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Blow-Molded is a community-driven digital archive of plastic holiday & seasonal decorations — including the illuminated Santas, pumpkins, and nativity sets that have lit up homes and yards since the 1940s.
Our gallery includes the glow of plastic "blow molds", injection-molded novelties, vacuum-formed "flat backs", styrofoam/vacucel decorations, and Halloween candy pails. Treat your nostalgia to a showcase of decorations that have adorned homes, town halls, and shopping centers alike.
Our gallery includes the glow of plastic "blow molds", injection-molded novelties, vacuum-formed "flat backs", styrofoam/vacucel decorations, and Halloween candy pails. Treat your nostalgia to a showcase of decorations that have adorned homes, town halls, and shopping centers alike.
Popular Companies
Among the most common, these distributors and manufacturers generally produced blow molds in large quantities, often with a large number of designs and/or seasonal offerings. Many of the most iconic and recognizable designs were sold under these brands.
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323Modern Companies
The late 2010s saw a resurgence in the popularity of blow molds, with new companies entering the market and producing a variety of unique designs. Modern manufacturing techniques and LEDs result in a wide range of shapes, sizes, and interactive elements. Many designs are produced in limited runs before being updated for the following year.
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380Pre Blow-Molding Era Manufacturers
Prior to the mainstream adoption of the blow-molding process, some early manufacturers used hard molded rubber or plastisol. Given their age and the materials used, relatively few of these pieces have survived and tend to be among the most difficult to find and preserve.
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51Municipal Manufacturers
Intended for use by municipalities or commercial displays, these manufacturers produced the biggest and brightest products available. They often manufactured for decades, producing hundreds of unique (and expensive) products, resulting in recognizable but hard to obtain collectibles.
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1Novelty Companies
Although these companies may have produced a limited amount of blow-molded goods, or none at all, their popularity means their products are often discussed and collected alongside other blow-molding focused companies. Products often include injection-molded hard plastic novelties and vacuum formed plaques.
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40Assorted Companies
A mixture of distributors and manufacturers. These companies tend to be more obscure than their better-known counterparts. Often operating at regional scales, exclusively within other countries or for a short overall duration. Some of these companies sold their products under their name as well as under other retailers' in-house brands, leading to some confusion about whether a given company was its manufacturer or distributor.
- A A J Cohen Distributors — A. J. Renzi Plastic — A. N. Brooks — ACLA Inc. — ACM Plastic Products — Ades Imports — Advance International — Albern Manufacturing — Alderbrook Industries — Alliance Worldwide — Almo Corporation — American Candle Co. — American Lighting Specialties — Amglo — Amico — Amloid — Amscan — Art Line — Artform Industries — Arvey Corporation — Ary — Atico International
- C C.R. Seasons — Carolina Enterprises — Cavanagh Group International — CE DE Candy — Chadwick — Christmas Lights Creations — Clinton Toy — CobraCo Manufacturing — Color-Clings — Columbia Protektosite — Come Play Products — Cooper Creations — Corwin Plastics — Craig Henry Toy Company — Creative Creations
- E Eastcorp Toys — Econolite — EFS — Emsco Group — Emson — Energizer Holdings
- M MAC Plastics — Machuka — Magic Power — Markee Products — Mars — Maryland Plastics — Matrix Industries — Max Rubin & Sons — Menards — Mercuries Asia — Michaels — Midwestern Home Products — Minami International — Miss Liberty — Miss Liberty LLC — Mr. Cottontail — Mr. Halloween — Mr. Sunshine — MSL Plastics — MSR Imports — Mt. View Plastics — MTC INC.
- P Pacific Coast Distributing — Pacific International — PackerWare — Paramount — Park Electric — Patio Products — Peerless — Peoria Plastic — Philipp Sales Inc — Plastic Assembly Corporation — Plastic Toy & Novelty — Playtoy Industries — Prime Plastics — PTN Industries — Puleo International — Pulpco — Pumpkin Kutter
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- S Santa Follows You Inc. — Seasonal Specialties — Seasonal Visions International — Seasons Ltd — Serviplast — Shamrock Plastics — Shine Signal Industrial Ltd — Sidestreet Gallery — Silvestri — Southern Sales and Marketing — Spirit Halloween — Stanley Wessel & Company — Stanley-Lawrence — Starlite — Starplast — STE Company — Sunstar Industries
- T Target — Tekky — Telco Creations — The Ullman Company — Timco — Topstone — Toy Box — Transogram — Trick Or Treat Studios — Twi-Lite Productions
- W W. T. Grants — Walt Disney — Wherl — Worcester Toy — Wua Han Toys
Asian & European Companies
Less documented than their American counterparts, these blow molds come from a variety of manufacturers and distributors across the United Kingdom, Europe and Asia and were only made available for purchase within Asian or European markets.
- D Dats — Deta Electrical — Doshisha
- F F.D.L.
- I I-Bright