Comments on: Classic Movie Monsters by Imperial Toy

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[...] When deciding what toy to feature for Halloween, we toy bloggers really become conflicted. There’s only so many times you can post pics of the Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy or any other variation of the Universal Monsters. [...]

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By: ShenaniTims

ShenaniTims — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:45:58 +0000

Frankenstein’s Monster oversized body made me think of David Byrne and his oversized suits. Now I’m gonna imagine the Monster dancing around, bumping into and breaking stuff, when I listen to the Talking Heads…

By: atombat

atombat — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:48:51 +0000

I have the Frankenstein’s “Monster” he has a great paint job on his face, the paints come of his giant hands though. I wouldn’t mind the Dracula.

By: Justin Gammon

Justin Gammon — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:32:36 +0000

Wow! You really know your stuntmen

Thanks for all the info. I’m glad you stumbled across this site.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:17:57 +0000

What makes the Mummy figure even more “weirdo” is the fact that you called him “the mummy’s stunt double”.
Well, guess what…the part of ‘Klaris’ in “Abbott & Costello meet the Mummy” was played by veteran stuntman Edwin “Eddie” Parker who actually was Lon Chaney Jr.’s stunt double in the Mummy movies!
He also stood in for Bela Lugosi when things got rough in “Frankenstein meets the Wolfman” & “Bride of the Monster”.
Heck, he even donned the pointy-eared cowl of Batman to battle the bad guys in the Caped Crusader’s very first serial appearance.
Wasn’t even his first appearance as a monster menacing comedians Bud & Lou…he was the bestial bearded & bushy-browed Mr. Hyde (who would have made a GREAT action figure as part of the set!) to Boris Karloff’s sinister Dr. Jekyll in “Abbott & Costello meet Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde”.

By: Justin Gammon

Justin Gammon — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:29:08 +0000

@ John Rozum & @ Jeff – Thanks for the Abbot & Costello info. It is great that this Mummy is from one of their movies. It makes him that much more “weirdo.”

I found this image online of the Mummy in action.
http://www.briansdriveintheater.com/comedy/abbottandcostello/aandc10.jpg

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:22:56 +0000

The mummy is definitely ‘Klaris, Prince of Evil’ from “Abbott & Costello meet the Mummy”, & Imperial probably chose it over the classic Kharis/Imhotep version because, let’s face it, that one looks like just some wrinkled old guy painted grey, & what little kid would want that?
Okay, well, yeah, anyone who would write in to here obviously…but still, it is the only action figure out there based specifically on one of the monsters from the Abbott & Costello horror comedies, & I for one applaud the fact that it even exists at all.

By: John

John — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:45:34 +0000

In addition, I remember these being sold in the bubble packaging as seen here or just loose with a tag stating official Universal Studios Monsters.

By: John

John — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:43:42 +0000

I have the Frankenstein. I also have the Imperial King Kong, plus the Imperial two headed Dragon. I used them against my 1983 Bandai Godzilla and Mecha-Godzilla.

@ Justin, the Universal Monsters your talking about were 3 and 3/4 Remco figures. They were scaled down versions of the 9 inch releases from the very late 1970′s. I believe the little ones came out in 1981 or so. I have the Haunted Mansion and the whole collection.