Mad Monster Eye Melt?

[scoth70]

just to let you guys know..if you havent allready tried this..i have a t1 wolf who has eye melt on both eyes....i got a sharp craft knife..cut round the glue at the edge on eyball socket and the clues peeled of perfectly..you cant tell it ever had it...

[kryptosmaster]

It would be interesting to know exactly what the substance is. Glue, the actual eye melting from contact with the rubber (Mego Melt?), something else?
Funny thing is mine were totally fine last time I looked at them a few years ago and when I pulled them out of the box again two years ago they had eye melt. These guys had been stored away since around 1979 before that. I took really good care of my monsters because they were my favorites.
Rich

[cjefferys]

Here's a pic of my childhood Mummy's head (the rest of him is long lost, but I just can't bring myself to throw this one remaining part away, it's part of my childhood). With the hollowed out eye sockets, I think he looks even creepier.

[B-Lister]

wow, he really does.

Well, there's ONE that, though it may suffer from eye melt, still doesn't look bad without eyes.

[rche]

yeah, the mummy looks good that way.

[rche]

OK, so you picked the eyes out with a fork... whadja do with the REST of him.
Should I even ask; or is it too gruesome?

[LonnieFisher]

When I was a kid my Dracula's eyes would just pop out. I'd take them out and put them back in so the iris didn't show. Blank glowing eyes. They are like little plastic glowing bb's with red iris'.

[generic]

Here's a pic of my childhood Mummy's head...

Thanks for posting that photo! After all these years of having many monsters, it's pretty cool to learn something new about them!

[megoapesnut]

Crap, after all of this I took a closer look at my figures and all are fine except Wolfie! And he is a real nice T2 Wolfman in mint condition except for the eye melt! I would have sworn none of my figures had it.

Anyone have a mint Wolfie head they wanna sell?

[generic]

Crap, after all of this I took a closer look at my figures and all are fine except Wolfie! And he is a real nice T2 Wolfman in mint condition except for the eye melt! I would have sworn none of my figures had it.

...which raises the question: Do some of the characters more commonly suffer from eye melt than others? I've had several clean Mummies and Franks. Dracula seems to suffer from eye melt more than either of those two, but I think every Wolfman I've owned has had eye melt. Anyone else see this trend?

[English Paul]

I'm sure there was a thread about this years ago which suggested that gravity plays it's part too ie. there's less chance of it happening if you don't have the figures stood (or at least there's less chance of noticing it).

[generic]

I'm sure there was a thread about this years ago which suggested that gravity plays it's part too ie. there's less chance of it happening if you don't have the figures stood (or at least there's less chance of noticing it).

Yeah, I guess if they're stored on their back, then the goop would drip into the head rather than out of it. That does make sense.

[AcroRay]

I understand Mattel SUNSHINE FAMILY dolls do the same thing. My wife's Sunshine dolls have the creepy eye melt, which is much worse when seen on 'normal' looking characters!

[B-Lister]

bought my first Mad Monster today.

The Horrible Mummy.

no eye melt, and I hope it stays that way, but at least I know if it doesn't, that replacements aren't too hard to find, and I can even pop out the eyes for a creepier look!

[Karen-bionic-fan]

Looks horrific :(