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[Hepcat]

Let's not forget their beautiful set of Marx Uni Monsters. Those were the best sculpted Uni figures until Sideshow in the late 90s.

Yes. Here's a good shot of the Marx universal monsters from Toyranch's collection:



And get a load of this artsy pic!

[Hepcat]

Here are scans of five of my Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea comics:

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[Hepcat]

Bobbleheads are a very popular collectible these days. Antecedents of the modern bobblehead can be traced back several centuries in time.

During the nineteenth century, bisque porcelain bobbleheads were being made in limited quantities for the US market. Many of the bobbleheads in the US were produced in Germany, with an increase in imports during the 1920s and 30s. By the 1950s, bobbleheads had a substantial surge in popularity, with items made of either plastic or bisque porcelain.

By 1960, Major League Baseball produced a series of papier-mâché Bobblehead dolls, one for each team, all with the same cherubic face, and a few select players over time. The World Series held that year brought the first player-specific baseball bobbleheads, for Roberto Clemente, Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris and Willie Mays, still all with the same face. Over the next decade bobbleheads were also made of ceramic. Within a few years, they would be produced for other sports, as well as cartoon characters.

My understanding is that despite the occasional release of bobbleheads with a different theme, e.g. the Beatles, the sports ones dominated the market. And bobbleheads never occupied more than a small niche of the sports collectibles market.

This all changed with the founding of the Funko company in 1998. Funko was originally founded with a goal of focusing on low-tech, nostalgia-themed toys.  In effect it was to be basically a bobblehead company. The first Funko Wacky Wobbler sold in stores was the restaurant advertising icon Big Boy.



Many hundreds of designs have been produced since that initial Big Boy. Funko released this fabulous series of Universal Monster Wacky Wobblers back in 2011:

[Mike Scott]

Plus box sets of "Silver Screen" (LE 240) and Metallic "Silver Screen" (LE 12).

[Hepcat]

Here are four more Funko Wacky Wobblers that appeal strongly to much of the membership of this board:

[Mike Scott]

This series also had THE FLY and 3 robots (Robbie, Gort and Metro/Maria).

[Mord]

 Those are some of the best Funko pieces. Love that Saucerman. They made some variants. I'm fond of the original green and the reddish one (like the color, behind-the-scenes photoz).

[Mike Scott]

Those are some of the best Funko pieces. They made some variants.

It wouldn't be Funko, without variants. 

[Mord]

It wouldn't be Funko, without variants. 

In this case, the reddish one makes sense. That's the real color, as revealed by behind the scenes photos. The green one is like the posters/lobby cards. All we need is a silver screen one and (maybe) glow version. I'm not really craving a fuschia or purple variant.

[marsattacks666]

Years ago I was able to purchase Gort, Robby, Mars Alien, Frankenstein,  Creature, Rat Fink and Invasion of....
I could never find any variants. There is a Universal Monster set in round containers, also. Does anyone have photo of those?

[Mord]

Years ago I was able to purchase Gort, Robby, Mars Alien, Frankenstein,  Creature, Rat Fink and Invasion of....
I could never find any variants. There is a Universal Monster set in round containers, also. Does anyone have photo of those?

Those are a different series. They're called "Funko Force" ( not bobbles). I got a set for Chrismas. You can find them reasobly price on eBay ( except Creech... He fetches around a hundred).

[Monsters For Sale]

Years ago I was able to purchase Gort, Robby, Mars Alien, Frankenstein,  Creature, Rat Fink and Invasion of....
I could never find any variants. There is a Universal Monster set in round containers, also. Does anyone have photo of those?

Those are the Funko Force figures with regular heads.  This was the FranK

[marsattacks666]

Thanks, Mord and MFS. I did find the all four and sold Dr. Acula and Wolfy. When these four were released, I grabbed all of them.

There is a complete set being sold on eBAY for over 300 dollars. Yikes!

[Mike Scott]

They're called "Funko Force" ( not bobbles).

And, of course, there are variants. B/W, metallic, maybe glow and some really limited ones.

[Hepcat]

And of course there's still the longstanding question as to whether any monster fan's Wacky Wobbler collection is complete without the Harvey Comics figures:



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