CRAZYHAZY said:
Hi mate that play set is awesome...I've been following and researching the mini monsters with great interest. The sculpt and the likeness of the charachters are exceptional imo. I have all six in loose form they display great with my SW figs. They are mint with the exception of Frankie. The dreaded nose rub. I've read that phantoms cloak has to types of vinyl cloak. One the same as Dracula ( in black) and a smoother one. Is this the case? . My phantom seems to be the smoother version. Can you check your non glow and glow to see if they do in fact differ. Just hoping mine is not a repro. Cheers for sharing mate
Nice to know there are more of these Remco monster collectors on here and I agree with you on how good the sculpts look on these.
Looking at the two loose Phantoms and one sealed moc one I have, they all have the same style of cape which has a heavy crosshatch texture to both sides. None of them are smooth but it's interesting that the texture is on both side and it's the same as the texture on the inside of Dracula's (the red side). These Phantom capes feel quite different to Dracula's cape as well, almost slightly crispy as apposed to feeling soft like Dracula's (which also feels the same as SW figure capes).
I've never heard of Phantom having a smooth cape but that doesn't mean that he necessarily doesn't. I'll ask around on the Remco FB group to see what people think. Also you're right about the 9" figures being released by Ideal in the UK and I just thought the 3.75 ones were also released over here due to seeing them for sale on the UK eBay over the years but I should double check that to be sure. I do have two Remco Frankenstein 9" boxes (but only one figure), and one is complete with the ring, patch and paperwork. I also have a spare non-glow 3.75 Frankenstein that's pretty mint if you're ever in the market for an upgrade.
I must admit that I don't ever remember seeing these for sale back when they were released but I've always liked the look of them since I discovered them. That's great that you had a Mummy growing up, I would have loved one.
Ian