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10/24/2006: Mad Scientist Toyzzz.


Continuing on with my “toys that have nothing to do with Halloween but kind of do” series, here’s a look back at some of the smaller toys from the Mad Scientist collection.  You know the one.  The one fronted by that weird Dr. Wily-esque guy in a lab coat.  The only that had big playsets that let you dissolve clay monsters and create visuals like the climax scene in either Gremlins movie. The toys featured in this article are on the simpler side, but they were some of my favorites, because I do so love shallow tubs full of neon ooze with funky titles.

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Discussion Thread: 113 comments

Lucky me. Happy Halloween and First!

I posted this the other day, but it is the 40th anniversary of the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown this Friday night on ABC.

Ghosted by Fox @ 10/24/2006 10:54 PM EDT

I used to love these toys.

Ghosted by Kid Nicky @ 10/24/2006 10:59 PM EDT

I still own a Mad Scientist cartoon VHS where one ep. his lab/house comes to life in Monster House-esque fashion, and the other ep. every sentence “Dr. Sci” says comes to life or makes something happen.  I can’t say if I’ve ever seen any other Mad Scientist cartoon.  I loved this stuff!  I even got a Mad Scientist outfit for my b-day one year.

Ghosted by EtHM @ 10/24/2006 11:12 PM EDT

I used to love these toys. Thanks for putting this article up,I always love X-Entertainment regardless of what the subject is,but this is the kind of thing you just can’t get anywhere else.

Ghosted by Kid Nicky @ 10/24/2006 11:16 PM EDT

Not sure what’s up with my weird double half-post.

Ghosted by Kid Nicky @ 10/24/2006 11:17 PM EDT

Lol that’s awesome. I think I dig the reviews of toys that I don’t remember more than the ones that I do. Yay Monsters! :D

Ghosted by Eddie Lightning Frog @ 10/24/2006 11:22 PM EDT

I’d pop the lid and tell it to stay quiet. It did, because it was good “Monster Flesh.”

Ah, to be young enough to talk to your toys and feel proud of them when they “behaved.”  Hey… wait… I still do that…

Ghosted by broomstickjockey @ 10/24/2006 11:23 PM EDT

Crap, I gotta work friday, so I’ll miss Great Pumpkin! Even though I watch it every year, I think this will the be the first in a while where I will!

And I had a board game that involved slime called “Wipe Out” where you had to get surfers to the bottom of the wave before the slime came. It was only used once because most of the slime had gotten on me, my friends, and the carpet. I was pissed when I opened it on Christmas, I wanted “Knock Out,” and specifically said it as such in my list. Anyone else here remember either of these games??

I’m currently making a list on my blog about the Greatest Halloween Songs and Best Halloween Cartoons. Which ones should I have? The Jukebox gave me most of my songs, but I’d like to know which ones I should really list!

Ghosted by Invader Norbert @ 10/24/2006 11:28 PM EDT

I had the bigger lab playset of this type when I was a kid, I bought it at a creepy indoor flea market and the jar of monster flesh was half gone. It was awesome though, it had all these plastic skeleton parts you could put together and then build flesh over and then drop the bastard in the sea monkey tank type thing and watch his flesh dissolve!

Ghosted by Black Zarak @ 10/24/2006 11:35 PM EDT

freakin awesome, this is the closest i have ever come to first comment. w00t

someday we have to smoke matt, i live in prince’s bay near the train.

this site rocks!!!

Ghosted by Armando @ 10/24/2006 11:56 PM EDT

I remember back in third grade somebody had some of that red Mad Scientist stuff and shot a little ball of it in the air and it stuck to the ceiling.  I remember it was still there on the ceiling when I was in sixth grade.  It is probably still stuck there to this day…

Ghosted by Jon @ 10/25/2006 12:02 AM EDT

Just the mere mention of the name Dr. Wily brought a smile to my face.

I’m such a dork.

Ghosted by Review the World @ 10/25/2006 12:30 AM EDT

I loved these things! My ma had a “no slime toys” rule, mostly to preserve the still-faultless wall-to-wall carpeting, but so many of my friends collected these that it didn’t matter. The larger sets were awesome, too, but I’ve got a soft spot for anything branded with the “Mad Scientist” name.

(Also, my first comment, for what it’s worth.)

Ghosted by Declan Dempsey @ 10/25/2006 12:32 AM EDT

Black Zarak I had that one as well, it was a hand me down from my brother as he suddenly got “too cool” to play with it.

