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The movie monster series goes back to 2003 when I did a custom Frankenstein and wanted to give him a home. I eventually wanted to do all the main monsters so I did my best take on the Gray Morrow-esque art I loved so much on the Mad Monster series, only for the Universal movie Monsters.
So I made the box for Frankenstein and had provisions for art on the rest of the main monsters (used them for the cameos).
And over the years and computer changeovers and a meager increase in talent 2-3 years ago I did a custom of Dracula. I could no longer find the original art elements I did for Dracula so I made a new version.
And that was it with the Movie Monster boxes. Until I had someone wanting to get the big 4. I told him that only Frankenstein and Dracula where actually made and some of the old art is missing so I had to finish the series and some of the art would be different from the pictures he had seen before.
So, I worked on the other characters and also decided to revamp Frankenstein and Dracula as well as aspects of the front art (moving the moon from the right side to the top under the character name).
Anyway, all 6 of the boxes are now almost ready for printing (I have to go through them for touch ups) and all the art is more evocative of the Gray Morrow Mad Monster art that I always wanted it to be.
So I made the box for Frankenstein and had provisions for art on the rest of the main monsters (used them for the cameos).
And over the years and computer changeovers and a meager increase in talent 2-3 years ago I did a custom of Dracula. I could no longer find the original art elements I did for Dracula so I made a new version.
And that was it with the Movie Monster boxes. Until I had someone wanting to get the big 4. I told him that only Frankenstein and Dracula where actually made and some of the old art is missing so I had to finish the series and some of the art would be different from the pictures he had seen before.
So, I worked on the other characters and also decided to revamp Frankenstein and Dracula as well as aspects of the front art (moving the moon from the right side to the top under the character name).
Anyway, all 6 of the boxes are now almost ready for printing (I have to go through them for touch ups) and all the art is more evocative of the Gray Morrow Mad Monster art that I always wanted it to be.
Stunning! 
I really love those backdrops inside the boxes. I hope no one would really cut the trading cards in the back, or they wouldn't have those great backdrops! And I love the Phantom! I have this Sounds Of Terror record from the 70s, and I've always imagined the Phantom screaming "I will always have your beauty for my own!" to look just like the one on your box! 
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