Not that I HATE Lugosi or anything...

[GaryPlaysWithDolls]

I just got my Dracula at TRU and I got to say, I'm glad that he looks like "Dracula". I'm a little tired of Lugosi's mug, no disrespect intended. I have a Flatt Dracula on my desk and that's just fine. I like my new Dracula-looking Dracula!

[zeedox]

I was just going to post something to the opposite effect

So who is being the snarky one with the Lugosi stuff? Cmon go watch the original again sad that this wasnt a spot on figure. Also can someone explain why the Mummy's eyes are open?

Great figures I'm glad to have them.

[jemboy2004]

I just got my Dracula at TRU and I got to say, I'm glad that he looks like "Dracula". I'm a little tired of Lugosi's mug, no disrespect intended. I have a Flatt Dracula on my desk and that's just fine. I like my new Dracula-looking Dracula!

I agree with you 100% I like Lugosi's fine but I'm glad this one isn't him. It's a really nice figure.

[drmego]

In a perfect world, I would have liked the Lugosi face so that the
monsters all look like their movie versions, but since Bela Jr. is
unwilling to make a deal with Universal AND we have the Flattworld
Dracula, I am happy with the way our (DST and EMCE) Dracula
turned out.

I always hated the face on the MEGO Dracula.

[zeedox]

I agree and totally understand

It's a great figure. I am just wondering what the issue is since the Sideshow line had a spot on Bela Drac.

[tylerh]

It's a great figure. I am just wondering what the issue is since the Sideshow line had a spot on Bela Drac.

I think its a simple matter of Sideshow payed the Lugosi Estate what they wanted for the likeness - In turn, they probably took a loss on the figure, but it does help their image as a top quality toymaker!

[drmego]

Flattworld paid Bela Jr. to do their Dracula. Sideshow did the same.
Since Lugosi did the stage version of Dracula before the movie,
Bela Jr. can sell that version.

[Werewolf]

Lugosi is THE definitive Dracula, in my opinion. That being said, this is a really nice figure and is close enough to Lugosi for me. The figure has that 70s retro vibe that you obviously know who the figure is supposed to be even though it's not quite Lugosi. It's still obviously the Universal Dracula and not some generic vampire.

[tllgn]

i like the pointed ears,although he kind of looks like a grown up eddie munster.i know eddie was suppose to be a little werewolf or vampire or ..(i dont know what the hell)his pop was a franky.but the figure is really cool. monster mash time in retro mego world.

[GaryPlaysWithDolls]

No disrespect to Lugosi intended (shouldn't have used "hate" in the thread title). I just LOVE this figure and wanted to sing it from the mountains!

[tllgn]

quote; "i detest vampires,their so toothy" mr.s Howell ( gilligans island) .again i just think this dracula is really very cool .

[palitoy]

Generic Dracula Party!

[MIB41]

Nice shot Brian! I think the new Drac truly shines that lot.

[doctor09210]

you need the presidential monsters baracula

[mikeoz]

I read that AHI didn't have the rights to use Lugosi's likeness, so they created a generic looking head for their Dracula figure. Though the likeness isn't exact, it seems to me to look fairly close to Lugosi- even with the chin dimple. The later AHI Dracula sculpts seem to look even more like Lugosi than the early version sculpt. If the AHI figure were produced today, do you think the Lugosi estate (or his son) would consider the sculpt to be too close to his likeness?

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