10 Monster Toys That Need to Make a Return!
John Squires
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TRASH BAG BUNCH
The last couple years have seen a resurgence in trash-dwelling toys, with the plush Stinky Little Trash Monsters and the tiny rubber Trash Pack toys currently lining the shelves at Toys R Us. It seems we’re primed and ready for the return of the original line that was no doubt the inspiration for this recent string of garbage dwellers: the Trash Bag Bunch.
Sometimes with toys, it’s all about presentation, and the Trash Bag Bunch line was most definitely all about that. While the toys themselves weren’t anything special, it was the way in which creator Mel Birnkrant presented them that made them worthy of looking back fondly on. In fact, Galoob already had little PVC monster, alien and robot toys when Birnkrant approached them with the idea, and though they didn’t quite fit with the concept, the two ideas were fused together based on the strength of that concept, and the Trash Bag Bunch was born.
Each PVC figure was nestled inside of a faux black garbage bag alongside an effervescent tablet. When placed in water, the magical spectacle began, and a few seconds later out popped a little toy, which had to be fished out of the bottom of dad’s favorite bourbon glass. A fun activity and a toy all in one… that’s something the kids of today could use a little bit more of!
MCFARLANE’S MOVIE MANIACS
Hey, look! A toy line that’s not from the 80s!!
Though I’d be a fool to not be completely happy with the current output of horror movie toys from companies like NECA, there is a tendency for those companies to stick to big time properties, like Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street and Alien. While McFarlane did dip into many of those same franchises, they also had a tendency to fill out their Movie Maniacs line with toys based on movies that you really don’t see anyone tackling these days, like The Fly, Candyman and Pumpkinhead. It’s for this reason that I miss the line and would love for it to make a return.
Or maybe I just miss those cool movie posters that were displayed in frames of human bones that came with each toy. Those were pretty badass.
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