As his name suggests, the jungle emperor rules the Jungle Kingdom of Eldrador. And with his immense strength, thick hide, and ability to form deadly weaponry out of his own body, he is well-suited for his throne.
The Schleich jungle emperor is a wide and bulky giant comprised entirely of plant matter.
Most of the time when I think of a werewolf these days, I think of a human that shapeshifted into a bipedal wolf-like creature, that retains some human characteristics. A wolf-like head, a human-like torso and arms, clawed hands, digitigrade paws, maybe a tail, that sort of thing.
With Halloween just over a week away I wanted to make sure I got at least one more review posted during this month where we celebrate all things monster. And what is more appropriate for Allhallows Eve than the human skeleton? A fixture of any respectable display of Halloween decorations.
We’re now deep into October and the spooky vibes are coming in strong. As I write there’s a nor’easter pummeling the coast; the sky is gray, the wind is howling, the leaves are flying off the trees. It’s time to amp up the fear level on the Monster Toy Blog and take a look at one of horror cinema’s most iconic villains.
All of the dragons in Eldrador are frightening beasts, but the scariest and most sinister of them all has to be the one that dwells in the darkness of the Shadow Kingdom. Beware!
The shadow dragon is a massive beast measuring 20 cm long, 13.5 cm tall, and 31 cm wide from wingtip to wingtip.
Not since the beginning of time has the world beheld terror like this! Centuries of passion pent up in his savage heart! Terrifying monster ravages mankind!
And so reads the tagline for Universal’s Creature from the Black Lagoon. Released in 1954, Creature from the Black Lagoon was, like all the Universal monster movies, a special effects triumph.
There is no first mate aboard a pirate ship. Instead, the role of second in command falls to the quartermaster. He is the crew’s spokesman, their trustee, and no decision made by the captain comes to fruition without the quartermaster’s approval. He maintains order in the ranks, deals out punishment for infractions, and is always the first pirate to board a merchant or treasure ship.
The wampa is a yeti-like hairy creature that inhabits the icy planet of Hoth (the sixth planet of the Hoth System). It appears in the beginning of The Empire Strikes Back (1980), attacking Luke Skywalker and his tauntaun mount, dragging them back to his cave. Of course, Luke escapes, dismembering the poor hungry wampa in the process.
I’m in the process of setting up a Monster Toy Forum, which is now open for registration.
The site is in a rudimentary form but is functioning and I’ll be able to whip it into shape quite quickly. I figured the DinoToyForum and AnimalToyForum communities can gather there while we wait for those sites to be restored.
During the Golden Age of Piracy from the 1650s to the 1730s, merchant and treasure ships from the Caribbean Sea to the Indian Ocean were terrorized by the likes of Henry “Long Ben” Every, John “Calico Jack” Rackham, Edward “Blackbeard” Teach, and Bartholomew “Black Bart” Roberts among others.
Review and photos by bigjay, edited by MonsterToyBlog.
Who’s that lurching towards the city with a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound? What’s that pulling those high-tension wires down? Why, it can only be everyone’s favorite fire-spewing reptile whose name starts with G – Gamera!
Gamera! He’s really neat!
In Greek mythology, Areion is an immortal horse that is typically regarded as the offspring of Poseidon and Demeter, conceived when Demeter turned into a horse to outrun Poseidon and he then also turned into a horse. He is first mentioned in Homer’s Iliad where he is described as the “swift horse of Adrastus, that was of heavenly stock.
