The Monster Squad

“Years ago, a group of monsters was chased by torch-bearing villagers for crimes they, admittedly, committed. These monsters promptly escaped to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by angry mobs, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe [...]

Review > Universal Monsters (Toy Island)

(Click any picture for a larger version) Some have called them the Marvel Legends of Universal Monsters. Others have called them crappy. Michael Crawford wrote a comprehensive review of these figures way back in April ’07, and he sure didn’t like them. Here’s his summary of the review: With poor sculpts and weak paint, it’s [...]

Necroreviewicon – The Book of Dead Reviews

A compendium of my reviews of horror- and Halloween-related toys. I’ll add any new reviews I do this month as we go along. Z.O.M.B.I.E.s Attack of the Living Dead Imperial Universal Monsters Peanuts Great Pumpkin set Aoshima Alien Movie Maniacs Predator 2 Darkness from Legend Nightmares of Lovecraft Cthulhu Resident Evil 10th Anniversary Zombie Skeleflex [...]

Supe-thulhu

A couple days ago on his blog, Ethan Kaye highlighted a Super-meme. Well, in honor of my favorite horror writer, here’s my entry.

Imperial Universal Monsters

If you were a young boy in the late 1970s and early 1980s, chances are you were quite familiar with the crown logo of Imperial Toys. From the admittedly limited perspective as a six-year-old boy, Imperial was known for one thing: rubber dinosaurs. Imperial specialized in those solid rubber dinosaurs you’d find in convenience stores, [...]