The King Kong 1976 Merchandise
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- Опубликовано: 9 июн 2024
- Star Wars is said to have kicked off the movie tie in merchandise push but a year before King Kong returned and really kicked off movie merchandise tie ends!
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I was all into King Kong, old and new,, when this came out in December of 1976. I was even reading the original book adaptation in 6th grade and remember saying "it was the ultimate in science fiction".
Then about six months later something else really caught my attention.
Still love ol' Kong and have even grown in my appreciation for the '76 version.
My favourite Kong film because of the score and the beautiful Jessica Lange. Thanks for this retrospective of the merch.
This was my favorite childhood movie, in large part due to Jessica Lange. Viewed it 7 or 8 times at the theater before it finally went away. I had the board game, the viewmaster discs, trading cards, T-shirt iron on, paperback tie-in book, several puzzles and a poster. lol I was mesmerized by this film as I child.
Ah the good ole' days. It was great being born in the early 70's. We've seen so many changes. Like the "two years" it took for a movie to go from the theater to TV back then.
I was a little kid when my family went to see it and I remember the theater lobby and lots of merchandising. I remember having the mug and we had glasses that bit the dust over the years, but I still have the stuffed doll that's survived 40+ years. My brother had the poster.
Still have the lunchbox, trading cards,viewmaster,jigsaw puzzle,and the making of book
I remember this movie well. I begged my parents to take me to see it. They told me, "No! Money doesn't grow on trees!" So I had to settle for eating a banana and watching Chim Chim on Speed Racer.
All the original King Kong did in 1933 was save R K O radio pictures from going under. Soon there was " Son of Kong" in 1933, and " Mighty Joe Young " in 1949. Special effects by Willis O' Brien.
I was 9 years old when the film was released in theaters. And after years of working as an illustrator, I’ve concluded that the reason why so few toys existed was because the coolest most marketable form of merchandizing the studio could come up with was the movie poster itself. Which explains the glasses, puzzles, lunch boxes, T-shirts, board games and anything else they could slap that image on. They even made sure to cut and paste Kong’s head so that it could be used for alternative images as seen on the Burger Chef glasses.
My other guess would be costs, in conjunction with the then oil crisis, since the idea of manufacturing 3” 3/4 scale figures wouldn’t become the norm for at least another year or 2. Especially when you take into account that the standard size for action figures was 8-12 inches. Kong would have to be much bigger in order for Mego to include Jack Prescott, Dwan and Fred Wilson at the scale they were known for. That is unless they went with the pocket sized of course.
My oldest brother bought that Ideal Kong board game from a church jumble sale for 10p in about '81. Half the bits were missing but the box art fascinated me as a 7 year old.
"King Kong went to Hong Kong to play ping-pong with his ding-dong." 🤣
How many takes did you need to get this right?
believe it or not, first time but I been saying it since I was a kid
@@ThatJunkman Oh really? 🤣 That's amazing. You know, I did kinda think it sounded familiar... have you said it in other videos?
no but I heard it as a kid on the playground I think
You’re so getting pulled from YT for that one Junkie 😘💕
Been watching for many years now Junk..Ur joke at 2:30 about sleeping with something worst than Kong may have been ur best!
My parents took me to see Kong at the drive in, and I had a ton of the merchandise, still have it all. Movie holds a special place in my heart.
Man I haven't heard that little King Kong rhyme in 'so long.' Decades. It's great.
I didn't know there was so much stuff. I've always been infatuated with that poster art only recently saw that there were many variations using the core head.
That movie is awesome. Coulda used a few dinosaurs but oh well.
Ping pong in Hong Kong!
I still have my original lunchbox, some trading cards, Slurpee cups, plush toy, ViewMaster reels, and LP record soundtrack w/inserted poster. Man, your video reminded me of just how much I loved that damn, dirty ape!!
