Posts by Ken Begg

This one is no surprise to poster vets, as Germany seems to call *any* monster Frankenstein. Ironically, of course, since Frankenstein isn't even the name of a monster.  The craziness of the image indicates this is the Japanese poster with a new frame put around. It's a nice frame, though.

France clearly took it's giant monster movies very seriously. For instance, they obviously wanted to be certain that prospective ticket buyers wouldn't think Gorgo was that guy in the green jacket in the foreground.

So I spend the weekend re-watching Demon Slayer on Netflix because, yay, the movie is finally hitting theaters next weekend. I had pre-bought a ticket, but it looks like that might have been for a dubbed showing, so I'll have to cancel that and buy for one of the subtitled showings. I'm very excited.…

Yay, Friday! Two weeks to T-Fest! See some of you in Dallas. This is pretty great. However, the question is, do you make the monsters look like the filmmakers wanted them to look (as they do here), or really reflect the dogs in obvious masks look the film actually provides. I'd probably go with…

Of course, aside from the quality of the base kits, the model builder can bring a lot to the table. An old friend of mine built this same kit (and assembled and painted the neato Kolchak model currently sitting in my kitchen), and did a nice job of it. This guy, though. He really…

Again, when one looks at a toy artifact from the 1960s, such as this one, we must consider how rare something like this was. Like the Aurora model kits and those records that voice acted issues of Marvel Comics, including lots of monster titles like Man-Thing, Tomb of Dracula, Werewolf by Night, etc. (Although…

I always think it's interesting to think of the way that of all the millions of media artifacts we're exposed to over our lives--characters, scenes, even lines of dialog--certain things just lodge in the cultural memory. Yesterday we featured a fun garage kit of one of the many monsters featured on the Voyage to…

Happy (Ugh) Monday. Still, only several weeks away from the spring T-Fest, so that's cool. Speaking of cool, look at this model! I'm assuming this one is home made, using a Seaview toy? Sadly, in the real world the Seaview never bumped into the Green Gossimer from the Toho/Warner Bros. co-production of War of…

Monsters! Bikinis! Rock 'n Roll! This film has it all. I like that the model features the old school hot dog mouth too, rather than the retconned fumetti fangs. Check out also the (probably out of stock) Amok Time figure, which has a cheeky gap at the ankles between the monster suit and the…

  I actually have a built up and painted figure of a Saucer Man in my living room, and it's very nice. However, this kit is great. Hats off--and heads off--to any tribute to the great Paul Blaisdell.   REVISION: Answering the note below about the color of the Saucer Men, here is a…