The offical Kiss thread

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Sadly, there are no "Space Ace" or "Cat-Man" boot stockings to complete the set.

Which is kinda dumb,if you ask me. Those are pretty cool. A whole set would be awesome.

007 wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Sadly, there are no "Space Ace" or "Cat-Man" boot stockings to complete the set.

Which is kinda dumb,if you ask me. Those are pretty cool. A whole set would be awesome.

Agreed.

If you look closely, the stockings each have Gene & Paul's signatures stamped on their respective boot. I guess they couldn't get Ace & Peter to sign off on them (literally) without giving them a little piece of the pie. And you know that ain't gonna happen. Either that or noone want's a Tommy Thayer autographed space boot.

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If you look closely, the stockings each have Gene & Paul's signatures stamped on their respective boot. I guess they couldn't get Ace & Peter to sign off on them (literally) without giving them a little piece of the pie. And you know that ain't gonna happen.

Last year or the year before (I forget now) I picked up a set of KISS Christmas tree ornaments from Walgreens', but there were only Gene and Paul available, no "Catman" or "Spaceman." Probably for the same reasons, either "We don't wanna pay Ace or Peter" or "Nobody wants a Tommy Thayer tree ornament, except possibly Tommy Thayer's mom."

Fat Freddy wrote:

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If you look closely, the stockings each have Gene & Paul's signatures stamped on their respective boot. I guess they couldn't get Ace & Peter to sign off on them (literally) without giving them a little piece of the pie. And you know that ain't gonna happen.

Last year or the year before (I forget now) I picked up a set of KISS Christmas tree ornaments from Walgreens', but there were only Gene and Paul available, no "Catman" or "Spaceman." Probably for the same reasons, either "We don't wanna pay Ace or Peter" or "Nobody wants a Tommy Thayer tree ornament, except possibly Tommy Thayer's mom."

They have new ornaments this year and again it's only Gene and Paul. My son works at Walgreens. They got in a big box of them. There were tons of Gene Simmons ornaments and ONE Paul ornament in the box.

ultmetal wrote:

They have new ornaments this year and again it's only Gene and Paul. My son works at Walgreens. They got in a big box of them. There were tons of Gene Simmons ornaments and ONE Paul ornament in the box.

Cool, I'll have to keep an eye out for those. I haven't seen much holiday stuff out on the floor in my Walgreens' yet, they're still trying to unload the Halloween junk.

They did have a pretty cool set of KISS Pez Dispensers way up on a top shelf a week or so ago (I think I posted a pic of it earlier in this thread) though.

007 wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Sadly, there are no "Space Ace" or "Cat-Man" boot stockings to complete the set.

Which is kinda dumb,if you ask me. Those are pretty cool. A whole set would be awesome.

Yea it is , its not like they have to pay those two guys

Fat Freddy wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

They have new ornaments this year and again it's only Gene and Paul. My son works at Walgreens. They got in a big box of them. There were tons of Gene Simmons ornaments and ONE Paul ornament in the box.

Cool, I'll have to keep an eye out for those. I haven't seen much holiday stuff out on the floor in my Walgreens' yet, they're still trying to unload the Halloween junk.

They did have a pretty cool set of KISS Pez Dispensers way up on a top shelf a week or so ago (I think I posted a pic of it earlier in this thread) though.

They are already out in all the Walgreens here. I grabbed one of each. I missed last years. I have the ones from 2010.

Yes, got the PEZ dispenser as well, with my son's employee discount. Always wondered why they didn't have KISS Pez dispensers years ago. Just seems like a natural fit.

you all just feed the merchandising demon!!!

Just so everyone knows, I want Kiss pez dispensers for Christmas!!

kmorg wrote:

Just so everyone knows, I want Kiss pez dispensers for Christmas!!

Me too! When I saw them at the store last week I told my kids, "Daddy would really like to find this under the Christmas tree...hint, hint"

Not that anyone cares, but "Tears Are Falling" is my absolute favorite KISS song...playing now and I look like a fool in my cubicle playing air guitar and lip-syncing...

I heard "Monster" at a friend's house last night, it's okay. The track "Wall Of Sound" stood out to me more than any other.

