Tag Archives: Costumes
Awesome Costumes from 1980 Westercon
These photos speak for themselves, so all I will add is that I would have loved hanging with these people. They are true pioneer fanboys and fangirls. [via] The Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society [via] BoingBoing (By the way, there … Continue reading
Star Wars, Halloween, and Me
Dressing up as characters from Star Wars has been a long running tradition in my family. This picture of me is from Halloween, 1978. That’s me on the left as Chewbacca, and my sister as an adorable Scooby Doo. As … Continue reading
Was Toys R Us Your Halloween Headquarters in 1996?
We went to a local store to buy costumes when I was young, but a real treat is when we got to browse the costumes at Toys R Us at Halloween. With so many costume stores that spring up around … Continue reading
Halloween Home Video (1972)
I have been looking at a lot of people’s home videos and I am going to post a few over the next few weeks. Today’s video is from 1972. It starts off nice enough, people showing off their costumes, but … Continue reading
General Mills Halloween Costumes
Hungry? Haunted? Check out these officially licensed Frankenberry and Count Chocula costumes from General Mills! I’ve seen both costumes for sale both locally and online for around $70. I don’t know how scary the costumes are, but they sure look … Continue reading









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