r/blowmolds • • Dec 20 '25

๐Ÿ‘‹Welcome to r/blowmolds - Introduce Yourself and Read First!

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Hey everyone! I'm u/deanmakesglass, a founding moderator of r/blowmolds. This is our new home for all things related to blow molds]. We're excited to have you join us!

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r/blowmolds • • 15h ago

Vintage ๐Ÿ“ป Candles from an estate auction

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My second set!


r/blowmolds • • 3h ago

My outdoor blowmold graveyard/skelly ukiyo-e recreation is about half done. I am trying to replicate Utagawa's famous 'Takayashi The Witch and The Skeleton Spectre' (็›ธ้ฆฌใฎๅคๅ†…่ฃ ๅฆ–ๆ€ชใŒใ—ใ‚ƒใฉใใ‚ใจๆˆฆใ†ๅคงๅฎ…ๅคช้ƒŽๅ…‰ๅœ€).

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I actually found a hanging blowmold for the witch Takayashi and a repurposed werewolf (wearing a Mike Meyer mask ๐Ÿ˜‚) for the samurai who came to kill her. The photo of the witch was yearly days .


r/blowmolds • • 13h ago

Blowmold Facebook scammer?

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Hi all- so I just joined a fb group for blowmolds buying and selling and this freaking lady is posting like rapid fire. Something felt fishy to me so I reverse image searched one of the pics and found an old Reddit post (8years ago) for one of the pics. Does anyone else recognize any of these photos/are any of these photos yours? People are commenting on her posts and definitely messaging her as she prompts them to do in the comments.


r/blowmolds • • 1d ago

Help ๐Ÿ†˜ Should I try painting or just leave it?

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Happy to have grabbed this over the weekend at a local goodwill for $4.99. Iโ€™m wondering if painting orange krylon over the different degrees of faded plastic can have good results or if Iโ€™m better off just leaving it as is. Thanks for any input!


r/blowmolds • • 1d ago

Any idea what used to go over this string of lights?

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For blowmolds right?!


r/blowmolds • • 2d ago

Elephant and flamingo jackpot

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Picked up a bunch of pink, gray elephants and a whole lot of different colorful flamingos! This is just round one on my trailer!


r/blowmolds • • 1d ago

Precious Moments, Forgotten Treasures: CobraCo, the Blow Molds, and the Collecting Craze That Defined a Generation

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Did anyone ever have a Precious Moments blow mold?


r/blowmolds • • 2d ago

Decor finder: Snowman

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28โ€ Blow Mold Animated LED Singing Lighted Snowman Sings โ€œLet It Snowโ€


r/blowmolds • • 3d ago

Halloween ๐Ÿฆ‡ Halloween

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Well im a little late because I was out of town but finally got my Halloween display out. Ill get pictures or a video of it lit up.


r/blowmolds • • 2d ago

Help ๐Ÿ†˜ Stripping paint

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I have a pumpkin blow mold that was given to me and it's painted purple. The paint is flaking off and showing the orange underneath. I want to strip the purple off and keep the original orange plastic. Would citristrip be safe to use or what is the best product to use that is safe for the blow mold?


r/blowmolds • • 3d ago

TPI Pumpkin Pair with Pedestals

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Just picked up this lovely pair of TPI pumpkins, complete with their original pedestals!

The pedestals are especially hard to come by here in Europe, where the vintage blow mold market is pretty limited (Iโ€™m based in Paris, France).

Both are marked TPI โ€œMade in Canada.โ€

I paid $35 for the whole set, which seems like a pretty good deal to me!

What do you guys think?


r/blowmolds • • 4d ago

Pulled out the Halloween Stash ๐ŸŽƒ๐Ÿ‘ป

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r/blowmolds • • 4d ago

Inexplicable Clearance at Walmart

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Even though the website said this store didn't have them, my son and I thought we'd pop in just to double check. Imagine my surprise when these beauties were all marked 50% off. They weren't scanning that way in the app, so I don't know what was up, but we grabbed a set for us and the other for my mom. A little early Christmas present!


r/blowmolds • • 4d ago

Halloween ๐Ÿฆ‡ Vintage Halloween Ghost ๐Ÿ‘ป

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r/blowmolds • • 4d ago

Christmas ๐ŸŽ„ How do we feel about reissues?

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I love the early 90s chilly willy penguin. I have collected 19 if them over the years. Today, I was in Menards and found a new version. Looks identical. Red hat only. Do i buy them???? I am torn!!!


r/blowmolds • • 4d ago

Halloween ๐Ÿฆ‡ Rawwwr Which one is scarier ๐ŸŽƒ

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r/blowmolds • • 5d ago

Are Smaller Blow Molds Taking Over?

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You see these and the battery powered ones everywhere now...I speculate more here.


r/blowmolds • • 6d ago

Halloween ๐Ÿฆ‡ $5 Find at Thrift Shop

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Blowmold gods smiled on me today. Haven't seen much in the shops this season.


r/blowmolds • • 7d ago

Christmas ๐ŸŽ„ Snowman Restoration

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Just finished stripping and repainting this snowman. The paint was practically falling off just by touching it. The only part I didn't repaint was the mouth as it was the one area that seemed to still have good adhesion to the plastic.

Its not perfect but its plenty good enough to put out in the display again. I'll be working on its twin next, which is thankfully in much better condition and only requires repainting the buttons.


r/blowmolds • • 7d ago

Halloween ๐Ÿฆ‡ Sketchy Walmart Listings

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I was really hoping these sketchy blow mold listings on Walmarts website were real, but they were sadly resin. ๐Ÿ˜ฉ


r/blowmolds • • 8d ago

I love fairly priced pieces!

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Title says it all. Gotta love when people price them to move and not try to get eBay prices in an antique store.


r/blowmolds • • 8d ago

Help ๐Ÿ†˜ Regret spray painting blowmold...can I strip it back off?

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We have a large vintage Kmart pumpkin blow mold. It's really faded, so I decided to try cleaning + painting it with Krylon fustion paint + primer orange. I am not happy with the result and really want to strip it off...

I've heard good and bad about Citri-strip, is there something else I should try? Thank you.


r/blowmolds • • 7d ago

The Story of Prime Plastics and its Grand Venture Legacy

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The amazing tale of Prime Plastics and the scandal that almost buried Christmas...


r/blowmolds • • 8d ago

The History of TPI Plastics: The Canadian Blow Mold Company That Refused to Be Ordinary

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Remember TPI Plasticsโ€ฆ