Another Telco Halloween decoration, the Wolf Man is the closest thing in my collection to a Muppet!

Even though it's a far cry from looking anything like he does in the movie, I really like the look of this figure. Although the sculpt of the face is somewhat simple, it does have an elegance and personality to it that is appealing to me. I love that they added so much hair to this thing. It's got a really wild look on the one hand, but it also sort of reminds me of a Muppet, too!

Although some might consider it excessive, the hair protruding from his sleeves and pant legs is another nice touch. But honestly, it sort of makes me wish I had a nice, creepy looking scarecrow one. Telco did release a scarecrow in one of their earlier batches of Motionettes, but it's more cute looking than scary.

This Wolf Man figure has much more poseability in the arms than the Creature did. You can actually bend the arms to whatever pose you want basically, as beyond the vinyl hands the arms are just a flexible wire armature.

You know what else is great about this one? That bright yellow shirt! It's a welcome change in a genre dominated by gloomy blacks and greys. It's the closest thing to sunshine that the Wolf Man will ever get anyway...

You get the same features here as on the other Motionettes...light up eyes, moving arms/head and sound effects. The sound is much more appropriate to the character this time around, too. 17" tall to the top of the head, it actually looks more like 18" with all that hair standing up. The Wolf Man was included in both series' of 17" licensed Universal Monster Motionettes, but I don't think there's any significant difference between the two. My favorite part of this thing? I got it for a measly $5 on Ebay! When the last time you bought a Japanese robot for $5?* ;)

How does one go about building a nice toy collection?

Hard work? Spending foolishly? Building a network of friends in the hobby?

All those things help...but I'm a big fan of good old fashioned dumb luck!

I picked up this King Kong toy at a little used goods store one day while I was just killing time. The place carried all sorts of stuff from old records to board games, vhs tapes to signs and even old barbershop chairs. It's one of those places where you just never know what you're gonna find. And in this case, I didn't even know what I had found.

I was carrying around a couple other toys that I needed to get rid of (a Tauntaun for a 12" Luke Skywalker and the Yamato Ideon toy that became obsolete with the release of the Soul Of Chogokin) so I decided to see if there was something there I could trade them for. I found two King Kong items that I had no prior knowledge of, this toy and also an old Jim Beam decanter that was released to promote the 1976 remake. Even though it wasn't the original, I really sort of liked the look of the decanter. I asked the proprietor what it would take to get both items. He said he'd take my two toys in trade, plus $25 cash. Unfortunately, I only had $18 with me.

I decided that I'd just take the decanter and leave this toy behind. I mean, there were no markings on this thing so I just assumed that it was some silly bootleg giant gorilla and nothing that special. I told the guy I'd take just the decanter, but he said I could take both if I promised to bring back the extra $7 next time I was in the area. So I left with both.

I snapped the above photo to show some monster friends what I'd bought and wouldn't you know it, it turns out that the decanter, while nice, was a pretty common item, but this toy was in fact quite hard to come by! I would have assumed just the opposite. Both of my friends who've been collecting monster items far, far longer than I have congratulated me on my find and not too subtly suggested it would look nicer in their collections!

What I learned about it though is that it was in fact not a bootleg, but was made by a company called Imperial. Apparently they made a smaller, more common King Kong but that this size (about 13.5" tall) is much harder to come across. Evidently, it was packaged with a tag around the neck with the name and manufacturer on it.

The toys is a simple one, with just a few points of articulation at the hips, shoulders and neck. It's cast entirely in dark brown vinyl, with red and white painted highlights. There is also green on the fingernails of mine, but the only other picture I've seen of one doesn't have that. Perhaps someone gave him a manicure at some point.

I didn't care too much for this toy at first, but it's since grown on me quite a bit. But is that because it's a nice toy, or just because I found out that it's hard to come by? A little of both maybe...but either way, I'm glad to have stumbled on it!

"You will not remember what I show you now, and yet I shall awaken memories of love... and crime... and death... "

I never really thought about it until now, but I suppose people who aren't classic monster movie fans might get a bit confused when hearing about the characters from the 1932 Boris Karloff vehicle "The Mummy". The main character is of course the mummy himself, who's real name is "Imhotep", but when he's resurrected, he takes the name of Ardeth Bey and moves freely among the rest of the cast, until his true identity is revealed. So, "The Mummy", "Im-ho-tep" and "Ardeth Bey" are all the same person.

