What is your least favorite monster toy collectible or genre?

[Wolfman]

That's a large part of the reason why Monster High stuff bothers me not at all either. It's girl stuff!

I'm with you there. I have no interest in Walking Dead items, or any zombie stuff from the last 25 years for that matter.

I'm with you. I'm soooo zombied-out, that I'll only watch the original NOTLD going forward.

JP

[Rockshasa]

That's a large part of the reason why Monster High stuff bothers me not at all either. It's girl stuff!.......I'm with you there. I have no interest in Walking Dead items, or any zombie stuff from the last 25 years for that matter.

I bought the very first couple of Monster High dolls years ago. I thought they were kinda interesting (horror toys for girls), but I only bought them for investment, thinking, "If they take off and sell well, I'll have the first couple dolls produced". I never bought anymore though.....As for zombies, I've never really been into that genre of horror that much, and never cared for the Romero movies at all, or any of the Italian zombie flicks...just not into gross-out horror very much.

[ZeMastor]

Ahhhh, the Tortured Souls. Two series of them - the first wave hit in 2001. I loved those toys..."beautiful toys for ugly children" is what I call them. They looked great alongside the Hellraiser figures. Now, I absolutely hated the Hellraiser movies, but the toys were totally rad. I bought all of those things, and a couple of the larger format Tortured Souls as well. Those toys were without a doubt, hands down, the most gruesome toys ever to hit mass market. I really miss the days when McFarlane was doing monsters, and no, I have zero interest in his Walking Dead stuff. Walking Dead doesn't interest me at all. In fact, I can't think of any modern day TV horror shows that I like...I think X-Flies might have been the last one I watched.

Yup. Just googled them and the horrific ones I saw were the Tortured Souls sets. After saying "ewwwww!" a few times, I recall thinking that most living beings would be fortunate enough to die before being subjected to such horrific mutilation. Kept my money in my wallet. It takes quite a lurid imagination to come up with ideas like that.

And to think that parents were picketing Aurora in 1971 over the far-less-gory Monster Scenes kits!

It might have been around 2000-ish when I picked up a Frankenstein playset. Small figures, highly detailed props. I kept it stored in the garage until 3 years ago, when the office was having a Secret Santa White Elephant gift exchange. It eventually went to a co-worker who really liked it. Afterwards I found out that my *real* calling was for Spooky Kooky jigglers, and creating buildings, clothing and accessories for them.

[Rockshasa]

It might have been around 2000-ish when I picked up a Frankenstein playset. Small figures, highly detailed props.

One of these perhaps? More McFarlane goodness...it was these playsets that kicked off the monster toy collecting bug in me, back in the late 1990's.
These things are awesome!! I still have both series MOC.

[ZeMastor]

One of these perhaps? More McFarlane goodness...it was these playsets that kicked off the monster toy collecting bug in me, back in the late 1990's.
These things are awesome!! I still have both series MOC.

Yes, the playset on the top was the one I had, I think it was $8.99, and the office Secret Santa suggested white elephant gifts of around $10. The detailing of the set is really impressive, but my experience with McFarlane's KISS figures showed that their plastic had a tendency to be pretty brittle. When I read a review of the McFarlane Dracula playset (just now) I see that figure articulation was not one of their strong points. Beautiful sculpting, incredible detail, yes. But playability suffered.

[Rockshasa]

...but my experience with McFarlane's KISS figures showed that their plastic had a tendency to be pretty brittle. When I read a review of the McFarlane Dracula playset (just now) I see that figure articulation was not one of their strong points. Beautiful sculpting, incredible detail, yes. But playability suffered.

It has been my experience that all plastic action figures made in China after around 1990, are made with cheap/crappy plastic. It all looks good in the package, but once you take it out and try to stand it up there are issues. I can't tell you how many of my figures have one leg that is too short...mind you when I first took it out and set it up it was perfect. This cheap plastic settles over time, and if it's exposed to the least amount of temperature increase, the toy warps, usually one of it's legs shortens.

As far as playability, in the beginning, McFarlane wasn't really concerned about figure articulation in his toys. Honestly, I don't think he had in mind that his adult collectors were going to want to "play with" their toys. He was basically pumping out cool, highly-detailed, inexpensive, plastic "statues". But eventually he got word through the Spawn.com toy forums (RIP) that folks wanted to able to pose the things better. Eventually, he starting adding lots of articulation. In fact, his Predators were articulated rather nicely because I remember all the crazy positions people were posing them in on his toy forums. Also keep in mind, articulating a figure makes it cost more money to produce...more parts, more assembly time = more money.

[YoungestMonsterKid]

They definitely LOOK like the Phantom, and none of them are poorly sculpted, but when I look at certain Frankenstein figures, or Creature figures, I can tell how accurate they are to the films and some of them just feel like they can come to life.  The Phantoms never did that for me.  I always felt they were just sculpted representations of him.  The Sideshow bust is the best, I think, but the Sideshow 8 inch is too goofy for me, even the newer head they gave him for the Silver Screen version. 

That's just me, guys! I'm too nitpicky 

I think that's because from every angle or every gesture of his face Lon Chaney looked quite different throughout every shot of the film. So they're only going to be able to make a figure of one of his many expressions.

[Hepcat]

The Funko Wacky Wobblers bother me not at all. After all, bobbing head statuettes of athletes have been around since the fifties so I see nothing wrong with expanding the concept to other characters.

[YoungestMonsterKid]

The Funko Wacky Wobblers bother me not at all. After all, bobbing head statuettes of athletes have been around since the fifties so I see nothing wrong with expanding the concept to other characters.

What bothers me is that they're trying to call them "Wacky Wobblers".

[Mike Scott]

What bothers me is that they're trying to call them "Wacky Wobblers".

Why shouldn't they?

[YoungestMonsterKid]

Why shouldn't they?

I just don't know why such a common piece of merchandise needs to be renamed when there's no copyright on the concept.

[Mord]

What bothers me is that they're trying to call them "Wacky Wobblers".

I think most companies do that. It's just what they call the series. NECA calls theirs "Headknockers". It's just a way to personalize their take on the line. I mean, why aren't "action figures" just called dolls. You think Barbie doesn't have any action (ask Ken)?

[Mike Scott]

I just don't know why such a common piece of merchandise needs to be renamed when there's no copyright on the concept.

No, but they can TM the name.

[YoungestMonsterKid]

Yeah, I know. But still that annoys me.

[Darkside1]

 Anything post 1970 I do not care for. Only exception is the Kenner Alien doll, which is in a class by itself😃