Universal Monster Army

I have the Revenge of the Creature on pre-order from BBTS. Anyone know if there's plans for a Wolfman?

JP

Yes. There are plans for oodles. Probably be slow going though. Pics I snapped at this year's Wonderfest.
(https://i.imgur.com/SL3nTi9.jpg)

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Awesome! That Mummy looks great. Kinda reminds me of the Horizon kit.

JP

And a Kharis mummy to boot!!

https://twitter.com/shounen_ric_xp/status/1685513246747529217/photo/1

Better look at Kharis, it's pretty cool :)

Quote from: Hopefullygoodgrammar on July 30, 2023, 11:27:09 AM
https://twitter.com/shounen_ric_xp/status/1685513246747529217/photo/1

Better look at Kharis, it's pretty cool :)

Oh, that's really pretty!

It's nice.  Interesting that it says it's from The Mummy's Tomb.  That would be Chaney, tho it looks a bit more like Tom Tyler. 

Quote from: MonsterBaker666 on July 30, 2023, 11:54:56 AM
. . . tho it looks a bit more like Tom Tyler.

It does, kinda.

What is that on the left side of the base?

JP

Quote from: Wolfman on July 30, 2023, 06:07:17 PM
What is that on the left side of the base?

A knocked over torch stand, or whatever you call those things.

Quote from: Mike Scott on July 30, 2023, 06:23:40 PM
A knocked over torch stand, or whatever you call those things.

With all those rags hanging off him, he better get a move on! 🔥😱

JP

Any updates on the X Plus Dracula telease?

Mark

Quote from: Wolfman on June 25, 2023, 09:56:04 AMI have the Revenge of the Creature on pre-order from BBTS.

Quote from: Hatchet53 on February 04, 2024, 05:43:44 PMAny updates on the X Plus Dracula release?

How many parts to these kits? And are they made from styrene plastic or a substitute material of some sort?

???

X-Plus displayed a Creature from the Black Lagoon kit of the Gill Man swimming, along with a host of their other Universal Monster kits at Winter Wonder Festival '24 this weekend. Exciting times for model kit fans!

Quote from: darkmonkeygod on February 11, 2024, 01:31:26 AM
X-Plus displayed a Creature from the Black Lagoon kit

Any pics anywhere?

Quote from: Mike Scott on February 11, 2024, 02:03:09 AM
Any pics anywhere?

Yep, but not in a forum you'll visit, and the photographer asked they not be shared outside of their sharing of them. I'm sure other images will pop up soon, the event is open.

Quote from: darkmonkeygod on February 11, 2024, 02:27:39 AM
Yep, but not in a forum you'll visit

Why wouldn't I?

Quote from: darkmonkeygod on February 11, 2024, 01:31:26 AM
X-Plus displayed a Creature from the Black Lagoon kit of the Gill Man swimming, along with a host of their other Universal Monster kits at Winter Wonder Festival '24 this weekend. Exciting times for model kit fans!

Yeah, one of my family showed me some killer shots of creechie and Frank. These guys are gonna make me buy these....even though I have no room to build and display them,lol.

Quote from: Anton Phibes on February 11, 2024, 03:40:04 PM
Yeah, one of my family showed me some killer shots of creechie and Frank.

Care to Share?

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They're on my phone, and I am having trouble. Hang tight.

EDIT: can't do it. Changed them to jpeg, but imgur wont take them. Sorry.

https://www.culttvmanshop.com/PREORDER-The-Bride-of-Frankenstein--18-scale-from-X-Plus--Price-TBA--PREORDER-RESERVATION_p_7532.html (https://www.culttvmanshop.com/PREORDER-The-Bride-of-Frankenstein--18-scale-from-X-Plus--Price-TBA--PREORDER-RESERVATION_p_7532.html)

https://www.culttvmanshop.com/PREORDER-The-Mummys-Tomb--18-scale-from-X-Plus--Price-TBA--PREORDER-RESERVATION-_p_7533.html (https://www.culttvmanshop.com/PREORDER-The-Mummys-Tomb--18-scale-from-X-Plus--Price-TBA--PREORDER-RESERVATION-_p_7533.html)

https://www.culttvmanshop.com/PREORDER-Frankensteins-Monster--18-scale-from-X-Plus--Price-TBA--PREORDER-RESERVATION-_p_7534.html (https://www.culttvmanshop.com/PREORDER-Frankensteins-Monster--18-scale-from-X-Plus--Price-TBA--PREORDER-RESERVATION-_p_7534.html)

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I dunno if Wolfman is shown or not.

