My hats off to you guys!! It's starting to feel like the old Polor Lights board here again!
Is the a posability of you guys working with Revel to put out the Phantom of the Opera to add to the Monster collection?

Thanks!

It's good to be talking about positives again.

In that spirit, I would to make a few suggestions for Moebius to consider with Universal. What about "This Island Earth" for subject matter ? I know that the Metaluna MutANT was proposed for Aurora; it would still seem to be one of the missing jewels in styrene for Monsters. From the same movie you could also consider a combo pack of Exeter's spaceship and one of the enemy ships, or perhaps Exeter's ship moored on Metaluna. A more obscure kit could be one of the Interociter.

Trying to rack my brains as to what other Universal pictures might yield some gold...

As long as we're making suggestions from Universal pics, what about a Creeper kit designed to be Rondo Hatton from "The Brute Man", "House of Horrors", "The Pearl of Death" etc. They're all Universal pictures.

I do not want to see a request for a Big Spocky. Or a Big Darthy neither! ;)
BIG YODA!!!
BIG YODA!!!
BIG YODA!!!
BIG YODA!!!



Oh... no...wait... that'd be actual size!

Great job on getting Big Frankie out to the public!! There's a great mythos around him & I may get one just for the hype & to help out your company!

This is the best news I've heard in 40 years, I will buy six...at least! This will open the door once again to the release of some pretty cool New models!!!
Denis :woohoo:

Trying to rack my brains as to what other Universal pictures might yield some gold...

Just to let everyone know, we don't have license to everything Universal, just certain subjects in the monster line. Subjects that have been long chosen. Another month and we'll do some announcing.....

Awesome Frank!!

Count me in to buy several Gigantic Frankies. And several Glow Gigantic Frankies (if such a kit was in the mix)

Scott

Awesome Frank!!

Count me in to buy several Gigantic Frankies. And several Glow Gigantic Frankies (if such a kit was in the mix)

Scott

Thanks Scott, I'll be sure to have some for you!

Originally Posted by Monarch Models
Awesome Frank!!

Count me in to buy several Gigantic Frankies. And several Glow Gigantic Frankies (if such a kit was in the mix)

Scott


Thanks Scott, I'll be sure to have some for you!


Snif..Snif.. I mean, doesn't that just bring tears of joy to your eyes? Pretty soon there'll be group hugs and singin' Kumbuya!!! ;)

I'll take a few of whatever you make frank!

With the release of Gigantic Frankenstein my old Aurora collection will be complete...of course Nosferatu stands with pride among them and soon the Ghost of Castel Mare and the Invisible Man...may this never end...Thank you both Monarch and Moebius for making a lot of peoples wishes come true!!!
Damn.... I can't stop humming 'Kumbuya' to myself...
Denis :thumbsup:

Ahhhhh. Christmas comes around again. To quote Alvin and The Chipmunks: "We've been good, but we can't last."
Part of the fun of this hobby is the anticipation. I'll bet Frank is grinning from ear to ear waiting for the big announcements.
Woo-hoo!

I think making a Glow Big Phrankie is a great idea. Now, it may be easier and cheaper to do it the Frightening Lightning way by just putting a lightning sticker over the box just as was done with the Frightening Lightning Dr. Jekyll as Mr. Hyde kit.

And maybe to keep costs down, intsead of having optional glow parts dont add an extra sprue, but design the mold trees so just certain parts are injected in glow. hee hee , might be cool to do the regular run in two colors of plastic, green for face and hands, dk grey or black for the rest. hmmmm i maybe onto something. Come to think of it, the original was molded in three colors, black, grey and copper IIRC..

The original is actually four colors - Gray Head , hands and Rock, Copper chain ,Black upper body and Arms and Dark Blue Lower body and arm attachment parts

Dave

Snif..Snif.. I mean, doesn't that just bring tears of joy to your eyes? Pretty soon there'll be group hugs and singin' Kumbuya!!! ;)

http://www.abxzone.com/forums/images/smilies/grouphug.gif

KUUUMBAYAAAAAAAAAA!

