NEW Barnabas Collin Action Figure - 8" Mego-Style

[Cousin_Barnabas]

Hey everybody,

Guess who has just shown up at Toy Fair 2010...  That's right!  Barnabas Collins! 

http://toyfair10.asmzine.com/gallery/bif-bang-pow/slides/IMG_4281.html

He looks a lot like the 12" version, but this guy is supposed to be 8".  Hopefully this means more characters down the road.  No word yet on pricing or availability, at least that I can find. 

[Sara Monster]

It's slightly odd seeing an 8 inch action figure with all cloth attire like that.  (makes him look alittle short, imo)

That said, I'd LOVE too see more characters released. Only I've got the feeling the next line of DS-related figures will be of the Burton-Movie-versions.

[Cousin_Barnabas]

These "real clothes" figures are all the rage again.  They used to be popular in the '70s with companies like Mego producing the Universal Monsters and whatnot.  Recently, one company brought Star Trek back in this format and now a lot of companies are following in their footsteps.  I hope we get some more original series figures before the Burton movie comes along.  I mean everybody needs at least one Joan Bennett action figure in their collection!   

[michael c]

yes i'd love to see someone do that insane chartreuse caftan thing in eight inch scale.

[PennyDreadful]

Cool!

[KMR]

Love those flash-flood pants...   

[Gerard]

Imagine if they make more of our favorite DS characters, and then searching through the musty boxes in the basement and finding the old original GI Joes and Barbies and playing "Saturday Night at the Blue Whale."  One could even build a set with the Legos found in another musty box.  And if one found the 45 of "Quentin's Theme" and used the flip-side "#1 at the Blue Whale" played on the portable phonograph found stacked on a shelf... 

Gerard

[ClaudeNorth]

Mego's World's Greatest Super Heroes line were my favorite toys as a kid.  Mego made great action figures and very cool playsets to go with them.  I've often thought it would have been too cool if Mego had issued a line of DS action figures and playsets.  They were a major toy company in the 1970s -- legend has it that Mego was offered, but turned down, the licensing to produce Star Wars action figures -- and a line of DS figures would have been a great tie-in with the show's debut in syndication.

Maybe I'll finally get my wish...or at the very least, a Julia doll...

[Ronny G]

No word yet on pricing or availability, at least that I can find.

I so want this! I didn't get the other Barnanbas action figure that was released a few years ago because it was too big. I think the smaller action figures are more cool.

I found out a little more information from the Mego Talk forums. It will be released by EMCE Toys, and will be available for pre-order by Late summer - probably close to Labor Day according to their spokesperson. No word on pricing, but I checked out similar figures in their line, and they are in the $15-20 range.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Gee, that seems rather cheap. I would have expected the price to be about twice that. Not that I'm complaining that it might not be. 

[Miss_Winthrop]

I've got the 12" BC doll and would definitely be interested in the 8" version.  All this talk about the Blue Whale music has gotten me nostalgic to review the great scenes between Maggie and Joe at the Blue Whale during the time of their breakup.  I wish a DVD with just the various scenes at the Blue Whale and the music played on the juke box would get produced.  I think it would be a hit with our slightyly older DS fandom demographics.

[Cousin_Barnabas]

ANGELIQUE COMING SOON!

And Chris Jennings is an exclusive to SDCC!

http://www.spectretoy.com/product.html

[Cousin_Barnabas]

And more info on the NEW LINE:

http://w.hkwebcenters.com.hk/spectretoys/news.html

[Mary]

Does anybody know if they'll be selling these at the Fest?

[Midnite]

I want a werewolf Chris doll!

Thanks for the links, C_B.