Thanks, Anton! I'll keep an eye out for a Creature. 9" is a nice size. Hope they're closer to $55.  :)

Pics popping up all over the interwebs now it seems. Here we go:
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Quote from: Anton Phibes on February 11, 2024, 09:05:34 PM
Pics popping up all over the interwebs now it seems. Here we go:
(https://i.imgur.com/hplLBoj.jpeg)

Man, that's a handsome Mummy!

Sweet! Looks like the old Dark Horse swimming Creature. They all look great!

(https://i.imgur.com/NdyQAoK.jpeg)

Quote from: Mike Scott on February 11, 2024, 04:12:09 AM
Why wouldn't I?

It's Facebook.

Quote from: darkmonkeygod on February 12, 2024, 01:20:00 AM
It's Facebook.

Ah! Well, no need.  :)

Quote from: darkmonkeygod on February 12, 2024, 01:20:00 AM
It's Facebook.

Any Wolfman shots, Shannon? All I see anywhere are silhouettes, no actual prototype.

Quote from: Mike Scott on February 12, 2024, 01:32:36 AM

Quote from: darkmonkeygod on February 12, 2024, 01:20:00 AMIt's Facebook.

Ah! Well, no need.  :)

Yes. None at all.

;)

Quote from: Anton Phibes on February 12, 2024, 09:25:33 AM
Any Wolfman shots, Shannon?

Not that I saw. Just the prototypes of the Gill Man from Creature ('54), The Monster from Frankenstein ('31) and a the painted buildups of Dracula ('31), the Mummy, and the Bride.

X-Plus is set up at the 2024 Shizuoka Hobby Show Showcase and have released some photos... I think Anton is gonna be happy:








First image of the Monster painted up.








And here are some great images of the Mummy kit, soon to be up for pre-order:

The Mummy's Tomb (https://us.ric-toy.com/200139tp-r-os.html)

Well, that's cinched it for me. I guess I am going to collect this line. Chaney girth and likeness there, and its nice!

Quote from: Anton Phibes on May 08, 2024, 03:01:26 PMWell, that's cinched it for me. I guess I am going to collect this line. Chaney girth and likeness there, and its nice!

There's the ringing endorsement I was waiting for!

The exclusive versions have proven difficult for me to find at pre-order and so far at least in the case of the Creature, after shipping as well. Please lemme know if you happen upon anyone selling them (particularly at pre-order price).

Exclusive? You mean the backdrop they offer?

Quote from: Anton Phibes on May 08, 2024, 07:55:19 PMExclusive? You mean the backdrop they offer?

Backdrop?

Quote from: Anton Phibes on May 08, 2024, 07:55:19 PMExclusive? You mean the backdrop they offer?

No. I would swear I've posted about the alternate portrait heads on here but I'm not finding it so here's the ad for the Creature:




I think the Bride's is the wrapped head, though it's possible her table is exclusive as well. Dunno about the Dracula, as I suspect the glow version would be it's own wide-release retail item. You can see both of those in these photos (though they are small).






It's my understanding there will be exclusive versions of each. I suspect there will also be glow versions, which is why the Dracula is a little surprising, as you'd think they'd wait year before a re-release and give the stock at retail the opportunity to sell down.


Edit: in looking further into it, I think the Dracula exclusive may be the inclusion of the look from the play / his walkabout in London.




The Bride (pretty sure it's just the wrapped portrait that's the exclusive):





And here's another look at 'ole Gill:

great. what are they exclusive to? I hate that crap.

Quote from: Anton Phibes on May 08, 2024, 10:34:16 PMgreat. what are they exclusive to? I hate that crap.

Well, as yet that's my quandary. IF they were available for pre-order into the States, I missed it. I *suspect* they are exclusive to X-Plus and aren't available at wholesale, but I've not been able to confirm that. The exclusive version of Creature was released, I saw it for sale for a time on Japanese websites, but with shipping adding $40 to the price, the cost was pushed up to $100 USD, which is both beyond my means and my interest.  

