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Do You Remember These Awesome Halloween Boglins?
Halloween hand puppets! Fun for all ages!
One of the most beloved monster toy lines of the 1980s was Mattel’s Boglins, which were created by Timothy Clarke and Maureen Trotto. The Boglins, rubber hand puppets that were housed inside of cage-like boxes, were conceived by Clarke as a way to get kids into puppetry – he himself was fresh off working with the Jim Henson Company on The Dark Crystal at the time – and they were marketed as gross-out pets that you could, well, wear on your hand. Sticking your hand into the Boglins allowed you to open and close their mouths and even, thanks a mechanism inside, move their eyeballs back and forth. At the time, there was nothing else on the market like them, and still to this day, the movie-quality craftsmanship is incredibly impressive.
The original line of Boglins, which included characters like Dwork and Drool, paved the way for all sorts of spin-offs, including Aquatic Boglins, Belching Boglins, Boglins with hair, and even Mini Boglins. But the coolest spin-off line was the Halloween Boglins, which introduced two brand new creatures: Bog-O-Bones, painted like a skeleton, and Blobkin, painted like a pumpkin.
“It was kind of a kitschy thing to do for Halloween,” Tim Clarke told me when I spoke with him a couple years back. “I never thought they’d become so popular. But people really loved them.”
How could you not?!
As he noted on his Instagram account, @TimClarkeToys just whipped up brand new custom versions of both Bog-O-Bones and Blobkin, which will be shown off at the Clutter Gallery’s upcoming Boglins show, running from November 12th through December 2nd. The event celebrates the relaunch of the line, and could lead to the return of the Halloween Boglins.
“We will see what kind of interest there is to decide if I do more,” says Clarke.
Did you ever own a Halloween Boglin? Share your childhood memories below!
All of us here at Bloody Disgusting are deeply sad to learn that actress Daveigh Chase has passed away at just 35 years old. The news was first reported by TMZ this afternoon.
The outlet reports, “The actress’ boyfriend, Roy Hernandez, tells TMZ … Daveigh died Tuesday from meningitis and an infection in her blood, which caused her to have septic issues and led to her body shutting down.” The website’s report continues, “We’re told Daveigh had been admitted to a hospital in Los Angeles earlier this month because of malnutrition.”
Here in the horror world, a young Daveigh Chase memorably played Samara in Gore Verbinski’s 2002 horror movie The Ring, the American remake of the Japanese horror hit.
Far outside the horror world, Daveigh Chase voiced Lilo in the 2002 animated movie Lilo & Stitch, a character she continued to voice in various animated spinoff projects.
Chase also appeared as Samantha Darko in the 2001 classic Donnie Darko, later returning to play the sister of Donnie Darko in the 2009 spinoff movie titled S. Darko.
Daveigh Chase’s resume also includes roles on the TV shows “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” “Charmed,” “ER,” “Touched by an Angel,” “CSI,” “Cold Case,” and 32 episodes of “Big Love.”
Chase appeared in the films The Rats, Silence, Carolina, Beethoven’s 5th, Yellow, Little Red Wagon, Transference, Killer Crush, Jack Goes Home, and American Romance.
We send our deepest condolences to Daveigh Chase’s family, friends, and fans.
Pictured: Daveigh Chase in ‘Killer Crush’ (2015)
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