Happy Halloween! One of my favorite recent toy trends is the representation of the simplistic Ben Cooper costumes of the 70s and 80s in action figure form. NECA has the Ben Cooper Costume Kids which are 5" fully-articulated figures wearing soft-goods costumes. And Super7 has the ReAction Halloween Kids line, which don't appear to be officially branded for the vintage costume companies, but they definitely give that classic homage. This Creature from the Black Lagoon girl is my first purchase from the line, and I'm quite obsessed. As my favorite of the Universal Monsters movies, she was always going to grab my attention. But the fact that the figure is female (as is the NECA Creature figure), further appeals to me because I feel it pays tribute to the creator of the Creature costume, Milicent Patrick, who was only properly credited in recent years (read The Lady From the Black Lagoon book for more!). I can't help but think the gender of these toys was intentional because of that. Let's check out Creature below!
The Creature girl comes with a Pumpkin Candy Bucket accessory.
Here are some pics of Milicent with her Creature.
While I'm on the topic of the behind-the-scenes production of this movie. I was sad to hear the news last year that Ricou Browning, the actor who played the Creature in the aquatic scenes, had passed away. I remember being 23 years old and learning that the man behind the Gill-Man suit was an actor my same age (albeit almost 50 years my senior). I always felt an odd kinship with him because of that.
Time for some Group and Comparison Pics!
Here is the Halloween Kids Creature Girl with the NECA Ben Cooper Kids Creature Girl.
I love that both Creature figures are female.
Cheers!
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