I also got the one were you had a I believe it was 12 inch tall see-thru monster that came with internal organs. The organs fit inside the monster like a puzzle, then you filled the monster up with He-Man type slime. It also came with a plastic scalpal that you used to make an incision in the monster, you used a set of tongs to disect the monster innards, man that was fun. Pretty good effect to, it made my brother gag the first couple of times I did it.

Ghosted by Jester @ 10/25/2006 12:38 AM EDT

Hope I wasn’t the only one to join the Parade today. Remember to pick up all three versions. Black, White, and Velvetine.

Velvetine is worth every dime, even if some of Ray and Frankie’s commentaries come directly from the iTunes sneak peek. Gerard’s essay is pretty awesome. Mikey’s is a little vague. Bob’s is nice and raises the eternal question: Who is Hans?

I don’t need to tell you how awesome the album is. You already know. Self-fufilling prophecies are fun :D

Ghosted by K- @ 10/25/2006 12:45 AM EDT

Declan-It’s nice to know that I wasn’t the only one who was deprived of “slime” toys.  My mom was the epitomy of anal-retentive…I never got an e-z bake either, due to the crumb factor.

I always drooled over these…as always, thanks for the fond (yet jealous) memories Matt!

Ghosted by MissJess @ 10/25/2006 1:40 AM EDT

The red stuff looks like The Blob. As I have always been terrified of the Blob, I’m quietly sitting here and freaking out.

Ghosted by LemonWitch @ 10/25/2006 1:48 AM EDT

A Star Comics reference! Long live the painful puns of Michael Gallagher!

Ghosted by Mars @ 10/25/2006 2:26 AM EDT

I received the Mad Scientist “Dissect an Alien” set for Christmas one year, and it easily became one of my favorites.  He came with removable organs, and a jar of glow in the dark slime.

Ghosted by Dude McGuy @ 10/25/2006 2:33 AM EDT

Welcome, Declan!

Ghosted by squee4242 @ 10/25/2006 3:10 AM EDT

Not sure what’s up with my weird double half-post. –That  sounds like a skateboard trick. 

I never got any Mad scientist things growing up.  My other always got us the truly boring educational science toys.  They never had goo in them.

Ghosted by kb @ 10/25/2006 7:32 AM EDT

peewee ejacking.. no?!

Ghosted by drbong @ 10/25/2006 8:26 AM EDT

These were my favorite gowing up!  But the LIVING ICE I had was colorless.  This way it seemed more like, well, ice. 

The best part of dissolving the monsters in the vat in the bigger playsets was when they got to the point where their flesh was still mostly intact, but their plastic eyes, ears, etc fell off.  Awesome.

My first post, by the way.

Ghosted by RUrahrah @ 10/25/2006 8:39 AM EDT

EtHM: I was sure I was the only person on Earth who had ever seen that cartoon.

Ghosted by Deuce @ 10/25/2006 9:45 AM EDT

where did you get them?

Ghosted by Deuce @ 10/25/2006 9:53 AM EDT

My brother and I got the big food and drink maker labs for Christmas way back. It was an awesome day.

Ghosted by Fox @ 10/25/2006 10:20 AM EDT

Oh man… I remember when these came out,  I had the big set were you would build the monster then dip it in the acid to clean him up….. I also had that Blue orge thing in living ice.  I bet if these came out again they would sell as good as they did the first time!

Ghosted by Mjsgrass @ 10/25/2006 10:41 AM EDT

ETHM

I have the VHS also LOL!

Ghosted by Mjsgrass @ 10/25/2006 10:42 AM EDT

Invader Norbert:
“Halloween” by Helloween
“At the Graveyard” by Wolf

the ENTIRE “Horrow Show” album by Iced Earth - its an entire album about “nightmarish creatures”.  The best songs are “Dracula” and “Im-Ho-Tep (Pharaohs Curse)” but the whole album is awesome.  Im surprised no one has ever mentioned it.  Its a Halloween staple around here.

Ghosted by kittycatgirl2k @ 10/25/2006 10:57 AM EDT

Hey guys, sorry this has nothing to do with the post, but it’s so awesome I can’t resist. Check out this video of Vanilla Ice discussing his Ninja Rap from TMNT 2.

Click my name to check it out.

Ghosted by Tommy @ 10/25/2006 11:36 AM EDT

Like Declan and MissJess, my mother also had a strict “no-slime” policy. My sisters would occasionally bring home slime from the vending machines, but slime-based toys purchased from the store were just not allowed. I do remember seeing the commercials for this line, though. Frankly, I thought they looked like cooler, horror-based Play-Dough sets, and despite my mother’s dislike of slime, we DID like Play-Dough.

