FRANKENSTEIN

Back in my childhood, when all kids where pretty excited about Spiderman or the Power Rangers and admired theyr power and theyr coolnes, i felt exactly the same admiration and excitment about Dracula, Frankesntein Monster, the Mummy, the Wolfman and the Creature from the Black Lagoon. I dont know if it was unnusual but the Monsters were my favorite characters and of course i had lots of books and small toys about them.

I didnt pay attention to them since i turned gamer and otaku soo i didnt notice about this good looking figures Sideshows made years ago. And to be honest, i still like them a lot since they embody all that is macabre and nostalgic.

The Frankestein monster was always one of the worst nightmares of my grandmother, tough i never knew why people fear of him. Even when i was kid, he didnt scare me much. Karloff acting wasnt scary or disturbing (like Max Shreck´s Nosferatu) but it was sad and tragic. I guess this is why this character was soo memorable in the horror history.

I was pretty lucky(again) to find him extremelly cheap and in mint condition. Unlike the Nosferatu, his box is a little old but in pretty good shape and i am glad, since the box is one of my favorite part. Sideshows splattered a lot of the Frankenstein movie still around it and added the cast list and credits inside the flap. This is pretty awesome since it makes it feel i am getting a piece of the movie and not just a toy. And the cover flap is the original poster used back in the 1920s for teathers.

I guess i dont have to say anything about how awesome and cool is this poster art. It trully shine as a piece of art.

Inside the box, the monster looked pretty boring but once out of it and in a clsoe look hes pretty damn good. His articulations are working perfectly and are less restricted than Nosferatu´s articulations. Also, unlike the vampyre, this monster can stand on his own (even with his tall nature) and dosnt need a base at all. Sadly, his head only can move from life to rigth and cant move up and down. This mean he can only be posed looking upward.

His outfir is extremelly simple and the colors are correct and he fabric is ligh and flexible. He comes with a totally useless base that looks like a stone floor piece and the flowers from the scene with the little Maria. Its pretty odd that such insignificant plants are responsiblle of the death of a little girl.

He also comes with the chains Fritz uses to restrain him on the cellar of the tower. This chains add a lot to the monster´s simple look and add a big dramatic effect. The other accesory is the Disfunctio Cerebri or Abnormal Brain wich comes inside a crystal jar with a pretty cool and vintage sticker. The brain can be taken out and is pretty realistic and detailed.

The sculpt is made by Oluf W. Hartvigson and is as good as the Nosferatu one. The texture on the skin and colors are much more clean and simple than Nosferatu sculpt and the hands are sculpted in a pretty dramatic style. My favorite part is how the tips of the fingers are painted in a darker green soo they looks like they are rotting, and the eyes as well, they are yellow and red and they looks like they are looking at the emptyness. Thats a great touch and fits pretty nicelly for a creature that has never been alive.

This is a great figure and i think is the best one of this character after the obsenelly expensive Premium Format statue.