First off: Mom, don't throw or give away my monsters! :)
Secondly, I've been trying for years to get some info on these guys. For the life of me I thought they were called Monster in a Can, so you can forgive my memory (I was like 4 or 5 at the time). These guys are the best. I even took one of these guys up to the summit of Mount Rainier!! I think I still have the "leader" of my monsters, a blue Godzilla with an arm partcially chewed off by our long passed doggie Red, rest her cheesy smelly soul.
Canfull of monsters ruled because not only were they awesome stand alone dudes, they could easily interact with Legos, McDonald's food containers (especially the awesome UFO series). The environmentally awful chicken McNuggets containers made of Styrofoam were perfect space craft. You could cut out windows and stuff from the foam, it was easy to paint and the slot where the sauce went was the ideal spot to place the driver of the vessel (I still think of this when I play the original F-Zero).
Good times, man, good times.