Ghosted by starwenn @ 10/25/2006 12:05 PM EDT

Weird Double Half-Post into a Spinning Chia Plot Crossover to Peewee Ejack with a Bamboo Peanut 640 and a Grinding I Came to See Garlic!

And that’s just falling down the stairs.

Ghosted by kingklash on a one-wheeled skateboard @ 10/25/2006 12:22 PM EDT

I remember getting the large monster-dissolving playset for Christmas,and the Disecct-an-alien toy as well. They were pretty neat.

Ghosted by Overlord @ 10/25/2006 1:26 PM EDT

Again, showing my age here.  Those things were popular as I was entering high school so I couldn’t justify asking for them for Christmas.  Now, I’m 35 years old and I ask for toys again.

Off Topic:
Watched the Monster House DVD last night, not a bad movie.  Very Halloweeny. 

Off Topic 2:
My son and I took part in scaring the wiggins out of people Saturday night at a local popular haunted forest.  Hell, I could just walk down the line of people waiting for tickets/entry and people would freak out.  I can’t remember when I had so much fun for so long (from 7:30pm to 1:30am).  We had almost 1000 people go through.  We’re doing it again this weekend if it doesn’t rain.  If you ever have the chance, work in a haunted house/forest, it’s very gratifying ;)

Ghosted by freudguy @ 10/25/2006 2:12 PM EDT

Anyone else hear about this 8 movie horrorfest thing coming to theaters? It sounds awesome.

Ghosted by Old E @ 10/25/2006 2:38 PM EDT

No way! I had Ogoore or whatever the hell his name is. I loved Mad Scientist but my brother would hord the playset all the time so I had to resort to making my own set out of baking soda play-doh type substance and then dumping them into a vat of peroxide. It works, try it!

Sadly the goop to make ogore turned to crumbs years later. Wish I still had the mold though so I could play Grape Escape with him.

Ghosted by That Guy @ 10/25/2006 5:01 PM EDT

The Mad Scientist looks more like the one from Robot Chicken than Dr. Wiley to me.

Ghosted by JLAJRC @ 10/25/2006 5:34 PM EDT

“starting Monday, there will be new Halloween Countdowns every day until Halloween — including next weekend.”

What happened to that Matt, what happened!?

Nah i’m just fuckin, i ain’t want to complain about a service you’re doing out of the good of your heart. But it’s getting uber close Matt, and you know it. People need their fix, or you very well could be destroying Halloween for millions…or about all 60 of us.

Ghosted by Dan @ 10/25/2006 5:44 PM EDT

The possibility exists that my GameStop is going to do a Midnight release of XII. And even if they don’t, the guy let it slip that they actually already have them in the store. I’m not sure if that’s actually true, but it did make me want to pull a fast break and beat him to the door to the stockroom.

If what he says IS true, and even if they don’t do the midnight release, it means I get to have it on Halloween anyway. And this is cool enough on its own.

Oh God Yes!!!!

Ghosted by K- @ 10/25/2006 7:02 PM EDT

Unless I’m mistaken, Monday = Scare Glow, Tuesday = Mad Scientist. So you can hold off on the admonishments for the time being, since there’s puhlenty of Wednesday left to go.
Welcome, RUrahrah!

Ghosted by squee4242 @ 10/25/2006 7:09 PM EDT

someone just got pwned.

Ghosted by Old E @ 10/25/2006 7:48 PM EDT

It’s 9:33 PM… do you know where YOUR new countdown entry is??

Ghosted by Old E @ 10/25/2006 9:33 PM EDT

Well using your theory, yeah, you’re mistaken.

Scare glow was posted on Sunday night, ready to read for Monday’s entry.

Mad scientist was posted Tuesday night, ready to read for Wednesday.

There wasn’t a post on monday night ready for Tuesday. Tuesday went by with nothing until the usual nighttime post ready for the next day.

Unless you wanna go by the theory that Mad scientist was posted Tue, so that’s tuesday’s entry (even though that’d be a stupid system due to how late they’re posted), and you’re trying to say there’s plenty of wednesday left to wait for it. In that case, well where was Monday’s?

Can’t work it different ways in order to fit in with your analogy.

Ghosted by Dan @ 10/25/2006 10:18 PM EDT

I’m not the only one who remembers Mad Scientist! YES!

I actually went a step further with mine. The “monster flesh” and “living ice” would become traps for my G.I. Joes, which they would escape with a dunk in the “acid.”

In retrospect, that would probably have burned the flesh right off of Shipwreck as well.

Naw, it wouldn’t. Shipwreck was made o’ solid brass.

