Dino Drac’s Envelope of Evil VIII!

They’re baaaack! Dinosaur Dracula’s ENVELOPES OF EVIL have returned! This is my eighth time putting together these macabre mailers, full of creepy collectibles that no self-respecting ghoul should be without.

The price is $40, and that includes shipping to anywhere in the United States, in a sturdy, large envelope that is so unbendable, even Giles Corey would be impressed. Included are several higher-end haunted knickknacks that would surely cost quite a bit more if purchased separately!

For the record, this NOT the Funpack, but just something extra I do during the Halloween season. The August Funpack launches later this month, but brother, that one is practically sold out already. If eerie ephemera from Castle (Dinosaur) Dracula is what you seek, this might be the best way to get it!

These are obviously in limited supply, and once they’re gone, they’re gone forever. Zip to the bottom to order one, or keep reading to learn about everything trapped inside the eighth Envelope of Evil!

You’ll each receive this fairly enormous vintage pack of Three Dimensional Halloween Stickers, likely from the late ‘80s, but certainly no later than the early ‘90s. These come from an era when Halloween stickers were as essential to a good season as jack-o’-lanterns or fun-size Snickers.

Each beautiful package includes a dozen strange stickers, which run the gamut from classically Halloweeny (a pumpkin-headed scarecrow) to fetchingly bizarre (a devil-horned ghost opting to cook itself in a fiery cauldron).

Do note that I have a few different sheets in the mix. They’re all in this same oversized packaging, but the exact twelve stickers may vary. As for the stickers themselves, some packs are traditionally puffy, others more prismatic. You’ll love ‘em!

Okay, now this is special. You’ll also get a sealed pack of Pepsi’s “Party Monster” collector’s cards, from 1992! (If you want an idea on how special these are, just know that the before-shipping eBay price on these is $10 and up!)

In the midst of their mega-successful Universal Monsters Halloween promotions of the early ‘90s – typically tied to Doritos as well – Pepsi decided to produce a gorgeous set of collector’s cards that put Dracula, Frankenstein and the gang in the same “party animal” getups made famous by the 12-pack Pepsi boxes.

I’m not entirely sure how these packs were distributed, other than that it wasn’t a retail thing. I’m guessing you had to be in the right store at the right time, and buy the right amount of Pepsi. In any event, they’re easily some of the nicest trading cards I’ve ever seen – glossy, colorful, and with truly incredible art.

You’ll get a sealed pack with your Envelope of Evil, and since the entire set of six cards is in every pack, that’s all you’ll ever need!

Next up is something that technically isn’t Halloweeny at all… unless you count the cover, which is so damn ghoulish, I feel completely justified about including it.

You’ll each get a never-read, uncirculated copy of – and bear with me here, it’s a long title – The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #16: Book of the Dead Edition! Whew. This comic book was released in 1987, which is about the only thing it has in common with Moonstruck.

I loved this series of comics as a kid, and still do. Actually, they’re less “comics” and more like encyclopedias about comic book characters. Page after page of character histories, covering people you know and people you’ve definitely never heard of. This was a loooong series from Marvel, but this issue specifically dealt with characters who were – at least as of the 1987 publishing date – dead as doornails.

The cover is just to die for, and that scene extends to the back cover, too. The copies I’m including may have minor wear, but they are totally uncirculated old store stock, and have never been read by anyone! (You’ll be able to tell by the smell. Woof! These pages have clearly not seen fresh oxygen in forty years.)

Each issue will be bagged and boarded, for extra protection!

And then we have this! You’ll get a sealed pack of Kool-Aid’s famous GHOUL-AID drink mix, from 1996! Its debut year! Needless to say, thirty-year-old Kool-Aid is NOT FOR CONSUMPTION, and you should consider this for collectible use only!

Ghoul-Aid is one of the totem items of my entire internet history, and I’m thrilled to be sharing these case-fresh packets with you guys! You can make a strong argument that it’s the single best-looking packet in Kool-Aid history, with its gnarly fonts and that vampiric Kool-Aid Man. What a treasure!

And, for the record, the contents of these packets are still nice and loose, not all gross and “chunky.” (Not that it matters, because again, you should not drink this! Just admire it from afar!)

I had some of these leftover from a recent Funpack, so if you missed ‘em the first time, here they are for the *last* time! These are nine-inch cardstock reproductions of a classic Doritos/Pepsi Dracula store standee from the 1990s, which revealed the Count’s true diet of soda and chips.

That standee costs a fortune nowadays, so you can consider these little (but not TOO little) die-cut repro postcards the next best thing. They really do look fabulous – bright colors, perfectly cut, and printed on THICK cardstock that’ll keep them from bending if you lean them upright!

And finally we have some frightening filler! You’ll each get two packs of Toxic Crusaders album stickers, from Panini in 1991. These were meant for official Panini sticker albums, but I think a marble notebook cover will work in a pinch.

Oh, and since a Halloween offering wouldn’t work without candy, I’ll also throw in a fresh White Mystery Airhead, because nothing pairs better with monster cards and old comic books than the sweet, sweet flavor of, uh, white mystery.