Holy crap, how long have I wanted figures from this movie. Probably since I first saw the movie as a wee tot. I know I know we had the vinyl figures years ago but I wanted more, and I finally got them.
Here's Uncle Boris Frankenstein as portrayed (vocally anyways) by Boris Karloff. The sculpt is FANTASTIC, you can see the sculpture work of the original stop motion model on this figure's face. And the accessories complete the package with the spider monster from Felix's tour of the castle and the test tube containing the Formula for Destroying Matter.
Dracula looks just like the movie and vicariously the Jack Davis artwork. He looks ready to crack his original Bat-man jokes. The bat accessory is great but now has me ready to track down an Iron Tail figure from the Here Comes Peter Cottontail line.
and here's Fang, The Frankenstein Monster, must i say anything here, just look at him.
I cannot wait for this line and I really hope it does well enough for future series so I get a Creature and Wolfie.
If you couldn't already tell I'm a huge Munsters fan, have been since I watched them in reruns on WPIX out of New York every morning as a child. So of course I bought the figures and I'll be buying the Marilyn/Eddie two pack coming soon, (as seen here) and now we have the latest additions to the line and they are from one of my top two episodes of the series - "Hot Rod Herman"
Here's Herman in his Punk Rods outfit. Poor ol' Herman got all hyped up on Eddie's talk about how his pop (Herman) could out drag his friend's dad. Unfortunately after Herman met the other dad and foolishly (it is Herman after all) got talked into betting the family car, better known as the Munster Koach he finds out the dad is a professional mechanic and racer. Naturally Herman loses and returns home to be scolded by Lily. Grandpa has a plan though...
Grandpa assembles his own dragster, the Drag-U-La, made famous in the Rob Zombie song of the same name. And the following weekend he puts the rail up against the Koach and of course wins it back. Of course how do you compete with a rail that plays "Oh Promise Me" in second gear? Anyway here's Gandpa in his racing gear. Man that is a perfect likeness.
Here's Lily with her sun umbrella to watch from the stands while Eddie chews his nails ( real iron nails)
Man I still really hope we get a Spot head in the staircase soon.
Hey all, yer ol' pal Monsterfink here with a special treat fer yas. Me little munchkin Alex is gonna sit in and give her opinions on the latest announced additions to her favorite toy line - Monster High. So without further ado, I'll hand this over to her...
She's cool and she's a living plant she has a flytrap as a pet. As well I'm willing to get her. She looks like Franky, but she is a plant. She has a pretty dress and vines and hair and tights. She has pretty make-up. Her flytrap looks like a dog.
He's a musician. He has cool glasses. He has a nice shirt and vest. I like his blue shoes. He has a chameleon as a pet. The chameleon is colorful and named Crossfade. He's actually Holt Hyde and there is a figure for that.
She is gorgeous! She has a pet robot penguin and it's name is Captain Penny. He has a rocket pack and she has rocket boots. She looks like Clawdeen. She has a clock backpack, it's blue! It looks like an actual clock. She has blue hair and goggles. She's made out of metal. She's a robot.
She's gorgeous too! Her pet is a Gargoyle Griffin name Roux. I love her shoes and hair. Her dress too. And I love her wings! She has horns and a headband. She has a stone pocketbook with a pink bow.
I love the cafeteria and the Dee Jay booth for Holt upstairs. I love the lockers and the classroom. The fake windows are pretty too. It looks like the video game. I love the blue door in the classroom too.
Well there yas have it, straight outta the munchkin's mouth....and typing fingers....
Now what do you all think, like her reviews, wanna hear more from her? Let me know and be nice, she's only 6 and these dolls cost me a fortune.
No it hit me today when I saw the pictures of the upcoming Mad Monster Party figures, the first thought that entered my head was "Oh man, Frank is gonna flip out over these." But he can't.
Ya see it was about this time two years ago when my wife's uncle and my best friend Frank was diagnosed with cancer. Really aggressive cancer. Cancer that took a long slow painful time to reach the end this past August.
