Comments on: Halloween Countdown ’08: SLIME TIME Watches!

By: Dex

Dex — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 03:33:30 +0000

Boner and Boogey:

The pens you are talking about were called “Blood Suckers.” I don’t remember the year these came out – I want to say 84 or 85 but don’t quote me. There were two different molds of ‘monster’ with each monster appearing in two different colors. The ‘bat’ like creature came in purple and a dark gray with the mosquito available in pink and green. Each pen had a clear plastic ‘tail’ that, when tipped with the tail facing down, would give the illusion of the tail filling with blood. Once the pen was tipped down to write (the tip was in the mouth of the creature) blood would appear to drain from the tail as you wrote in red ink – giving the illusion of writing in blood.

I had all four of them as a kid….don’t know what happened to them though. I’ve collected toys for years and I’ve NEVER seen one at any show.

Dex

By: littlebit-83

littlebit-83 — Fri, 29 May 2009 08:35:06 +0000

CRAZY! I SO remember these. I’m Female and I remember watching the commercial for these when they came out and I wanted one so bad, but never got one. (I was too young, and had no money). “WHATS THE TIME.. SLIME TIME”. LOL.

By: alk

alk — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:27:45 +0000

The bats and the snakes are my favorites… the black bat may be my top pick, but the frogs/toads are just silly. They look way to friendly to be in the same group as the others.
Maybe they had to include them because frogs are the only slimy animal pictured?…. huuumm…for real wearablility, I would have to say the snakes. They’re compact and limbless and ALMOST shaped like real watches.

By: Hayden

Hayden — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:06:58 +0000

Wow I read this whole article saying to myself, “what a silly watch”, then I saw the picture of the green snake watch and then I said “Oh man! I had (still have) that watch!” I had no idea it was called Slime Time, or that there were other variations of the green snake that I had. I remember they had a very strong 80s plastic smell that smelt like TECHNOLOGY and FUN to us kids.

I’d be damned if I ever wore it to school though, haha.

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:22:18 +0000

I had one of those things as a kid, actually the purple bat, and until now I thought it was something I just imagined. And here I thought you’d already tracked down every crazy toy from my childhood.

By: Rastika

Rastika — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 03:00:35 +0000

Oh Matt! These were incredible and I just about had a seizure when I checked the blog today and saw this. I absolutely loooved my purple bat watch! I too attempted to wear it everywhere and if you think you were ridiculed in elementary school as a * boy * with a bat watch, imagine my shame as the only girl in school to think these were heaven sent just for me. Yup. I was a special girl. Still love it though, Thanks again for the memories

By: nick

nick — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:05:59 +0000

i had a pen that came out a couple years before these watches came out that was an evil purple demon bat, way meaner looking than the bat watch. it was a big purple blob of rubber and the clear reservoir that came out of its mouth was full of sloshy red fluid (BLOOD!). the ink was also red. i’m sure they made other varieties, but i had “the purple demon bat thingy” one.