WHO was sponk?
For those of you who don't know, Sponk is a Boglin. What is a Boglin, you ask? According to Mattel's marketing slogan about a decade ago, they are "Monsters that come alive in your hand!" What does that mean, you ask? Well, basically they are rubber hand puppets in the form of litte monsters.
Sponk and his fellow Boglins amused me to no end when I was 7 and 8 years old. The adventures we went on were magnificent. We'd roam the woods looking for lost treasure, travel to foreign lands within the confines of our back yard, and defend the tire fort from marauding invaders. Basically, the Boglins were the main outlet for my childhood imagination... Not that my imagination has grown up since then, but ever since Sponk left I just haven' t had someone to share it with... It's been stuck going to waste inside my head... what a shame...
Sponk was, and will continue to be, my favorite. Why? I dunno... I believe he's the cutest of the whole lot, no matter what others tell me. I find his wrinkles & warts strangely alluring. And the fact that he has a permanent smile on his face reminds me of another good-looking guy I know. Go on, take a guess who.