As mentioned in one of my earlier posts, The Frazier International History Museum in Louisville, Kentucky has now opened it's "Toys" Exhibit - "The Good, The Bad, and The Cuddly."I was asked to feature some of my toys, and now I have a few pictures from the exhibit to share! Here are my featured toys in the "Sid's Room" portion of the exhibit. You may remember Sid, he is the kid from the original Toy Story film who was known to Frankenstein-up his toys. He liked to take pieces of one toy and smash them together with others to form monstrocities of mutant toys. Well, to that end, this section of the exhibit features monster and mutant toys - where my toys can be found... Mwaa-ha-ha-haha!!
In the case to the left, in in front, are my Kraken and Godzilla figures.
The Kraken is a toy that was released for the movie Clash of The Titans (1980). In the film he was a relatively small puppet of rubber and steel armatures that, through the manipulation of stop-motion and photographic wizardry of special fx genius Ray Harryhausen, was made to look like a giant. He became a giant of a toy, and, while not looking exactly like the creature from the film, became a GREAT looking toy that "sort of" represents his look in the film. I am very glad to have this figure in my collection!
Next to The Kraken is my vinyl figure of GODZILLA from Horizon (1994). This is a great looking figure that is a very accurate representation of GODZILLA from some of the later films from TOHO Pictures.
Next up, in the case on the wall are my Sideshow Toys Universal Monster figures that were produced in the year 2000.
In the late 1990's-2000 Sideshow Toys began to produce fantastic 12" scale figures of The Universal Monsters. Up until that time Monster toys, like these of Frankenstein's Monster, Dracula, and The Mummy, never, NEVER looked So amazing! Sideshow was able to get some really top notch sculptors together and have, to this day, been in the business of creating toys and statues with unmatched attention to detail. They nail the image of whatever the subject, and not just monsters, but of many, many great franchises. I still love these initial items that Sideshow created! The company has been in business for a few years now, and their sculpting and design of clothing for their figures has improved, but the monsters still hold up today as great looking pieces. Karloff and Lugosi would be proud!
If you have not yet visited The Frazier Museum to see the "Toys" Exhibit, there is still time! The exhibit doesn't close until March of 2011.
Have fun! Stay safe, and stay positive!