Ghosted by Blake @ 10/25/2006 10:31 PM EDT

I had all of those Mad Scientist toys, they freakin ruled.  Dissect an Alian, the lab, and the others.

I had the clear living ice too, which looked pretty cool.  I chucked it up on the ceiling of my basement and that shit never came off.  My pops was pissed, I bet that stuff is still congealed up there with new owners wondering what it is.  It’s living ice bro.

Ghosted by Pete @ 10/25/2006 11:32 PM EDT

OH.  MY.  WORD.

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/2006/10/jason-movie-deaths.html

You know what that is?  That’s a video of every death in the Friday the 13th series.  EVERY death…in chronological order.

Ghosted by Cid @ 10/25/2006 11:39 PM EDT

somehow i totally missed mad scientist altho i remember doodling mad scientists all the time in grade school and they looked alot like him so maybe that’s where i got it from.. damn how do yall remember so much from childhood i can barely remember last year

Ghosted by drbong @ 10/26/2006 2:57 AM EDT

Man, I wish there was a new Transformer article every once and awhile…

Ghosted by Erik Majorwitz @ 10/26/2006 4:11 AM EDT

Welcome back, Major!!

Matt, I don’t think you were that sadistic, if you couldn’t bear to destroy action-figures for no good reason… Now, one should never underestimate the inherent sadism of 12 - 13 year old girls. This is why so many NKOTB Cabbage-patch dolls have been found without heads or limbs in the San Francisce Bay area. Archaeologists of the future will postulate a religious cult worshipping geeky, half-gay weirdos with braces and odd hairstyles, culminating in an orgy of ritual slaughter-by-proxy through doll-like effigies. This may work for the Backstreet Boys as well. I forsee learned doctoral theses on the Early Information Age and its strange religious practices. (Maybe all those “Neolithic fat woman” statues were toys???)

Er, where was I before I distracted myself so badly? Oh. We didn’t ever get Mad Scientist Toys in South Africa, but seeing as the government banned Black Beauty (it’s. about. a. horse.), I’m not surprised. Uhhh, why do all mad scientists have Einstein hair these days?

Oh, and Maa-aaatt! Finish the Chia plot! We will say Ni! until you do! ;)

Ghosted by arete @ 10/26/2006 7:00 AM EDT

Anyone remembe the Will Vinton Claymation specials of the late 80’s early 90’s, with the California Rasins? I stubbled on it on Amazon and havn’t seen it since watching the originals in the early 90’s.

The Halloween one was great and had Wilshire Pig. Anyway, I found it on youtube and knew that you guys would probably love it.

Click my name to watch the Claymation Halloween Special.

Ghosted by Fox @ 10/26/2006 10:04 AM EDT

K- Isn’t there allready a pretty shitty game called “XII”?

Ghosted by Kid Nicky @ 10/26/2006 11:20 AM EDT

I think he was referring to Final Fantasy XII.

Ghosted by Bizzar @ 10/26/2006 11:44 AM EDT

I WAS referring to Final Fantasy XII. And yes, the guy was referring to FF XII too. Not only because it was in the context of our conversation that started with me FINALLY paying it off, but also because of the following statement: “yeah, they’re already here [I gaze longingly at the stock room door] but we have to hold them til the street date and all”

Knowing our track record, though, Nicky may be referring to FF XII as well :P

Ghosted by K- @ 10/26/2006 12:00 PM EDT

Besides, the only other game they list as stocking with 12 in the title is “Barbie: 12 Dancing Princesses”

Hahaha, I guess I’d give that a whirl just for the kitsch value.

And I apologize. For those who don’t know, Roman Numerals standing alone in my posts with no other context = Final Fantasy

Ghosted by K- @ 10/26/2006 12:05 PM EDT

K-
  i did pick up the velvetine version. and i am proudly displaying a long live the black parade pin on my bag. i agree that the velvetine version is well worth the money because of the essays and the artwork. my favorite track so far is mama, beacuse of the range of emotions and styles that it hits. and also because how often does this kind of music have liza minelli sing a line.

Ghosted by danny @ 10/26/2006 12:28 PM EDT

My neighbor and I wanted to put our money together to get that big freakin’ Mad Scientist kit thingy. But, our moms wouldn’t let us. Probably because they knew we would fight about who got to keep it.

And my last name is Wiley, so I thought it was awesome that the dude’s name is Dr. Wily!

