Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Blinky Lite Bonanza

Years ago, 6 to be exact, I blogged about these Blinky Jack O' Lantern flashlights.  These are fairly common and date from the late 1980's and up. Simply twist the top and they light.


I found this similar witch blinking flashlight some years back.

But this post isn't a rehash of those previously found items.  It's about these.

Just a few weeks ago, I found this Blinky Skull Lite at a garage sale among a bunch of other vintage Halloween items.


This dates probably from the 1980's.  It looks great lit up.


In addition to the glowing skull, the light beam shines through a hole in the top of the skull to provide illumination to Trick or Treater's walking paths.



If that wasn't enough, I literally lost my own skull when I found this mixed in a box of various holiday decorations.


This is a Halco STILL SEALED Frankenstein Blinky Lite!!!!







It was bought at Sappington Garden Shop for the sum of $1.99.  Based on the label, I initially felt this was an older piece, 1960's or 1970's, but the price alludes to a later date, which could still be possible if it was old store stock sold at a later date.

I've only found one other example in all of the internets and it's an opened one. But it does show the physical makeup of the flashlight.

5 comments:

  1. love that pink skull model. i kind of think i remember these. do you think you have them all now? or are there mummy, wolfman, and dracula models out there somewhere, taunting you?

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    1. There's an owl, ghosts and different colored skkulls. Other monster models would have been really cool.

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  2. Love these, would be cool to use them as like window candles.

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  3. Wow - looks like you won the Blinky light lottery with that Frankenstein.

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    1. Yeah, I think it's pretty cool. Of course, I'm easily amused. :)

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