{"id":15173,"date":"2014-10-18T09:15:42","date_gmt":"2014-10-18T13:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=15173"},"modified":"2014-10-18T09:15:42","modified_gmt":"2014-10-18T13:15:42","slug":"countdowntohalloween-past-years-recap-part-two-of-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=15173","title":{"rendered":"CountdownToHalloween Past Years Recap \u2013 Part Two of Two!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yesterday, as part of a two-part flashback recap, I presented a collection of my favorite CountdownToHalloween entries from past years.\u00a0 Those posts showcased items that were largely contemporary in nature, so today I’ll be following that up by putting a spotlight on past year’s posts where the focus was vintage goodies.<\/p>\n

So make the jump for the second part of our two-part CountdownToHalloween flashback recap – vintage-style!<\/p>\n

As I said, the posts we’ll be highlighting today focus on vintage material and because of that, many of these may be entirely new to you.\u00a0 I hope you enjoy it:<\/p>\n

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Kicking off today’s Halloween highlight reel is a post from back in 2012 that covered a trio of vintage Halloween Wonka products that were\u00a0(probably) never released!<\/p>\n

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The Mystery of Willy Wonka’s Halloween Ghostopper and More – October 25th, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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For my first year of Halloween coverage back in 2012, I tended to load up content into single posts and that was certainly the case with this next entry.\u00a0 I crammed in a number of great vintage trade ads into this one that, if I were covering them today, I would have spread out across\u00a0 a number of separate days:<\/p>\n

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Vintage Candy Industry Halloween Trade ads – October 26th, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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Unlike the trade ads found in that last post, this next one features consumer ads that would have been found in newspapers around the holiday.<\/p>\n

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Newspaper circulars from the 80s and 90s – October 25th, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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Certainly one of my all-time favorite Halloween posts (and one of my all-time favorite posts in general) is this next one from 2012 that included photos of one of my earliest Halloween costumes (I was Batman) and a lot of cool candy!<\/p>\n

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My Mid-70’s Halloween Photos – All That Great Candy! – October 31st, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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\nPocky is a well-known Japanese confection which, due to its popularity outside of Japan, can often be found in import shops here in the United States.\u00a0 Back in the the mid-2000’s Pocky got a colorful Halloween release which I covered here in 2012:<\/p>\n

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All the way from Japan: Halloween Pocky!! – October 20th, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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These Halloween hand-puppet packages from the 1960’s and 1970’s are pretty weird (and weirdly awesome), so you should check them out:<\/p>\n

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Halloween Hand-Puppet Packs of the 60\u2019s and 70\u2019s! – October 4th, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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A fun Fleer confectionery classic is their large, pressed-dextrose bubblegum releases, most familiarly offered in the shape of a Halloween Pumpkin-Face.\u00a0 A few were featured in this 2012 Countdown post:<\/p>\n

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Fleer\u2019s Pumpkin-Face Bubble Gum and More! – October 13th, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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One of my very first CountdownToHalloween contributions, this next one also remains one of the grooviest.\u00a0 Because, for this early Countdown post, I showcased Fleer’s 1970’s Monster Mix bubblegum.\u00a0 It’s a pretty amazing piece, so click it and check it out!<\/p>\n

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A Freaky One for Friday: Fleer\u2019s Monster Mix Bubble Gum! – October 5th, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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More from Fleer – this time the starting point was a 1993 candy trade magazine ad featuring lots of goodies, with the CountownToHalloween post focusing on Fleer’s then-evergreen property, Mr. Bones<\/p>\n

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Fleer\u2019s 1993 Halloween Offerings \u2013 Starring Mr. Bones! – October 27th, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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When I posted this next entry to our CountdownToHalloween in 2012, I didn’t expect it to register much with people – as I felt it was more of a lighter topic.\u00a0 So I was truly surprised when it turned out to be one of the most popular posts from my inaugural year of being a part of the Countdown.\u00a0 In retrospect, maybe I should have seen it coming as it is a pretty great peek into Halloween’s past:<\/p>\n

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A Peek Into Halloween\u2019s Past: Store Displays from 1969! – October 22nd, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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Finally, here’s a wonderful little retrospective of Halloween-themed marshmallow Peeps – or as they have sometimes been colorfully called, Witchmallows:<\/p>\n

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1970\u2019s Witchmallows and Other Halloween Peeps! – October 8th, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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And that concludes our two-part look back at some of the most popular CountdownToHalloween posts from previous years.\u00a0 I’ll be back tomorrow with brand new content for our current CountdownToHalloween 2014.<\/p>\n

See you next time!<\/p>\n

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Today\u2019s post has been part of CollectingCandy.com\u2019s 2014 Countdown to Halloween. To check out other sites celebrating Halloween all month long, visit the official CountdownToHalloween site.<\/a>\u00a0 For more of CollectingCandy.com\u2019s CountdownToHalloween posts, just click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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