The figure is really well made like all the others in the line. The box art is great as usual showing Ardeth Bey poised above the character of Helen Grosvenor (played by Zita Johann), whom he believed to be the reincarnation of his lost love, the Princess Anck-es-en-Amon. A statue of the Egyptian god Anubis stands in the background. I love these box lids that have the vintage poster art on them. They make such great backgrounds for your monster setup.

Ardeth Bey box art

My humble monster collection, with Sideshow boxes on the top row

Ok, so the box is great, but what about the figure? Well, like most toys, it's got it's good and bad points. The costume and accessories (a sacrificial dagger and the Scroll Of Thoth, with which one could raise the dead) are fantastic. The figure can even hold both of the accessories and the Scroll of Thoth can actually be untied and rolled out to admire all the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics which were meticulously recreated. The tarboosh is molded right onto the head and is not removable.

The figure looks just like Karloff did, but something about the paint job feels wrong. I know how the character in the movie looks eerily ancient but here his face looks absolutely petrified (and I mean that in a turned to stone kind of way). I don't really have a problem with that, but you can still see tiny areas of flesh tone peeking through and I feel like the black around the eyes looks a bit too exaggerated, which sort of makes it look "fake". I know that's probably a weird way to describe a toy, but I think if I saw someone who looked like this in real life, I would think "there's someone made up to look ancient" instead of "there's someone ancient". It looked great in the movie, but doesn't seem to work as well in color. Perhaps this figure would have benefited from a black and white "Silver Screen Edition", but one was never made as this was released towards the tail end of Sideshow's run of these 12" classic monsters.

With that said, if that's a problem at all, it's only a problem when you look at it up close. From a couple feet away or while mixed within a collection, the doll is fantastic. And it certainly adds a distinctive flavor to a monster room otherwise filled with your standard Frankensteins, Draculas, etc... I welcome any of the characters who are less seen in toy form.

Ardeth Bey comes with his own adjustable 12" doll stand and was limited to 3000 pieces. It's definitely a great figure for the monster collector and if the paint feels flawed at all, it's only because of the high standard already established by Sideshow's previous releases. But I don't think you'd be too disappointed to have this one in your collection!

SEE! The Gill-Man move!

SEE! His eyes burn with fury!

HEAR! Godzilla's roar?!??!!

When I recently started focusing my collecting habits more on monsters than robots, one of the things that immediately captured my fancy were motionettes. Motionettes are basically moving statues that are usually released as holiday decorations. Naturally, I am focusing entirely on the Universal Monsters, but all sorts of characters have been made from generic witches to Santa Claus.

The original and most famous motionettes were made by a company called Telco. The first releases they made were unlicensed and were 24" tall. Later, Telco would release officially licensed Universal Monsters in both 24" and 17" sizes. All of the larger sizes are harder to get and much more expensive than their smaller counterparts. 24" Motionettes come with a power cord, while the 17" ones function using two C batteries that are stored in the bottom of the black circular base the figure stands on. The figure is permanently attached to the base.

Even the 17" Universal Motionettes were broken up into two releases. Among the first releases were Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man and The Creature From The Black Lagoon. The Bride of Frankenstein and The Mummy were added for the second series. Each figures comes packaged in a cardboard box with clear cellophane on the front. I had the hardest time actually getting most of these back into the boxes for pictures, so here's Frankenstein instead of the Creature, just to give you a look at the box. Consider it a preview of a future review..

Front Of Box

Side Of Box

Side Of Box

So, what exactly do the Motionettes do? Well, nothing too exciting really. The base has a switch with three settings, "on", "off" and "sound". Setting the switch to "on" makes the head turn and the arms raise and lower. Move the switch over one more spot to "sound" and the character keeps moving but now the eyes light up red and it makes noise. Now, the noise it makes doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the character itself. For instance, the Creature here actually produces a roar that sounds almost exactly like that of GODZILLA!

The Creature is made primarily out of soft vinyl, cast in green with red, white and blue painted highlights. Naturally, vinyl is the best option for a character like this, but many of the others in the series have clothing much like a doll would, as you can see in the Frankenstein picture above.

The Creature from the Black Lagoon seems to be the easiest from this series to get. It's certainly the one I've seen most on Ebay.

