SDCC Factory Entertainment Frankenstein

[Count_Zirock]

He's kind of smiling.  And I guess that is what is off about him.

I think the eyes are a bit off, too. The eyelids need to be heavier. Bright-eyed and smiling... we only saw that when The Monster was playing with little Maria.

[Monster Bob]

Fudd lips.

[westbatman]

I'll pass. I don't like the wide eyes or smile; and the "jumper cable" thing is a real turn-off. I love my original Cineart much better.

Andy

[Monsters For Sale]

With the wide eyes and smile, it does look a little like a Mexican knock-off of the CineArt bust.

My main problem with it is the lack of fine detail.  It looks like someone gave a CineArt bust a VERY heavy coat of thick paint and obscured all the minute skin pores, wrinkles and forehead makeup line.

And the price seems way too high for what it is.  The Spencer's Gifts Frank Bust can occaisionally be found for a price very near the original $100.00 retail. A similar base could be constructed for it for much less than $350.00.

I'm really sorry to be so negative to someone's artistic efforts, but it's just my own opinion.  Take it for what it's worth (or not worth).

[Anton Phibes]

They're prolly shooting for the younger set that hasnt been collecting for years already. My buying is limited these days to budget and space constraints. Its why I sold my Sideshow 1:1 busts. I just dont live in a palace, and making space for 4 or 5 heads was too much for me. 

[Sean]

I just dont live in a palace, and making space for 4 or 5 heads was too much for me.

That's what Jeffrey Dahmer said.

[Dr.Terror]

My honest opinion, this thing is a turd.

[Dr Acula]

Take it away! I've seen enough!

[TypH]

What a cool design this would be for a car battery charger!

haha man, that would be a freaking awesome idea for sure!

[Count_Zirock]

haha man, that would be a freaking awesome idea for sure!

Take away the head and just have a cool, Strickfadden-style charger. Heck, that's like a weekend project with parts from Radio Shack and Home Depot, and an actual battery charger! Start with something like this...

...and just let your imagination run wild.

[Hellbilly1965]

this is clearly a slurry up'd cinearts Frank...... theres a few details he was unable to hide.....

[Count_Zirock]

this is clearly a slurry up'd cinearts Frank...... theres a few details he was unable to hide.....

Factory's...

And CineArts'...

You be the judge!

[Factory]

We are sorry to hear that people are not pleased. As we said art is subjective.

That said we wanted to address few points.

1) All the images seen so far are of the prototype, this product has not be officially announced by us yet and we have not released any images of the final product, only low resolution images of the prototype for wholesale purposes.

2) This is a 100% new sculpt by the very talented artist Douglas Hildebrandt. It is not a recast or a do'over of any previous product. Douglas created the piece as a huge monsters fan and brought it to us. We liked what we saw and felt the addition of the interactive electronic components was an interesting and different approach. All 1931 style Frankenstein busts will look similar as they follow the same source material, the work of the great Jack Pierce  and of course the immortal Karloff. But each is a unique interpretation.   

We would ask that people wait for us to announce the piece and release actual images before they make any judgement here. Anybody attending Comic Con last year will have seen a prototype piece in our booth and can attest to its impact. You may not like the electronic element. That's fine, we don't expect everybody to like it. But I challenge anybody not to be able to resist throwing the switches when they see this piece in person. Its great fun and strangely satisfying to release you inner Henry!

The Cinearts bust is a great piece and they did some amazing work, but it was released almost 15 years ago and they can be hard to find now. Also initially the painted and finished pieces were north of $1000 each. The unpainted casts were cheaper and the less detailed vinyl piece came later. You really cannot compare our VFX Maquette to them, other than the fact they are both busts, they are so different. Are we to read from this that the common feeling here is that if piece has been done before it should never be done again in the same format? There are  lot of people out there who don't have any busts in their collection of any kind.

Our VFX Maquette is polyresin, so its dense and heavy. It has been deliberately styled to have the look of an actor wearing period stage makeup, but also to give it the look of a reanimated corpse. We personally don't think the glossy/oily look you get on some pieces is right for the Monster. Sadly no high res close up images exist of Karloff in makeup from this era so its unknown if Karloff's pores and skin wrinkles could be seen through the make-up he wore, or if it was smooth or 'caked' looking. Its all subjective and open to interpretation. It is known that make-up of that time was pretty yucky stuff, even today theatrical and stage makeup is not what you might call subtle in its consistency. 

To address comments on the eye's, the irises light up, its part of the function of the piece. So we have opened them slightly to increase the effect, but not that much. The images seen so far have been shot looking up at that face. When viewed head-on the character does have the trademark 'hooded' eyelids and sunken dead look. Of course we realize the light up eye function is purely fantasy. Its a love it or hate it thing and we get that. But in a darkened room, wow is it cool and creepy!

There is a lot of subtlety, fun and enjoyment  in our piece that simply cannot be seen in any of the pictures alone and we hope you will like what you see.

We hope to have new images soon. But in the meantime we do have a video on facebook, again only the prototype

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=2951395191297&set=vb.141344019232016&type=2&theater

[Count_Zirock]

This piece is solid resin? Wow, I don't think there's a bookcase in my apartment that could support something that heavy. But, thanks for clearing up some issues and questions regarding it.

[Relic]

I've dealt with Doug in the past and purchased some of his merchandise and he is a great guy to deal with!
He is a very talented and creative artist. 
I picked his brain thru emails when I was building my first project and he always accommedated me with any and all answers to help me along.
Never once did he not answer my questions. He was like a mentor to me. I will always be grateful!!
He goes under the name of Hildebeast on these forums, if you look at his posts you will see the extend of his talents. He has made Life Size Frankensteins, vintage style Jacobs ladders and many different prototypes for the toy company he is working for.

Check out his posts here:
http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;area=showposts;u=3310


I have a couple of pictures of his other prototypes which I think are much nicer than the one that will be for sale, but I'm thinking it would have been much more expensive to produce and a hell of a lot more money to purchase.







I bought his Frankenstein 1:1 resin head, his Frankenstein resin arms ,and his Frankenstein resin boots so I could build my own life size Frankenstein. I was very happy with the results and I thought his Frankenstein parts were made to a very high quality and looked extremely life like




This was my very first attempt at building a life size figure.  He stands 6' 5"