Mandrake the Magician Magic Set

I love vintage magic stuff, and October, with its aura of spooky mystery, seems a suitable month to post some.

Here's a vintage Mandrake the Magician Magic Kit, dating to the 1940s or 50s.

My brother Jody gave me this for Christmas a few years ago: its one of the greatest toy gifts I've ever received!

Voodoo Doll Game

One of the most longed-for games on my wish list was this, the Voodoo Doll Game made by Schaper in the 1960s.

The box alone is fantastic, with great graphics. The voodoo doll offers you handfuls of pins, while a ghoulish witch doctor lurks in the background. The game itself resembles a playset: there's a 3-D jungle hut, a witch doctor figure, and a giant voodoo doll.

The game is really fun to play: you and your opponent take turns putting pins in the voodoo doll. If the witch doctor jumps out of his hut at you, you lose! (I always lose, and it's really quite startling when the little figure comes hurtling out of the hut...)

Vintage Addams Family Games

Over the summer, I was really lucky and found both vintage 1960s Addams Family board games at yard sale prices, and have been saving them for an October post.

The boxes aren't the best, but the games inside are great, with really colorful, fun graphics.

1970s Ghostland Lunch Box

I love lunchboxes, board games, and spooky things, so this 1970s haunted house lunchbox with a game on the back is about as good as it gets for me! I remember wanting this as a child, but either it wasn't available in my area, or it was too expensive. When I finally found one last year, I felt like I was 8 years old again...

Here are the side views: 

And closeups of the  spinner and directions:

1948 - 1950 Television Set

I just found this vintage telvision, minus the insides, but with the window intact. It's totally cool on its own, but for
Halloween I put a jack o' lantern inside...
















A friend found this original ad for my tv: thanks Joe!