Palmer Monsters

7 Responses to Palmer Monsters

1. Greg Liska says:

   October 15, 2015 at 7:58 PM

   As campy as they are, I miss my Palmer Monsters. I really wish I had a Kong, no Fay Wray needed.

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2. Bill Nevins says:

   October 15, 2015 at 10:06 PM

   I’ve never seen a packaged set before. The price is anyone’s guess.
   This summer I did find two different colored Dracs, red and blue.
   I can tell you from years of fleamarketing, that these don’t show up much.

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   • admin says:

     October 15, 2015 at 11:43 PM

     Bill Nevins
     Yes they do not come up often. I score one an indoor garage sale years ago , but it is hard to find them as they are desired by Monster collectors. Fray Wray is hardest piece to find as most people think it is a piece of scrap plastic.

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3. Kent Sprecher says:

   October 16, 2015 at 11:36 PM

   I have a picture of set FG1 at my website supplied by David Schafer. It has 8 figures while the one linked to above is a FG2 and I count 13 figures. Monster collectors have these priced out of toy soldier/figure collector hands. The smaller FG1 sells for $300-500 and the larger FG2 sells in the $500-1,000 range.

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   • admin says:

     October 17, 2015 at 2:30 PM

     Kent
     It is interesting that they put duplicates into the set. The set was done without any licensing rights as far as we know. The monster collectors are bigger group than we are. There are some heavy hitters in the field especially when it come to props and posters.

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4. Kent Sprecher says:

   October 17, 2015 at 6:57 PM

   From what I have seen all four figure sets were sold on blister cards in two sizes. The smaller size had one mold shot and larger up to two mold shots. In 1972 the man that owned Palmer died and a group of investors convinced the family to let them operate the company. They set up a shell or holding company WINNECO to run things and also took over nearby Payton Products. You can find the Palmer figures in Payton header card bags that may be from this period. The changes that had driven many other plastic toy makers hit Winneco and they ended up in court with financial problems. By the mid to late 1970s both Palmer and Payton were bought by HG Toys. HG Toys got into making toys from movie licenses and is still in business. It would be interesting to see if they had any of the old Palmer or Payton molds squirreled away in a warehouse.

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5. Mark says:

   October 18, 2015 at 3:29 PM

   Here are some Palmer monsters mixed in !http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-plastic-toy-palmer-cereal-premium-monster-lot-complete-set-/261930457592?hash=item3cfc4599f8:g:ZeEAAOSwstxVG9yn

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