A Glow Big Frankie!!!Oh hell ya make that one please!!!!! :thumbsup:

I think making a Glow Big Phrankie is a great idea. Now, it may be easier and cheaper to do it the Frightening Lightning way by just putting a lightning sticker over the box just as was done with the Frightening Lightning Dr. Jekyll as Mr. Hyde kit.

Three versions would be cool- regular box, Frightening Lightning box, a HUGE Glow in the Dark box with a different square size and different graphics.

I imagine the square glow art would be a close up of Gig Frank without the kids building the kit photos.

And the Moebius logo can be changed to the seventies block lettering Aurora logo. (Did the square Glow kits have that new logo?)

And this way Moebius would get more use out of the molds.

holy smokes !!!! i don't come online for a couple of days and look what happens .
i am truly thrilled to hear this news . even though i have a BU i'll be looking forward to picking up at least 2 of these ( more if indeed there's a glow version ) .
i'll be on the list for a pre order as soon as i see one .
hb

I am glad to hear about this kit being reissued after 40 plus years :thumbsup: This is another rare kit i missed out on as a kid,As it was discontinued well after i discovered the Aurora monster kits.If the kit is released,I will buy. :dude: Thanks moebius models!

Hey Steve and Mega (and other dealer types) - will you post here as soon as you are ready for pre-orders? I'd hate to miss the boat.

even though i have a BU i'll be looking forward to picking up at least 2 of these ( more if indeed there's a glow version ) .
i'll be on the list for a pre order as soon as i see one .
hb

I have two Gigantic Frankensteins MIB and the factory built up. I'll be happy to have the reissue to build.

hey Bats , got a pic of the factory BU ? i'd like to see that .
hb

Man I would welcome a glow frankie as well!

Man I would welcome a glow frankie as well!I gotta say that I've pretty much given up on the whole "Glow in the Dark" concept. I've always tried to assemble and paint my monsters for the most realistic look, but that approach can't work with G.i.t.D. models. If a luminous plastic is used on a model then it can't be painted - or at most, it can only be colored with a wash. Then too, only parts of the Aurora G.i.t.D. kits were made of phosphorescent plastic, which meant that you'd have a Frankenstein with frog-belly-white head, hands and boots with the lights on. Turn 'em off and you had these weird little blobs of light glowing over your shelves in the dark. The Luminators effect was marginally better, if your taste ran to neon-colored monsters glowing under that black light.

Now, Frank has indicated that the Gigantic Frankenstein model has a lot going against it already - it's going to appeal only to a niche market, and a pretty small niche at that. Because it's a large kit it will have to cost more to produce, owing in part to the sheer volume of plastic in the box. How he could produce a glow version is more than I can say.

But if you just got to have a luminous Big Frankie, D.F., why not go over yours with luminous paint?

Mark McG.

Right now on the Ebay there is a Big Frankie on auction, $1000.00 and still a day to go... two weeks ago the high bid on one was $1900.00 but it never came near the $3300.00 reserve set by the owner...you know what? $60.00 or $90.00 seems pretty cheap in comparison, yeah I know it's not an original, but I couldn't care less, first of all it will be a mint condition box and mint condition plastic...Oh yeah I'm ok with all that... and second of all ...who cares put me down for six kits !!! :woohoo:
Denis

It will be an original, just a 2008 original. Same box art, same kit. Who cares if it is not 40 years old? What is the advantage to old age in a plastic model kit? As far as glow, if possible, sure. But I have a feeling we are lucky to see the kit at all.

Hey Steve and Mega (and other dealer types) - will you post here as soon as you are ready for pre-orders? I'd hate to miss the boat.

If you are signed up for my Hobbyshop update mail list (http://culttvman.biz/hobbyshop_updates.html), you'll be notified of new items, restocks, and preorders.

That's the easiest way I have found to make sure everyone is alerted to things like this.

Steve

But if you just got to have a luminous Big Frankie, D.F., why not go over yours with luminous paint?

Mark McG.

I dont need one but if someone is going to make a few (or at least consider it) then I am buying! I enjoy collecting chase kits and variants.

I dont need one but if someone is going to make a few (or at least consider it) then I am buying! I enjoy collecting chase kits and variants.

My thoughts exactly!