Vincent Price as Dr. Erasmus Craven from the Edgar Allan Poe inspired movie, The Raven (1963).

In 2002 NECA released a 12" figure of Vincent Price in their line of "Reel Toys", as he appeared in the 1963 film from A.I.P. and directed by Roger Corman. Starring alongside Price in this film were legendary horror stars Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre, but unfortunately those two did not get their own toys. Actually, this figure comes with a small Raven accessory so I guess you could say that Lorre did get released, since he was changed into a raven by Karloff's character!

When this figure first came out, I wasn't buying any of the 12" monster toys on the market and even when I started to, it wasn't a priority. Now, I love Vincent Price, but a wizard in a furry robe just has to take a back seat to actual monsters. It just has to be that way. But I put it on my Amazon wish list and it found it's way into my collection this past Christmas.

So, now that I finally have it, do I like it? Yeah, but not quite as much as the Sideshow 12" monsters. The likeness of Vincent Price is really spot on and the costume seems well made, but the paint could have been better. The tip of the nose on mine chipped off just from brushing against the cellophane window of the box (before I even opened it) and I just noticed that when I took his hat off, there were black marks left on his forehead.

One thing that I'm sort of divided on is the hands. Unlike the Sideshow figures, this toy's hands are actually made of a flexible rubber that allows you to pose the fingers however you choose. But the material looks sort of funny to me. I think I would have loved something like this on the Sideshow figures since many of those have accessories that they should be able to hold (but often can't).

The only accessory included with the toy is a small plastic Raven, cast entirely in black with spots of red in the eyes. Mine actually has a spot of red on the back and on the chest too, though.

As mentioned before, the toy comes in a box with a cellophane front, but no outer lid this time around. But if you want to display this with your other 12" monster figure boxes, just flip it around. The back side features art from the movie. This Vincent Price figure is nice to have, but not a must own, in my opinion. At least not right away. Get all the monsters first, then come back for this one. It was limited to 5,000 pieces, but can still be had for about retail on Ebay.

"I DON'T WANT TO GROW ANYMORE!!!!!"

Actually, that line happened in the original "Amazing Colossal Man" movie. But I've always loved it and I love this figure from X-Plus, too..

Growing up in Massachusetts, many of us here spent our Saturday afternoons watching "Creature Double Feature", a matinee of back to back classic monster movies. I'm sure each of us has our own fond memories of specific movies, but two films really stuck in my mind. "The Amazing Colossal Man" from 1957 and it's sequel "War of the Colossal Beast" from the following year had a strange hold on me as a kid. It was easy to dismiss many of the other films as pure fantasy, and while I never believed a man could grow to such enormous size, it was the characters mental breakdown as he tried to deal with his unfortunate circumstance that I found chilling. A deterioration of the mind is far more frightening than the growth of the flesh.

Of course, in this day and age, it's harder to take the films seriously since the special effects are laughable in comparison to what we see now. But back then it must have been remarkable, considering that director Bert I. Gordon seems to have made himself a career consisting largely of films about normal creatures grown to tremendous size.

This figure is the last of the "AMC Monsterfest" line from X-Plus that I managed to snag. For some reason, I hesitated on buying it when it first came out and for awhile I didn't see one. But due to the magic of Ebay, I finally got one a couple months backs, and for less than retail, too.

The figure is pretty well done, in my opinion. I think it was a great decision to have him holding the bus above his head. A colossal man is only colossal if you've got something to show scale, after all.

There's been some dissatisfaction with the sculpt of the face, but I think it looks fine. I do think it looks better when viewed from a low angle, but it's not bad overall either.

The base is a great addition, just like it was with the previous entries, The She Creature and Marty, the 3 Eyed Mutant.

But do you notice anything? How about that ad line? "See a sixty foot giant destroyed.....IN COLOR!" Did you see any color in the trailer above? I sure didn't. The fact is, only the ending (which is given away in the tag-line, of course) is in color. Less than 1 minute. Ahhh, I'd say I miss the 1950's and it's cheap marketing gimmicks, except of course, I never lived it. I'm forced to live it vicariously through these toys. On the bright side, kids in 1958 didn't have Colossal Man toys so I guess I can't complain, can I?

The story of the strangest passion the world has ever known! A little late for Halloween, but I finally scored me a wind-up Dracula to complete the Universal Monsters set. Check it out!

