AWESOME-tober-fest 2019: Happy Halloween + Random Fango Ads
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! This is it guys, we made it. Another year. Another Halloween AWESOME-tober-fest countdown. Thank you so much for reading, I hope you have a safe and fun Halloween.
But, before you go, how about one more Fangoria article? How about we look at some random ads that ran in Fangoria throughout the years? Let’s do it!
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From 1988, an ad for the Nightmare on Elm Street board game. That’s right, I said BOARD game. I totally thought this was a video game ad until I actually read it and saw that it comes with a rule book, gameboard, playing cards, and Freddy markers. If you want to get a look at what all the goodness inside the box looks like, check out the entry at Board Game Geek. It looks bizarre. The game board gives me a headache if I look too long.
How about some more Freddy product? Here’s an ad for the 1-900 Freddy’s Dead telephone game. From 1992. The 90s were stuffed with all kinds of 1-900 pop culture telephone numbers. In the same issue of Fangoria as this Freddy ad was an ad for a 1-900 Terminator 2 telephone challenge. Careful, it’s yellow background will burn out your retinas.
Vintage Monster-y ad goodness coming your way! This ad is from 1981, and it’s for mail away Monster Miniatures! All four of these pewter figures sold as a group for $79.95. Postage included! You could also get them in a white metal for about $7 each.
More monster-y goodness! Here are two ads for Screamin’ Vinyl Model Kits! The one on the left is from 1989. It has four options; Jason, Freddy, Elvira, or the generic Werewolf. Each model kid is about $60. Honestly, they look pretty nice. On the right is another Screamin’ models ad, this time from 1996. They’ve greatly expanded their offerings with new product, but for some reason, Jason is missing. You can’t even order him below. However, amongst the new faces you see they added Leatherface, Ash, Lon Chaney from London After Midnight, Pinhead and the Cenobites, and one fantastic looking Crypt Keeper. Different models have different prices, but this seems like a really nice model set.
From 1987, check out this ad for buy 2 books and get a FREE Dracula Pendant! Filled with soil from Dracula’s castle!! Wow. The ad makes sure to note these are the same pendants that were sold in Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine in the 70s.
Check out this ad for the rugged, compass survival watch. Never get lost on freeways, mountains, deserts, jungles, or oceans! I don’t know how many deserts, jungles, or oceans your average Fangoria reader would encounter in their lifetimes, but they now have the watch to get them out of that predicament if they ever do!
Thanks for another successful year! And again, HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Also, check out the blog Countdown to Halloween for more Halloween-y, bloggy AWESOMEness.
Cavalcade of Awesome 
October 31, 2019 at 7:10 am
I have some of those Screamin’ model kits. I never had the nerve to try to assemble one though. You had to heat individual parts with a blow dryer and cut off excess material. I was sure I would have ruined them, so they’re still in the box.