When Sideshow Collectibles, then Sideshow Toys, first began producing collectible figures it was of the 9-inch fully articulated type.
The first wave of figures were toys fashioned after the classic Universal Studios movie monsters made famous in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.
Three of the figures: Ygor, Dracula and The Invisible Man are the subjects of my review in this article.
As with all of Sideshow’s 9-inch figures the details are incredible.
Actor Bela Lugosi is primarily associated with the ficitonal character he created for the Silver Screen: Dracula.
But, he also played several other Universal Monsters movie characters, one which was Ygor in the film Son Of Frankenstein.
Lugosi was barely recognizable as the character and Sideshow Toys (Collectibles) captured his altered likeness to perfection.
The Ygor figure wears a long sleeve, green, loose fitting shirt with laces instead of buttons down the front.
Over it he wears a full body brown apron with two shoulder straps.
His twisted, contorted body prods the shirt around the shoulders and right arm.
Under the apron he wears a pair of dark brown pants. He also wears a pair of dark brown wingtip shoes.
Around his waist is a wide brown belt with an oversize buckle and riveted hardback piece of leather to hold his tools that includes large pincher/pliers and straight handle scissors.
Also included is a rope wrapped wooden torch and a special stone pedestal to stand the figure on.
Ygor's face is slightly puffy with a heavy brow and small beady eyes, a misshapen mouth with oversize incisors and dark brown hair than covers most of his ears and a full brown beard.
His hands look gnarled with their long fingers and are positioned to hold any of his accessories.
His apron is made of real cloth, wrinkle and fold sculpt work looks realistic and color separation and variation is clean and lifelike.
Of the three figures The Invisible Man is the most detailed and elaborate, especially where it concerns the sculpt and coloring.
The Invisible Man’s head is wrapped in bandages and he wears a pair of wraparound shades.
His neck is covered by a large white scarf that tucks into a burgundy with deep yellow and blue checkered lapel, cuffs and waist belt, black tipped twin pockets, a chest pocket housecoat with a white handkerchief.
He wears a pair of light blue pajamas with cuffs that have wide blue and red vertical strips.
A pair of black loafers and white gloves makes up the rest of his wardrobe.
Included with the figure are three notebooks: two brown and on a deep green, a clear plastic pop-on head and a base that emulates a wood and marble floor. A small tab sticks out that the figure’s foot can pop on to for stability.
The coloring application is amazing on the figure especially its wardrobe a subtle variation of pigments on the bandages and clothing folds.
The Dracula figure is the spitting image of Bela Lugosi, albeit in miniature.
Dracula’s slicked back black hair, dead white skin, heavy black eyebrows, deep and dark eyes, line face and sinister grin are all present.
The figure wears a white shirt with a button down collar, a white bowtie, a red cloth hanging silver medallion, a white with light gray strip vest, a formal two-tone black evening coat, loose black trousers and laced, black leather shoes.
In is coat pocket is a white handkerchief.
Dracula’s aged hands are posed much like the movie version: one slightly closed, the other with finger pointing.
Included with the figure is a stone base with stand assist tab, a Dracula nameplate, a real cloth black cape with gray interior and a cape drawstring.
A large black bat with its wings open and clear plastic stick for holding it completes the set.
All of the figure come in standalone/hanging display container with clear plastic figure and accessory cocoons and full view clear plastic fronts.
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