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Funko Finally Made Yummy Mummy and Fruit Brute POP! Vinyl Toys
When talking about General Mills’ seasonal “Monster Cereals,” most only ever really talk about Count Chocula, Franken Berry and Boo Berry – they’re not just the original three, but the only three that return every Halloween season. The runts of the litter, as much as it pains me to call them that, are Fruit Brute and Yummy Mummy, who never quite caught on.
But we love them all the same. In fact, we may love them even more – after all, the runts are always the cutest. And that’s why we’re so excited to see that Funko has just added both Fruit Brute and Yummy Mummy to the “Monster Cereals” wave of POP! vinyl toys! Fruit Brute is clutching a spoon for his POP! vinyl debut, while Yummy Mummy is literally eating Yummy Mummy. Is that cannibalism?
The good news is that they exist. The bad news? Both toys are limited to just 2,500 pieces and sold exclusively in a two-pack bundle for Funko-Shop.com. The even worse news? The bundle already sold out before I could write this post.
I’ll see ya over on eBay, fellow Monster Cereal fanatics.
We have learned the sad news this week that prolific horror author Ray Garton, who wrote nearly 70 books over the course of his career, has passed away after a battle with lung cancer.
Ray Garton was 61 years old.
Stephen King tweets, “I’m hearing that Ray Garton, horror novelist and friend, died yesterday. This is sad news, and a loss to those who enjoyed his amusing, often surreal, posts on Twitter.”
Ray Garton’s novels include Seductions, Darklings, Live Girls, Night Life, and Crucifax in the 1980s, followed in later decades by output including A Dark Place: The Story of a True Haunting, Trade Secrets, The New Neighbor, Lot Lizards, Dark Channel, Shackled, The Girl in the Basement, The Loveliest Dead, Ravenous, Bestial, and most recently, Trailer Park Noir.
Garton also wrote young adult novels under the name Joseph Locke, including the novelizations for A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Master and The Dream Child. He also wrote the novelizations for Tobe Hooper’s Invaders from Mars and Warlock, as well as several books for the Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchises.
Other young adult horror novels you may remember the name Joseph Locke from include Petrified, Kiss of Death, Game Over, 1-900-Killer, Vengeance, and Kill the Teacher’s Pet.
You can browse Ray Garton’s full bibliography over on his official website.
He wrote on his website when it launched, “Since I was eight years old, all I’ve wanted to be was a writer, and since 1984, I have been fortunate enough to spend my life writing full time. I’ve written over 60 books—novels and novellas in the horror and suspense genres, collections of short stories, movie novelizations, and TV tie-ins—with more in the works.”
“My readers have made it possible for me to indulge my love of writing and I get a tremendous amount of joy out of communicating with them,” Garton added at the time.
Ray Garton is survived by his longtime wife, Dawn.
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