X-Plus put on quite a showing at Wonderfest 2024 in Chiba, Japan, including what I believe is the first look at the first charater in their new Universal Monsters sofubi (soft vinyl) figure line: Frankenstein's Monster! Wild to me that, finally, we're getting licensed Uni Monsters traditional sofubi toys after all these decades. Images taken from X-Plus' various social channels and hosted for posterity. Also, sculptor Masataka Yoshio posted a few of his sketches for Dracula in celebration of the kits release.

Quote from: darkmonkeygod on July 28, 2024, 12:44:57 PMX-Plus put on quite a showing at Wonderfest 2024

Their kits sure have elaborate bases! Love the mist on the WM kit!

What a great line up of Classic Monsters!

Luv the Metropolis figures too!  Not since the original Auroras have I had such a collectors fever for models.

Anymore pics on the toon-ish Frankenstein model, or other figures from this style figure? 

The "Exclusive Variant" FOMO crap, and my lack of space, has caused me to make no purchases of these at this time. Despite their being lovely, and an amazing set of kits, I just can't do the "games". I just want to buy the top of the line edition, pay my cash, and go home. Not  the ridiculous "if you enter a lottery, stand on one foot and bark like a sea lion, and attend a convention halfway across the globe, we will give you the privilege of being able to buy the best version. Only if you are wearing a pink tutu though".  Never played that game. never will. Still managed to survive and have oodles of monster goodies.

Shannon, if you can help someone sort through this, and figure out how many editions exist (backdrop edition, extra head edition, etc....) folks here might wanna know so they can figure out what to get. Also how to get it.

Quote from: Anton Phibes on August 09, 2024, 01:39:26 PMThe "Exclusive Variant" FOMO crap, and my lack of space, has caused me to make no purchases of these at this time.

Shannon, if you can help someone sort through this, and figure out how many editions exist (backdrop edition, extra head edition, etc....) folks here might wanna know so they can figure out what to get. Also how to get it.

We may all in luck! I was speaking with one of the two US distributors of these kits tonight and he believes X-Plus has done away with the "Exclusive" versions entirely, as you aren't the only on frustrated by any sort of "chase". He said the Dracula shipping now includes both versions of the chest-piece, and that the Bride is now going to ship with both portraits (the wrapped head being the secondary) and that there will be no exclusives, that all kids will include the extras - essentially meaning what would have been the exclusive will now be the only edition and it won't be exclusive, it has become the standard edition.

This means that, of the Universal kits, only the Revenge of the Creature kit has a variant.

Seems like a win for all of us that don't want to double dip or chase a variant. That make any of it more palatable?

Quote from: darkmonkeygod on August 09, 2024, 09:52:08 PMWe may all in luck! I was speaking with one of the two US distributors of these kits tonight and he believes X-Plus has done away with the "Exclusive" versions entirely, as you aren't the only on frustrated by any sort of "chase". He said the Dracula shipping now includes both versions of the chest-piece, and that the Bride is now going to ship with both portraits (the wrapped head being the secondary) and that there will be no exclusives, that all kids will include the extras - essentially meaning what would have been the exclusive will now be the only edition and it won't be exclusive, it has become the standard edition.

This means that, of the Universal kits, only the Revenge of the Creature kit has a variant.

Seems like a win for all of us that don't want to double dip or chase a variant. That make any of it more palatable?

OK, Now that's what I am talking about!!!!!!! That makes it AMAZING AGAIN!!!! Thanks again, Shannon!

WOW!! Those are awesome!!

Quote from: Mike Scott on July 28, 2024, 03:48:33 PMTheir kits sure have elaborate bases! Love the mist on the WM kit!

That mist is real cool. I think it would have looked better if they connected it to the back of the tree and monument as opposed to resting it on vertical posts. But still- real cool idea!

Got my X Plus Dracula last week and can confirm it comes with both chest pieces to make the two different versions.

X-Plus attended the 62nd All Japan Model and Hobby Show, held 2024 October 12 - 13 in Tokyo, and had signage for the Gill-man as featured in Creature from the Black Lagoon kit that I hadn't seen before they posted these photos (which I've re-hosted and reposted below):

Check their Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/xpluscollectibles/) for others.

