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1997 Universal Monsters Burger King Kid's Club Action Figures In 1997, Universal re-released a lot of their old monster movies on VHS.  As a result, they were licensing the old Universal Monsters all over the place to rekindle interest in the movies.  They even had Universal Monsters US Postage Stamps that year!  For me, the coolest result came in October of 1997 in the form of The Burger King Kids Club Universal Monsters Action Figures! 1997 Universal Monsters action figures from Burger King still in the original packages The figures were similar to the 3 3/4" Remco universal monsters, but different enough that anyone who had the Remco figures wouldn't confuse the two different releases.  Also, Remco released six different characters while Burger King released only four: Down For the Count Dracula, Bolts and Volts Frankenstein, The Wolf Man Cellar Dweller, Scaly Squirter featuring The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Universal Monsters Glow-in-t...

Universal Monsters Bend-Ems: Frankenstein, Dracula, The Wolf Man, & The Creature From The Black Lagoon! I had heard that Walgreens was selling Universal Monster Bendy figures early in the Halloween season, but despite several trips to numerous Walgreens locations, I hadn't seen a single one.  Yesterday, I stopped by a Walgreens and I wasn't even thinking about Halloween stuff.  As I was heading to the cash register, I ended up in the Halloween Clearance section.  There were 50% Off and 70% Off signs all over the place.  Boxes of Christmas products were being loaded on to the shelves at the other end of the Holiday section.  Behind a 50% Off sign, I noticed these familiar characters! Universal Monsters Bend-Ems: The Creature From The Black Lagoon and Frankenstein! There were two of each character except The Creature From The Black Lagoon (just one Creature).  I grabbed one of each and headed up to pay for my new monsters!  As always, I...

2018 Mego Bela Lugosi Dracula The Mego toy company manufactured many iconic toys in the 1970s and early 1980s including their  popular 8" action figure lines of Super Heroes, Star Trek, and Planet of the Apes (read more about that HERE ).  Unfortunately, the company went out of business not too far into the 80s.  In 2018, Mego returned with a new batch of 8" figures which were available only at Target stores.  Most of the figures in the first wave were one character from several TV shows from the 60s to the 90s such as Alice from The Brady Bunch, Peg from Married with Children, Tootie from The Facts of Life, Kelly from Charlie's Angels, Norm from Cheers, and Fonzie from Happy Days.  However, the first wave of figures also included this very popular Bela Lugosi Dracula! This figure is amazing and easily my favorite of the first wave of 2018 Mego figures.  In my opinion, the head sculpt rivals anything the company has ever done.  The outfit is nice...