Saturday, April 9, 2016

068 Frank

Frank (aka Frank N. Finger) is the TDD representation of Frankenstein's Monster.  

Mary Shelly's novel Frankenstein was published in 1818.  Since then, the monster has become one of the most recognized horror archetypes all over the world.  The most popular portrayal comes from the 1931 film Frankenstein, where the monster is portrayed by actor Boris Karloff.  This is where we get the lasting image of the visible stitches, the protruding flat-topped head, and of course, the neck-bolts.  (Karloff is also the name of the zood cat of Phinger Tut.)

Frank N. Finger began his life in 2002 as part of Crew 7.  This G1 figure has five versions.

There was no G2 release. The redesigned G3 figure isn't that much different, except, you know, he now has bendable arms.  Three version of this figure exist.

Then there was another G3 sculpt that came in the accessory-laden Special-Ops series.  This one has the ridiculous feature of having his neck-bolts on the outside of his army helmet accessory.  So basically, when you look at this figure without the helmet, he has lost his most defining feature.  When you look at it with the helmet, it still looks odd because the helmet is too big, does not fit right, and seems entirely out of place.  The overall design is a real "lose-lose" rendition.

Finally, we have to mention that Frank has a zood named Wilder.  He is a dog stitched together from parts of a dalmatian and some sort of blue dog. He has neck-bolts just like Frank.
The name Wilder comes from actor Gene Wilder, star of the 1974 horror parody film Young Frankenstein.

Other Dude parodies of famous monsters:

The Mummy (Phinger Tut)
The Vampire (Simon)
The Creature (Sturgeon)
The Werewolf (Stuart)
The Zombie (Adam)

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