Hey, people dig vampires. There's no doubt about it. Something about the tragic immortality they possess. Something about the obsession, the hunger. Something about the penetration and fluid transfer.

What?

The bite!!

Anyway, being a Romania native, it seems Bela Lugosi was born to play the titular Count in 1931's Dracula. Lugosi had a pretty solid resume under his belt by the time 1931 rolled around (including having previously played the grand daddy of all vampires on Broadway some years before), but it was Tod Browning's film that not only defined his career, but propelled him into a cental position with Univeral Studios.

Besides Dracula, Lugosi played some prominent and some not-so-prominent roles for Universal. In 1941's The Wolf Man, he made a marvelous cameo as the gypsy, "Bela", who delivered the warning of the dreaded werewolf. He played the more memorable of Frankenstein's hunchback assistants, "Ygor", in 1939's Son of Frankenstein across from Boris Karloff's last role as the monster, and 1942's The Ghost of Frankenstein across from Lon Chaney, Jr.'s monster. And, of course, Lugosi played the monster, itself, in 1943's Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man across from Chaney's reprise of the Wolf Man!

Besides his work for Universal, Lugosi has had some impressive roles like the Sayer of the Law in 1932's Island of Lost Souls, and some...not-so-impressive roles like the ghoul in Plan 9 from Outer Space! Probably his most acclaimed parts were those paired with Karloff...films like RKO's The Body Snatcher (1945) or the Poe adaptations, The Black Cat (1934) and The Raven (1935).

...But Lugosi's myriad roles aside, Dracula is the focus of this toy review!

The tin wind-up toy reviewed here was produced in 1992 by "Mike Company", a US-based Univeral Monsters licensee recently renamed a year earlier from "Robot House". I've been told by Jay at Robot Island, a dealer of fine tin wind-up toys, that Robot House was granted the license to the characters and then contracted Billiken Shokai of Japan to manufacture the toys. Billiken--perhaps more famous for their high-quality, realistic vinyl tokusatsu kits and figures--are NO slackers when it comes to tin. And that quality clearly shows in these toys.

Along with Dracula, Robot House produced tin wind-ups of Frankenstein's monster, the Wolf Man, the Mummy, and the Gill-Man (the Creature from the Black Lagoon).

Killer box--though I miss the neat artwork from the previous releases.

Now, I have to make the disclaimer that I don't normally "collect" tin walkers. As I'm fond of saying, I "buy what I like"...and that tends to be a little bit of everything. I only have about 10 tins and I bought them simply because I thought they were beautiful toys--they're not vintage or anything...and I really don't know much about the tin "MARKET".

This box has a cool coffin motif and the cross on top is actually a cut-out, through which you can see the black nylon bag the figure is wrapped in.

I'm not too sure what constitutes an "outstanding" tin because I simply haven't seen enough to be able to judge what "outstanding" even is! The first four monsters will run you around $40-50 on the aftermarket. While the Mummy is becoming more and more scarce, the Gill-Man appears to be the most plentiful. Dracula, unfortunately, will run you around $125 easily. I don't know if that's a "lot" for a non-vintage (well...16 years old) tin walker, but I will say that based on the sheer quality of these pieces, it's worth it.

This piece is great, much like the others from this line. The lithography is top notch, even if a bit simple. It does a great job of conveying Dracula's dapper evening attire. The printing on the tin is flawless and works perfectly with the cape and vinyl parts.

And speaking of his cape, that's one part the other figures in the line obviously lack. And it happens to be gorgeous. It's made of two pieces of nylon (or some similar synthetic fabric): black on the outside and red on the inside. Toys with capes often turn me off because they're usually some awful fabric that is too stiff to drape realistically or has a fuzzy texture that otherwise makes the toy look like a toy. Alternatively, capes for toys are sometimes actually made from a piece of molded plastic or rubber...which admittedly looks great, but is obviously static and not very interesting.

This cape, however, succeeds: the nylon is cut to drape and wrinkle in the right ways to look realistic enough, while maintaining a nice smooth sheen. It's tough enough to be handled without worry, but supple enough to move freely when the toy is walking. The only thing static is the collar, which is painted vinyl.

Next, the vinyl parts, themselves, are nicely rendered. The head and hands seem to be cast black vinyl with the pale white skin color painted directly on with no priming (well, perhaps a black primer). You can just barely see some black showing through in some spots on the skin where the paint is thin. This effect is actually really cool! It's very subtle, but it lends to the "undead" look.

