RE-Chuckie
My mother bought it at flea market. I’ve seen a few websites selling them. But they’re not cheap. I’m currently looking for a way to display Chuckie in my window(It ain’t October without a killer doll lit up by a Bates Motel sign) without him fading.
RE-To Serve Man
It is autographed by the author, Karl Wurf
RE-Kickapoo Joy Juice
Tweren’t soda. This is from Al Capp’s Lil Abner. Kickapoo Joy Juice was the industrial strength moon shine that Hairless Joe and Lonesome Polecat made in their still.
C’mon, folks…in this crowd, swords and daggers are NOT weird in any way. I have a pretty good collection going myself, but didn’t feel they were weird enough to mention.
Bosda-
The book you’re thinking of is How To Cook For Forty Humans. BTW If you were trying to make Zohar the preparer cry, mission accomplished.
Kilt-Man-I agree. I mentioned that particular sword only because the blade is mounted on what is very obviously a plastic pool cue handle. I have a 2 piece cue and am working on making a scabbard out of it.
More Stuff-
Bates Motel lighted sign
Bates Motel terricloth slippers
2 ping pong balls painted with eyes
Gobots and Smurfs cups and bowls
Model of “dogburster” from Alien 3-It’s mounted on the ceiling and many guests don’t notice it at first.
My Dad's old Northstar Horizon home computer. The dual 5.25" unit is roughly the size of my current tower pc.
A Nintendo Virtual Boy
A Mushroom shaped lamp
1 life-size plastic lobster, plus 1 crab
Is the soap opera All My Children still on? I've got board game based on it. Made by Tsr.
A Mousketeer membership certificate
Mr T hanging car deoderizers
Mr T doll
A knock off Freddy Krueger plush toy. The shirt is green and yellow instead of the proper green and red. The head bears a great resemblance to Jimmy Durante.
From Infocom's HitchHiker's Guide To The Galaxy game-Microscopic space fleet, panic sensitive glasses, a button bearing the words "Don't Panic" in large, friendly letters.
Talking dolls-Freddy Krueger, Ed Grimley, PeeWee Herman, Cryptkeeper
Have talking Venom action figure-parent's disapproved of the figure saying "I want to eat your brain."
A box full of laser diodes from old CD players
A doorstop in the shape of a man who appears to be screaming and trying to claw his way out from under the door.
A set of ice tongs with plastic teeth and gums instead of tongs
Salt+Pepper sets-ceramic dentures, King Kong and Empire State Building, Frankenstein and Bride.
Nixon Family paper doll cutout book
Milton Bradley Microvision, AFAIK the first handheld designed to play removable cartridges.
2 inflatable Goodyear blimps
A few official Department Of Defense envelopes-$200 oenalty for improper use.
Hobbit board game from the 70's
NCR tablet computer-I've gotta check the date IIRC it came bundled with Windows 3.1
A book about horses, written in French. I don’t own any horses.
Volume 3 of the Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium - but not volumes 1 and 2. The complete three-volume set would cost $450. The bookstore was selling Volume 3 for only four dollars on the discount table because Volumes 1 and 2 were missing.
A collection of paint charts from Sears and Sherwin-Williams. I can’t paint my house because it’s a leased house and I don’t think the landlord would approve. I like to look at the colors, though.
A book called The Daddy and the Kitty, signed by the author. I found it on the discount table at my local book store. I have been unable to find any information about this book on Amazon, the Advanced Book Exchange, or Bibliofind. It must have been privately printed.
A collection of old Jelly Belly flavor guides. It’s fun to remember some of the weird flavors they used to have.
In case you’re wondering, the reason why I have the collection of dessicant capsules is that I collected them as a child. I thought they were cute. I haven’t been able to convince myself to throw them away.
A Female Urinal from the 10’s or 20’s. It’s metal. I use it as a vase. A garage sale steal of $5.
If I could only find a bed pan to use to mount to my front door to put flowers in it to greet the Jehovah’s
Glass Laboratory jars. I use them as vases too.
A very good friend of ours use to have an actual gravestone from a woman who died in Louisiana. Died in the 30’s, I think. He got it when his room mate moved out ( who use to live in LA and wasn’t sure how he acquired it.) When this friend of ours moved he did not keep it. I still regret not asking him for it. I would have put it in my garden.
I still really want a moose head.
The first generation “Walkman” purchased in '81 but it was a Toshiba if I remember correctly.
Years and years of back issues of Car and Driver and Autoweek.
A box of spare parts for a '71 911S I forgot to bequeath to the buyer.
Keys to every car I’ve ever owned.
Every book I ever purchased for MBA/Ph.D study.
A huge bag of recycled gift boxes, because I buy many gifts online and they don’t come with gift boxes.
Despite the fact that we have no children, my wife has a child seat hooked up in the back seat of her car for her nephew.
Erlenmeyer flask and mortar and pestle.
Early to mid seventies baseball and football cards.
Half dimes
Tackle-twill authentic Dennis Rodman jerseys, all years, all available colors as a Bull, Laker and Maverick (fewer than 50 of those made)
Sepultura Soccer Shirt
Signed Billy Greer “Kansas” bass guitar pick launched into the crowd. Surrounded by a bazillion crazed fans and knowing I had absolutely no chance to catch it, I just lifted my hand as high as I could and closed my eyes. I felt something small and light in my hand, closed it and walked away to find it had, indeed, landed right in my hand.
They aren’t in my house as we don’t exactly have the space for them here, but Sally and Mr. Ferguson live in our office (which is kinda a second home, I guess). They’re two of the giant Playmobil display people, a little girl and a guy in a purple top hat, and seem to get odd looks from about a third of people on their first visit.
