{"id":15460,"date":"2011-11-16T10:25:51","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T16:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=15460"},"modified":"2011-11-22T02:58:23","modified_gmt":"2011-11-22T08:58:23","slug":"vault-review-diamond-selects-frankenstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=15460","title":{"rendered":"Vault Review: Diamond
Select’s Frankenstein"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Another Halloween has come and past, which means another wave of Universal Monsters figures and Minimates from Diamond Select.\u00a0 I\u2019m starting off with Frankenstein because I have a particular annoyance with his figure and I want to get him out of the way.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure who\u2019s the more popular monster, but it\u2019s got to be between Dracula and Frankenstein right?\u00a0 (Personally, it\u2019s the Wolf Man for me.)\u00a0 So I found it pretty interesting that Diamond Select put them both out in the same wave.\u00a0 I have an idea as to why they might have done this, but you\u2019ll have to wait for my Dracula review for more on that.<\/p>\n

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Like last year, these figures are being released in both comic shops and at Toys R Us.\u00a0 The biggest difference between the two Frankensteins is that the TRU version comes with a small base of a brick floor and the beginning of a flight of stairs, while the comic shop version comes with the table that he was brought to life on.\u00a0 The figures themselves have the same sculpt, but the comic shop Frank is dry washed to look bloody on his hands and face, while the TRU version only looks dirty.<\/p>\n

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Like all the DST Monsters so far, Frankenstein\u2019s sculpt is pretty great.\u00a0 The sculptor did a fantastic job of capturing Boris Karloff\u2019s likeness.\u00a0 Interestingly, they went with the sadder look on his face instead of the annoyed look.\u00a0 Personally I would have preferred the annoyed face, but only because Frank looks a bit morose on the shelf.<\/p>\n

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The rest of the figure\u2019s body was sculpted as detailed as the face, but it\u2019s mostly a suit coat and pants so it\u2019s also much more plain.\u00a0 Both coat and pants have a ton of wrinkles though, and both were sculpted to look a bit short at his ankles and forearms.\u00a0 The forearms themselves were given the proper cut marks at the wrists, while the left arm has a metal band that runs down to just past his wrist.\u00a0 I never noticed this little piece in the movie, but it was sure enough there when I looked up his pictures.\u00a0 So kudos on that.<\/p>\n

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Frank\u2019s paint job is also pretty good.\u00a0 Most of him was molded in its proper color, so the majority of his paint work comes from the details.\u00a0 Like his skin, his clothes have also been dry washed.\u00a0 But the details here make them look dirty and worn instead of bloody.\u00a0 Frankenstein\u2019s huge clunky boots have been brushed with both light and dark brown, giving them a scuffed up metallic look.\u00a0 Continue to page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Based on last year\u2019s figures, I knew not to expect a super articulated toy.\u00a0 But I was still disappointed.\u00a0 Frank has a ball jointed head that can only look down, not up.\u00a0 Then his shoulders, wrists, and ankles are all swivel joints, and that is all.\u00a0 This makes him even less articulated than last year\u2019s non-sleeping Mummy figure, which is really sad.\u00a0 I realize they were probably trying to preserve the sculpt, but this is a bit too far I think.\u00a0 All of last year\u2019s figures had swivel\/hinge or ball jointed shoulder, and I\u2019m really not sure why they couldn\u2019t do that here also.\u00a0 Sadly, because of his limited movement, Frank\u2019s only good for standing or lying on his table.\u00a0 I tried to pose him fighting with my Wolf Man figure, but it just looked like they were awkwardly dancing.<\/p>\n

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This version of Frank only comes with one accessory, his table.\u00a0 I was really surprised by just how large it is.\u00a0 It could definitely hold a bigger figure than this Frankenstein.\u00a0 There was also quite a bit of sculpted detail put into it with the various support bars and wheels underneath.\u00a0 Each piece is molded in brown and given a wash in silver scratches and a rusty red, which make it look very old and used.\u00a0 The bar at the middle will rotate, but the table itself doesn\u2019t move.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve got very mixed feelings about this figure.\u00a0 His sculpt and paint look great and l really love the table he comes with, but I feel like that\u2019s all balanced out by his horrible articulation.\u00a0 Only good for standing and laying, this figure\u2019s almost a statue.\u00a0 The TRU version of this figure is about $15, while the comic shop version is closer to $20.\u00a0 The extra five dollars is just paying for that table, so if you\u2019re not interested in it you should just pick Frank up at TRU.<\/p>\n

-Vault<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another Halloween has come and past, which means another wave of Universal Monsters figures and Minimates from Diamond Select.\u00a0 I\u2019m starting off with Frankenstein because I have a particular annoyance with his figure and I want to get him out of the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[34,10],"tags":[446,471,1272,718],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/frankTN.jpg?fit=50%2C50","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pObc6-41m","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16020,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=16020","url_meta":{"origin":15460,"position":0},"title":"Vault Review: Diamond Select Universal Monsters Dracula","date":"December 26, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Since my local toy watering holes aren\u2019t being cooperative, I\u2019m running a bit low on domestic toys to review.\u00a0 But I did uncover a couple of Diamond Select figures from my to-do pile.\u00a0 Today\u2019s review focuses on the retail version of their Universal Monsters\u2019 Dracula. 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We've got older toys I never knew existed courtesy of new addition Memories of ToyMorrow, Cool and Collected continues their King Kong barrage, and apparently IAT\u2019s the uncool kid on the block \u2013 I feel like the only guy not buying & reviewing Prometheus\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Reviews"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10069,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=10069","url_meta":{"origin":15460,"position":4},"title":"Vault Review: Diamond Select’s Wolfman","date":"November 8, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Even though Halloween is past, that doesn\u2019t mean we're down with our spooky figure reviews! I\u2019ve got one more of Diamond Select\u2019s Universal Monsters toys to look at. 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