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. Continue reading Universal Studios Monsters: Metaluna Mutant action figure by Sideshow Toy (2000)
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. Continue reading Universal Studios Monsters: Werewolf of London action figure by Sideshow Toy (2000)
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 homage to the silent star with an action figure based on his indelible performance as Victor Hugo’s tormented protagonist Quasimodo — The Hunchback of Notre Dame. 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. Continue reading Universal Studios Monsters: The Mummy action figure by Sideshow Toy (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 the turn of the second figure from Series One of the collection: Lon Chaney, Jr’s The Wolf Man. Continue reading Universal Studios Monsters: The Wolf Man action figure by Sideshow Toy (1999)
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been rooting around in the Taint The Meat Vault of Movie Nostalgia (a.k.a. my attic) when I came across these excellent action figures based on Universal Studios range of classic movie monsters. Continue reading Universal Studios Monsters: Frankenstein action figure by Sideshow Toy (1999)
The Movie Art of Syd Mead, Visual Futurist is a new hardback art book celebrating the career of one of the film industry’s most distinctive and influential concept artists. Continue reading The Movie Art of Syd Mead, Visual Futurist (Titan Books, 2017)
