Fun With Goop

Retro-hobbies customers notice

Edouglass — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:24:50 GMT

Im sorry but I have to suspend sales for awhile,, need to take care of some health issues, and major family matters, I hope to restock and resume sales b4 the Halloween rush,,, Sorry for any inconvenience I have refunded all recent pay-pal payments,,
and When I reopen if you want to re-order those items, just let me know, Im saving all paper work from now, and Ill give discounts on any re-ordered items, once again, Sorry Ed

Molds, oven, goop available

DoneThat — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:41:09 GMT

Hello all. I had fun with the original Thingmaker when I was a kid, think I might even still have a tongue around somewhere. When the Toymax version came out in 1992, I bought stuff for my kids. They didn't use it a heck of a lot and now I want to give it a better home. I have a 1992-version Toymax oven; goop (2 metallic, green & purple stretch, 2 color-change, 2 black, 2 yellow, 1 purple, 1 red, 1 green-ish, 1 glow-in-the-dark, 1 orange, 1 brown, 1 unknown color...); 2 green Goop FX pens; 1 orange Goop FX pen; 4 detail tips for goop; hair & assorted weaponry; and the following molds: #325 3-D lizards; #326 3-D flies; #79-1 Octoracnid/snailopper; #78-1 Squidoach; Creeple People head molds (2), arm molds (2), body parts (#42-1 thru 47-1). Oven hasn't been used in years, but worked last time we used it. Goop is old... But molds are in like-new condition. Will take & post pictures if needed. Would rather get rid of it all at once but will part out. Cost: I'm reasonable, we can work something out.

Thingmaker II again hehe

CreepingDead — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:51:59 GMT

I just won an unused Thingmaker II on eBay. My cousin had one when I was a kid and I've wanted that thing ever since. I've read some of the old posts here concerning the Thingmaker II and was wondering if anyone ever figured out a goop substitute? I think I've got an idea for one.
I make rubber halloween masks and I'm 100% sure that mask latex would work in those plastic molds. Downside would be the long cure time (I'm estimating at least 6 hours) and about 10% shrinkage, which really isn't too bad. Upside is the finished product could be painted with acrylics.
I'll let you know how it goes once I get the molds.

Hello! Some Frights to share

CreepingDead — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:36:09 GMT

Been lurking here for awhile and thought I'd post a hello and show some of the goodies I made with the Fright Factory (still working on the necklace hehe).

WTB; Mini Dragons

pinballdude75 — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:42:42 GMT

Would like to purchase complete set of the Mini Dragons molds.
This is the set I had when I was a young-un.
LMK price. I can send money order.
Terry

eeeks & 3d molds

bhali333 — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:23:49 GMT

Hey everybody,

Does anyone have any eeks and or 3D molds for sale?

Please let me know.

Bruce

Toymax Molds

thatsanuglykat — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:57:52 GMT

Does anyone know what the metal molds are made of? I was trying to melt pony beads in one of the molds over a fire and to my dismay the mold melted before the beads did

new to forum

bhali333 — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:13:44 GMT

Hi everyone,

I had the original creepy crawlers when I was a kid and I just have a driving erge to have them again.

Can you guys tell me what is the best way to go, to get the biggest selection of figures.

the jakks line seems very limited.
Any help on what the best way to make, collect and have as many different creatures as possible, will be greatly appreciated.

Bruce

clear Goop

Edouglass — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:21:09 GMT

Clear goop,, Shrunken head,, First make a shrunken head any color,, filling only a third of the way and dont use the insert,,cure, cool, remove, then fill mold 2/3 of the way with a good Clear, (Plasti-craft is the best) let it cure a few min, then add the colored face you already made,, you get a shrunken head with a kinda depth to the look,,
Try it with a skeleton its really cool,,

SuperPlastic and Plasti-Steel available soon

dr_goop — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:31:04 GMT

Ok all you Plasti-Steel, and Topper SuperPlastic toy enthusiasts, there has been enough interest that I will make another batch of Plasti-Craft Superplastic. I have had a report that Superplastic works well in the old metal Mattel Injector molds too. Superplastic is thicker than goop but still pours. When it cools to room temp it is a hard rigid plastic. This will be a limited supply as there is limited demand and it is so thick that it burns out my mixer. I expect to have it out within the next few weeks. Again, limited supply once it is gone it will be a while (year?) before I make more. Watch the Goopy News updates on my homepage www.dr-goop.com and www.retro-hobbies.com for more info. I expect to make clear, blue, red, yellow, ogre green. Retro-Hobbies will have some other specialtiy colors available as well. Taking suggestions for colors.

Chat Room

Edouglass — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:47:19 GMT

The makers of this message board just informed me we will be getting a chat room,,
They havent told me how to set it up yet, and I think the free version only allows 4 people at a time,, but Ive only seen a few of us on here at the same time anyway,,
but Ill make an anouncement when I know more,,
Ed

Toymax EEks

Bugman — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:04:51 GMT

I cant get the body for the slithery to fit through the holes of the slithery legs for the toymax EEEKs molds.Does anyone have any suggestions?

Mini-Dragon Prototype Molds

dragonbuilder — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:30:11 GMT

I have a question for the SERIOUS collectors out there.

I own all the production series mini-dragon molds, the eight from the boxed set and the three card set molds.

But there were clearly prototype molds that included some body parts that were not in the production sets.

We can see at least some of these parts in the illustrations in the instructions, and in the photos on the box.

I can identify:

a bat shape wing, seen molded in white on the dragon on the girls right shoulder.

spike rimmed set of eyes, seen on the dragon on the girls left shoulder.

a ribbed fin or duck-foot, seen molded in blue on the dragon on the side of the box.

possible left and right single eyeballs with spike rims, seen on dragon on top of the girls head

possible alternate jaw, seen on same dragon, and on the box side.

there may also have been a body segment with a wing hole 1/2 way up the back, but these could have been made by punchng an extra hole.

I have included a scan of the box side for reference. The scan came from John Kolesar's site and I want to credit him. He also has scans of the box tops and ends.

Do any of these molds still exhist? Do any collectors have any of them?

Any information would be appreciated.

Which one

Bugman — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 01:57:22 GMT

Well I'm deciding if i should get the original creepy crawlers molds or the detailed molds,but i don't want both.
So which should i get?

Atlantic city NJ

Edouglass — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:02:52 GMT

Is it possible that any of you Goop Heads might be in the Atlantic City NJ era in August 2008? The good Dr and I maybe getting together then and around there,, and I thought maybe anyone else might want to show up? maybe we could put something together by then? Small improtu Goop convention of a sorts? Let me know if anyone has any ideas,, The Dr says he maybe flying east in Aug,, personally I would rather fly out his way west and maybe get together in Ca or Vegas,, but dont know how that would fly right now,, Ed