Arguably the most famous of the classic Universal Monsters, Lugosi's Dracula
only appeared in two movies (and other places) and helped instill the
seemingly endless fascination with vampires in popular culture. Along
with zombies, it's a safe bet that in almost any genre show they're
going to come across some sort of vampire thing. Maybe Greek Vampires.
Maybe Space Vampires. Perhaps Salt Vampires. It's going to happen
largely thanks to the surprisingly unnerving performance in the 1931
film. The figure does a good job of picking up many of the significant
aspects of his costume, but does a rotten job on getting the head
right. The back of the packaging is stamped with the Lugosi licensing
logo, but (and this is important for those of you who bought figures in
the 1990s and earlier) the Lugosi stamp of approval wasn't always there.
Sometimes you have the character's license, but not the actor, and in
this case the packaging says they have both. But that ain't Bela. Back
in the 1980s, it could go either way, so let's say this was a conscious
choice.[ READ THE FULL REVIEW ]
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