RickR Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 http://www.metv.com/lists/20-strange-cheap-halloween-costumes-from-the-1960s-and-1970s Check out the Asteroids costume! I can't decide if I like this or the Jaws one better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Those are hilarious! "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 My favorite!! "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoAtari Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Asteroids is awesome I never saw that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sabertooth Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 Now here's one of me in like '81. My dad made the "Pacman" head out of 12-pack cartons spray-painted yellow. Pac pjs made up the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 Me in 77' "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted October 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 WOAH, Is that a "Planet of the Apes" mask? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 Yes indeed! "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted October 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 You blew it up!...Damn you! Damn you all to HELL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 LOL!!! You just made my whole family bust out laughing!! "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 don't forget Atari's Centipede halloween costume........ Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 or Atari's Missile Command halloween costume.......... Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormSurge Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 I never watched the show but I loved the action figure, so I had to dress as one for Halloween too. (No pics of me unfortunately) I know I was Vader one year, probably a Pac Man themed costume another but the only costume I truly remember wearing was a hooded Cobra Commander one that I made myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Adventure Square Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 Oh man, the groovy plastic, sweaty memories of those masked Halloween celebrations. Also had a Vader string mask and black tablecloth-like cape at some point (I betcha '78). All very cool outfits on here. And, although it's Ataritastic, that Asteroids one just seems like it shouldn't be a thing. So many cheaply-tacked but great plastic faces. Of all things retro that stick in my mind, those character choices seem the most evasive to recall - besides the memory of the cool air hitting the drenched face as the chosen plastic mask was lifted for a brief moment. I dabbled in the Dick Smith makeup kit in my teen and adult years, making scar appliances from theose precious molds. Still have 'em, still use 'em (using supermarket jelly powder). That's why I remember this one. Also, greenween's pic helped me remember another memory that flitters out of my belfry because of a found photo. The highpoint of those early years was obtaining one of those full-head monster masks, like the ones you saw advertised in the back of Famous Monsters magazine. Mine was a Frankenstein. With some brown boots, a handy furry vest accessory and a greyish sweater, I became The Monster that was legend and somehow depicted in every issue of FM. Did not need to speak or act much beyond The Walk and raised-arms approach to terrifying my victims. Good times. Good candy. Here is the snapshot taken before the villagers burst in with the torches: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Professor Posted October 26, 2015 Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 Has everybody decided what they're going as this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormSurge Posted October 26, 2015 Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 If I had somewhere fun to go, I'd try to finish off the Marty McFly costume properly. Alas, I'll be dressed in my typical Saturday night costume: Coach Potato. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoAtari Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Oh man those old Atari costumes are cool! Anyone have one? I have to find some old pics of mine. I was Darth Vader several times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Oh man those old Atari costumes are cool! Anyone have one? I have to find some old pics of mine. I was Darth Vader several times Same here - I was Vader several times, I recall being E.T. one year, & Ponch from CHiPs one year............ Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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