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An eye for the unusual. Small seller of vintage books, MCM, vinyl, estate finds, Disneyana and just plain cool stuff! #bsnm https://linktr.ee/peaceablegrotto

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Peaceablegrotto @peaceablegrotto.bsky.social · 3d

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Peaceablegrotto @peaceablegrotto.bsky.social · 4d

What you find in a great white’s stomach after Halloween. Ooh, a Marathon bar!
Image 1 Source: allhailthe70shousewife
Image 2 Source: instereo007

Color photo of a kid in a very brown 70’s kitchen. wearing a Jaws Halloween mask. They are sitting at a round table with a hoard of candy covering the surface.

Color photo of the original box for the Collegeville Jaws costume, circa 1975.

Peaceablegrotto @peaceablegrotto.bsky.social · 4d

This is the 24” prototype of the Unisphere made by US Steel, as seen in the post below. It was likely commissioned for the 1964 #NYWF approval committee prior to them building the large one. It was later given to Tommy Bartlett, who put on a waterski show at the fair.
Source: Darren Bianco

Color photo of the prototype steel globe, set on a large round base, which appears also to be steel. The sides of the base look like simulated wood grain and the top is blue to suggest its fountain location. It is seen here in a warehouse, with some of the continents that had come off resting on the table beside it.

Close up of the base (in dirty condition.) A metal panel on the side reads: “UNISPHERE® BUILT AND PRESENTED BY
United States Steel TO THE 1964-1965
NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR.”

Close up photo of a sign placard that was likely used when the prototype was on display.

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Peaceablegrotto @peaceablegrotto.bsky.social · 5d

Adorable Mini-Monsters - Ideal (1965)
Source: atomic-chronoscaph

Color photo of “Wolfy,” a childlike plastic doll with fangs, bluish shadow above the eyes, thick eyebrows, tousled hair and chubby cheeks. He is dressed in a dark colored cloth coat and shorts, with a wide beige lapel. Shown in the original Ideal box, designed to look like an arched stone doorway with torches affixed to the wall and a small vulture standing on a box lower right. The box front reads “I’m Wolfy.”

Illustrated back of box art showing all four available “Mini-Monsters.” From top left “I’m Vampy” (a female child vampire in a pink minidress with a black bat image on the front; “I’m Dracky,” a male child vampire wearing a white doctor’s coat and shorts with a reflective headband and stethoscope; “I’m Franky,” a male child Frankenstein’s monster wearing blue overall shorts and a white shirt; “I’m Wolfy,” previously described but shown wearing a cap and carrying two books hanging from a strap.

Color photo of “I’m Franky” doll in his blue overall shorts, with white shirt and thick blue lapel. He has the classic tall flat skull with two bandaids on his forehead.

Color photo of the male and female vampire child dolls “I’m Vampy” (left) with plastic grey and white widow’s peak, and “I’m Dracky” (right).

Peaceablegrotto @peaceablegrotto.bsky.social · 5d

Mattel Cartoon Maker...Peanuts Version (1969)
Source: Roaring Tiger Antiques

Box cover reads “SUPER
CARTOON MAKER FEATURING SNOOPY AND HIS PEANUTS PALS MAKE 5 CHARACTERS WITH 14 DIFFERENT POSES!” on left with yellow background and photo of white boy and girl playing with product. On right is a large piece of paper with four cartoon panels. Three-dimensional Plastigoop figures of Peanuts characters are arranged to create a comic strip complete with word balloons. Panel one shows Linus with Charlie Brown on an apple crate to his right, reading a piece of paper: “MAKE PERMANENT PLASTIC 3-D PEANUTS PALS! YOU CAN EVEN MAKE LINUS' BLANKET!” Panel two shows Charlie Brown with arms extended saying “GOOD GRIEF!” next to Lucy and Snoopy: “YOU CAN FRAME THEM! TRADE THEM! WEAR THEM! STAND THEM UP! STICK THEM ON WINDOWS...” Third frame shows Schroeder playing piano with Snoopy dancing and Woodstock to the right. “IT'S AS EASY AS PLAYING BEETHOVEN! JUST MOLD PLASTIGOOP PEANUTS PALS WITH THE CARTOON-MAKER!” Last panel shows Snoopy as the WWII Flying Ace in top of his doghouse with the word balloon “HE LOOKS
DASHING IN GENUINE PLASTIGOOP!” and Lucy to his right saying “AAUGH!”

Photo of cartoon maker plastic tray with slots for the metal hot plate, metal molds, red plastic tweezers, cooling tray, and several bottles of Plastigoop.

Close up photo of metal mold featuring Lucy with hands on stomach and tongue sticking out next to Snoopy dressed as the WWII Flying Ace, as well as a croquet mallet and ball.

Close up photo of metal mold featuring side view of Linus with arm out and finger pointing, next to Snoopy seated as WWII Flying Ace, mouth open and arm raised in a fist, along with a bottle of milk above.

Peaceablegrotto @peaceablegrotto.bsky.social · 8d

1972 Panasonic RS-296US
20 Cassette Tape Carousel Player.
Source: A Little Slice of Vintage Life

Color photo depicting a multi-cassette player unit. A rotating carousel on top holds 20 audio cassettes, covered by a plexiglass lid. One third of the top is a panel of knobs and switches. The bottom of the unit is either wood or faux wood paneling.

