Mothman vinyl toy and festival photos

Yesterday, Point Pleasant, West Virginia hosted its annual Mothman Festival, a celebration recognizing a strange bird-like cryptid whose reported sightings in the 1960s were linked by some to a string of weird events and a tragic bridge collapse. Last time I was in New York City, I spotted this amazing Mothman vinyl toy in the display case at Kid Robot. Released last year, the limited edition Mothman was designed by David Horvath, co-creator of the wildly popular Ugly Doll toys. Link to Vinyl Pulse's Mothman toy review from 2006

And for a glimpse of this year's Mothman Festival, the Charleston Daily Mail has a small photo gallery of the festivities. Link

Previously on BB:
• Loren Coleman's Mothman Festival round-up Link
• Mothman Festival 2005 Link

[#1 posted by edgore , September 17, 2007 10:48 AM]

Wow, at first glance I thought it was a videogame controller. Now, of course, I really *want* a Mothman videogame controller

[#2 posted by David Pescovitz , September 17, 2007 10:57 AM]

Edgeore, that is a *great* idea. You're totally right--it looks just like a controller. I think Electronic Arts should commission Loren Coleman to write a "Search for the Cryptids" vidgame and box it with this controller.

[#3 posted by Ross , September 17, 2007 12:13 PM]

I think most Vinyl is still fairly toxic though -- keep these away from your kiddies, and if you're not done breeding yet, I'd suggest you stay away from it too.

[#4 posted by Beastmouth , September 18, 2007 12:38 AM]

Yeah, Ross, my vinyl collection contains levels of FUNK recognized as dangerous by the Food and Drug Administration.