This is the first of many eBay alerts that I will post. I am letting Christmas collectors know that there is something worth watching on eBay. Today there is an Empire Plastics blow mold of a snowman. This particular snowman is of interest to the collector because he is adorned in a white top coat and tails. The eBayer calls it a Clown Snowman, I don't know if that's official.
Empire Plastics, or to be more precise, Empire of Carolina Corp, produced light up blow molded characters for Christmas from 1967 to 1978. Each piece is marked with Empire Plastics Corp, followed by a year. I do not know if the year refers to when the piece was made or just to the first year that a particular mold was created.
We buy them because we remember what our parents had when we were kids and also because they were really made to last. These were of higher quality than what is being made now and sold in the big box stores.
Here is the LINK to the eBay auction. What do you think, is it worth the money?
***UPDATE: Item is now $152.50, $177.50, $201.50,
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