DRACULA

Soo, i was full of doubts over this one, but in the end i get Dracula from the Sideshows 12″ series.

While the figures is in perfect condition, the box really shows this is pretty old collectible. It was repaired and i am keeping it gladlly, i love that awesome Dracula poster replica in the cover. Liek the rest of the series, the box is full of stills of the film and the credits inside the flap.

Now the figures. Its pretty good looking. Articulations are working pretty good and his white-tie and tails es nicelly detailed. The vest, the medallion, the white shirt underneat and the cape are pretty cool. Specially the cape since is made with high quality material and allows a lot of dramatical poses without making him lose balance.

His face is a really neat sculp of Lugosi but i really think they could use another face expression. While the pale color with the redish cheeks and forehead are close to the source material (like the poster), those elements combined with that smile of him makes him ooks kinda silly.

I would have expected him to looks evil, fierce or menacing but he is actually a little friendlly looking.

This is why i wasnt sure about him…is not Sideshows fault, but the original design of the character. Along side Nosferatu, the Monster and his bride, the Wolfman and the Phantom of the Opera; Dracula looks pretty boring and human looking…

But thats the nature of the character, soo it cant be helped. Sideshows did a great job detailing his entire costume and face (i love those wrinkles under his eyes and the metalic chain on his vest).

Where Sideshows lets us see a lot of lazynes is on the accesoryes. I think this are the worst from all the figures. He comes with the useless stone base, a couple of rats and a vampire bat. The rats are rescycled from Nosferatu and i cant belvie they didnt were able to sculpt new ones! And the bat is the saddest thing since the poor thing have no base to fly around Dracula and cant stand on his own either, soo hes doomed to stay on the floor like some kind of awkard plane that just crashed.

As boring as he looks, hes sctill a mythical icon, not only as a character, but his design is also as classic as the book inspired this movie. This is the last of my collection tough, since the Mummy and the Creature from the Black Lagoon are EXPENSIVE beyond any logic.