NECA HAS OBTAINED UNIVERSAL MONSTERS!!!!

[Anton Phibes]

3 Universal monsters on preorder.  Wonder what monster(s) are on the horizon after that?

Nosferatu and London After Midnight are coming. Prototypes sculpted and pictured on their checklist last Halloween.

[Anton Phibes]

Bride is definitely next to show. Shipping notices and charges occurring now. By June 6 she will begin becoming available via specialty stores.

[MonsterBaker666]

Sounds about right - BBTS said May 2023 and they're usually about a month behind the actually date they start shipping them out. 

[Count Zachula]

Bride is shipping this weekend from Time Bomb Toys, for those who need her ASAP (like me!)

https://www.timebombtoys.com/product-page/neca-universal-monsters-ultimate-bride-of-frankenstein-7-scale-action-figure

Also, found a shot of the box art, which hasn't been officially revealed...

[MonsterBaker666]

I can't see the photos of the box.  I hope NECA stops making the tag a part of the cardboard box that allows the box to hang on hooks.  Every box I've ever seen in stores is bent or broken off.  I'd think a plastic stick on tag would be better. 

[TheMadScientist]

NECA's instragram account posted one of those short teaser vids of the new Bride of Frankenstein figure (https://www.instagram.com/necaofficial/?hl=en). At the very end it also announces a Frankenstein's Monster with Chair figure/accessory set...which I believe is new information. I haven't been able to find any pictures of that, or a preorder, online yet though. But you can checkout the vid on their instragram.

...I hope NECA stops making the tag a part of the cardboard box that allows the box to hang on hooks.  Every box I've ever seen in stores is bent or broken off.  I'd think a plastic stick on tag would be better.

I definitely agree. I'm a bit OCD about the hooks being messed up, and there have been a few times where I've paid for collector grade from BTBS and the hooks have arrived damaged. I get that it's difficult to keep them from being bent in transit as the box can move in the shipment, but still frustrating.

[Lazarus]

They showed the chair accessory set at a show a while back.  It's good to see the Frankenstein though.  He looks really good.

[Count Zachula]

I can't see the photos of the box.

Try now.

And AWESOME! I just saw the video on their Insta.  Yea, they haven't announced the Bride version of the Monster yet but he looks incredible! 

[MonsterBaker666]

"Good...good!!"

[Monsters For Sale]

The Karloff Monster from Bride of looks good, but the chair just looks like a space waster to me.

I already have a Jakks Pacific chair - really don't need another.

[Count Zachula]

The Karloff Monster from Bride of looks good, but the chair just looks like a space waster to me.

I already have a Jakks Pacific chair - really don't need another.

I'm surprised the chair is included with the figure.  It could have been its own accessory set, maybe with some extra lab equipment?  NECA seems confident with this line though, which is a good thing!

[Mike Scott]

I get that it's difficult to keep them from being bent in transit as the box can move in the shipment, but still frustrating.

If I am paying extra, I expect the box to not move around in the container!

[Anton Phibes]

I picked up my Bride today, and was told Phantom may be arriving next week. They said  on FB that the Frankenstein and chair is shipping in a couple weeks.

[Lazarus]

So he's in a set WITH the chair?  That's a new one for them.  Wonder if they thought the chair wouldn't move units well enough on its own.

[BigShadow]

The Bride of Frankenstein figures look fantastic!  I need to play catch-up...got all the figures up to Dracula.  Can't find it anywhere.  Hopefully, someone at June's Monster Bash will have one for sale and not marked up too much.