What, UM wise, is left to do, you reckon?
What, UM wise, is left to do, you reckon?
It depends how far beyond the "marquee" characters/looks you go, I think. I'd love a Glenn Strange Monster and an Ygor ("It's pronounced Eye-Gor."). A smoking jacket (and B&W) Invisible Man. Julie Adams from "Creature from the Black Lagoon" would be incredible. A John Carradine Dracula or Colin Clive Dr. Frankenstein would be great, too. I don't know that there'd be enough of an audience for such deep cuts, but I'd be thrilled if this line just went on and on.
I'd be likely to buy a few more versions of the main guys from the sequels, sure. Smoking jacket Invisible Man absolutely. Pre-wrapped Imhotep. Maybe even the half-assed creature from The Creature Walks Among Us. 🙂 And certain characters as well like Dr. Frankenstein and Ygor.
The Diamond Select line had the Lon Chaney Hunchback, and I'd like this one to include it as well (if even just under the "Classic Monsters" label, thought it was a Universal picture, I believe).
Oh yeah, I forget, did the thread before the board died talk about the Loot Crate Burger King homage Frankie and crew? Cause that ends on the 15th if you want in on it.
What, UM wise, is left to do, you reckon?
The second Invisible Man, Geoffrey Radcliffe, and the second Mummy, Kharis, are what immediately spring to my mind.
I'm not sure if NECA would be interested in doing them, but I think it'd be cool since there's very little representation for them as far as figures go. Heck, I don't think anybody has made a figure of Geoffrey Radcliffe at all.
If nothing else, I'd really, REALLY like to get a Karloff as Ardath Bey. The Imhotep Mummy is a fantastic figure, but the robes-and-fez look is 90% of the movie. And as long as I'm making a wish list, add me to the crowd who would absolutely love to get Abbott and Costello. And, hey, let's go nuts: How about the Stephen Sommers / Brendan Fraser "Mummy" movies, too?!
I just want those Anubis from Mummy Returns. We almost got one in the original Mummy Returns toy line, and then SOTA had one prototyped before it got axed/they went under.
@thegillman please, please, please, PLEASE Abbot & Costello!!!
I'd LOVE that!!! That would be amazing!
I was watching "Island of Lost Souls" (Paramount) again the other night and would love the beast-men [particularly Ouran, Lota and the Sayer of the Law (Lugosi)] and Laughton's Moreau.
My main wants at this point are Marya Zelesnka, from Dracula's Daughter, and a Mask Of The Red Death Phantom...I think the Phantom variant is way more likely, but Marya would be amazing (and NECA IS doing a London After Midnight figure, so it seems like anything is possible 😆 ) The original Dr. Frankenstein and Igor seem like no-brainers that I could definitely see happening.
And while I really do love the Silent Screamers figures, I would also take screen-accurate figures from Dr. Caligari!
Glowing Phantom found a home at NYCC it seems, $30, going up for sale on the NECA store next week.
Well, yet another line I opened the can of worms on. Had managed to hold off the urge to buy any, because I knew it was a slippery slope. I'd start with the Universal Monsters, but then I'd want the other horror movie icons. Was doing really well until I stumbled on some sales the other day. Picked up the Black & White Mummy on sale, and found Invisible Man with his box all torn up, so they gave me a discount. I couldn't help it. The beginning of spoopy season got to me. The floodgates have been opened, I fear. The spoops shall flow.
I just got my Creature and Bride figures in the mail yesterday, and they're both pretty spectacular.
Well, yet another line I opened the can of worms on. Had managed to hold off the urge to buy any, because I knew it was a slippery slope. I'd start with the Universal Monsters, but then I'd want the other horror movie icons. Was doing really well until I stumbled on some sales the other day. Picked up the Black & White Mummy on sale, and found Invisible Man with his box all torn up, so they gave me a discount. I couldn't help it. The beginning of spoopy season got to me. The floodgates have been opened, I fear. The spoops shall flow.
I am SO into spoopy/spooky season. So much so that the wife and I will be making our third trek out to Salem, MA next month.
It is shlocky, yes. And they've leaned into the Witch Trials thing a little too hokily, but that's part of its charm. A tragic history, with a certain sadness that is undeniable in the air, but mixed with that child like glee of spoops and ghouls and goblins and witches. One of my favorite places in the world.
They are very, very good figures. It's kind of magnificent how both turned out and both scratch a different kind of itch.
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