Charles Richards onmissed out on the Majestic Studios BARNABAS COLLINS figure that was released a few years ago. The figure routinely sells for more than $100 on Ebay these days, which was more than most people are willing to spend on a toy. So he found an interesting alternative:
I missed out on the Majestic Toys version of the Barnabas Collins action figure several years ago, and most that currently appear on eBay are grossly overpriced. So... I was resigned to not having a sixth scale Barnabas in my collection.... But then a few weeks ago, I saw a custom Barnabas head offered on eBay that looked much better (to me) than the Majestic version (the plain face...not the vampire). I won the auction and within a week, using a spare body, a suit and overcoat set, and shoes I already had, I set out to do my own 1/6 scale version. I removed the sleeves to the overcoat to make the Inverness coat, and sewed the cape portion myself. I also made his cane from a wooden dowel and Sculpty.
As the owner of the Barnabas Collins figure produced by Majestic, I've got to say his creation is superior to the figure produced by Majestic. It's a terrific likeness and steers away from the habit of merchandisers of always putting Barnabas in a brown suit.What think you?
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Now that he mentions it, the brown suit thing was rather an affront to the dapper Victorian male that was Barnabas Collins.
WOW! This is "Dan Curtis' Trilogy of Terror" creepy!
Ah, so you are the guy who beat me on Ebay! You are pretty luckily, as I have only lost one auction! But I do not mind as I do already have a Majestic version anyway and simply wanted a spare head to make another custom. Glad that I didn't win it now, it is pretty fair that you got it!
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