Hello everyone!
I know it's a loooong shot; but does anyone have a boxed Telco Mummy Motionette for sale or trade? Looking for the 17" battery version. Thanks in advance!
Welcome to the UMA, Akmodan1138! :)
Thank you very much! ;D
Good luck! When those were released I was on a road trip with my family (I was a kid) and I made my parents stop at every Walmart over a three state stretch and I finally found one (and a Bride). Still have it, in the box (box isn't mint but not bad at all), but I don't sell anything monster related. Ever. It would make my kid sad.
I don't blame you! I was seven years old when these were released in 1992 and searched high and low for a Mummy. Never found one. I found Dracula, Frankenstein and the Wolfman, though. Still have Dracula in the box. So for the past twenty-seven years; I've been searching for a working Mummy in a good box! I could have found a real mummy by now! :P My search is sometimes dedicated and sometimes casual; but always there in the back of my mind! At any rate, I appreciate the good luck anyway, lol.
Quote from: Akmodan1138 on April 22, 2019, 12:56:18 PM
I found Dracula, Frankenstein and the Wolfman, though.
Don't you want a Creature?
Indeed I do want a Creature! After I find my Grail Mummy; of course! ;D it's just how I collect. I lose enthusiasm and passion if I collect a line/series but my favorite piece is missing. It's easier for me to get the crown jewel first/soonest; which maximizes my inspiration to collect others.
Quote from: Akmodan1138 on April 22, 2019, 04:43:06 PM
Indeed I do want a Creature! After I find my Grail Mummy; of course!
Well, first things first, I guess! ;D
Quote from: Akmodan1138 on April 22, 2019, 12:56:18 PM
My search is sometimes dedicated and sometimes casual; but always there in the back of my mind!
I know this well. I did the exact thing with those Remco Mini Monsters on the card. Finally I had an unusually long period of dedication and bit the bullet and finished a set (I actually got the last one in the mail this past Saturday).
Yeah, on those Telco monsters I had Wolfman, Dracula, Frankenstein and Creature and I could not find the mummy or Bride anywhere. I started to wonder if they really made them. I searched for months (of course I was a wee lad and had to rely on tagging along with my mom to stores). When I finally found the mummy and bride (in the same store somewhere in Michigan I believe) I darn near lost my mind right there in the aisle. It didn't seem real. If they were that hard to find then near 30 years later it's got to be quite a quest.
I think they're among the greatest monster items to come out, maybe ever.
Firstly, congrats on your Remco set! I had Dracula as a kid; I loved that figure! As for the Telco Mummy; you couldn't have described it any better. It is indeed quite the quest! Well, beginning to feel more like a Mummy's curse if I'm being honest, lol. I am fully prepared to bite the bullet on it (well, about $500 worth of bullet) but there is simply no bullet to be bitten right now. It's incredibly frustrating. I've been a collector of various things pretty much my entire life and have never had trouble locating a single item like I have a blasted Telco Mummy. I have a statue based on a Dark Souls video game character. They made perhaps as few as 30 of these statues. Never available at retail. Finding that thing was a cakewalk compared to a Telco Mummy.
Quote from: Akmodan1138 on April 23, 2019, 08:18:47 AM
(well, about $500 worth of bullet)
Are they getting that much for the 17" Mummy? I know it's kinda hard to tell, since you never see them for sale.
I have no idea what the actual value is; as pricing seems to be very sporadic; all over the place. After some research; I saw a loose, untested one sell with a Buy It Now price of $35. But I also saw a boxed one sell at auction for like $402. I have no clue what the legit value/worth truly is. All I know is what I'm able/willing to pay.
One just sold on eBay for $800. I have one,working and with box. What are you paying for one?
Messaged you; Monster Mike.
I have the Mummy head shaker that was released the first or second year; but the head sculpt for the actual figure is MUCH brtter.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/104/6lgFJv.jpg)
I never noticed those things had a body printed on the sheet thing; cool.
Quote from: Monster Mike on April 23, 2019, 06:21:35 PM
One just sold on eBay for $800.
Wow!
(For anyone.) How come the 17" Mummy and Bride are so rare and the Creature can be found on eBay almost any day you look?
Quote from: Mike Scott on April 23, 2019, 08:36:33 PM
Wow!
(For anyone.) How come the 17" Mummy and Bride are so rare and the Creature can be found on eBay almost any day you look?
Because the first four figures were released for a year (or maybe two) before they added the Mummy and the Bride; and then only in very limited numbers. A friend of mine who owned a comic shop at the time, tried to order them for me directly from Telco the following year, and the person he talked with didn't even have a record of them actually being produced!
Yeah; Mummy and Bride were the last two made; much smaller quantities. Why is anyone's guess; but you'll hear lots of stuff: poor retail support, "factory complications", even claims of complaints from religious groups.
Oh, I was thinking the Creature was released at the same time as the Bride and Mummy.
I think the Creature was released in the first series/wave as he is featured on the box along with Dracula, Frankenstein and the Wolfman; whereas the Mummy and Bride didn't appear on the boxes until series/wave two. Though a part of series one, the Creature is much more rare than Draculs, Frankenstein and Wolfman; all three of which are pretty common.
Quote from: Akmodan1138 on April 28, 2019, 08:25:16 AM
Though a part of series one, the Creature is much more rare than Dracula, Frankenstein and Wolfman; all three of which are pretty common.
That's why I thought the Creature went with the other two rare ones. :)
Just when I thought I'd need Indiana Jones, Laura Croft and Josh Gates; I've finally secured a nice, working Telco Mummy with a good box; all thanks to a fellow member of this fine forum. Once again; thank you, my friend!
Hello again my fiendish friends!
Sometimes we have to make sacrifices; no matter how painful they may be; and I had to make one of the hardest sacrifices in my life thus far and sell my Telco Mummy. I've regretted it every day since, and am looking to fix my critical error; hoping lightning can strike twice for me. If anyone needs some quick $$$ I am once again in the market for a working 17" Telco Mummy Motionette in a nice box!
I have a boxed mummy. Ive only every seen two for sale and one of them I bought.
Quote from: drakeup on January 20, 2022, 09:41:35 AM
I have a boxed mummy. Ive only every seen two for sale and one of them I bought.
Not that they aren't both rare, but do you have the big one, or the small one?
The big one boxed. I can't figure out how to post a pic.
Quote from: drakeup on January 20, 2022, 12:52:32 PM
I can figure out how to post a pic.
You need your own web space and then link to the file in your message.