In 1999 Elsa Lanchester, eponymous star of Universal Studios’ Bride of Frankenstein, received the action figure treatment courtesy of Sideshow Toy.

Over the last few weeks I’ve been taking a closer look at some of my favourite action figures, namely the Universal Studios Monsters collection released by Sideshow Toy between 1999 and 2001. The series featured 15 figures that paid homage to many of Universal’s iconic movie monsters — Frankenstein, The Wolf Man and The Mummy, to name  few … Continue reading Universal Studios Monsters: The Invisible Man action figure by Sideshow Toy (2000) →

Released by Universal Studios in 1956 The Mole People was one of the company’s less successful B-movies, and is all but forgotten today. However, it technically did feature a Universal movie monster so in 2000 it received the action figure treatment by Sideshow Toy.

Universal Studios Monsters was a collection of posable action figures released by Sideshow Toy between 1999 and 2001. The 15 figures in the collection featured realistic interpretations of some of Universal’s most iconic movie monsters, and the actors who portrayed them. Over the last few weeks I’ve been taking a closer look at the collection, … Continue reading Universal Studios Monsters: The Phantom of The Opera action figure by Sideshow Toy (1999) →

Universal Studios Monsters was a collection of 15 posable action figures released by Sideshow Toy between 1999 and 2001. The figures in the collection featured some of Universal Studios’ most iconic movie monsters from the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s. This week it’s the turn of Boris Karloff‘s creature from Son of Frankenstein, released by Universal … Continue reading Universal Studios Monsters: Son of Frankenstein action figure by Sideshow Toy (2000) →

Between 1999 and 2001 Sideshow Toy released 15 posable action figures based on some of Universal Studios most iconic movie monsters. This week I’ll be taking a closer look at the Metaluna Mutant taken from the film This Island Earth, released by Universal in 1955.

Over the last few weeks I’ve been taking a closer look at some of my favourite action figures, namely those from Sideshow Toy’s Universal Studios Monsters collection released between 1999 and 2001. This week it’s the turn of Henry Hull’s portrayal of Universal’s first cinematic wolf-man — Werewolf of London — released in 1935.

The silent era of Hollywood established some of cinema’s greatest legends — Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin are just some of the many names that spring to mind — but few thrilled (and flat-out terrified) those early audiences more than Lon Chaney, The Man of a Thousand Faces. In 2000 Sideshow Toy paid … Continue reading Universal Studios Monsters: The Hunchback of Notre Dame action figure by Sideshow Toy (2000) →

Boris Karloff’s classic interpretation of The Mummy received the action figure treatment from Sideshow Toy in 1999.

Universal Studios Monsters was a collection of 15 action figures released by Sideshow Toy between 1999 and 2001. The collection featured some of Universal Studios most iconic movie monsters — Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy and The Phantom of the Opera, to name but a few — and celebrated the actors who portrayed them. This week it’s … Continue reading Universal Studios Monsters: The Wolf Man action figure by Sideshow Toy (1999) →