One of the songs rips off the riff from MC5's Kick Out The Jams, I kept hearing "soundalike" riffs all over the album.

Gene's songs seem to come off better, most of the Paul Stanley tracks just kinda laid there...

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

Not that anyone cares, but "Tears Are Falling" is my absolute favorite KISS song...playing now and I look like a fool in my cubicle playing air guitar and lip-syncing...

Bet you looked like your avatar.

S.D. wrote:

I heard "Monster" at a friend's house last night, it's okay. The track "Wall Of Sound" stood out to me more than any other.

One of the songs rips off the riff from MC5's Kick Out The Jams, I kept hearing "soundalike" riffs all over the album.

Gene's songs seem to come off better, most of the Paul Stanley tracks just kinda laid there...

My thoughts, exactly!

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

Not that anyone cares, but "Tears Are Falling" is my absolute favorite KISS song...playing now and I look like a fool in my cubicle playing air guitar and lip-syncing...

The cheesy music video is even better! However, the best song from that album is "King of the Mountain."


Also, "Monster" is still clicking with me and I think it's really good, much better than "Sonic Boom."

Love "Tears Are Falling"! In fact, "Asylum" is one of my all time favorite Kiss albums. "King of the Mountain" rules!

kmorg wrote:

Just so everyone knows, I want Kiss pez dispensers for Christmas!!

I like Kiss, but not enough for the merchandise. I'd maybe get a t-shirt, but that's it. Now if they had some Eddie ornaments, pez despesers, etc. that'd be a different story .

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

Not that anyone cares, but "Tears Are Falling" is my absolute favorite KISS song...playing now and I look like a fool in my cubicle playing air guitar and lip-syncing...

it is a very good song.

DallasBlack wrote:

kmorg wrote:

Just so everyone knows, I want Kiss pez dispensers for Christmas!!

I like Kiss, but not enough for the merchandise. I'd maybe get a t-shirt, but that's it. Now if they had some Eddie ornaments, pez despesers, etc. that'd be a different story .

i dont go for much merchandising anymore. It used to be a nice add-on but after seeing the stuff i had, it just seems to be taking up space.

The majority of my merchandise is in t-shirts. I can't get enough band shirts (of course I can't buy any at this time so I must do with what I have). Apart from t-shirts, I have a few pendents, patches, and a Number Of The Beast cup (I had two others but I gave one to my friend and his mother-who he told me was a huge Maiden fan).

I don't buy band merchandise aside from maybe a T-shirt or two, to me it just seems like a waste of money.

Crazy Nights is one of my favorite albums, love "My Way" "Bang Bang You" "Crazy Crazy Nights" and "Turn On The Night" "

exact33 wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

kmorg wrote:

Just so everyone knows, I want Kiss pez dispensers for Christmas!!

I like Kiss, but not enough for the merchandise. I'd maybe get a t-shirt, but that's it. Now if they had some Eddie ornaments, pez despesers, etc. that'd be a different story .

i dont go for much merchandising anymore. It used to be a nice add-on but after seeing the stuff i had, it just seems to be taking up space.

My thoughts exactly. Every now & then I might see something that looks kinda cool and then the rational part of my brain kicks in and says "Do you really need this?"

I'm a big fan of Crazy Nights. I know it gets a lot of hate but I've always really dug it.

I'm just the opposite with the t-shirts/merchandise. I'm more likely today to buy the merchandise than a shirt. I figure I have enough shirts that just hang in the closet yet the merchandise I'll always find a place for. Of course I still can't resist a good thrift store t-shirt find.

If Gene isn't hawking something or coming up with new ways to separate fans from their money then I'm less of a fan. I just find him more interesting this way.

jstate wrote:

If Gene isn't hawking something or coming up with new ways to separate fans from their money then I'm less of a fan. I just find him more interesting this way.

I do enjoy seeing the stuff Gene manages to think up. Got to give him props for his merchandising skills.

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Got to give him props for his merchandising skills.

I know more than a few people who own/wear Kiss shirts and have no Kiss records. And probably couldn't name five Kiss songs. I admire the ability to achieve that.