Unless Edgar Allan Poe starts haunting me for usurping that title, here's my tribute to
Post Studios' 2nd series MUMMY.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q90/571/trocmummy.png)
It's been around since the 1960s, having improved on the "Calendar" version only as
larger and more wearable >
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/922/kiT25l.jpg)
I scored my first set before it went out of production in the mid 1970s >
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/832/scan5p.jpg)
The original mold mouldered in storage until 1989 when limited production began anew.
Castings were flocked which imparted a moldy effect >
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/265/univflamaskscm3.png) (https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/265/univflamummygz7.png)
Ten years later, The MUMMY entered its final period of licensed DPS production as
one of the Universal reissues >
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q90/901/8lQuXQ.jpg)
I scored a copy with display box as well as one of the two 1998 prototypes.
Mine was the rejected alternate >
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/708/scan120340003.jpg)
The master plaster itself went up for auction a year or so after DPS shut down. I didn't bid on it,
not having had room to store such a thing, and watched sadly as the auction closed for less than
it should have.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/913/sIvcib.jpg)
The character remains a staple in mask collections across the country. I've seen castings finished
in blue and purple, with dripping blood, and even a set that glows in the dark!
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/921/wBC7Ao.jpg)
If you can top that, or you're just a traditionalist like me, post pics of your version "B" MUMMY masks.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/208/bigdiffmummyta9.png) (https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/265/recastmummydp0.png) (https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/85/eerievsmummytm4.jpg)
Thanks for the history Sir Masksalot. Love it.
Great photos! Love your postings, Sir.
My favorite Mummy mask of al time! Until I one day get one I must make do with the Paper Magic second runner up in my opinion.
this is a great mask >:D
here's mine:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51912137053_7212b7822e_h.jpg)
here's a really cool custom one i saw for sale, made by Devils Workshop:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51929520702_ce398b3c2f_z.jpg)