Karen: This October, there are some cool new monster toys available for fans. Diamond Select continues their minimate line with the Mummy and the Hunchback of Notre Dame. There's also the 8 inch line, which this year includes the Metaluna Mutant from This Island Earth, the Invisible Man, and the Phantom of the Opera. I really like that the Mutant comes with an interociter!
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Mezco also has a pre-order for an 18" Frankenstein Monster that is more than a little reminiscent of the old 'Big Frankie' figure of the 60s. It has a big price tag too, $100! But it's kind of cool.
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What would Halloween be without Mad Monster Party? Now you can enjoy figures of the Count, Fang, and the Baron. These are great looking sculpts. You can buy these as a set or separately.
4 comments:
Although the Diamond Selects (some are shown here) are really nice (wow - mutant with interoceter!) I still think the late 90s-early 2000s Sideshow Toy Universal classics were the best. The sculpts were dead on, they were slightly larger, and the accessories were a riot! Really regret not having picked up the Lugosi Ygor & Chaney Masque of the Red Death. The Marvel classic monsters were so-so/iffy, though the Dracula did have a bit of "Plooginess" IMO.
Not interested in anything current, a 'guilty pleasure toy' I'd love to start collecting is some of the 'Mars Attacks' line from when that movie came out..
Just a fun toyline, totally capturing those early cards.
Y'know, this topic kind of sends my mind back to those terrific Aurora model kits-- the Movie Monster series?
I'm just heartbroken that I didn't manage to hang onto those (as bad as I was at assembling them. . . no deft hand had YoungBelly). But I did have them all, and LOVED assembling them & painting them & setting them up & gabbing about monsters w/ my pals, etc, etc.
HB
HB, weren't those Aurora kits just awesome?? Sadly I came to the monsters a bit late, but I did have Batman, Spider-Man, and the Hulk. Hmm, would a post on model kits be appreciated??
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