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[Rockshasa]

It's that old addage: One man's trash is another man's treasure

[Monster Bob]

Or 'a fool and his money are soon parted', perhaps?

[Rockshasa]

Or 'a fool and his money are soon parted', perhaps?

LOL, I guess there are always two ways of looking at things.
I'm thinking whoever is buying this has lots of money though (isn't it painfully obvious?). So much that this is a drop in the bucket for them...in other words, no loss at all.

[Hepcat]

I personally don't understand it in the least (it looks like shat and worth about $50 to me)....

I don't understand the appeal of any of the doll figures either but that's probably because they came out well after my time.

[Rockshasa]

I don't understand the appeal of any of the doll figures either but that's probably because they came out well after my time.

I own a couple of the Mego-style monster figures, but they definitely are not a focus for me, as I am also not a fan of the "doll" look.
But one line I do enjoy looking at are the Living Dead Dolls. I own about 13 boys, and decided I would never buy the girls because there are just way too many of them being released. They only release one boy per series. Anyway, after number 13 I was done. I don't buy them anymore. I lost interest in them.

[horrorhunter]

I don't understand the appeal of any of the doll figures either but that's probably because they came out well after my time.

They came out after my time also by a bit, but I bought the Sideshow figures in 1999-early 2000s, and I've been buying Distinctive Dummies figures because those are some of the characters I've always wanted and no one else made. However, I don't plan to go back and buy Megos, AHIs, Lincolns, or Tomlands, because those just don't hold any appeal for me since I didn't have them as a kid, and to be quite honest most of them just don't look that good. Another factor that keeps me away is that they sell for way more than I would ever pay. I'm a collector of a bit of everything monster- '60s toys/dinosaurs/playsets, certain action figures, monster mags, comics, trading cards, posters/LCs, vending rings/charms, DVDs/BDs, books, records, and various other odds and ends. That approach ends up costing more money with less focus on any one category, but it has the advantage of a very varied monster collection that continually holds my interest because of the diversity even though it's all monster oriented. I respect other collectors' styles, but that's the path I've chosen.

[Ares]

I think you guys will get a kick out of this.  Found this old thread about the Dracula, and someone was speculating where the Tomland Draculas were : ) 

http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=2211.15

raycastile
I have psychomotrized the whereabouts of the Tomland Dracula.  My friends, there are exactly 17 on this small, fragile, blue sphere.

Six of them are in an unopened shipping carton of 24 Tomland glow monsters, sitting in a dank, dingy warehouse in Argentina.  It is a sad, lonely place, populated by sad, lonely people, trudging through the monotony of their miserable lives.

One of them is lying at the bottom of a toy chest in the basement of a Brazilian home, located in the east quadrant of an affluent suburb.

Another is lying atop a stack of old books in the attic of a 50-year-old house in Argentina.  The owner is dying of cancer.  It is a sad house.  Pity the poor souls who inhabit that dwelling.

Four of them are in an opened shipping case in England, forgotten in the attic of a former Tomland salesman.  His memories of selling toys to bring happiness to children are fading into oblivion, for he has Alzheimer's.

One is lying beneath a bed in an English home.  The child died in 1983.  The parents preserved his room all these years, leaving his playthings just as he left them, all those many years ago.

Two of them are in another UK home.  One is standing on a dresser.  The other is in a drawer.  The owner of the house has a brother.  When they were young, they had to have two of everything.  What one had, the other demanded.  So they each had a Dracula.  The one on the dresser belongs to the home owner.  The one in the drawer is his brother's.

One is in a small box in a plane, flying over the Atlantic, on its way to a new owner.  Its destiny is unknown.

The final one is in an acrylic case in the bedroom of a North American collector.  He appears to be on the west coast, perhaps California.  His house is filled with memorabilia.  He thinks he has a Lincoln Dracula.  He does not realize he has something much rarer.  He is a happy man, happiest when he is in the warm embrace of another man.

That is the present, my friends.  And the future.  And the past.  For the future, present and past are one.  God help all of us, in the future.

