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The Thingmaker was the device that used the Plastigoop! It was essentially a little electric skillet just big enough to hold the molds that came with it. You poured the Plastigoop into the molds and baked it until it hardened. The final consistency was rather rubbery (unless of course you burned it.) I had one of the first versions of this toy and the molds were for bugs, worms, spiders, etc., thus the name Thingmaker.

Later versions came out with flowers, GI Joes & accessories, etc. The Plastigoop colors went from 4 basic colors to a huge variety - pastels, glow-in-the-dark, etc. I think there were glittery colors, but won’t swear to that.

My brother had the GI Joe set and you put wires in the liquid plastic before cooking so that the end product could be posed.

I know my sibs & I had other sets besides the 3 I named, but these are the ones I remember.

Oh yeah, the name of the first set was Creepy Crawlers.

Just Googled it. Wow! The choices they have today!

http://www.snowcrest.net/fox/thing.html
http://www.snowcrest.net/fox/goop.html

Brings back memories. The Creeple Peeple were really cool!

[WFTR]

The Plastigoop and Thingmaker sound like tremendous fun. I guess they would be even more fun if you could find a way to make your own molds. I was a kid during that time, but I don't even remember seeing this one advertised. The closest thing I've ever done to this was operating an injection molding machine in a polymers lab one time. All I got to make were tensile test specimens.

I may have to look into this stuff. If I could find a way to build my own molds, I could make some useful little items for my animal cages and for other uses around the house.

Bill