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Phantom Starkiller: The Cosmic Ghoul Warrior! Near the end of 2019, I picked up a few random Super7 ReAction figures which included an awesome yet mysterious green, skeletal creature.  After some quick research, I learned that he was called Phantom Starkiller!  At the time, I didn't look up much more than the name, but I did notice that there were several color variations of the figure.  Over the last few months, I had become more curious about this random mystery guy, so last week, I really started digging in and researching the history of this dude.  It turns out that the character first came into existence back in 2013 as a very limited run (25 pieces) custom figure created by Peter Goral under his "Killer Bootlegs" company. Phantom Starkiller (Super7 - 3rd Edition "Lich Green" 2019) In July of 2013, Killer Bootlegs released a San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) limited edition run of 25 "Phantom Starkiller: The Cosmic Space Ghoul Warrior" 3.75" action ...

Universal Monsters Wolf Man: Remco (left), Burger King (center), ReAction (right) The Universal Monsters have been around much longer than I have.  Even as a kid, I couldn't help but notice that there were still remnants of their 1960s  resurgence in popularity.  However, it wasn't until Remco released their line of 3 3/4" Universal Monsters that they seemed to fit in with my world of toys.  I had always wanted to pick up these figures, but ended up with the 8" Remco Dracula and Frankenstein instead of any of the 3 3/4" figures.  It wasn't until I was an adult that I finally added some of these awesome figures to my collection! Universal Monsters 1980 Remco Wolf Man Because I had been keeping an eye out for them for quite a while before picking up the Remco figures, I saw a lot of 1997 Burger King monsters mislabeled (and overpriced) by people who didn't know the difference.  I can understand.  I wouldn't be able to differentiate between t...