Coppola's Dracula figures
13 months ago I was overjoyed to read the announcement about the McFarlane BSD figures, and posted about it here. This was a huge one-up over the Applause-like statue-esque vinyl figures that were released in 1992 (Mina, London Vlad, Wolf, Bat). But at the same time I was a bit disappointed it was that company finally creating them, because although I knew the quality would be stunning, McFarlane toys has a track-record of only creating an incredibly small handful of figures to represent any given film or series. As far as I know, the Sleepy Hollow film is the only license they've acquired so far where they've actually included a "vehicle" for the figures (a horse).
One of the reasons why I've always been such a huge Star Wars figure collector is because so much of the fun of collecting is in being able to accurately recreate entire scenes from the saga's chapters with every single character seen onscreen, against a playset diorama, with the occasional props and vehicles used, and working parts that make the figures/environments/vehicles interact with one another.
My dream for a Bram Stoker's Dracula figure line has always been the same. Here's the figures I've had in mind:
Mina in dark brown school-mistress dress
Mina in pastel green outfit
Mina in red date dress
Mina in Transylvanian dress & cloak
Mina in pastel blue night gown
Lucy in green "snake dress"
Lucy as vampiress w/ infant
Dead Lucy with glass coffin
Lucy in red seduction dress
Lucy in pastel pink dress
Mina in pastel blue dress
Mina in party dress
Harker in business suit
Seward in suit
Seward dressed down-asylum
Quincey-Western wear - party/train
Quincey-Western wear - trenchcoat
Harker dressed down-castle
Harker in dark suit-return to civilization
Harker-drenched and muddy-escape
Holmwood-Romanian journey
Holmwood-red fox-hunting suit-with hounds
Holwood-dressed down-night watch
Renfield in business suit
Renfield in pyjamas
Renfield in modified straight-jacket
Asylum guard with caged head
Szgany gypsy
15th century Vlad Dracula
Van Helsing-brown suit
Van Helsing-cloak and hat
Vlad in green date outfit
Vlad in white/gold date outfit
Vlad in grey cinematograph outfit
Dracula in Eastern red robe
Dracula in death robe
Dracula in black coat form w/ Berserker wolf
Dracula in wolf form
Dracula in bat form
Dracula's brides (3)
Dracula's blonde bride with gorgon-hair transformation
Dracula's brides in surprised stuck-formation
Transylvanian warrior w/ impaled victim
Elisabeta
Chesare
Turkish soldier
Szgany female: coin-mail headress
Playsets:
Demeter ship with shipmate
Carfax Asylum with inmate/Seward's quarters
Carfax Abbey ruins
Castle Dracula (dining room/guest room/bride's room/entry hall/courtyard)
Rule's cafe with Dracula in half-transformation (agony)
Chapel (transforms from normal to ruin)
Westenra manor (Lucy's bedroom, solarium, and entryway/parlour, maze garden) with male &
female servants
Westenra crypt
Romanian Train station
Orthodox Convent with Sister Agatha
Cinematograph with two Victorians (male and female couple)
15th century battlefield
Hawkins & Tompkins Law Office with Mr. Hawkins
Vehicles:
Dracula's caleche with Dracula as driver
horses
The Harker's carriage
Szgany cart with Szgany
57 figures, 4 vehicles, 13 dioramas/playsets. One of these days when I've got the money to throw around I'll make it happen!
Incidentally, I've been checking Hot Topics, Spencer's Gifts, and Suncoast's since April 1st, and never once come across the McFarlane boxed set. How many of you have it already, and where did you find yours?
One of the reasons why I've always been such a huge Star Wars figure collector is because so much of the fun of collecting is in being able to accurately recreate entire scenes from the saga's chapters with every single character seen onscreen, against a playset diorama, with the occasional props and vehicles used, and working parts that make the figures/environments/vehicles interact with one another.
My dream for a Bram Stoker's Dracula figure line has always been the same. Here's the figures I've had in mind:
Mina in dark brown school-mistress dress
Mina in pastel green outfit
Mina in red date dress
Mina in Transylvanian dress & cloak
Mina in pastel blue night gown
Lucy in green "snake dress"
Lucy as vampiress w/ infant
Dead Lucy with glass coffin
Lucy in red seduction dress
Lucy in pastel pink dress
Mina in pastel blue dress
Mina in party dress
Harker in business suit
Seward in suit
Seward dressed down-asylum
Quincey-Western wear - party/train
Quincey-Western wear - trenchcoat
Harker dressed down-castle
Harker in dark suit-return to civilization
Harker-drenched and muddy-escape
Holmwood-Romanian journey
Holmwood-red fox-hunting suit-with hounds
Holwood-dressed down-night watch
Renfield in business suit
Renfield in pyjamas
Renfield in modified straight-jacket
Asylum guard with caged head
Szgany gypsy
15th century Vlad Dracula
Van Helsing-brown suit
Van Helsing-cloak and hat
Vlad in green date outfit
Vlad in white/gold date outfit
Vlad in grey cinematograph outfit
Dracula in Eastern red robe
Dracula in death robe
Dracula in black coat form w/ Berserker wolf
Dracula in wolf form
Dracula in bat form
Dracula's brides (3)
Dracula's blonde bride with gorgon-hair transformation
Dracula's brides in surprised stuck-formation
Transylvanian warrior w/ impaled victim
Elisabeta
Chesare
Turkish soldier
Szgany female: coin-mail headress
Playsets:
Demeter ship with shipmate
Carfax Asylum with inmate/Seward's quarters
Carfax Abbey ruins
Castle Dracula (dining room/guest room/bride's room/entry hall/courtyard)
Rule's cafe with Dracula in half-transformation (agony)
Chapel (transforms from normal to ruin)
Westenra manor (Lucy's bedroom, solarium, and entryway/parlour, maze garden) with male &
female servants
Westenra crypt
Romanian Train station
Orthodox Convent with Sister Agatha
Cinematograph with two Victorians (male and female couple)
15th century battlefield
Hawkins & Tompkins Law Office with Mr. Hawkins
Vehicles:
Dracula's caleche with Dracula as driver
horses
The Harker's carriage
Szgany cart with Szgany
57 figures, 4 vehicles, 13 dioramas/playsets. One of these days when I've got the money to throw around I'll make it happen!
Incidentally, I've been checking Hot Topics, Spencer's Gifts, and Suncoast's since April 1st, and never once come across the McFarlane boxed set. How many of you have it already, and where did you find yours?