Ghosted by Justin @ 10/26/2006 12:51 PM EDT

I had the lab where you would put “flesh” on the monster skeleton, and then throw him into the vat to dissolve.  That was awesome.  Funny thing is that I had totally forgotten about that great toy before reading this article.  The more I read this site, the more toys I remember having.  Man, I must have been one spoiled little bastard; I had all sorts of awesome toys back then.

Ghosted by tanta07 @ 10/26/2006 12:57 PM EDT

arete, I thought I was the only human on the planet who wondered what future historians and archaeologists will think about us!  Nice to know I’m not the only crazy person on here. heehee  I mean that in the sweetest way possible :)

Ghosted by broomstickjockey @ 10/26/2006 1:11 PM EDT

Glad to see I’m not the only Parade member, Danny. I usually single out 3 tracks whenever I get a new album that is amazing throughout.

I’ve been listening to Dead! on You Tube for weeks and it’s only better with the effects. This is How I Disappear is very personally relevent and snags a spot because of it. Finally, I was so afraid because Disenchanted got re-written and I loved it when it was Shut Up and Play. But Gerard is right, Mikey deserves the credit for believing in it and getting it to become the masterpiece it is.

The chorus of Famous Last Words is a serious contender on my tattoo list, now. Also, I’d like to know why the Dead! hoodie isn’t in their store yet.

Ghosted by K- @ 10/26/2006 1:38 PM EDT

This Mad Scientist, that I don’t remember, has obviously been revamped into the Dr. Dreadful of today. But, Dr. Dreadful pretty much only has gross food related labs, I think.

Ghosted by Ryane @ 10/26/2006 1:58 PM EDT

I used to have Mad Scientist too.
I wonder if he was related to Dr.Dreadful

Ghosted by Joker @ 10/26/2006 2:07 PM EDT

Wow, I hope Matt is OK???

Ghosted by Old E @ 10/26/2006 2:39 PM EDT

Ol’ Matt is probably on a secret Viacom mission and will relate and regale the tale when he gets back.  So, in the meantime, who wants to look for change under the couch cushions in the X-E lounge?  Hey, I found a Killer Duck feather!

Ghosted by kingklash @ 10/26/2006 5:15 PM EDT

All I found was an old M.U.S.C.L.E. figure and a packet of Sharkelberry Fin Kool Aid.

Ghosted by Old E @ 10/26/2006 5:55 PM EDT

Check out this sweet pumpkin carving website.

Ghosted by Chris Martin @ 10/26/2006 6:49 PM EDT

The X-E lounge, while lavishly decorated, comes up short in the snackage: too many expired cans of chef boyardee fare. The fridge, on the other hand, is bitchin’. Sorry I drank all the Candy Corn soda. Not like anyone else was going to, though.

Soylent Green is Kermit!!!

Ghosted by K- @ 10/26/2006 8:52 PM EDT

You guys will love this. Click my name for a video of every Friday the 13th death scene in chronological order.

Happy Halloween

Ghosted by Fox @ 10/26/2006 9:57 PM EDT

HOLY CRAP! LIVING ICE! That’s the name of the cool toy I had when I was little but could not remember the name of. Matt, you always amaze me.

Ghosted by Jinx Mesmer @ 10/26/2006 10:32 PM EDT

I remember putting I-Chomp in the freezer now that I think about it. I’m not sure why I did that. Possibly to keep him rigid and make a better toy. Possibly because it was called living Ice and I thought something un-Earthly would happen if I brought it to a frigid home.
He did develop little crystals which I called warts.

Did it say, “Hey, freeze this shit.” anywhere in the instructions? Has anyone else ever frozen it?

Ghosted by Jinx Mesmer @ 10/26/2006 11:22 PM EDT

Someone send I-Ninja after Matt. Clearly he’s been buried by his piles and piles of crap. Not unlike Principal Skinner did way back when.

Ghosted by ChibiSoma @ 10/26/2006 11:54 PM EDT

Am I late??  Has the August mega-party started yet???

Ghosted by gramsci @ 10/26/2006 11:57 PM EDT

He promised a post every day this week. He promised!

Ghosted by Kyjlm @ 10/27/2006 12:01 AM EDT

Hey every one New poster here just thought I’d introduce my self before I started posting.
…………Well enough about me, Id just like to take this time to thank the magnificent bastard who created this site, Im 21 but inside me beats the heart of a 24 year old with fond memeries of the 80’s.

I feel I could mention it to you guys. Does any body find it odd that I a male owned a cabage patch kid when I was little. I told some one else that and they almost laughed them self into a coma.

Ghosted by cushe @ 10/27/2006 12:14 AM EDT

No way Cushe, I am a 27 yr old male, and I had a cabbage patch kid too! Gee, I kinda miss Dougie. I remember alot of kids had them boys and girls.

