Marx Monsters

[Haunted hearse]

I'm perfectly happy with my Uncle Miltie Marx Monsters, and don't want to deal with all the color variants myself.  It might be interesting to see a side by side photo of the original Teal Blue, and the r new blue Monsters, as well as the base of each.

[Doh!]

My set showed up today! These things are friggin' awesome!!



There's quite a bit of flash on the Wolf Man so I might try trimming him at some point. Otherwise, the detail on these is mighty impressive.

[Hepcat]

So here are pictures of the Marx originals:





And here are pictures of the Glow-in-the-Dark Uncle Milton 1991 reissues of the Marx Universal Monster figures:





These have often been accused of lacking the detail of the Marx originals. There are three possible explanations:

1. Detail was lost in the molds themselves over time and with use. This theory is easy to test by looking at the cream coloured Uncle Milton figures in these sets:





Do the cream coloured Uncle Milton figures exhibit all the detail of the originals? If the cream coloured figures still have all the detail, two other explanations for the Glow-in-the-Dark figures seeming lack of detail are possible:

2. The glossy Glow-in-the-Dark plastic used just can't be molded with the detail with which the originally used lead-based plastic or the cream coloured clay/plastic could be molded.

3. The detail is all still there. It's just tougher for the eye to discern when the plastic is shinier, i.e. more reflective.

Thoughts?

[horrorhunter]

I think all of those explanations are true in varying degrees. Such are all things- we try to make them black and white to understand them better, but the reality is infinite shades of gray which is confusing and off-p*ssing. 

One thing to note is that the Uncle Milton cream colored repops were made with a more rigid plastic which shows detail (and paints up) better than the original Marx figures. So, even though some detail was lost due to mold wear the detail present shows up better due to plastic type and the cream color. The more rigid plastic is also much more brittle so it's common to see the cream repops with broken fingers, broken Phantom mask, etc.

[horrorhunter]

And here are pictures of the Glow-in-the-Dark Uncle Milton 1991 reissues of the Marx Universal Monster figures:

Here's a net pic of the Uncle Milton cream colored repop Phantom:



The detail is much clearer here than on the glow-in-the-dark repops mainly because of the type of plastic and color. Uncle Milton made both types around the same time so the molds were at the same level of degradation. The plastic used is the difference.

[horrorhunter]

I miss this old thread so I'm using this as an excuse to resurrect it. 

This isn't a proper Marx Monster, or even a repop of one, but it is very similar to them in size, plastic-type, subject, and circumstance. It's a Mexican knock-off Penn Plax Creature body with a seahorse-type head  . Here's the eBay pic:



I bought this from an eBay seller recently. The seller had it listed as an auction with the minimum bid at $19.99 and around $5 shipping. I had seen these before only a couple of times over the last few years and figured if I passed on it I may not see one again for awhile. I'm a big Marx Monster fan, and especially CFTBL fan, so I bid and won it for minimum. It really looks pretty cool on my Marx Monster shelf. A real grotesquery, that one. Kind of Lovecraftian in a way, like something from the realm of Dagon or a bastardized weirdo from Shadow Over Innsmouth.

Now I'd like to get one of those early Mexican knock-off Marx Frankensteins with the super-sloppy molding job and totally mucked up blackish paint apps. I believe he's akin to this Penn Plax/Creature/Seahorse freak regarding when he was created and perhaps where in Mexico. I do remember associating the two figures somehow...maybe. 

[Ugly_Thing]

I miss this old thread so I'm using this as an excuse to resurrect it. 

This isn't a proper Marx Monster, or even a repop of one, but it is very similar to them in size, plastic-type, subject, and circumstance. It's a Mexican knock-off Penn Plax Creature body with a seahorse-type head  . Here's the eBay pic:



I bought this from an eBay seller recently. The seller had it listed as an auction with the minimum bid at $19.99 and around $5 shipping. I had seen these before only a couple of times over the last few years and figured if I passed on it I may not see one again for awhile. I'm a big Marx Monster fan, and especially CFTBL fan, so I bid and won it for minimum. It really looks pretty cool on my Marx Monster shelf. A real grotesquery, that one. Kind of Lovecraftian in a way, like something from the realm of Dagon or a bastardized weirdo from Shadow Over Innsmouth.

Now I'd like to get one of those early Mexican knock-off Marx Frankensteins with the super-sloppy molding job and totally mucked up blackish paint apps. I believe he's akin to this Penn Plax/Creature/Seahorse freak regarding when he was created and perhaps where in Mexico. I do remember associating the two figures somehow...maybe. 

A crudely creative bootleg; I love it!  If you look closely, you'll notice that the head sculpt is actually taken from none other than the (legendary) Russ Berrie/Gigantor 'finger monster' line!
Fun!



This guy, specifically:

[horrorhunter]

A crudely creative bootleg; I love it!  If you look closely, you'll notice that the head sculpt is actually taken from none other than the (legendary) Russ Berrie/Gigantor 'finger monster' line!
Fun!



This guy, specifically:

Cool! That's some great jiggler detective work, UT! 

[Ugly_Thing]

Cool! That's some great jiggler detective work, UT! 

"I don't know MUCH, but I know my UGLIESSSS, and that may be all I neeeeed to knowwww!"   

   

[Subatomic_Matt]

No; Although there have been two fan made Dracula's, this one from Chris Ecker (1990's);


And this one conjured up right here by some of the fine folks at the UMA;

I would still do just about anything to get one of these Dracula's...

[Dr.Terror]

Id love to see Suoer 7 have a crack at a series 2. 

[Mike Scott]

Id love to see Suoer 7 have a crack at a series 2.

Cool idea, but they probably wouldn't do it because all the "good" monsters have already been done.

[Dr.Terror]

Drac
Invisible Man
Bride
Ygor
Mutant
Mole

[Monsters For Sale]

Drac
Invisible Man
Bride
Ygor
Mutant
Mole

All good ones.

Everybody would want Dracula and completists would want them all.

[Mike Scott]

Everybody would want Dracula and completists would want them all.

There's already a Dracula. Didn't you see the photo?