NECA HAS OBTAINED UNIVERSAL MONSTERS!!!!

[John Pertwee]

NECA announced The Phantom will be shipping in the coming weeks, whatever that means.

[Lazarus]

I'm hoping the Ultimate Fiend that's coming up does well, so they'll maybe do a red robed version.  I'd definitely add a Crimson Ghost ultimate to the collection.

[Count Zachula]

NECA announced The Phantom will be shipping in the coming weeks, whatever that means.

Really? A lot of online retailers still say August or September.  The Bride is slated to come out before that I think.

[Anton Phibes]

They're all done and floating around the ocean or backed up at port(s). Whatever gets unloaded first is what we will see first. At least that's what a little birdie told me anyway.

[MonsterBaker666]

It's nice to know little birdies.   Thanks for sharing their tweets.

[Count Zachula]

Awesome! I'm actually super stoked for the Phantom figure, probably the best looking one out there!

Just waiting on the Nosferatu and LAM figure releases to be announced!

[TheMadScientist]

I might be one of the few collecting the TMNT/Universal Monsters figures as well, but I'm hoping for info on the next one in that line. Would be irritating if they stopped now, without Dracula, Wolfman or CFTBL crossovers...

Dracula/Shredder seems obvious, and I've heard rumors of Creature being a crossover with "Tokka" and Wolfman a crossover with "Rahzar". I'm not too familiar with those two, but I looked them up and it seems like they'd fit.

[Anton Phibes]

A buddy of mine owns an independent specialty shop. He is fearful that a half dozen figures are gonna drop on his doorstep all at once,lol. I told him I heard Bride was next, he said he heard Creature, and NECA just posted that Phantom tease on FB. So it's anybody's guess I reckon.

As for TMNT UM....I think they will milk that cow all the way and you will get what you want. TMNT is one of their biggest money makers right now, and I have heard that Universal is well received by "normies" and not just us "monster kids".

I hope we get some of the lesser known cool ghouls like Werewolf of London and Chaney Kharis.

[fearliath]

I might be one of the few collecting the TMNT/Universal Monsters figures as well, but I'm hoping for info on the next one in that line. Would be irritating if they stopped now, without Dracula, Wolfman or CFTBL crossovers...

Dracula/Shredder seems obvious, and I've heard rumors of Creature being a crossover with "Tokka" and Wolfman a crossover with "Rahzar". I'm not too familiar with those two, but I looked them up and it seems like they'd fit.

I tried to resist buying the Turtle Crossovers so hard. I picked them up and put them back on the shelf more time then I could count. I just don't want to store them... then I saw the pictures of that Casey Jones Phantom and I bought them all (but I still don't have the Invisible Man, haven't seen it yet).

I really loved the Turtles when I was a kid and I would be pretty happy if they ended up using Tokka & Rahzar for CFBL & Wolfman (and Dracula Shredder) . They'd be perfect. And then I hope they stop because I don't want to buy anymore. Problem is off the top of my head I can think of several other monster/Turtles movie mashups that would work pretty well.

[Count Zachula]

I might be one of the few collecting the TMNT/Universal Monsters figures as well, but I'm hoping for info on the next one in that line. Would be irritating if they stopped now, without Dracula, Wolfman or CFTBL crossovers...

Dracula/Shredder seems obvious, and I've heard rumors of Creature being a crossover with "Tokka" and Wolfman a crossover with "Rahzar". I'm not too familiar with those two, but I looked them up and it seems like they'd fit.

That would be pretty cool and I would likely buy the Tokka and Rahzar figures...I have the movie ones they did already and they're two of my favorite figures NECA ever produced...

[Lazarus]

Tokka and Rahzar would be interesting.

I'm really pleased with the Immediate future of the line.  Hoping we'll see at least what the Sideshow 8" line gave us.  I'm still hoping for an Invisible Man in the pajamas, Masque of the Red Death Phantom, Mole Man, and maybe a Renfield or a Van Helsing.

[MonsterBaker666]

Big Bad Toy Store lists the release dates for these Universal Monsters figures as:

The Bride Of Frankenstein (color) - May 2023
The Phantom Of The Opera (color) - August 2023
The Creature From The Black Lagoon (color) - August 2023

In the past they've gotten their figures about a month after the release dates they've had listed. 

[Anton Phibes]

I'm inclined to believe Bride to have a starting to show up date around  June 6th , barring any incident.  At least with the small mom and pop shops.

[Lazarus]

Always happy to have a new monster to hunt.  And we can't miss the Bride, can we?

[MonsterBaker666]

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