Scooby-Doo Merchandise at Oriental Trading Company

 Oriental Trading Company has always been a great place to get little trinkets for goody bags for parties. I used to buy from them all the time when my kids were in elementary school and I always wished they would have Scooby-Doo stuff.

I was scrolling through Facebook today and an ad came up for Oriental Trading that had a little picture of Scooby-Doo. I clicked on it, not thinking to take a screenshot of the ad because now I can’t find it, and to my surprise, there was so much Scooby stuff on their site! It was really cool to see it all there, even if I wasn’t thrilled with the prices.

Here are some of the items they have available:

There are several products available for Valentine’s Day – Valentine’s cards that come with pencils, temporary tattoos and personalized crayons.

They have craft kits, including one for Easter and one for 4th of July. They have also sold Christmas ornament craft kits.

Coloring books and pencils are great for goodie bags. They are even better when they have Scooby-Doo on them!

You can’t go wrong with stickers and pins, which both sets seem to have matching designs. The pull-back Mystery Machine is pretty cool too!

In additional to all these little trinkets, they also sell the Trick-or-Treat studio masks, Handmade By Robots figures, Gemmy Industries inflatables and more.

Be sure to check out Oriental Trading Company’s website if you’re looking for little Scooby items for goody bags or just want to add them to your collection. Hopefully, they will keep adding Scooby items to their inventory.

I would love to buy all the items on their site, but it’s just not cost effective for me to do so. Maybe a bunch of us could get together, we each buy one of the items and then we each send 1 to each other. Since the items come in packs of 12 to 24, it could work out pretty good. If anyone is interested, let me know!

Nikki

Scott Jeralds Interview

 

This interview was 2 years in the making and Scott did not disappoint! Over the past 2 years, we have gotten to know Scott a bit.

Scott has had an extensive career in animation and I knew there were projects that he’s worked on that never saw the light of day. I was excited to talk to him about them, and incredibly excited when he offered pictures of those projects to go with the conversation.

One project was called Son of Scooby-Doo, which he first mentioned on The Unmasked History of Scooby-Doo Podcast. I have been obsessed with learning more about this project since that interview aired on August 21, 2020. I had to know what the son of Scooby-Doo looked like and who he hung out.

Scott talks about the Son of Scooby-Doo and some other projects that he worked on with Iwao Takamoto that didn’t get made. He shared some images from those projects, which you can see in the YouTube version of the interview.

In addition to these projects, Scott talks about his career and he tells us some great stories! You don’t want to miss this interview!

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Shaggy Rogers Is More Than Just Bait!

When you think about Shaggy, what comes to mind?

For me, it's his love of food, green shirt and his amazing friendship with his pal, Scooby-Doo. I think of him running from monsters and being the bait for Fred's traps. Shaggy is way more complex than I think people realize. 

In this episode of the Scooby Panel, we discuss Shaggy. We take a look at his family, his love interests, his voice actors and more. We also shed a little more light on why Casey Kasem refused to voice Shaggy for the Burger King Commercial. 

It was a lot of fun learning about Shaggy as a character and what he brings to the gang! I also updated Shaggy's family members on my website!

I added a table of contents to this one, which I hope to eventually add to all of them.  

Thanks to Wendy, Cameron, Joel and Danii for joining me for this one! 

We hope you enjoy the episode! 

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Paranormal Scooby-Doo and Our Paranormal Experiences

There are so many paranormal elements in Scooby-Doo, from real ghosts and monsters to floating candles and sandwiches and a lot of other things that have happened over the past 50+ years in the franchise. 

On today's episode, we discuss some of the paranormal elements in Scooby-Doo and then we talk about our own paranormal experiences, some of which gave me chills. Like Justin said in the episode, I didn't expect to hear the crazy stories that everyone had. What makes it even better...there is a visual for one of Devin's experiences and you may even hear the words of a ghost from Justin's experience. 

Paranormal Experience While Editing This Panel

While I was editing the panel, the part where I talked about my experiences in my house, all of a sudden my dog, who was fast asleep on the couch, ran out of the room as fast as he could and then the mute icon started flashing on my TV screen. It just kept flashing on and off. No one was near the remote and the only way to mute and unmute the TV is to hold down the volume button. I happened to be editing the video in the same room I had another experience in, so maybe it was the same ghost letting me know they were here! It freaked me out!

Have You Had Any Paranormal Experiences?

Join me, Alexa, Devin, Justin and Joel as we discuss paranormal elements in Scooby-Doo and our own paranormal experiences, and let us know if you have ever had any paranormal experiences of your own in the comments of the blog post, video or on any of our social media accounts. 

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Interview with Tristin Roesch Cole, Scooby-Doo Background Painter

Interviewing Tristin Cole was so much fun! She had so many amazing stories to tell, her career is amazing, her work is amazing and she is such a fun and wonderful person. Tristin has worked on 15 different iterations of Scooby-Doo and countless other shows and movies! Her resume is impressive! 

Tristin got to work with some of the greats! - Iwao Takamoto, Jerry Eisenberg, Scott Jeralds, Joe Sichta and her dad, Ron Roesch! She shares her experiences working with them and some fun stories! 

Also be sure to check out Tristin's book, Into The Night, available now! 

Join Wendy, Will and I as we talk to Tristin Cole about her career as a background painter!  

A huge thank you to Scott Jeralds for connecting us with Tristin Cole. 

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My Scooby Stuff - Item 399 - Scooby-Doo Mashems

Item 399 - Scooby-Doo Mashems

I finally opened the Mashems I've had for quite some time. I've been meaning to open them for a while, but I wanted to do a video of it and it's usually not quiet in my house. Everyone was either out or sleeping today, so I had the perfect opportunity to open them and do my video.

Mashems are squishy, water filled things that also feel kind of sticky. They are kind of weird. You can clean them with warm water, which you'll probably have to do if you leave them exposed as hair and dust cling to them pretty easily.



Check out my YouTube video of me opening them.

I had a total of 32 Mashems to open. One of the eggs was already opened a week ago just so I could make sure they would be easy and not that I'd have a major issue when I did the video. The one that was already opened was Fred.

I ended up with 1 complete set, and a ton of Fred's haha. I had 32 total and I got 1 Mystery Machine, 3 Velma, 12 Fred, 5 Scooby, 4 Daphne and 7 Shaggy. I was hoping for more Mystery Machines, but I'm happy I got at least 1. There was someone on Facebook that has been looking for a Velma, so I'm excited I got more than 1 so I can send him one so he also has a complete set.

Both sides of the box are the same, they show the Mashems and a picture of the gang.

These are technically the front and back of the box the Mashems came in. Each box came with a Scooby, so technically I have 9 Scooby's. I have 4 boxes which I took from Walmart. When I bought the Mashems I took the boxes too, and no one said anything, so I'm assuming it was ok.

If you watched my video, you'll hear that I kept saying I didn't expect them to be so squishy and sticky. If I had paid attention to the box, it says they are squishy.

Here is a close up of the box showing what they look like.

Scooby!

Shaggy!

Fred!

Daphne!

Velma!

The Mystery Machine!

This is the egg each character came in and the wrapper on the egg.

This is the back of the wrapper on the egg with the bar code and the copyright info.

The Mashems are copyright 2018 and made in China.