Amoktime releasing their own horror figures

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It's a weird construction on the regular body - I got to see it a bit better with the broken shoulder. There's still a ball with a post that is inserted into a slot on the torso (instead of a hole), and then it looks like a clip holds the spring to the shoulder post. It's tight enough on the 12" figures that you can't really pull the arm away from the body too much, but the post can move forward and back inside the slot, allowing the arms to move forward a bit on the torso.

The 8" bodies don't have posts, but the spring attaches right to the ball, much more like the old Best of the West figures.
 
Gort and Klaatu were waiting for me when I got home today... both are great figures. Paint work on Klaatu is definitely a bit under par for current figures... but still not bad and not at all distracting. But the set together looks really phenomenal. My batteries are dead, but once they are charged I'll put up some pics... but pretty much looks just like Michael's review.
 
Here's a few pics of the figures and one with the Metaluna Mutant :rock

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The paint on Klaatu looks pretty good to me. BTW, I think Gort could take the Metaluna Mutant in a smackdown.
 
The paint on Klaatu looks pretty good to me. BTW, I think Gort could take the Metaluna Mutant in a smackdown.

Yeah, I think Gort would definitely prevail in a one on one.

And the paint work isn't bad... just fairly basic. No gloss on the eyes or lips... so its a bit plain looking. Still, its not bad by any means, just about on par with stuff from 5 years ago.
 
alright, i'm gonna say it.... I prefer the lack of gloss and the lack of pink eye.

*waits to get beat up*
 
Amoktime 12inch Vintage Horror Actors figures I want:

Basil Rathbone

Bela Lugosi

Ben Chapman

Claude Rains

Colin Clive

Dwight Frye

Edward Van Sloan

Elsa Lanchester

Ernest Thesiger

Gloria Holden

Henry Hull

June Lockhart

Lon Chaney Sr

Lon Chaney Jr

Regis Parton

Ricou Browning

Just to name a few.:D

I am sure there are many more we would love to see get made.

Please Note: I did not put Vincent Price on this list only because Amoktime is already making statues of him.

Boris Karloff 12 inch IN THE WORKS!!!!!!!:chew:chew:chew
 
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Really, you don't think gloss coat on eyes looks better? That's okay, you are crazy... but that is your right :lol

I'm cool with gloss on the eyes, just not pink eye... I've only got one HT fig, so i don't know if they're all this way, but there's no gloss on the lips and no pink in the eye, just gloss. Looks fantastic :)
 
I think they are just telling you that because the shipping price was different, they have to get your approval before they can ship.
Thanks for your response Michael. I still don't know what that email was about, because they debited my card a week ago. Now I get an email telling me I'm getting a box load of figures, just missing the Teenage Werewolf. Must be out of them for some reason. I find that strange, seeing as I ordered all these figures when they were announced, and they are supposed to have been in stock. Even says so on their site. Just annoys me that I'll be having to pay more shipping now. At least I have a tracking number.

I would have liked to get one of the saucermen, just don't think I need three of them. So for me it just the long wait for Blacula. Can't wait to see what Amoktime come up with in their next wave of announcements.
 
Thanks for your response Michael. I still don't know what that email was about, because they debited my card a week ago. Now I get an email telling me I'm getting a box load of figures, just missing the Teenage Werewolf. Must be out of them for some reason. I find that strange, seeing as I ordered all these figures when they were announced, and they are supposed to have been in stock. Even says so on their site. Just annoys me that I'll be having to pay more shipping now. At least I have a tracking number.

I would have liked to get one of the saucermen, just don't think I need three of them. So for me it just the long wait for Blacula. Can't wait to see what Amoktime come up with in their next wave of announcements.

Nah, what good is one Saucer Man? These guys came in packs, and with their dimunitive size, they look a lot better on the shelf as a group.
 
Thanks for your response Michael. I still don't know what that email was about, because they debited my card a week ago. Now I get an email telling me I'm getting a box load of figures, just missing the Teenage Werewolf. Must be out of them for some reason. I find that strange, seeing as I ordered all these figures when they were announced, and they are supposed to have been in stock. Even says so on their site. Just annoys me that I'll be having to pay more shipping now. At least I have a tracking number.

I would have liked to get one of the saucermen, just don't think I need three of them. So for me it just the long wait for Blacula. Can't wait to see what Amoktime come up with in their next wave of announcements.

How about these?:D

Basil Rathbone

Bela Lugosi

Ben Chapman

Claude Rains

Colin Clive

Dwight Frye

Edward Van Sloan

Elsa Lanchester

Ernest Thesiger

Gloria Holden

Henry Hull

June Lockhart

Lon Chaney Sr

Lon Chaney Jr

Regis Parton

Ricou Browning
 
I'm cool with gloss on the eyes, just not pink eye... I've only got one HT fig, so i don't know if they're all this way, but there's no gloss on the lips and no pink in the eye, just gloss. Looks fantastic :)

Gotcha... sometimes the gloss does seem to get mixed with a bit of pink or red which isn't so good. I'll probably gloss Klaatu's eyes, easy to do and will make him look better.
 
Just got my Rondo, Cemetary Zombie and Gort and Klaatu.

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Gort could have been better. I don't think he's worth the $75 they have him listed as a solo figure. The articulation being neck, shoulder, waist and ankle cut joints. They may just as well have not bothered with the joints at all. Mine doesn't sit uniformly at the waist joint. The arms aren't symetrical, in that one sits out further from the body than the other, and his legs seem to taper inwards, so that his feet don't sit flat on the surface. The pics on Amoktime's site has his feet splayed a little further apart than mine. The articulation does, however, allow for slight alteration to align these minor nits.

The packaging isn't all that bad on any of them. I hate twistie ties, and these aren't plastic covered, but at least on Gort they had a thin foam strapped onto the areas where the ties went. I don't see why they gave Klaatu a second head either, because his helmut fits on either one. The second head just has a slightly different hair do.

Haven't checked out the other two yet, but I can see the eyebrows on the coloured zombie head are grey, which they used for the B & W head. Someone messed up, because they are coloured on the Amoktime site. I'm not fond of the lining on the flaps of the outer suit coat pockets either. It detracts from the other wise uniform black look of the suit. Gives it a slight teddy boy look.

Rondo looks paler on Amoktimes site, and I can see the packaging has distorted both hats so that their brims have a dip both front and rear, where the clip holds them in place. I'll have to give these the hot water treatment to flatten them out.
 
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Your review of the Saucer men has me wanting them Michael. I am both intrigued and, by the description of the body, filled with intrepidation. No I can't get them. I need to get the new Enterbay Bruce. We'll see how things pan out after that.
 
I hope Amok Time isn't afraid to branch out and do more recent cult classics. Maybe when the ball gets rolling they'll try for some more expensive licensing. I'd like to see them tackle something like Big Trouble in Little China--I think we'd see some quality product.
 
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