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dardar_420 t1_iui1ol7 wrote

why do those costumes genuinely terrify me

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Kangar t1_iui3kkt wrote

That's impossible!

How can there be TWO Caspers?

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CareerMicDrop t1_iui4jgp wrote

I’ll be over here having a nightmare. Thanks.

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Firm-Ad-2109 t1_iui4y2j wrote

I can't imagine a family member owning a store when i was little, im sure if they did I would have been one chubby little child

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World-Tight t1_iui58ni wrote

Do you really think Casper would wear a picture of himself with his name?

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BuffaloBill69- t1_iui5che wrote

Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat! Happy Halloween.

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PunchandDie t1_iui67gt wrote

I had that same one! Thanks for sharing this!

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9surfer t1_iui6lp6 wrote

Back when candy bars weren’t so small. Great photo.

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homebuyer99 t1_iui9334 wrote

I remember that costume from when I was 5. I went as a racecar driver and remember liking the Casper costume.

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DiggingThisAir t1_iui93m4 wrote

Adorable. But I bet your tummies hurt on November 1th

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Greedy-Specific7723 t1_iuia5jn wrote

I remember how the costumes came in a box with a mask ,you where lucky if it didn’t fall apart half way through tricker treating,all the pixie sticks and candy corn you could eat lol

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Automatic_Flight_659 t1_iuiaj2f wrote

I had the same costume in 1962.,I’m sure I would have preferred to be Roy Rogers or The Lone Ranger but my mom bought the costume, so….

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slothmagazine t1_iuibypz wrote

This is legitimately so cute and actually scary at the same time

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[deleted] t1_iuichb1 wrote

I had the same costume in 77 I was 4

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Stonetown_Radio t1_iuidz48 wrote

I remember the face sweat these plastic masks would produce!

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DrRotwang t1_iuijzjo wrote

You're the one dressed as Casper, right, OP?

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CycleKR1 t1_iuildju wrote

I'm pretty sure I had that costume about the same time frame too

wow

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Privatdozent t1_iuimhac wrote

Current Joys - Kids. On YouTube for 5+ years with this as the photo. Great song IMO. Very curious about this photo, where it comes from, who owns the original, who the uploader is, etc.

Edit: Very interesting post/comment history, inexplicably.

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KMB0791 t1_iuin0vm wrote

That's so cool. Flashbacks in 3...2...1

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Onkel_Micha t1_iuip5wv wrote

That makes me think of a perfect world straight away with Kevin Costner.

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EmpowerTheIntroverts t1_iuiqk9d wrote

This brings back memories of going to see my grandfather at the deli counter he worked at as a second job when I was a kid.

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Craticuspotts t1_iuir5oa wrote

Damn imagine being a kid and your grandad has a candy store... damn!

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Mylaptopisburningme t1_iuirb3q wrote

Pretty sure I wore that in 76. In 77 I was rocking my Luke Skywalker costume.

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psuedonymously t1_iuirdjl wrote

Replying to World-Tight (#385,200)

That's what all pre-packaged halloween costumes were back then for some reason. Instead of a version of Batman's costume you'd get a Batman mask and a smock that said "Batman" with a picture of him swinging around or something.

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Darkstar68 t1_iuiuujw wrote

Can confirm this was the most popular costume kit that year, along with the Creature from the Black Lagoon. These came in $3.00 kits at the local Walgreens, or independent drug stores.

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Heikks t1_iuiuz12 wrote

Replying to Greedy-Specific7723 (#386,687)

I had a gi joe one in the early 90s, I think the crotch split before I even left the yard, and I cut my tongue on the little mouth hole.

A couple years ago I found the same costume at a thrift store with the box and the costume had a huge rip in the crotch too

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seeingeyegod t1_iuiw1g2 wrote

Somewhere else on the planet, around this time, I am being born

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Masterpiece72 t1_iuiwwys wrote

I wore that same Casper costume at least 3 yrs in a row, same time frame.

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Farcespam t1_iuixafw wrote

I feel like I'm going to be murdered. Like this was taken before all the blood was spilled.

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misleading_rhetoric t1_iuj0elv wrote

I was 5 then and having a costume like that was the best thing all year , Sure the strap for the mask broke right away and it was hot and smelled funny .

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Hollygrl t1_iuj55sj wrote

I wish the candy was more in focus. I’d love to reminisce.

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CallMeRawie t1_iuj6ghh wrote

Reminds me of that one Costner flick…

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dapala1 t1_iuj6ikt wrote

You guys look so happy.

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itguyonreddit t1_iuj7mvn wrote

So were you in the store waiting for the purge to start?

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composmentus t1_iujbjva wrote

Wow, did they just let you loose in the candy store.

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choke_you t1_iujby75 wrote

Halloween 1977 bubs... you remember

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DripEssence t1_iujcrj6 wrote

My parents lived in Soviet Union. They told me there would be chewing gum every 6 months, no other candies in stores with sometimes some exceptions.. Crazy to see how much better other countries had it at that same time.

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feraljohn t1_iujgl5g wrote

Ever notice that at the beginning of every cartoon, Casper is all alone wishing he had friends. Then by the end of the cartoon, everything works out and now he has friends, but then at the beginning of the next cartoon, he’s all alone again. What is he doing to piss everyone off between cartoons?

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locootte90 t1_iujlo13 wrote

Casper the friendly ghost brings back good childhood memories

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tejanodelsur t1_iujloo0 wrote

I remember hitting up the stores in the neighborhood in addition to the houses

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MuskyJunction t1_iujmwas wrote

Back when they sold Monster Makeup kits. I still to this day remember the smell of the (probably toxic) glue.

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HeffalumpAndWoozle t1_iujz24w wrote

So cute! I hope they are still trick or treating in the same (if slightly larger now) costumes!

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GetEmDaddy902 t1_iuk015k wrote

Wild how that Casper was "friendly" but that mask could be a scary mask these days 🤣

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tensigh t1_iuk1fwm wrote

You BOTH went as Casper?

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