The thing about is Frank loved monsters, alot, ya think i love him, I pale in comparison to this man. When I met him he had a museum of custom GI Joe Monsters on display in his Man Cave. Frank was an avid toy customizer and had published a magazine on the subject in the early 90's that was carried by Diamond. His collection of custom 2099 figures covered the entire universe. Well, for most of the the time Frank and I hunted toys, monster toys were scarce and far between, Ya had yer Monster Force and then the Sideshow lines but that was it. Every time I see a new line of monster related figures, be it the Diamond Direct retro Mego style figures or the Munsters line I'd think man he's love that and it makes me a little sad inside.
Okay enough of that, that cold breeze every time I rearrange the collection pieces I inherited from him lets me know he's still around. I just wish he'd stop knocking my iPhone on the floor all the time.
Hey it's a shiny new feature here at the Spookshow that's gonna feature some lost horror and monster themed classics of the hand held video game systems like the Game Boy. We'll start this off with the first game I bought for the Game Boy back in '90 - Gargoyle's Quest.
A long time ago, the ghoul realm barely escaped great peril. A large army of destroyers came from a neighboring universe. The creatures of the ghoul realm were no match for the powerful destroyers. Just when everyone had given up hope, a great fire swept over the realm, wiping out the destroyers army.
Several hundred years have passed and the realm is threatened once again...
Those words start the game Gargoyle's Quest, a side scrolling/ RPG game spun off from the arcade classic Ghost n' Goblins. In the game you play as Firbrand, a gargoyle destined to become the hero Red Blaze and save the Goblin Kingdom from the evil King Breager and his invading armies.
The game consists of two types of play areas - an overhead view where Firebrand traverses the Ghoul Realm, either on the world map or in towns, and individual side-scrolling levels that feature a boss fight at the end. While traveling the overhead map, Firebrand can experience random encounters. He must defeat the enemies in the these encounters to return to the overhead-view map. There are also ghouls that can be encountered that start a small battle level that must be completed in order to move on.
Firebrand can walk, jump, cling to walls, fly, and spit fireballs. The player starts with one type of projectile: it does not travel very far, and has limited power. As the game is played out new projectiles are found that increase Firebrand's attack each has different traits or specialized uses. The Blockbuster, for example, which is the first projectile obtained after the Firebrand's starting projectile, is twice as powerful, travels further, and can break special blocks the player may need to pass. Another projectile temporarily ceates objects which Firebrand can jump from to reach necessary locations. This block-breaking power and other useful abilities leaves a use for such projectiles throughout the game, even when more powerful projectiles are obtained. Projectiles can be selected one-at-a-time from the select menu, as can items such as healing vials.
As the game progresses, various power up items are found, some items increase Firebrand's abilities outright. The Fingernail of the Spectre increases his jumping ability for the remainder of the game, and there are several items that increase the length of time which Firebrand can fly, the final of which allows for him to fly infinitely. There are also items which can be used as needed, such as items to restore health.
In the final boss battle, the player makes a choice which results in one of two scenarios for how the final battle is played. In one scenario, the player is stripped of all ability boosting items and powers, leaving him virtually unable to win, and must then fight the final boss. In the other scenario, resulting from the other choice, the player maintains these items and powers, and attempts to defeat the final boss and win the game.
Here's a video of the entire game played out by someone way better at it then I ever was...
So I joined up with the League of Extrordinary Bloggers founded by Cool and Collected where each week we're tackling a different subject and this week that subject is your go to movie, the movie you watch over and over and know every line verbatim to the point that is drives those around to screaming madness.
Now I know, you're all out there expecting me to pull some monster movie out of my hat since that is what this blog is primarily about (my love of monsters, not hats or magic tricks involving hats) and I hate to disappoint you all. I mean I could say it's Destroy All Monsters, House of Frankenstein or Phantom of the Paradise...but it isn't.