As for the sculpt of the face, itself, I dig it. It doesn't quite look exactly like Bela Lugosi, but it comes pretty close and looks good for a toy, in general. Lugosi's strong nose and wrinkes on his cheeks and chin come through nicely, but I think they could've done the eyes better. The eyebrows are a bit high (lending to a shocked sort of expression...rather than a menacing one). Also, I think the eyes should be darker and squintier...meaner-looking! Still, I'm not dissatisfied.

Next up are the hands. Just like all of the Robot House/Mike Company Univeral Monsters tin wind-ups, these are superb. Easily just as much care went into their sculpt as went into the faces. The detail is great and, again, in some spots where the paint is thin on the flesh, the black base starts to show through. This unevenness ends up looking very "realistic"...for a dead guy. Also, the ring on his left ring-finger is nicely-done.

Again, this toy looks great overall. The dark colors and overall design aesthetic flow nicely between the vinyl parts, the cape, and the tin body. The simple style of the artwork on the tin complements the basic shape of those parts, but doesn't clash at all with the realistic sculpt of the head and hands. I also like how the bright red on the inside of the cape contrasts well against the dark body, giving it some visually-interesting definition.

Anyway, not a whole lot more to say about this piece. I think a video review wouldn't help too much seeing as how it's a tin walker. You wind it up...and he walks as the arms swing back and forth. The winding action is nice and smooth and the movement is brisk--if a tad noisy.

"Terrifying monsters from a lost age!"

My shame continues. It's been over a full year since my review of the 8" Mole Man and I still haven't seen the movie. I guess I've been too busy buying toys instead of dvds. And I have added this 12" version of the character to my collection since then.

This toy features beautifully sculpted head and hands. And the paint job is amazing. On the head, you can actually see different shades of brown underneath all the bumps, giving the head's landscape a very rich texture.

The clothing is simple, yet effective. The foot coverings are just the same brown cloth as the pants and shirt. No fancy footwear for these worker slaves, I guess. Of course, this makes it just a bit harder to stand since there are no real shoes to provide traction against a smooth surface and there is no stand included to counteract this. You'll definitely want to get yourself a 12" doll stand for this guy.

For accessories, you get a large sack and 6 mushrooms-2 large, 2 medium and 2 small.

Unfortunately, once again we're presented with a problem with how the hands attach to the arms. The hands are accurate, but the arms are not. Strangely, the arms have been changed to brown instead of flesh colored, but that doesn't really help much. They still don't come anywhere close to matching the hands!

I would have preferred to see something more like the later Frankensteins that have the hands and forearms all one piece. Sure, you lose some articulation this way, but the overall presentation is much nicer. Compounding the problem here is that the sleeves are just a tad too short to completely cover up this shortcoming.

I hate to sound like I'm complaining too much. I like the figure a lot. I'll just have to display it with the arms lowered. The Mole Man was limited to 1,5000 pieces.

"A Monster Science Created - But Could Not Destroy!"

Quite possibly the most iconic movie monster of all time, Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's monster.

What can be said about Boris Karloff? This man was an actor clearly ahead of his time. Previously, I had only know him from his brilliant portrayal of this iconic monster from the 1931 film, Frankenstein. Recently, however, Nekrodave got me to check out the films Val Lewton did for RKO Radio Pictures. Karloff played prominent roles in many of these films, and he simply shined with the sheer depth and breadth of his range. His villains were dynamic and complex. Catching him in these films only enriches the experience of seeing him in Frankenstein.

And what a film Frankenstein is! Karloff is at once tragically human and chillingly inscrutable. Most of all, though, he is absolutely convincing in this role...even though he has virtually no dialog! The combination of Karloff's acting, the wonderful production value of the film, and of course, Mary Shelley's classic tale result in this--arguably the most famous monster movie of all time.

And Karloff's Monster is the subject of this review.

The tin wind-up toy reviewed here was produced in 1991 by a company called "Robot House", a US-based Univeral Monsters licensee. I've been told by Jay at Robot Island, a dealer of fine tin wind-up toys, that Robot House was granted the license to the characters and then contracted Billiken Shokai of Japan to manufacture the toys. Billiken--perhaps more famous for their high-quality, realistic vinyl tokusatsu kits and figures--are NO slackers when it comes to tin. And that quality clearly shows in these toys.

