CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON

It took me a year but i finally found the Creature from the Black Lagoon figure from Mezco. He was on the most unexpected place and at a very nice price as well considering this guy is not being produced anymore.

A year ago i got the Mummy from this same series and i was surprised how much i liked him, with his basic painting and limited articulations, he was still a pretty cool and macabre toy to display soo i was pretty hyped by the Gillman.

The Creature is really big and pretty heavy as well, he is Play Arts Kai sizeand have a pretty sharp and detailed sculpt, with the different plattes covering his skin and the scally texture both skulpted and painted. The gills on his head are specially impresive looking.

The paint is good, really basic but vibrant and effective (like the Mummy) with an intense green covering his body and yellows on his claws and softer greens on his fins. His eyes are perfectly painted even with theyr small size.

His articulations are more limited than the Mummy tough, wich is a big surprise. He can move his  chest, anklees, wrists, elbows and shoulders but the head is not articulated. Somehow he cant pull off as many poses as the Mummy can, wich is pretty odd given hes supposed to be a more action oriented character.

Thanks to his lack of articulations on his legs and the huge feet, he can stand perfectly.

This is not film accurate figure, is totally re-designed to make him looks more stylish and cartoony and the new touch of Mezco is really good. His body is lean and aerodynamic and his upper torso is big and muscly, his face features are nicelly similar to the design of the movie and my favorite details are his claws and feet. They are HUGE and totally intimidating.

This guy looks like a real predator with those razor sharp claws.

I hope at some point i can put my hands on Mezco´s version of the Frankenstein Monster since he looks pretty damn impresive as well but i hope Mezco also contine produce this line. Its been years since they started it and theres still no Dracula, Wolfman or Bride prototypes and thats pretty odd.