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  • PNGwynne
    Master of Fowl Play
    • Jun 5, 2008
    • 19900

    Tomland's Famous Monsters--"Wave 2"???

    Any suggestions on what a second wave of four figs might have included?

    I was thinking Medusa & a Zombie, but after that, I'm stumped. Seems to me that they'd have to be characters that are legendary or public-domain.

    Thanks!
    WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.
  • Neutron X
    Persistent Member
    • Dec 22, 2007
    • 1803

    #2
    HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM? Tomland 1st wave was Monster inspried(Famous Monsters Of Legend). 2nd series was Star Trek inspired (CREATURES OF OTHER WORLDS) 3rd Wave STAR WARS (STAR RAIDERS) the last 4 Star Raiders figures added were Battlestar Galactica inspired. So how about TV Buck Rogers inspried? Or Land of the Lost? There was a Land of the Lost episode with Medusa. Maybe a Sleestak take off figure? Close Encounters of 3rd kind KO?

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    • Tothiro
      Kitten Mittens
      • Aug 28, 2008
      • 1342

      #3
      Well, they might have continued the re-use policy, and further they might have focused on properties, or they might have gone shotgun.

      I have no formal opinion or grand stroke of awesomeness to suggest a direction... but I do think these would fit within the Tomland ouvre:

      LOTL Chaka knock off - would feature the SR Flash head and an "inventive" outfit choice. Could possibly be so loud it would sneeze glitter.

      I think a generic sleestak b.e.m. reptile man would be fitting (could have re-used it for V if they survived that long).

      Minotaur (or satyr)
      Medusa, sure...
      A Gray alien would work - though they would just as likely do a wrinkly ET face in purple.
      Zombie I can see, yeah... but probably like I Am Legend, ala Vincent Price (like the Fly - a period they were pulling screen monsters from)
      Honestly a lot of the CTVT choices would make sense - Ghost, Grim Reaper, Demon, etc.
      A fuscia or other primary colored Genie, with stylish facial hair.
      A Fungus monster, and not only because a giant mushroom covered (or shaped?) head would be great, but there's a 19th century literary connection to trace it back to, and c'mon - Morlocks?
      A light tan "Winged Beast" would tie into the film The Bat People, and a few other sources, as well as being a nice bargain basement Man Bat...
      I could see a hard plastic lower bodied Mermaid doll (probably with a horrible, scaly, fanged and open mouthed face, ala screeching siren).
      I'm sure they would have done an interesting glow head hands and feet generic Tron knock-off.
      Eventually one hopes they wuld have made a stab at a "Terrible Sea Crature"
      using a SR YOG in pale green.
      ...
      And that's all I got.

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      • LonnieFisher
        Eloquent Member
        • Jan 19, 2008
        • 10992

        #4
        http://www.plaidstallions.com/cb/pages/Hunchback.html
        http://www.plaidstallions.com/cb/pages/Creature.html
        http://www.plaidstallions.com/cb/pag...nkenstein.html
        http://www.plaidstallions.com/cb/pages/Bride.html
        How about these up-top and then these down below?
        http://www.plaidstallions.com/cb/pages/MrHyde.html
        http://www.plaidstallions.com/cb/pages/Phantom.html
        http://www.plaidstallions.com/cb/pages/Vampire.html
        http://www.plaidstallions.com/cb/pages/Mummy.html
        http://www.plaidstallions.com/cb/pages/Werewolf.html
        Last edited by LonnieFisher; Sep 9, '10, 11:59 PM.

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        • Neutron X
          Persistent Member
          • Dec 22, 2007
          • 1803

          #5
          Good Point! Technicly the Lincoln Monsters become Tomland Glow in the Dark figures as part of the Monsters of Legend Line. Continuing the line to figure unseen like Bride of Frankenstein makes sense.

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          • samurainoir
            Eloquent Member
            • Dec 26, 2006
            • 18758

            #6
            I'm thinking snowman/yeti could have easily been repurposed as Big Foot/Sasquatch.
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            • palitoy
              live. laugh. lisa needs braces
              • Jun 16, 2001
              • 59764

              #7


              This guy ended up in the Tomland Mini Monster series and to my knowledge wasn't an 8" figure.
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              • PNGwynne
                Master of Fowl Play
                • Jun 5, 2008
                • 19900

                #8
                Good suggestions, and this thread is valuable because I wasn't very familiar with the other Tomland sci-fi lines, or even the monster glow versions...
                WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.

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                • Captain
                  Fighting the good fight!
                  • Jun 17, 2001
                  • 6031

                  #9
                  Since sci-fi was so prevalent at the time, I always thought they should/would have done a line of robots, to go with the aliens line, and the trend of riding on Star Wars coat tails that most small toymakers seemed to have at the time.
                  "Crayons taste like purple!"

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                  • ctc
                    Fear the monkeybat!
                    • Aug 16, 2001
                    • 11183

                    #10
                    Hmmmm....

                    The 6 or so characters made for the 3.5" line but not the 8" line.

                    Don C.

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                    • PNGwynne
                      Master of Fowl Play
                      • Jun 5, 2008
                      • 19900

                      #11
                      ^Which are?
                      WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.

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                      • ctc
                        Fear the monkeybat!
                        • Aug 16, 2001
                        • 11183

                        #12
                        >^Which are?

                        Aton, Haza, Koga, Papi, Toko, Yasu, Zang, and Zbu.

                        Tomland

                        Don C.

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                        • PNGwynne
                          Master of Fowl Play
                          • Jun 5, 2008
                          • 19900

                          #13
                          ^I'm totally unfamiliar with these, buT they're cute.


                          BTW, those Universal Monsters coloring pages are terrific, too!
                          WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.

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                          • Werewolf
                            Inhuman
                            • Jul 14, 2003
                            • 14957

                            #14
                            I think a Gargoyle would be cool.
                            You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...

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                            • Tothiro
                              Kitten Mittens
                              • Aug 28, 2008
                              • 1342

                              #15
                              Originally posted by ctc
                              >^Which are?

                              Aton, Haza, Koga, Papi, Toko, Yasu, Zang, and Zbu.

                              Tomland

                              Don C.

                              Oh... OH. That's my first time seeing them. Oh I'm all over that.

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