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Peaceablegrotto @peaceablegrotto.bsky.social · 10d

Bonus content
Source: naughtyhalloweenart

Peaceablegrotto @peaceablegrotto.bsky.social · 10d

Monsters love butts.
Bettie Page Source: loborod
Frankie and the Bride by SgtMadness: naughtyhalloweenart

Black and white photo of a nude Bettie Page from behind, smiling with her head turned to the right, looking back at the viewer. She is leaning slightly forward with her bottom prominent in the foreground. Below and to the right is a person in a classic wolfman costume, with eyes riveted on her posterior, and one hairy paw caressing her right butt cheek.

Illustration mimicking the Bettie Page photo with a stylized Bride of Frankenstein in the same pose. Frankenstein’s Monster is leering and has his right hand wrapped around her left thigh. His left hand is clutching her right butt cheek. The figures are colored in greens against a grey background.

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Peaceablegrotto @peaceablegrotto.bsky.social · 12d

According to Tom Spina Designs, the giant Krayt Dragon skeleton that C-3PO encounters on Tatooine was actually left over from the 1975 Disney live-action flick "One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing."
#StarWars #Disney

Triptych of photos: Top left, promo of Disney’s “One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing.” A red truck with a brontosaurus-like skeleton on the flatbed is driving down a small town street, with the head and neck looming over the front of the cab. White smoke emits from the vertical truck exhaust, and a vintage street lamp is seen on the left. Top right, still image from Star Wars, showing C-3PO in the foreground of the Tatooine desert ascending a sand dune, with the head and neck of the same dinosaur skeleton lying across the dunes in the background. Bottom photo - a side view of the truck and dinosaur from the Disney film, showing the long tail trailing off the back end and a tarp covering the middle section of the skeleton.

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Peaceablegrotto @peaceablegrotto.bsky.social · 12d

“Little Van Goes” by Tomy, 1981.
Source: Tim Harrison

Image of a drawing toy by Tomy, consisting of a yellow plastic frame with removable embossed panels in orange. The panels are side-view images of classic hot rod vans, segmented into three parts (rear, middle, front). Each segment has a different modification to create unique body styles. Paper inserted into the frame is printed using a rubbing tool, and then can be detailed with colored pencils (not included). Text on the box reads: “Design hundreds of wild and crazy souped-up vans. Colored pencils not included with kit. Ages 6 and up.”

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Peaceablegrotto @peaceablegrotto.bsky.social · 13d

1944 ad for Victor motion picture equipment, “Death pauses for Mickey Mouse.”
Source: Jonathan Green

Magazine ad page featuring an illustration of American troops in the South Pacific. A movie projector is seen throwing an image of Mickey Mouse on a screen set up against a line of palm trees. Two soldiers on the left are turned toward each other and laughing. In the distance an airplane rises over what appears to be Mount Fuji. The text reads, “Death pauses for Mickey Mouse. BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH
WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS
Buy War Bonds NOW! These boys dealt death today ... they'll deal out death again tomorrow . . . but tonight they laugh . . . bodies and minds, tense from the strain of combat, relax ... flagging spirits revive ... for a little while, war is far away. That is one of the wartime functions of Victor 16mm Sound Motion Picture Equipment. Training the armed forces and soldiers of production is also Victor's task. A peacetime world will benefit from Victor's wartime achievements.
VICTOR ANIMATOGRAPH CORPORATION
HOME OFFICE AND FACTORY
DAVENPORT, IOWA
New York (18) McGRAW HILL BLDG
330 W. 42ND ST.
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Peaceablegrotto @peaceablegrotto.bsky.social · 15d

Hi! I’m back!
Image Source: mutant-what-not

Comic book image of Casper’s friend Spooky, the tough ghost with freckles and a red-banded bowler hat. He is seen flying down to the ground, where a wooden sign reads “Weirdsville,” and several large mushrooms with various patterns are growing on the left. The speech bubble reads, “Well… here I am!”

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Peaceablegrotto @peaceablegrotto.bsky.social · Sep 19

Listening casually and having some flashbacks, particularly on “100% Expendable” and “Building Better Worlds.” Ears pricked up because one of my first vinyl purchases as a teen was Wendy Carlos Williams’ soundtrack for “A Clockwork Orange.”

Nine Inch Nails @nin.com · Sep 19

THE NEW NINE INCH NAILS ALBUM
TRON: ARES (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK)
OUT NOW

Peaceablegrotto @peaceablegrotto.bsky.social · Sep 9

Circa 1969 avocado green Easy Bake Oven by Kenner. Has box, pans, cookbook, and some original mixes.
Source: Facebook Marketplace

Toy in the style of 1960s side by side oven and stovetop with clock and range hood in avocado green. Top right reads Betty Crocker Easy Bake Oven by Kenner. Oven light is on and stove door is slightly ajar.

Box for Easy Bake Oven showing the teal colored version with assortment of cakes and brownies below it.

Mini boxes of Betty Crocker mixes. From left, Brownie, Devil’s Food cake, Creamy White Frosting Mix and White Cake.

Various documents including instruction manual with an image of a white girl wearing pigtails licking her forefinger, a cookbook, a coupon towards Oneida flatware and baking instruction card

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The Madness Of No Kings George @gmnorth.com · Sep 6

I think the structure on the right in back is by Rosario Candela, who designed other structures for that world's fair.

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Peaceablegrotto @peaceablegrotto.bsky.social · Sep 6

Oops, forgot to add the image source was from Glen Mordecai.

Peaceablegrotto @peaceablegrotto.bsky.social · Sep 6

Gorgeous photo of Walt Disney’s Ford Pavilion loading area at the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair. In the distance behind the line you can see the Auto Parts Harmonic, which I believe was designed by imagineer Rolly Crump.