I've shared a couple of my AHI bendy and jiggler Creatures in the blog, but there are two AHI figures that I doubt I will ever have. In the mid 70s, AHI produced a line of 8" World Famous Super Monsters, which included the Creature. For some reason, for the Creature there were two unique sculpts — described as wide and narrow body for obvious reasons.
So when Super7 released their own take on the AHI figures in facsimile packaging as part of their 3-3/4" ReAction line, I was already sold. Both variations of the Creature were offered, first on cardbacks...
You may noticed the cardback is a knock-off of James Bama's artwork from the Aurora model kit.
...and then subsequently in AHI-style boxes.
And then there was the inevitable Glow-in-the-Dark ComicCon exclusive... of the wide sculpt variant. I ordered two, and was pleasantly surprised to receive one each of the wide and narrow sculpt glow creatures. It turns out that the narrow sculpt was a retailer exclusive limited to 1000 pieces.
Because these AHI style figures fill a hole in my collection that would otherwise never be filled, I think they are my favorite of Super7's ReAction Creatures.
Check back next week for more from my Creature collection!
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