CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON

Almost a decade ago Diamond Select had the licence of the Universal Monster and i think that was the very last time any company give any attention to this characters since they release an action figures serires full with ups and downs, Mego style retro dolls and mini-mates, but they also release a small collection of banks that act as bust as well.

The very first ones i got were the Bride of Frankenstein and the Wolfman but i knew the one i wanted the most: the Creature From the Black Lagoon. It wasnt easy or cheap to get him and i only saw him once but it was worth all the hard work. He is as tall as the action figures and can stand perfectly, with the slit on his back and the tiny door under him very well hidden, he seems to be in scale with the Wolfman since he is portrayed from the waist up.

Unlike the Wolfman, he is not articulated tough his pose is very similar, with claws in front triying to catch a prey in front, tough he is standing tall and not hunched and stalking. The sculpt is really really good, with a lots of details on the scales and his claws, specially his claws, with his finds in between his fingers and the kind of suction cup structures on the palm of his hands, this figure helps a lot to find out structure details of the character.

His face have the same amount of details, with open mouth and natural looking greens, his head have the rigth proportions too and looks great from a side point of view, pretty good compared with the poor first version of the Creature they did.

He is coming out from the water to give him a much more spectacular look, the water move around his lower body in a mix of soft blues and white. I wish tough this section was made with tranparent plastic to make it looks more realistic but maybe that would had been troublesome for the structure of the bank

I really dont know wich one i like the most, this one or the Wolfman, both looks really amazing and complement each other perfectly, looking more like art sculpture than bank. I was soo impresed with this pair that when i saw the Frankenstein Monster, i wasnt impresed with him, wich now i regret not getting him but anyway, this small colection would be forever incomplete anyway, since Diamond didnt release the Mummy or Dracula for some unknown reasons.