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  Something new every day-- but this was posted 10 years ago today! Our exciting Figure of the Day continues for you lucky people! Is there anything we won't cover in this column? Probably not!
Posted 10 years ago! From 2015, Hasbro Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Sunstreaker was a remold/premold of Brakedown. The new head was really nice, the colors were good, and it gave a familiar character a new action feature. I wish they also did him in Alternators Dead End colors, but maybe that would be overkill. It got expensive over the past decade, and mine has been a limb on a combiner for most of the past decade. Do read on, and come back tomorrow for a new one!
--AP
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  Via Kickstarter: Lincoln Mini-Monsters 3.75" Action Figures. I am a little gunshy with Kickstarter as I am owed 3 unfilled retro games, the oldest of which is currently 2 years 11 months late. I consider six months late "on time" for crowdfunds, and this set of figures has the very realistic ETA of January 2027. 18 months is not a bad length of time to go from "idea" to "product," and these guys already have prototypes of 1970s-inspired not-quite-Kenner-flavor "classic" monsters. The first four are Dracula, Frankenstein, a Mummy, and the Wolfman. $80 for four seems not unreasonable for four carded figures. $100 for four guys in a white box as an early bird option, I admit, I find less compelling.
It's also very close to the main goal!
Stickers, posters, test shots, and custom figures with your own face are some of the rewards. Stretch unlockable paid add-ons are actually pretty cool with the Phantom of the Opera, Hunchback of Notre Dame, a Ghostly Spectre, some glow variants, a Morelock, The Fly, the Reaper, a couple of playsets, and more from some guys who have delivered some Mego-alikes. Seems reasonable. Figures are about $20 a whack, and the all-in option is $323 without the stretch goal add-ons.
I got a lot of monster toys, and I really like this concept. They're based on a Mego-alike line from the 1970s, public domain characters done in a clever way as to be close enough for fans who like this kind of thing. The crowdfund figures seem to share a fair amount of parts and pieces - which makes sense - and I assume fine horror shops will want to carry these. They look neat and seem reasonable for what's being asked.
--AP
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