and they all have to share the same gun. In 1981 the company Britains in England launched an ambitious series of space war related items including many vehicles and assemblies that could be modified and changed by plugging and unplugging pieces together. My space guy seems to have a very unlikely head that I think belongs to an indian perhaps. Not that you can't have indians in space but seeing that Britains put out many many different sets of figures , someone was taking a few liberties with these plug and play guys.

     These images below are from the net and the images above are mine. I only have the three figures. 

Monster Magic Action

    I have'em but I still can't believe'em! Wow, these things are nuts. From the 60's some time after 1963, maybe mid 60's? There is about 24 monster cards. I don't have them all so I can't say for sure. Having to place the plastic lenticular lens over each of the cards separately to watch the monsters blast, shake or eat the little people is so weird. Seeing the cards without the lens and movement is even weirder due to the areas that are supposed to be in motion and it's as if someone had rubbed out the color  in spots.  

     A copy of a display sign where you bought the cards and lenses separately I am going to assume. Sometime before 1963, before the 8-card pack above for 39 cents and before the variety 4-card pack below for 10 cents. In 1963  the company traded hands from Abby Finishing Corp in Brooklyn NY, to Knight Toy & Novelty in Freeport NY which was headed by a Bill Falk.