[Rockshasa]

I'm a collector of a bit of everything monster- '60s toys/dinosaurs/playsets, certain action figures, monster mags, comics, trading cards, posters/LCs, vending rings/charms, DVDs/BDs, books, records, and various other odds and ends. That approach ends up costing more money with less focus on any one category, but it has the advantage of a very varied monster collection that continually holds my interest because of the diversity even though it's all monster oriented.

You sound like me. I too go outside of the monster realm, seeing as how I had alot of non-monster toys as a kid, and I still relish tracking that stuff down as well. I'm on a "regular-wheels" Matchbox kick now. Tracking down my old Matchbox cars from the 1960's. So when I do the toyshows my eyes are open to all kinds of possibilities besides the monsters stuff, but my focus, and the bulk of my collection is monster stuff, LOL. With a tendency to stay away from most of the modern horror stuff...at least that's where I'm at for now. That could change.

[Ares]

Took a video of Dracula : )   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZC76d2vwMY

[Mike Scott]

Take a good look, folks! That's as close as you're ever going to get to one of those!

[horrorhunter]

Take a good look, folks! That's as close as you're ever going to get to one of those!

I'll try to persevere under the crushing disappointment. 

It isn't the Uni Drac, of course, but as rare Dracula figures go I prefer this Distinctive Dummies Hammer Chris Lee Drac:



I know the rarity, nostalgia, and cheezzz factors are through the roof with the Tomland, so hopefully whomever ends up with it gets their thousands of dollars worth of good out of it.

DD for me. And hey, it even looks like the guy. 

[Palifan]

That really is my favourite DD figure but it's just way out of my reach now....at least I've got the new double pack on the way which helps a bit (even though that card artwork is just through the roof!).

Ian

[horrorhunter]

That really is my favourite DD figure but it's just way out of my reach now....at least I've got the new double pack on the way which helps a bit (even though that card artwork is just through the roof!).

Ian

You got in at a good time. That Dracula A.D. 1972 2-pack is SWEET.

The 1st Series Hammer Mego-styles were my first DD purchases. I ordered the Chris Lee Drac and Mummy at the same time. I've been a DD fan ever since, especially the Hammers (thankfully, Martin is a Hammer fanatic as well so we get a lot of Hammer goodness  ). I'm just glad I started when I did because I couldn't afford to go back and get the DD 1st Series Hammer Mego-styles now. I would still like to pick up a DD 1/6th scale Hammer Chris Lee Drac at some point but it's very pricey as well. I'll have to make do with my Product Enterprise one I guess.

[Palifan]

You got in at a good time. That Dracula A.D. 1972 2-pack is SWEET.

The 1st Series Hammer Mego-styles were my first DD purchases. I ordered the Chris Lee Drac and Mummy at the same time. I've been a DD fan ever since, especially the Hammers (thankfully, Martin is a Hammer fanatic as well so we get a lot of Hammer goodness  ). I'm just glad I started when I did because I couldn't afford to go back and get the DD 1st Series Hammer Mego-styles now. I would still like to pick up a DD 1/6th scale Hammer Chris Lee Drac at some point but it's very pricey as well. I'll have to make do with my Product Enterprise one I guess.

I do wish I'd discovered them earlier to get ones like your Dracula and The Thing ect. Such a great series and at least I'm onto them now and can look forward at what's to come 

Ian

[horrorhunter]

I do wish I'd discovered them earlier to get ones like your Dracula and The Thing ect. Such a great series and at least I'm onto them now and can look forward at what's to come 

Ian

Sooner you get in the better. It looks like now most DDs will be sold out before they get past the mailing list guys, so you got on the DD train just in time.

Most of my DD Mego-styles are on a couple of walls (and a door  ), but my 1st Series Hammers are background pieces for some HI toys.



Weird combo but I like the look of it, especially since Hammer were still in their heyday when the Hamilton's Invaders toys came out in 1964. Man, that was the time to be a Monsterkid.