The moment he premiered in Nightmare On Elm Street the disfigured, burned face, fedora wearing, red and black stripe shirt wearing and razor glove brandishing Freddy Krueger became a modern horror classic.
Sideshow Collectibles created a 12-inch action figure of Freddy that has become a much sought after classic.
This is the first Freddy Krueger 12-inch figure produced by Sideshow. More would follow.
Freddy comes packaged in a flip lid box with a full color photo of Freddy’s face on the cover partially hidden by the four blades of his gloved hand.
Inside Freddy is safe and sound in his plastic form-fitting cocoon and tie down wire straps and is seen behind a clear plastic sheet of plastic for viewing (or protection from Freddy!). A single sheet of tissue paper protects the plastic sheet.
The fully articulated, 12-inch Freddy Krueger figure looks as horrific as its namesake does.
The face of the figure looks like all of its skin has been burnt off exposing the raw musculature underneath.
Freddy leers maniacally with his small craggy teeth all exposed.
His leer pulls at the flesh of his face giving it a twisted, taunt look.
The nose is bent down and slightly crooked and Freddy’s eyes stare menacingly from deep inside his swollen fleshy deep eye sockets.
His bald skull is scarred and winkled with scars and burnt flesh. Both ears are little more that flesh attached to bone and muscle.
The scarring extends down to his neck and chest.
The figure wears a broad red and black strip shirt that is frayed at the bottom and wrists. It hangs loosely on the figure and hugs Freddy neck at the top.
He wears dark brown trousers and black, laced shoes.
The left hand of Freddy is bare and shows scars and bony with little flesh and muscle covering the bones.
His right hand wears his black glove with long silver blades on each finger. Freddy's flesh shows through the palm of the glove.
Included with the figure is his dark brown and worn fedora hat.
The figure’s sculpt is nicely done with careful attention given to Freddy’s frightening features and scarred hands and neck. Color application recreates the burnt and scarred coloring of Freddy’s face and body and the silver application to the blades emulate real steel.
Clothing stitching is precise and in scale. The clothing falls naturally over the figure and moves smoothly and easily over the figure when it is posed.
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