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THE CREATURE

Creature from the Black Lagoon by EMCE /Diamond Select Toys

USA Today’s feature on Toyfair 2012 contained this little nugget:

The Universal Monsters toy coming from Diamond Select look, dare we say, scary good. There’s a new wave of 8-inch Retro Cloth action figures including Creature from the Black Lagoon and Bride of Frankenstein, 7-inch figures the Invisible Man, the Phantom of the Opera and the Metaluna Mutant (from This Island Earth), and Minimates based on “The Mummy” and “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” Here is the boxed set of “The Mummy” figures, with the Mummy, Princess Anck Es En Amon, the Mummy’s Sarcophagus and the set-exclusive Helen Grosvenor.

That’s right an 8″ Creature from the Black Lagoon is coming (the one pictured above is the prototype, we changed it after Toy Fair)

2012 is going to be expensive.

Thanks to Paul at lasermego for the tip

palitoy

AKA Brian. Curator/helper monkey on the Mego Museum. Webmaster/Creator of Plaidstallions.com . President (and sole employee) of Odeon Toys. Freelance pop culture writer, toy historian and author of the book "Rack Toys: Cheap, Crazed Playthings" which is now available. Shoe size is 15 wide.