Universal Monsters?

[bgrimm77]

Those are Beautiful!!!!

[Goblin19]

Wow, this is almost too much at this point. Those are beauties. Wolfman and Frankie are the best.

[mars396]

OK waitaminute

the plan is to get one released each 4th Quarter over the next four years ?!??!?!

http://www.figures.com/forums/news/9...-revealed.html


W T F ?!??!?!

I want all four on my fireplace mantle THIS HALLOWEEN !! ! !

[Meule]

We've gotta wait 4 years to complete the set? Say it ain't so, NOOOOOOOOOOO

[thunderbolt]

That blurb is worded kind of odd. Can't tell if they are talking about all the different Universal stuff or just the sculpted figures being once per year. They also mention the Bride and Creature in there, so maybe the 4th quarteer deal is only for the Marvel Select style figure. If it were four years till the Dracula Mego, it doesn't seem like they'd already be showing it.

[ramsey37]

Yeah, I'm thinking they were referring to the other monster figures and not the Mego-style critters.
George

[darkmonkeygod]

The Universal Select line will be two per season (Sept '10 giving us the Creature) w mass market (TRU) and direct market (comic shops) exclusives.

The Universal Monsters Mini-Mates will also be two sets per season, with TRU 2 pack exclusives. Creature and Wolf man are Sept 10.

The release schedule and price point on the "Retro Action" ReMego figures is unclear.

The roll out for all of this is through 2012, so who knows? I'd think the price point on the ReMegos would be $15 to $20, and they're cheaper than the rest to produce in terms of tooling. I'd like to see them all at once (SEPT '10), and then return each year. Re-release and vary them - cast in glow or just glow deco - and I think they'd have a hit.

[mars396]

Yeah, I'm thinking they were referring to the other monster figures and not the Mego-style critters.
George

Diamond Select will be releasing several Universal Monsters collectibles starting this Fall. Diamond will be launching the all new Monsters line this fall with a Minimate git set, MEGO styled figure and a highly detailed action figure of the Creature from the Black Lagoon in the fall. Other Universal Monsters will follow in the fourth quarter of each year and will be made available in the same 3 formats.

fourth quarter of each year in the same 3 formats

3 formats:
Minimate git set
MEGO styled figure
highly detailed action figure

[alex]

Shame we are not getting a creature in there, but I cant really see it happening, because the rest of these guys are change hands and head, give them some cloths, and hey presto you have a character. For the creature you will simply have a whole body sculpt, like ahi did, and I think a jump suit just wont fit in this line, it would look to cheesy.

[spamn]

The Universal Select line will be two per season (Sept '10 giving us the Creature) w mass market (TRU) and direct market (comic shops) exclusives.

The Universal Monsters Mini-Mates will also be two sets per season, with TRU 2 pack exclusives. Creature and Wolf man are Sept 10.

The release schedule and price point on the "Retro Action" ReMego figures is unclear.

The roll out for all of this is through 2012, so who knows? I'd think the price point on the ReMegos would be $15 to $20, and they're cheaper than the rest to produce in terms of tooling. I'd like to see them all at once (SEPT '10), and then return each year. Re-release and vary them - cast in glow or just glow deco - and I think they'd have a hit.

It's really unclear to me whether or not there will be a Mego-esque Creature, and if so, if it will be released with the other format Creature figure. The release says that the monsters will be out in three formats but then goes on to say that the creature detailed figures will be released differently on a different schedule. Not clear at all.

I hope and want there to be one, dagnabbit!

[SciFiGuyLA]

It's really unclear to me whether or not there will be a Mego-esque Creature...

I agree that the release schedule for all this Universal stuff is confusing, but it is quite clear that the Creature will NOT be included in the first "wave" of Mego-style figures. The Mego-style figures in the first "wave" are Frankie, Drac, Wolfie and the Mummy. That's it. If there is going to be a Mego-style Creature (and I also hope there will be!!!), it will have to be in the second "wave". I really wish the good Doctor would step in here and offer some clarification in regards to Diamond's release plans.

Shame we are not getting a creature in there, but I cant really see it happening, because the rest of these guys are change hands and head, give them some cloths, and hey presto you have a character. For the creature you will simply have a whole body sculpt, like ahi did, and I think a jump suit just wont fit in this line, it would look to cheesy.

I respectfully disagree. I think a Creature figure with head, hand, and feet sculpts, green EMCE body, and gillman body suit would not only be cool, but also very Mego-esque.

[spamn]

I think a Creature figure with head, hand, and feet sculpts, green EMCE body, and gillman body suit would not only be cool, but also very Mego-esque.

Ditto. The look worked fine for the Remco Creature. If they wanted to get a little fancier, they could do some kind of screen printed suit with some molded rubber attached in some key areas - like the chest, abdomen and the ridge down the back. Definitely think it's doable mego style.

[PNGwynne]

Love them all, accurate yet pleasantly generic... the fabric they used for the Mummy suit/wrappings is excellent!

Here's hoping for Wave 2:

Gillman--I think, too, that a suit is both doable & appropriate
Phantom of the Opera
Bride of Frankenstein
Invisible Man, Quasimodo, or Hyde

[hedrap]

I think we're reading this wrong. Why would Diamond make protos for figures that weren't going to be released this year? That's contradicts the whole point of ToyFair being a yearly event.

IMO, it's a new series each fall quarter, not one of each over three years, especially when we were shown four. So the big four should be this September with another new run in 2011 and 2012. That would cover the bulk of the Universal library a company gets when they retain the lease.

Drac/Frank/Wolfman/Mummy

Creature/Bride/Phantom/Invisible Man

Igor + derivatives

Hopefully, someone will grab The Fly and Dr. Hyde to round it out.

[Meule]

I think a Creature figure with head, hand, and feet sculpts, green EMCE body, and gillman body suit would not only be cool, but also very Mego-esque.

Something like this, but maybe a little less detailed.