Just picked up the NECA Zombo figure, the most handsome man in Hollywood California.
I feel for those who may have spent $100+ on the SDCC figure being sold online, this only cost me $35.
It’s a great figure and could work as an original Munsters (Louie Nye) or Rob Zombie Munsters (Jeff Daniel Phillips) in a Munsters collection, but it’s definitely Phillips’ version. The robes and cape are a shimmery, black material that helps with posing and look great. The witch’s hat sits a little high on the head but it’s not Asmus Gandalf bad. And really it’s a shame to hide the hair as it’s a translucent plastic that works very well.
The Zombo cereal box is not an actual box but a solid plastic with fantastic detail on all sides. Mine will have the cereal box on display as this is supposed to be a horror host selling his merch to kids and is hilarious. I’m getting all the Munsters and was thrilled this guy got a general release.
The old Munsters was an homage to the classic Universal Monsters and silly sitcoms of the day. My favorite episode ends with Fred Gwynne getting hit in the head by a bolt of lightning in his front yard, that simultaneously changes his clothing and gives him an on the spot sex change. Goofy but it’s all in the performance. Rob Zombie’s Munsters is a reflection of watching old Munsters re-runs in the following decades and the “monster kid” culture that resulted, along with the classic, Don Post rubber masks and harsh neon lighting of community haunted houses. It’s equally as silly as the original, but again it’s all in the performance.
This is a TV kid’s recollection of watching the Munsters and that makes Zombo a must have as it’s a TV character in a TV movie, and several plot points from the movie happen while watching TV. Looking forward to the rest of the family.
