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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...

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...