Ghosted by Doc SCarealot @ 10/27/2006 12:23 AM EDT

Welcome Cushe!  It isn’t strange that you had a cabbage patch at all.  My best friend as a kid was a boy named Jason, I named my boy Cabbage Patch Kid after him, and my Cabbage Patch boy and girls played with his Cabbage Patch Animal thingie (what were they called?)…and his mom made clothes for them!

On an unrelated note, I had a dream about the X-E blog last night.  In my dream, someone directed a post at me saying to stop posting because they were never funny and I cried in front of my laptop.  I’m pretty sure that means X-E has invaded my psyche a bit too far.  That or it means I need to get more of a life.

Ghosted by MissJess @ 10/27/2006 1:41 AM EDT

Ditto. I’m nearly 24 and I had a Cabbage Patch Kid. The only thing I remember about it was that he was a Ginger. He was later replaced with a My Buddy, with which I took a ball-point pen and played Connect-the-Dots with his freckles.

Ghosted by ColonelCatsup @ 10/27/2006 2:03 AM EDT

**gush** In the words of stimpy YEEEEEE yeeee.
Im not alone. Doc SCarealot Mines name was joey and he was dressed in a yankees uniform so I guess that gives him some redeeming value. And yeah they were for girls and boys nooow I remeber.

MissJess cool. What are these strange creatures of the cabage patch you speak of ? The seem so familiar just cant place a face on the product.

Ghosted by cushe @ 10/27/2006 2:05 AM EDT

ColonelCatsup , dont even get me stated on “My Buddy” I played with him till I was like 10 or 11. I also had a sick fasination with chucky so that was the closest I was getting to him. Till I  got my chucky doll that is.

Ghosted by cushe @ 10/27/2006 2:08 AM EDT

KOOSAS!!!!

Sorry.  Cushe-They were called Cabbage Patch Koosas.  The animal friends of the CPKids.  I feel much better that I know the name now.  It took a lot of google-ing…but I found ‘em.

Ghosted by MissJess @ 10/27/2006 2:29 AM EDT

koo…saaaas?  Cool. God lord those thngs are wierd looking. They have all the unatural in-human cherubic features of cabage patch kids with a bestial twist. I knew I’de seen those before Thanks.

Ghosted by cushe @ 10/27/2006 2:44 AM EDT

I remember my cabbage patch kid, he had short curly hair and his name was rosco.  When I wanted to have him be a girl I named him roseanne.  I quickly changed him back to Rosco though but when I was jealous of the girls clothes my older sisters had for theirs I told them he was a girl I just changed him.  My Grandma made some Cabbage patch kids with those cheap doll heads and I remember the next door neighbor ripped the head off of my sisters doll and my grandma always put off sewing the head back on and never did it!  HA!!  My Grandma also sewed a bunch of clothes for them.  I had a troll doll that was a little smaller then my CPK so I put on some CPK clothes on him.  For a while I lugged him around more then the other dolls, I actually put pj’s on him when it was time for bed a few times!  He had yellow hair.

Ghosted by Goob @ 10/27/2006 2:55 AM EDT

I always thought bald Cabbage Patch Kids looked like Alfred Hitchcock… Find a bald Cabbage Patch Kid, put in a suit and tie and imagine it saying “Good evening!”

Ghosted by Jason @ 10/27/2006 9:18 AM EDT

I’m pretty sure my sister had a Cabbage Patch Kid.  I don’t think I did.  I did, however, have Rainbow Brite sheets and a big plush Lurky that I loved to death.  My friends always tell me never to reveal that stuff, but I think at X-E it’s ok.

Ghosted by Rhino @ 10/27/2006 9:42 AM EDT

I never had a cabbage patch, but I did have a koosa.  I guess he was supposed to be a dog or something.. All I really remember is that the way his ears were shaped, and since they were all hard, they were perfect to chew on. 

Mmmmmm… koosa ears.

Ghosted by RUrahrah @ 10/27/2006 10:00 AM EDT

Jeebers!  My heart is dying a slow death with every hour I spend at work actualyl working ad not reading a new halloween post..

On the side note:

My Cabbage patch doll was Christopher.  He was originally Bert (or Burt, i forget), but I was not about to roll with a kid named Burt (or Bert).  He ruled the land, even after My Buddy, even After the WWF pillow guys came out; I had Macho Man OOooooooooooooH YEAH!  DIG IT!

Then…he was lost, LOST forever!!! /tear….

then i discovered girls…but the GI Joes stayed, damnit!

