Stan Winston Creature Feature Films & Toys

[Ash]

If any of you are fans of Stan Winston's work involving creating monsters for movies, you'll want to check this out.

His company has branched out to toys.

The one's I've become interested in are the "Creature Feature" toys from the 5 movies that were made for HBO & Cinemax.
They are:
"Earth Vs. the Spider"
"Teenage Caveman"
"How to Make a Monster"
"Day the World Ended"
and my favorite, "She Creature"

You may have seen one or all of these films.
I myself have only seen Earth vs. the Spider & She Creature.  I'll have to rent the rest sometime soon.

These toys are cool as hell!  They each also come with a CD-Rom that contains a making of video for each creature, photo gallery, Stan Winston bio, creature creator bio & coming attractions.  
I'm amazed how detailed these things are.
And the best part, I got each one for $5 apiece!  
I think they usually retail for $24.99 each.  What a deal!

Check 'em out here: (click on "The Figures" then select "Creature Features")

http://www.stanwinstoncreatures.com/indexFlash.html

Have any of you seen any of those films and what do you think of the toys?



Post Edited (11-01-03 20:07)

[Foywonder]

You got them for $5 each because the toyline bombed. That probably had something to do with the fact that the movies were horrible. Only the SHE CREATURE one was okay at best. Here's the link to the reviews of them I did shortly after they premiered. And no, I'm not being overly harsh either. You'll find most people feel the same way about them. Hell, just ask somebody about TEENAGE CAVEMAN and watch them recoil in horror. Again, here's the link. The reviews make up the second half of the article so just scroll down until you start seeing pics of the figures.

http://www.schlocktoberfest.com/archives/nowff/foy_1201n.html

[Brother Ragnarok]

Cool, now they just need to make some of his other stuff, like the creature from The Relic.

Brother R

[JohnL]

>Have any of you seen any of those films and what do you think of the toys?

I watched all of them when they first aired except for Day the World Ended. I don't remember that one. The only one I thought was any good was She Creature. As for the toys, I heard about them last year. I was kind of disappointed that the She Creature one was the queen and not the normal mermaid (or one of each).

Earth Vs. the Spider - Sucked, don't really remember much.
Teenage Caveman - SUCKED! Good nudity though.
How to Make a Monster - Stupid.