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No, you're not seeing double although these two Phantomesque characters both skulked around
in the early 1980s and nearly shared a DPS catalog together.
First came SINESTRE who was said to have been sculpted by Don Post himself using a
"clay press" of Universal's Phantom as his starter >
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Hot on its heels was PHANTOM, truer to the Universal original (if not in coloration) and
highly prized today as a collectible among fans of the "Halloween" movie franchise >
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So which would you rather wear for Halloween? If you own a copy of either one, do post pics.
The Phantom is a better sculpt, but there's something utterly charming about Sinestre! I think it's a combo of the wild hair and more cartoony visage.
Other than the paint job, how does Phantom differ from the Ca lander mask? I always thought Phantom was a re-issue of the original calendar mask !? I am a tad confused!
I didn't know about that Sinestre mask, that's really cool. Here's mine from the calendar reissues still tagged:
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I just realized, the original Calendar mask that came out in the 60s was called "The Phantom" and not "The Phantom of the Opera"! For all these years, I was under the assumption that the original calendar mask from the 60s was called The Phantom of the Opera, and that a less detailed version came later--named "The Phantom". What a mistake! No! I got that wrong too! Just looking at the first calendar mask add in the back of Famous Monsters, and I see it was called The Phantom of the Opera; so it would seem that the original, as well as the re-issues are also called The Phantom. ----I think I've got it correct.
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