Along with Frankenstein's monster, Robot House produced the Wolf Man, the Mummy, and the Gill-Man (the Creature from the Black Lagoon). In 1992, the company was renamed to "Mike Company", when they produced a similar Dracula wind-up with a slighty different style of packaging.

Not bad box art, but a tad cartoony.

Now, I have to make the disclaimer that I don't normally "collect" tin walkers. As I'm fond of saying, I "buy what I like"...and that tends to be a little bit of everything. I only have about 10 tins and I bought them simply because I thought they were beautiful toys--they're not vintage or anything...and I really don't know much about the tin "MARKET".

I'm not too sure what constitutes an "outstanding" tin because I simply haven't seen enough to be able to judge what "outstanding" even is! The first four monsters will run you around $40-50 on the aftermarket. While the Mummy is becoming more and more scarce, the Gill-Man appears to be the most plentiful. Dracula, unfortunately, will run you around $125 easily. I don't know if that's a "lot" for a non-vintage (well...16 years old) tin walker, but I will say that based on the sheer quality of these pieces, it's worth it.

This is a good-looking toy--there's no question about it. This was my second purchase from this line of Universal Monsters tins by Robot House/Mike Company (right after the Gill-Man). I hadn't yet committed to getting the whole line at this point. I first wanted to have these in-hand before making the decision. Once I received this toy, it really wasn't a tough call.

The lithographed print on the tin is brilliant. The impression of the clothing is artful and creative, while not being needlessly hyper-realistic. The colors printed nicely and the color choices are excellent. The Monster's clothes look nice and disheveled and the overall look of the piece is very appropriate given the dark atmosphere of the film.

Aside from the lithographed tin body, we have the dry-brushed vinyl head and hands of this toy. The face looks pretty much like toy-perfection to me. I mean, that's Boris Karloff as the Monster! The black and white film has us perhaps more used to a deathly pale look for the monster, but I think the sickly green color they chose for his skin was a great choice. Also, a similar greenish yellow was used for the whites of his eyes; together, they contribute to his unnatural pallor.

Next are his hands. Good, but not as well-rendered as his face. I like the sculpt a lot, but I think their are two problems with the paint application. First, it appears as though they're not dry-brushed, but instead, a very dark stain/wash was used. As a result, the small indentations in the sculpt appear like tiny black pocks on his skin. His hands didn't look that bad in the movie. Next, his fingernails. Umm...red nail polish? Really??? Hehe...well...these things happen! Just like the Mummy's awkward-looking eye, a detail brush, some acrylic paint, and a few minutes'll take care of that!

Still, these flaws are minimal when set against all the good points this toy has to offer. The quality of the tin parts' lithography and the sculpt and paint apps on the vinyl parts are top-notch. The design and color choices make for a great piece that simply looks brilliant overall.

Anyway, not a whole lot more to say about this piece. I think a video review wouldn't help too much seeing as how it's a tin walker. You wind it up...and he walks as the arms swing back and forth. The winding action is nice and smooth and the movement is brisk--if a tad noisy.

"Throw the switch!" Dr. Frankenstein's assistant gets the 12" doll treatment.

Fritz is another sort of subsidiary character to be released by Sideshow Collectibles as a 12" figure. From the 1931 Frankenstein, Fritz was the hunchbacked assistant to Dr. Frankenstein and was ably portrayed by Dwight Frye. It was Fritz who was given the task of obtaining a brain for the monster and would bring back a criminal mind. This plot device was unique to the film adaption and was not in the original book or previous stage plays.

The doll is pretty good, but it lacks the distinctive hump on the back and the crouched over stance. You can probably place some crumpled up tissue under his shirt or something to help achieve this effect.

Fritz comes with a stone replica base, a walking stick, a plastic container with removable lid and a brain to store in the container. The container is labeled "Normal Brain". If it were up to me, I would have made it say "Abnormal Brain" since that is the one he actually takes in the movie. Perhaps you can display it fallen at his feet.

Besides adding a hump, maybe the only other way I could think to improve this figure would be to make the clothes look dirtier. I always think of Fritz as being filthy from digging up graves and what not. His clothes here look too new. Otherwise, this is a nice addition to the lineup and, unlike some of the other smaller characters released, he carried a nice price tag at only $20. Fritz was limited to 3,500 pieces.