Heading into the weekend with a plethora of Monstro/Storybook Land images, starting with a Skyway shot from April 1960. Get off the rocks, Cast Member! Don't you know that could be dangerous?!?
An alternate closeup view shows the Fantasyland Depot and a Richfield vehicle:
This guest from July 1963 is cautiously making friends with Monstro.
Katrina is about to sail off on another adventure, circa February 1964:
I wonder how long this helmet head took to create?
A December 1964 Skyway shot:
An undated 1970s view:
A closeup of the attraction’s signage, back when you had to have tickets for each attraction:
A few contemporary shots from December 2015:
See more Disneyland Storybook Land photos at my main website.
The old Monstro was much more menacing (and interesting).
ReplyDeleteFor some reason (probably to make him less scary) the new imagineers capped his pointy teeth, gave him a lower non-threatening domed head, a lower jaw, and ridiculous giant collagen lips.
Yes, poor Monstro-! His whole 'forehead' has seen more-than just a touch of [not very flattering] "reconstructive surgery" over the years. In fact, one might say the Imagineers were inspired by the young gentleman's "helmet head" from February, 1964-! Although 1964 seems a bit early for such 'hirsute experimentation', it does appear some sort of leather/suede-? band is responsible for those unfortunate results. Although someone needs to be a "trend-setter" - you go, kid-!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dave, for this wonderful montage of Monstro - in all his iterations.