For the love of AHI Monsters...

[IC4CHAMBERS]

There are certainly a lot of subtle variations on almost every AHI you find.  I was working on collecting all the major variations...here's an interesting Frankenstein:

I've seen this particular head several times.  It is on a version "A" body with rivet joints, green forearms and hands, palms down.

Andy
  I like that version.Is that the one they consider the "Asian " version

[poseablemonster]

Andy
  I like that version.Is that the one they consider the "Asian " version

Yes, that is the one. 

[raycastile]

Here is my AHI Frank page from the Gallery of Monster Toys.

http://thegalleryofmonstertoys.com/70swing/ahifrankenstein.html

Here are the Franks on that page:

[gracebuster]

Okay, this is so cool. Like Don Post, it sems thtathese dealers were not concerned with the minutia and figured NOBODY would notice. LOL
They didn't realize that they were "infecting" us with a monster bug that would last 30 plus years!
I concur that they moved form factory to factory and supplier to supplier, probalbly in an effort to run out on payments. (unlike Don Post)
Based on Ray's brief conversation, I would guess that these guys were figuring he was pretending to be a "collector" when they thought he was a bill collector!

Surely these guys were rip off artists who had very little concerns for legality. Generally someone is Shifty in all aspects of thier lives, not just one!

Of course it's all conjecture!

[1975]

Surely these guys were rip off artists who had very little concerns for legality. Generally someone is Shifty in all aspects of thier lives, not just one!

They ripped off a lot of ideas by the looks of things but from what I have heard the folks at AHI were good business people. The Azraks do good business to this day with children's pajamas and all sorts of things like tissue holders.

[roheimiana]

Like others, I'm intrigued by the endless variations amongst AHI Franks. In fact, I keep buying these great little guys because every one of them I have has been a little bit different:



I'm sure that different production runs, a slap-dash painting method, the amount of play-wear et cetera accounts for most of these variations. In addition, I think the two Type "B"s shown here are especially instructive. The head on the guy second from the left is absolutely larger (not just taller) than the one on the right which makes me suspect that either different molds or different degrees of shrinkage in the manufacturing process were involved. Note also how minor variations (one chin which bends to the left and the other to the right) give them a different character.

Those of you who collect masks know that thin pours can appear very different depending on how they are worn or stuffed. I think the same thing is true of AHIs, except in this case the difference is permanent. Vive la difference!

[raycastile]

The Frank second from the left appears to have a Mego body.  The jacket and boots do not appear to be AHI.

[roheimiana]

Right. That Frank has a hybrid body... bits and pieces from everywhere. Sorry if this distracted you -- my focus was on the heads.

[Mego73]

This is interesting stuff. I never knew there were so many variations on AHI figures. I really like the smaller head sculpt that appears to be completely different than the Aurora sculpt they obviously used for most heads.

[CULT of FRANKENSTEIN]

This is interesting stuff. I never knew there were so many variations on AHI figures. I really like the smaller head sculpt that appears to be completely different than the Aurora sculpt they obviously used for most heads.

That's the fun of collecting AHI, the dfferent variants. So many to choose. It may break a wallet. lOl

[Monolith]

Check this out-I saw this at a flea market recently. It was a bronze box. Looks like the artist pushed an AHI Frankie's face into it to make it.
I didn't ask how much it was because everything this seller has had in the past was really expensive.

[mightyquinn]

Nice catch.  That's a face you don't forget.

[Type3Toys]

I love all those little sweeties!  Each one has its own personality.  No two AHIs are exactly alike. 

Bobby, you have "intrigued" me (as Terry likes to say) with that lower middle Frankie.  I have never seen that head before.  Very slender and Karloffian, much more so than any other AHI Frank head I've seen.

I have never seen that sculpt before, but it is one of the best I have ever seen.

[marsattacks666]

AHI images are everywhere. That bronze box is extremely WEIRD, different and fantasic.
It's not everyday a person comes across a Frankenstein image on a bronz box.

[CULT of FRANKENSTEIN]

Like others, I'm intrigued by the endless variations amongst AHI Franks. In fact, I keep buying these great little guys because every one of them I have has been a little bit different:



I'm sure that different production runs, a slap-dash painting method, the amount of play-wear et cetera accounts for most of these variations. In addition, I think the two Type "B"s shown here are especially instructive. The head on the guy second from the left is absolutely larger (not just taller) than the one on the right which makes me suspect that either different molds or different degrees of shrinkage in the manufacturing process were involved. Note also how minor variations (one chin which bends to the left and the other to the right) give them a different character.

Those of you who collect masks know that thin pours can appear very different depending on how they are worn or stuffed. I think the same thing is true of AHIs, except in this case the difference is permanent. Vive la difference!

sweet!