SNL had a hilarious skit about Kong, with John Belushi playing the producer Dino DeLaurentis talking to Tom Snyder. Dino mentions that the producer of Streisand's A Star Is Born, Jon Peters had told him "I bet my film makes more money than Kong." Dino answered "Sure, cause your monkey can sing."
I must have seen this movie when i was a little kid on cable because i remember knowing who King Kong was as a very small child, and i don't think i would have seen the original black and white movie at that young age, but cable was just starting out and they had a limited ammount of movies, so this King Kong movie might have been one of the movies that they had on their channels.
6:42 NOT GORILLA TURDS!?! 😂 Dude ya killin’ me! 😂😅
Pronouncing Reese’s cup as Reesee cup might be the most southern thing you’ve ever done.
I thought shooting him with helicopters was too easy.
My grandma gave my brother a King Kong T-shirt with matching King Kong socks for his birthday.
Growing up in Canada I don't recollect seeing much in the way of Kong merchandise outside of the usual notebooks/notepads. Perhaps it just wasn't promoted quite as heavily here. I did, quite by accident, end up with a Jim Beam decanter many years later.
I’m stunned there was no actual SW view master sets..I know they made a light up slide projector set that I always wanted.That seemed cool
It wasn't. My cousin had the projector and they were drawings/animated pictures. Disappointing actually.
Its amazing that you were able to get those rare footage, man.
I still have my original World Trade Center Game, but a few years ago, my cats thought it would make a good scratching post. The box is shredded.
Great movie at the cinema and all I had was the mask, trading cards and that punching bag. I still love the original 1933 version, what Wills O'Brien did back then was truly remarkable and it spun off Ray Harryhausen's career in stop motion model making.
As well as the oficially licensed merchandise, there was a lot of 'knock off' toys for this movie and for Jaws as well. You can't copyright a shark or a gorilla lol
That’s very true.
Very true ! Even some of the knock offs go for a pretty penny these days on eBay, if they are rare enough.
I recently bought a King Kong glass, along with a couple of Star Wars glasses that I didn't have. It's the only Burger Chef item I have. I also have the rubber Kong figurine by Imperial. My nephew has played with it. I saw the 1976 King Kong movie in the theater, and what I most remember is how loud it was and how huge Kong's head was.
We used to have the Twin Towers KIng Kong glass from Burger Chef.
I miss my King Kong figure collection of the 1960's. He came w/2 of the main characters, but couldn't pick them up. My dad quickly modified Kong w/a stronger magnet and a couple large staples in one. And the staples were flush.
I saw it in theaters, my first movie as a kid. We had the straw... I now have the view master, Burger Chef glasses, 7-11 cup, board game, and trading cards.
I had the twin tower model kit!! there were also giant wall murals sold at wallpaper stores! a toy store in town had a store display and about half a case of the cardboard tubed murals!! that was about 15 years ago!!
“Some of you out there sleep with something a lot worse than King Kong” LMAO 😂😂
I was King Kong with one of those cheap Halloween outfits, had King Kong view master discs, and saw the movie on TV and might have had the punching bag. I never thought about King Kong being so popular back then, but I was just a little kid.
I wish I would have had some of this King Kong stuff that featured the World Trade Center towers since they are gone now.
Totally remember this. I was in 1st grade. I got sent the principles office for standing on two desks beating my chest.
I remember I had like a 6 inch rubber Kong who had a little rubber (Was it Jane? ) woman in his hand. I had the poster of him on the towers.
And my favorite were a bunch of little erasers. They were really just little rubber Gorillas in King Kong poses. I loved them.
I was almost 3 years old when Kong came out, and I still remember seeing it. The hype was real.
"Anthrax covered bubble gum ..." Now that's funny ! LMAO !
Some fans seem to think that Anne Dawn Darrow married Jack after the events of King Kong. But that's very unlikely. Anne would have been heartbroken by Kong's death.
I still have most of the Topps 1976 KING KONG gum card set which I bought at 7-11 back in 1976.