Ghosted by Fitzyroo @ 10/27/2006 10:41 AM EDT

I had two CPkids I had a girl named Martha and a boy named Barry-Malcolm he was blad, but I don’t think he ever looked like Alfred Hitchcock?

I remember my Mom and Grandma making clothes for Martha and matching clothes for me! I used to bring Martha to school and we’d be wearing the same outfit.

When naming your CPkid did you go for the name given on the birth certificate or name or give a name you wanted? I went with the birth certificate I don’t think I’d be creative enough to think of a name like Barry-Malcolm.

Ghosted by IHAQ @ 10/27/2006 11:35 AM EDT

Barry-Malcolm, eh?  Can’t say I really understand the hyphenated first name.  Were the Cabbage Patch Adults just indecisive?

Ghosted by Rhino @ 10/27/2006 11:50 AM EDT

Never had a CPK, but I did have a Pound Puppy that had my name inscribed on his dog collar.  Named him Butterscotch because that was his color reminded me of.

Ghosted by JLAJRC @ 10/27/2006 11:51 AM EDT

I’m a guy, and I had a Cabbage Patch Kid too. He and My Buddy would always be with me. Anyone else ever actually name My Buddy? I’m pretty sure I had a sweet imagination as a kid, but I still went with Buddy as My Buddy’s name.

Ghosted by Fox @ 10/27/2006 12:20 PM EDT

I had an old sock.

Ghosted by kingklash and "Mr. Crispy" @ 10/27/2006 12:27 PM EDT

I got a rock.

Ghosted by Invader Norbert @ 10/27/2006 12:33 PM EDT

I still have my Cabbie. Her name is Carrie, and she’s burried under the blankets on my bed somewhere. She even has her original yellow felt dress with the appliqued pink satin heart. I also had a Pound Puppy I named Buster (I went through a phase of calling everyone that, and it somehow stuck to the dog), but he’s long gone, sadly.

Starwenn goes to the Icee/Slurpee machine in the X-E lounge to get herself some Artic Blast or Pitch Black frozen goodness. Every lounge needs an Icee/Slurpee machine. Oh, and she put out her own fresh, home-made pumpkin bread, since everything in the cupboards expired in the last decade and nostalgia-lovers cannot live on smelly pasta alone.

Ghosted by starwenn @ 10/27/2006 1:29 PM EDT

My CPK’s name was Petunia Vivian.  I remember scribbling on her butt with green marker so I could sign my name next to Xavier Roberts or whoever’s name was down there.
Remember the CPK’s that could eat? And there was some horror story about one eating a kid’s hair or something…at least, that’s what my mom told me.  I was freaked out, but maybe it was just my mom’s way of saying “I’m never fighting department store crowds for one of those things again.”

Ghosted by Jessica Marie @ 10/27/2006 1:39 PM EDT

I remeber that. I actually saw a news cast with the little girls hair  stuck in the dolls mouth and the more she struggled the more hair the doll took in, The kittle girl looked very upset. There was some kind of epidemic with that.

Ghosted by cushe @ 10/27/2006 1:52 PM EDT

well i always thought it was weird my male cousin had a cabbage patch but i guess not.. my toy vision didn’t expand far past gi joe and video games

I always thought bald Cabbage Patch Kids looked like Alfred Hitchcock… Find a bald Cabbage Patch Kid, put in a suit and tie and imagine it saying “Good evening!”

ha this literally had me laughin out loud! we should make our own countdown entries

Ghosted by drbong @ 10/27/2006 3:15 PM EDT

The little buggers had plastic “snacks” like celery, carrot sticks, and cheese sticks that were pushed into their pie-holes and activated the mechanism for “eating.”  Then, they developed a taste for flesh, then, since cannabalism is generally frowned upon as unacceptable snacking, decided on hair as a substitute.

*whirr*
*whirr*
*whirr*
*munch*
*munch*
*munch*
*squish-squoosh*

Ghosted by kingklash @ 10/27/2006 3:19 PM EDT

I had a bag of used hypodermic needles and a soap on a rope.

Ghosted by Deuce @ 10/27/2006 3:41 PM EDT

I only kept the name on the birth certificate for my first cabbage patch, the rest I re-named for one reason or another. I know one came with the name Jessica…and something about having a junior of myself freaked me out.  I never had one that ate food, but I did have a bald one that smelled like powder, and after some time, came to look like it was stricken with a mystery disease that caused it to be riddled with white legions all over its head. I also had one with hair you could crimp.  It made my hands sticky.  I’m bored.