It will be an original, just a 2008 original. Same box art, same kit. Who cares if it is not 40 years old? What is the advantage to old age in a plastic model kit? As far as glow, if possible, sure. But I have a feeling we are lucky to see the kit at all.I'm sure there are many "purist" collectors out there who would prefer an original Aurora Gigantic Frankenstein MIB and still wrapped, either to complete their collection or simply for bragging rights. Personally, I've never seen the appeal of collecting kits just to leave them in the box; most of the time I don't even keep the boxes or instruction sheets. I buy them to build them, so original or re-issue makes no difference to me.

Besides, in 40 years original Moebius and Monarch kits will have their own "collector" value. :)

Would this BIG FRANKY kit be a limited run of a thousand kits like Captain Action,or possibly less.Would it include a never done before Big Franky plaque.

It will be an original, just a 2008 original. Same box art, same kit. Who cares if it is not 40 years old? What is the advantage to old age in a plastic model kit? As far as glow, if possible, sure. But I have a feeling we are lucky to see the kit at all.

Actually its going to be casted from a kit, reverse engineering I believe, not from the original molds, so its not a original,its a copy, but I am happy that everyone will have a chance to have one to build and paint.

Buzz

Moebius ads could say an original would cost 4 grand but now you can buy one for $90.00.

My BU is stored away but I saw one on the net and in some monster magazine and AFM's Aurora issue.

Hey a fourth variant, Illuminator Gigantic Frankenstein. In a black box with a red neon Gig Frank on the cover.

NOOOO, nooo my eyes! Please dont make anything in the luminator plastic. Sometimes dead is better.;)

Actually its going to be casted from a kit, reverse engineering I believe, not from the original molds, so its not a original,its a copy...BuzzI'm pretty sure you're right, buzz; I believe Aurora itself melted down the Gigantic Frankenstein molds while the corporation was still extant. Today, we'd call that a crime, but in 1966 it was probably a smart way to deal with the molds for a model that hadn't sold well. But as Polar Lights has shown us, laser scanning and computer-assisted design technologies can perform miracles.

What did we call those new-and-improved repops like the larger scale Captain America with the alternate faces and clear water splashes. Was it "Enhanced Reissues"?

Mark McGee, my short term memory is shot and long term isn't doing so well, either, I think.

...Please dont make anything in the luminator plastic. Sometimes dead is better.;) Ditto, otto. Now if we could only apply the same policy to Disco...

This kit will be produced in a limited run of all the kits we can sell!

Dave

Dave , is Mobious going to mold the kit in original colors?

Buzz

This kit will be produced in a limited run of all the kits we can sell!

Dave

What does that mean?
Kit run will be based on number of pre-orders?

No glow versions?

I think it means as many Big Frankie kits as there are people willing to buy them.

Mark McGee, you'd think that'd mean at least ONE "Gigantic Faith Domergue"...:)

Would this BIG FRANKY kit be a limited run of a thousand kits like Captain Action,or possibly less.Would it include a never done before Big Franky plaque.

No plans on limiting it, as we need to sell as many as we can to work off the tooling costs and licensing.

I tried to make a funny - guess I didn't do that very well-I meant to convey the message that we intend to make kits as long as we can sell them.
Guess my post wasn't very clear in this. As Frank just said, this is not a limited edition kit!

Dave

I posted a message on the Monster Kid forums that this kit will be available again. Maybe word-of-mouth to the monster/collector community will help sales.
Out of curiousity - was the painting ever used on a Famous Monsters cover, or somewhere else?

http://www.moviemags.com/pics/fmofyb65.jpg

65 yearbook

CDub,
That painting was merchandised fairly heavily. I've got a puzzle of it, and I'm sure there were other items as well.
AT

umm will the plastic be molded in same color as the original?Your reply is much appreciated,
Thank you

Buzz

Steve, Anthony, thanks for the responses guys.

Stupid thing is, I HAVE that yearbook!!! :freak: I thought I had seen it somewhere else!

What if you sent a GF to the Conan O'Brien show and Letterman to see if they'll give it free publicity?

I plan to buy at least two and two of every variant.

i would even buy the disco version .
hb

I don't know what color we'll mold it in......My personal preference is to mold it in a different color than the original to keep parts of the new kit from being passed off as parts of an original!