I like Charles Grodin in that movie with the Chicken Pepperoni and all the dogs that Goldie Hawn owns
That King Kong drinking straw could make for some fun parties. 🤪
I saw King Kong 1976 drinkin' a Pina Colada at Trader Vic's ..... and his hair was perfect.
Back when burger joints gave away actual glass glasses. Unfortunately I never had a Burger Chef anywhere’s near me…in fact I never heard of that place until about 15 years ago.
Every time Junkman says King Kong take a shot.
Even Kong couldn't take down the Towers
When I was 6 years old my mom took me to see it on opening night and I was the 500th viewer so they gave me that King Kong candy Reeses peanut butter cup as my prize!! (It was a small town theater)
She then took me to the department store the next day and I found that King Kong stuffed animal!! Yep! She bought it for me and I slept with that thing for the next couple years!! Lol! I forgot how scary it looked until your video!!
I love this! I had that game a cup and the viewmaster , I can still remember the smell from my view master container.
I remember in the 90s I tried to find a tape of the original but could only find the 76 version. Once, I talked to a clerk who said that the customers would only buy the "modern" one. That was enough to make me dislike it long, long before I actually watched it.
Can't believe you forgot the Coloforms set. On one side, you had a jungle setting with the huge wall to close up. The other side was the World Trade Center.
How could I forget that stupid straw?! I was about eight when it came out and begged my parents to take me to see it. Which to my surprise, they did. I loved it! It's a bit hokey watching it as an adult, but I still enjoy it. The only merchandise I got though was the View-Master reels and a Dynamite Magazine with a cartoon Kong and Lavern & Shirley on the cover.
Rest in Peace Charles Grodin.
The 76 king Kong had merch? Huh I learn new things thanks to this channel every day
It’s the Junk Man coming back atchu!
I had that Halloween costume and some of the trading cards. The cardboard of the cards really did dry out that flour coated piece of gum.
Who else says ding dong in a video? That’s why we love ya lol. That whole phrase should be a new tshirt 😜
Awe YEA!!!! I had that Halloween costume, lunch box, and bed set!!!
Thanks for this Junkman!! Kong 76' is the version I grew up on and I remember riding both Universal attractions before they went away!
I had the paper back book with the movie poster on the cover.
You forgot to mention the King Kong Comicbook by Gold Key.
Anything that promotes Reese's Cups is awesome in my book...🤘🏼💯✔
Wow, looks like there was a lot of cool stuff from this film. I wish the movie was as good as the merchandise. I saw 2005 in the theater and first saw king kong from 1933 on vhs as a small kid. I had a lot of 2005 stuff, especially the furry one with a rubber face which roared.
Hey Junkman - nice video. Pulled this up when looking up KK76 trailers. I'm working on a KING KONG FANTASIA that you will love!
Just the viewmaster and the posterbook, I had.
I used to have some Godzilla figures from the 90's but I never had any King Kong figures.
That was YOU in that straw commercial
The fact that some on '76 Kong's roars would go on to be used for Bowser during the Nintendo 64 era.
I actually remember that Burger Chef commercial, I’m assuming the company went under.
Forgot all about how big the move was at the time. I think there was a King Kong video game where an Italian plumber has to rescue the girl. Not sure how that ended. Thanks for the memories.
I had a King Kong model kit that had the woman in his fist. I bought it at a garage sale and it was unbuilt. The weird part was that Kong's face and the woman were both glow in the dark for some strange reason. Does anyone else remember this?
was it the Aurora King Kong model or the PolarLights reissue?
@@michaelridenour2113 I really don’t remember too much else, as I was a kid in the 70s, but I believe the company Polar Lights came out much much later. It must have been an old Aurora kit.
I wore That Kong t shirt on the WTC smashing the Zeppelin until it turned into vapor!
The very first movie I seen in the theater. My brother took me. He had the poster on his wall as well. I would just stare at it and thought it was so cool. I remember that I bought myself a king kong knock off toy. Man did I have fun with it. Until my dog chewed it up. 😔 Good times.