Ghosted by MissJess @ 10/27/2006 4:17 PM EDT

Oh yeah, the crimpy ones.  I remember being mildly intersted in those…were they around the same time as the flesh-eating CPK’s?

Ghosted by Jessica Marie @ 10/27/2006 4:55 PM EDT

I’m shocked and awed that you all can remember their names.  I had one, but I have no clue what her name was. 

By the way, 100th post. :)

Ghosted by broomstickjockey @ 10/27/2006 5:06 PM EDT

Wow- this went in an interesting direction.
I also had a CPK- it was a bald baby and I named it Papcheck. I know. I don’t know why I had it, but I’ve had it for as long as I can remember. I actually did not realize that they came with names until I found the birth certificate a few years ago. I don’t remember what her real name was. I more clearly remember the book I had, featuring photos of the dolls playing hide and seek in a forest or something. It was really weird.

I was more fond of the Magic Nursery dolls where you didn’t know if it was a boy or girl until you dissolved the diaper or something. I got one and I ended up winning twins, so I had three for the price of one. I can’t remember how that worked, but it was a sweet deal. One of my really good friends back then had a lot of the Magic Nursery animals. Those were pretty cool.

Ghosted by Rainbowfeet @ 10/27/2006 5:15 PM EDT

deuce is blogging from the pen!

Ghosted by drbong @ 10/27/2006 5:23 PM EDT

Loved these toys when I was a kid.  Although they just sold it and moved, I believe there is still purple slime smooshed into the woodpanel walls of the family room in my parent’s house.

Ghosted by Timbo @ 10/27/2006 6:20 PM EDT

My bald Cabbage Patch baby was named Natalie. You know how you associate some words with things as a kid, because you’d never heard them before? I don’t think I ever met anyone named Natalie, so in my mind Natalie = nettles, as in stinging nettles. For some reason this didn’t bother me, and she kept the name.

My brother was another boy who had a CPK. My parents are very liberal/equal rights/anti-stereotype people, so he had My Little Ponies and I had Transformers. It worked great until the crushing preteen need to conform took over.

Ghosted by Welsh Rabbit @ 10/27/2006 7:01 PM EDT

Rainbow - I always wanted one of those Magic Nursery dolls, and I’d like to live vicariously through you if I could.
Papcheck?

Ghosted by Jessica Marie @ 10/27/2006 7:04 PM EDT

Well, so much for “starting Monday, there will be new Halloween Countdowns every day until Halloween — including next weekend.”

Ghosted by Anonomys @ 10/27/2006 8:29 PM EDT

Wow, where the hell is Matt? :o Strange of him to not even post and let us know what’s up…

I had, and still have, many Cabbage Patch Kids. My first one was named Suzette. She was from the very first wave, way back when. Blonde yarn pigtails and blue corduroy overalls. I loved her. I also had one named Justin that could hold a crayon, others named Tony, Rosalie, Anne, Roy, Cleo, Greta … oh crap, I can’t remember the rest of them. Probably had about 3-5 more of them. I was addicted.

MissJess, I, too, have a CPK with lesions on it’s head! It was a baby one that smelled like powder, and her name is Anne. Actually, her lesions kinda turned dark colored… It’s really gross. :?

Ghosted by Ryane @ 10/27/2006 8:44 PM EDT

Yeah, I’m worried too. We have our differences, but I love ya Matt. Come back to us, please. Even if it’s just to say you’re busy as all hell.

Ghosted by K- @ 10/27/2006 8:59 PM EDT

Jessica Marie-
You can have the imaginary memories of one of the triplets. She’s a little girl and she’s awesome. You can name her whatever you want. :)

Yeah, Papcheck. (?!) I still don’t understand where that came from- must have been because I was so little.

Ghosted by Rainbowfeet @ 10/27/2006 11:39 PM EDT

That cartoon strip panel in which the Ogre flesh gets yanked and distorted, and is thrown agains the wall…it awoke something in me. Or rather, it brought back this delightfully sadistic glee that I felt as a kid, doing these exact same things with my toys. Geez, Matt you hit it right on the mark. We WERE sick sadistic bastards back then. And we probably still are now.

Ghosted by Venison @ 10/28/2006 2:31 AM EDT

“VIOLA!”? Viola is a small village in northern Italy. The correct term would be voilà (voire = to look, là = there).

http://www.bartleby.com/61/81/V0138100.html

Ghosted by Henk Tiggelaar @ 10/29/2006 5:18 AM EST

I would sell my soul for my “disect an alien” kit I got for Christmas one year….

Ghosted by Courtney @ 11/13/2006 11:50 AM EST

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