It's ALLLIIIVVVVEEE! Frankenstein's Monster Toilet Paper Tubes! :: Countdown to Halloween 2014

My intern and her mommy have been doing all sorts of fun Halloween themed crafts to prepare for the upcoming holiday festivities. Here they made Frankenstein's monster out of toilet paper tubes, screws, and some googly eyes. Haunting!

Let's Be Frank! Real Ghostbusters Frankenstein's Monster :: Countdown to Halloween 2014

This jolly green fellow here is the 'Real Ghostbusters' version of Frankenstein's Monster.

I was never into The Real Ghostbusters action figure line as a kid, and am not really into it now. There were too few movie relevant characters (like Stay Puft) and far too many oddball ceations, like this no-quite-Universal-Monsters Frankenstein. That said, they do have their charms, but they don't really show up all that often on the secondary market (aka the flea market and garage sales I frequent.)

But I found Franklin here at the flea market a few weeks ago and had to have him for my Countdown to Halloween!

The Real Ghostbusters figures all seemed to have overly goofy action features. When you squeeze Frank's legs together his jaw opens and his arms raise up. Horrifying!

He kind of looks like Richard Moll, who played Bull Shannon on Night Court.

Frankenstein's Michaelangelo :: Countdown to Halloween 2012

"RRraanngggnnggRRaannggGGrraaannNNaaaGGHH...dudes!"

Okay, now this is just too ridiculous! Michaelangelo as Frankenstein's Monster.

Maybe this could happen if Krang kidnapped Mikey and forced him to undergo some sort of brain transfer experiment or something with...aw who am I kidding. This one is just silly.

Silly but fun. Frankenstein's Michaelangelo comes with an ankle shackle stuck to as piece of wall, a torch, a bubbling vial and a bolt/chain nunchaku.

"Frrrieeennnd? Piiizzzaaa? Bosssannnoooovvvvaaaa?"

His eyes, teeth, nails stitches and bolts all glow.

Upcoming Lego Themes!

I've already reported about the upcoming Lord of the Rings themed Lego sets, and we all know about the Avengers themed sets due for release this summer (when the big blockbuster hits I assume,) but I was quite pleasantly surprised to learn about Universal Monsters themed sets coming soon!

EDIT: Actually, it appears these will be part of a new series called 'Monster Fighters,' and sound like they will be a Monster themed Ninjago-esque series. Cool!

And here's your first look at the Fellowship of the Ring. These look like so much fun!

Finally here's The Incredible Hulk and Captain America from the Avengers releases coming this year. The thought of Marvel vs. DC battles that can be created and waged in Lego form has me all giddy!

Info from London's Toy Fair 2012 via That Figures via ComicBookMovie.com