Around 1979, a new type of costume appeared on store shelves which was quite a departure from anything we’d seen before. “Kooky Spooks” took the costume market by storm.
In an effort to take market share from Ben Cooper and Collegeville, Spearhead Industries, Inc created a new form of Halloween costume that did not cover a child’s face and was totally lightweight.
Most masks from the 1970s and 1980s did not breathe well and some where hard to see with so many a child was hurt or fell due to poor visibility. With Kooky Spooks, each kit composed of inflatable head gear, cape and facial makeup that once completed had a H.R. Pufnstuf type feel with facepaint. Characters included a different types of Pumpkins, Cats, Goblins, Owls, Witches and Clowns.
Although safer, the outfits had their own problems. Basically, the trick or treaters had a beach ball on their head that was difficult to keep on and the facepaint cracked after it dried, Also the generic characters could not match up with the licenced rogues' gallery of choices that Ben Cooper and Collegeville had to offer. By 1981 the company went out of business and so did Kooky Spooks.
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