I had that board game and the stuffed Kong, who would routinely fight my Shogun Warriors Godzilla
I remember when it first came to TV, it was a huge event. It was at that point I fell in love with Jessica Lange :)
The image of the twin towers and an airplane at 3:52 is just....creepy.
I had a couple of those cups, the lunchbox and the trading cards. My dad loved that movie a lot. I think I was around 2 years old when it came out. but I do remember going to see it later on in a theater that was playing it. my dad would buy those trading cards for me and I decided to try and get all the cards that made up the movie poster. There was a mini grocery store about two lots over from our house at the time and we would walk over and he would buy cards there. Or at a gas station a little further down the road. I remember buying a ton of packs, we might as well have bought an entire box. but I did get all the cards to complete the poster and then we put it together and framed it. it ended up on the bedroom wall for several years. don't remember what happened to it.
I had an incredible Hulk punch bag lol.
R.I.P. Charles Grodin I only found out through the Junkman of your passing.
Love this film, I still have my glasses from burger shack and lunchbox , I had the game with that action figure kong doll too
I had the bowl and the Colorforms set.
I have a keyring from a jeans promotion which supposedly has a hair from the original Monster used in the created by Carlo Rambaldi but I suspect it is more likely to be somebody's pubi
Win win not matter what ;)
Awesome video!!! I loved this version of King Kong the best. I don’t remember having any of the toys though. 😎
I had a rubber King Kong when this movie came out
I had a soft rubber king kong figure.
i bet the kid who was pounding his chest in the commercial was hoping everyone forgot about that by now....leave it to the junkie too dig it up.
Charles Grodin action figure in a Petrox hat, yes I would get that. Then hippy hair Jeff Bridges with a Jessica Lang.
I had a paint by numbers kit of Kong on top of the twin towers.
Also the HK version two version of King Kong plastic toys
Was there a King Kong pin ball machine ???
Of Course.
I thought the movie was terrible, but I think I saw it when I was maybe 14. I've seen the 1933 film and the Toho films, but not any of the recent ones. I know an older kid who had the poster for the 1976 version on his bedroom door.
I had the KK view master, Game, puzzle that came in a round box, trading cards and various pee chees and spiral note books, and the glasses in California they were from Burger King and of course the 711 cups. Those would show up again at Universal Studios when the built the ride. I don’t think the merchandising was very successful as a lot of the things I’ve listed were usually discounted
My buddy back in elementary school had that King Kong lunch box. I also remember the trading cards and 7 eleven cups. Did they do a comic book? They always did comics for the hot movies back in the 70's.
Gold Key published a King Kong Book. They used to do Comicbook Adaptations of Everything.
I wanted the Jessica Lange Wet T-shirt Action Set!!
Man this was before my time
Miss Piggy did not love Charles Grodin… He tried to frame her when he stole the baseball diamond from the Mallory gallery
I like to think Jeff Bridges was playing a younger version of the Dude Lebowski in this movie!
We had a couple of the Burger Chef glasses. I think we just had the one with the blue sky background. We still have one somewhere. Of course, I'd like the set.
I had the KING KONG AGAINST THE WORLD game. You shot the planes with a rubber band gun / launcher. Great fun. Also shot the planes at my sister, Great fun until MOM got home.
When you hit the taget panels on Kong his arms wold pop off. That how you won I think. I was 4 going on 5 at the time, so it's kinda blocked out by Shogun Wariors and the like.
Very cool
I have the metal lunchbox, and had the cards and the freaky doll 🐒
I had that iconic King Kong straddling the Twin Towers puzzle….I still have it! The movie was a huge part of my childhood….but I have to admit that, although it did not stink, the movie really doesn’t hold up that well into my adulthood.
I believe the original Planet of the Apes films and TV series was the "first" franchise for ALOT of Merchandising !!!!
I have the king Kong lunch box in my garage and I had the view master of king Kong at one ime