EMCE Gillman design

[Delusional B]

I'm partial to a cloth suit. That's definitely the route Mego would have taken... and it looks great on that custom.

[ScottA]

Cloth suit for sure. Otherwise it's a DST figure.

[megojim]

To me, this needs to be suitless. The only figure that warrants or could pull it off. Huge opportunity to create a grail figure right here. Just using AHI as an example, retailed for a couple of $$, sells today for $500-$1000 loose, sometimes more. It also won the monster contest on this very site! Although the Mike Oz custom Creature is this best made to date, the production version of this character needs to be all plastic.
Fabric does not eqaul flesh. All the monsters done so far are upgrades, quite realistic too.
Please, spend the extra money and do this figure right.

The AHI Creech is valuable now because there are none to be had. I'm guessing here but I assume it was a low demand figure back then and therefore even more rare now. Mike's design is the ONLY way to go!!

[megoscott]

I wonder if you couldn't do a cloth suit with embossed or rubberized details to take it to the next level.

[Saroyan]

I wonder if you couldn't do a cloth suit with embossed or rubberized details to take it to the next level.

That is much what I was thinking as well.

I love cloth- no question! But, with some figures, take Iron Man for example, It just feels so much more real (I know we're talking toys here) with the modern figures made of hard plastic- or some of the modern Batman figures where his suit was not fabric but some sort of Bat-Armor - once again hard plastic or rubberized vinyl really works.

I think a modern creature with a rubberized body would be awesome- but chances are, I will buy one no matter what he's made of.

[HumanWolfman]

The AHI Creech is valuable now because there are none to be had. I'm guessing here but I assume it was a low demand figure back then and therefore even more rare now. Mike's design is the ONLY way to go!!

That is true Jim, but, the Sideshow 12" Creature which is only several years old fetches $200-$400 on ebay now for a $50 original purchase price, and they made between 2500-5000 of those only a few years back. I trully get the "clothes" thing with mego, but this particular character, being all flesh, need to be all flesh. I just cant help but think it will cheapen the line.

[thunderbolt]

I just really don't see DST wanting to pay for the extra tooling for a one time use body, the already made EMCE body is more economical and more than likely what will be used. Otherwise we are probably looking at a figure about double the price. I agree with whoever said if its all sculpted it ends up being a Diamond Select statueish figure.

[SeattleEd]

My sentiments exactly. Then it's no longer a Re-Mego and defeats the purpose, IMO.

Cloth suit for sure. Otherwise it's a DST figure.

[DocDrako]

Cloth suit? Yes.
Rubberized cloth suit? Yes.
Sculpted, posable figure? Yes.

No matter how they do it, I'm in!



I do really dig that custom everyone's talking about though. It's scrumtrelescent!

[mikeoz]

I wonder if you couldn't do a cloth suit with embossed or rubberized details to take it to the next level.

That's a really great idea. It could probably be done using a thermography process (i.e. raised letters on business cards and wedding invitations).

[HumanWolfman]

My sentiments exactly. Then it's no longer a Re-Mego and defeats the purpose, IMO.

I dont know, as much as i love Universal Monsters, with a cloth suit, I will pass on this one. I just dont see a "lake monster" wearing clothes.

[Mego-Amigo]

The AHI Creature is not a DST style figure nor a Marvel Legends style figure. I want this to be Mego-like as well or why do it but this character does not need a cloth suit to look Mego-like. Compare the AHI Creature with the lame cloth suited Remco Creature and tell me is this what you guys really want ? Save the Cloth for " The Creature Walks Among Us " version later in the line.

[megojim]

The AHI Creature is not a DST style figure nor a Marvel Legends style figure. I want this to be Mego-like as well or why do it but this character does not need a cloth suit to look Mego-like. Compare the AHI Creature with the lame cloth suited Remco Creature and tell me is this what you guys really want ? Save the Cloth for " The Creature Walks Among Us " version later in the line.

Compare the lame AHI Creech to Mike's nicely taylored cloth outfit "kit" . . . . Works both ways.

[Mego-Amigo]

I never criticized Mike's custom Creature. I don't know Mike but he is a very talented guy and his Creature custom figure looks nice. Just my opinion that the official EMCE / DST version should not have a cloth outfit. Also just my opinion that the Remco Creature with a cloth suit is lame. Sorry if my opinion bothered any of you guys enough to invite wiseguy comments. Yeah, it does work both ways. The AHI Creature is my personal holy grail in collecting and it does not bother me one bit if any of you guys think it's lame. If the EMCE / DST guys decide to go with a cloth suit I'll still buy it to complete my collection, not lose any sleep at night, still share my opinions and ideas here with other friends and collectors here on the forum and go on with life.

[megojim]

No offense intended, just making a point and now that you have proclaimed your bias for the AHI Creech your point is understandable . . . Only time will tell