Quote from: darkmonkeygod on October 14, 2024, 10:23:24 PMCreature from the Black Lagoon kit that I hadn't seen before

1/12 scale. A little one!

Did we talk about the reissue of the X-Plus Revenge of the Creature kit in a long box? I've not been able to find anyone who knows if this 2nd release includes both portraits or not.

Quote from: darkmonkeygod on April 08, 2025, 06:51:35 PMDid we talk about the reissue of the X-Plus Revenge of the Creature kit[/center]

News to me, but I don't follow kits, much. (Makes me sad.)

X-Plus exhibited at the 2025 Winter Wonder Fest in middle February and showed some new items. Take a look at their display and the Metaluna Mutant. I've also posted a couple of photos with their sofubi Frankenstein's Monster over on that thread.

X-Plus exhibited at the 63rd Shizuoka Hobby Show, 2025 14 & 15 May in Japan, exhibiting their Metaluna Mutant kit and - I believe - giving away a new catalogue of their kits which I would love to have. Also fun is their new paints set, another loving nod to Aurora.

That's a good-looking Frank.  The unusual electrical equipment is a nice plus.

Quote from: darkmonkeygod on May 18, 2025, 11:16:55 AMAlso fun is their new paints set,

"Monsturner" ?

Those models are wonderfully sculpted and designed. Expensive, but worth the cost.

Quote from: Mike Scott on May 18, 2025, 02:29:38 PM"Monsturner" ?

That's the one.

Quote from: MonsterBaker666 on May 19, 2025, 07:27:33 AMThose models are wonderfully sculpted and designed. Expensive, but worth the cost.

They truly are all-out incredible.

Quote from: darkmonkeygod on May 19, 2025, 11:36:39 AMThat's the one.

Yea, but that's a weird name.

Well, I finally got my answer: it seems that the new edition of X-Plus' Revenge of the Creature kit does NOT include both portraits. Color me surprised.

Wow they really are great-- that DRACULA really speaks to me.
"BEHY 'ZIS KEET!"   Hard to resist.

The Mummy is my favorite of these thus far.

Wolf Man is up for preorder on BBTS: https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/334637

Quote from: TheMadScientist on September 12, 2025, 08:55:02 PMWolf Man is up for preorder on BBTS

Note the final engineering of the fog.

That is a big improvement on the fog, I'm glad they fixed it. I was already plotting on how to get rid of the stupid supports. Great job X-plus! I know that BBTS is saying the price may increase because of the tariffs, their price as of now is cheaper than CultTVman. Their list price is $92.99 😳. Hope they offer a better price if they get a break on the tariffs.

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                                                         FRANKENSTEIN - Model - 1:8 scale -X-Plus, 2026

Frank is up for pre-order at Monster In Motion.  It has a projected shipping date of July 31, 2026.

            https://tinyurl.com/2vrm2yj6

I'd like to know how tall they consider the monster to be.  If they are modeling a 6-foot monster, the model would be 9 inches.  If they are modeling a 7-foot monster he would be 10½ inches.

Nice kit! Do you do your own, or have them done?

Quote from: Mike Scott on February 10, 2026, 01:29:59 PMNice kit! Do you do your own, or have them done?

Never mastered airbrushing.  I have them done by Dan Fuller.

Quote from: Monsters For Sale on February 10, 2026, 02:10:21 PMNever mastered airbrushing.

The only thing I can paint are walls.  :(

Quote from: Mike Scott on February 10, 2026, 02:39:30 PMThe only thing I can paint are walls.  :(

So, your ceilings are unpainted?

Quote from: Monsters For Sale on February 10, 2026, 02:41:21 PMSo, your ceilings are unpainted?

Could be those old acoustic tiles.

Just a heads up. I received an E-mail from CultTVman's Hobbyshop. They are getting the X-plus Wolfman kit in this Friday or Monday, and will start shipping out immediately. So I Should get mine in about a week I hope.

Here for your viewing pleasure is the X-plus Wolf Man model kit. I just finished him up. I have eighteen days of work invested in this kit. I did not paint the Fog, I took some very fine sandpaper and roughed up the clear surface which gives it a frosted look. Enjoy.

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