If you know me at all, you know I've been in the figure and toy collecting game for quite some time. It's a sickness, really. Sometimes these things just hop into my cart, whether it's in a store or online, without me even realizing it until I check out! Anyways, I finally have a reason to go through them and gush a little (or a lot) over the glory that is figure and toy collecting! Basically, this is me showing you more bad pictures of stuff I decided to spend money on instead of things I actually can get use out of. Who needs useful items anyways? Completely overrated!
Since it is October, we'll keep it a little on the Halloweeny/spooky side of action figures and playsets old and new. I apologize that they're not all out of box. Some of them, I absolutely cannot bring myself to open.

KID ROBOT MADBALLS FREDDY KRUEGER

Kid Robot and Madballs horror mashup...... absolute no brainer! This whole line is superb but Freddy might be my favorite out of the 6 they did. I can remember madballs not always being so heavily detailed back in the day but these things are beautiful. The sculpt, details, and paint really pop on these newer guys.
So, we have blood shot eyed Freddy wearing his classic fedora, drenched in ooze and his brains are popping out the side of his head. He really looks like a fucking mess but I love it! I really like how they included his hand in the sculpt but even if it wasn't there, we'd still know it was Krueger. His facial expression is priceless. He's either deciding between tacos and sushi or someone just told him Jason's better in which he simply replies "bitch!"

NICKELODEON/MATTEL AAAHH!!! REAL MONSTERS KRUMM

Back when Nickelodeon still had awesome cartoons and not just put all their effort into Spongebob, they had AAAHH!!! Real Monsters and a few of the characters made it to having their own action figures.
From Mattel, we have Krumm! I can't tell you how well this guy plays because I'm never taking him out of his plastic prison. However, he's great in packaging, even if the packaging looks like it was flushed down a toilet once or twice.
The front claims Krumm spits his own eyeballs out and also that his armpits really stink. We'll just have to take their word for it. I'm actually jealous that Krumms armpit hair is longer than the hair on my own head. I've always had a certain level of anxiety towards this character as a kid. He has to hold his own eyeballs all the time. Imagine holding your own eyeballs while trying to do... well... anything at all!

WALMART EXCLUSIVE 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SCOOBY DOO "SHAGGY ROGERS" AND "HEADLESS HORSEMAN"

50 years of "Rut ro, Raggy!" and Walmart comes baring gifts of the exclusive plastic kind. These beautiful bastards are only a whopping $6 a piece but I'm still not fucking opening them!!!
I have to say immediately that for $6, these 2 packs look pretty fantastic. From the packaging to the characters they chose.... and judging from sight alone, they seem like they'd have decent poseability.
Admittedly, I never saw the episode the horseman appeared in, but I can assume that he almost got away with it if it wasn't for those darn kids and their rotten dog.

SOTA TOYS KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE "KLOWN"

Killer Klowns is one of, if not my all time, favorite horror films ever. You can't get what the Chiodos Brother's did in a PG13 movie now days in my honest opinion. Since we've been seeing them all over instagram lately due to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios, I've decided to mention them here too!
Let me start off by saying I purchased this guy opened on Mercari and didn't know which one he was. After looking him up online, he's labeled as "Klown" on his packaging. I had to explore a little further to find that this is in fact "Talls" who only appeared in the parade scene. But apparently that's enough to make this mofo over $300 mint in box. I lucked out and only paid like $25 for him.
He's not a real poseable guy, he moves back and forth at the hips. The arms and feet rotate. Thats really it. But he still looks really cool! He comes with a baseball bat and a stand with part of the inside of the circus tent space ship which has a hook attached to hang a poor cotton candy cocoon victim. Side note, is it weird that I get thirsty for red slushies when I see the clown drinking the cotton candy cocoon juice in the movie? I didn't think so.

SPIRIT HALLOWEEN EXCLUSIVE HOCUS POCUS FUNKO POP! MOVIE MOMENTS

I really don't collect Pops but, somehow, I've managed to gather enough to make a small tower in my room. They really kind of feel like the new age Beanie Babies in a strange way but they at least made cool characters (literally every character). With Pop figures, I could never find a reason to collect every single one. However, there are a very select few that really stick out to me enough that I'd feel confident and content paying for. And I'll tell you, this mother fucker just made the cut!
We all know who the Sanderson sisters are and what happens in the movie Hocus Pocus (if you don’t, then come out from under that rock and read a bit about it here) so I'll save it but, look at this beautiful set! We have the three witches brewing what I assume is child spirit sucking potion (and I assume thats the correct term for the concoction). The only thing I think that would make this piece any better is if it lit up in the cauldron/fire. And how gnarly is it that Spirit Halloween has their own exclusive Funko Pops? It was obviously a complete must.

MIGHTY MAX HORROR HEAD: HAMMERS AX MAN

Back in the 90's, I feel like everyone was riding the mini figure band wagon between TMNT, Polly Pocket and of course Mighty Max. Mattel really made some special playsets that for me personally, had been some of my favorite toys of all time. Not only were they little portable playsets but they, unlike TMNT and Polly Pocket, were horror themed and felt like something I shouldn't have been able to get at that age. It was like going home with that really colorful gruesome horror vhs tape that you knew your folks would never approve of.... but in toy form.
I don't really know why but, as a kid I always sort of viewed these playsets as my own personal Legend of Zelda bad guy castles and I'd pretend Max was Link. This is a Horror Head set so the playset is built into a head. Each one of these Horror Heads comes with a little Mighty Max figure as well as a bad guy figure, in this case.... Ax Man who comes wielding not only an ax but a mother fucking chainsaw as well! Ax Man, to me, looks like a cross between Leatherface, Frankenstein's monster and Quasimodo. I tried to think up a clever name for that but I guess Ax Man will do. Max, apparently, brought a wrench to an ax/chainsaw fight. I've always been told never to do that.

KENNER EXPLODING BEETLEJUICE

Most people are familiar with Kenner from their Real Ghostbusters and Star Wars lines but, a small collection of Beetlejuice figures, vehicles and playsets also came to fruition. And when I say small, i mean like less than 15 pieces all together.
I always viewed Beetlejuice as the good guy, even before I saw the cartoon where he was Lydia's ghostly pal. Had these been a part of my childhood collection, Beetlejuice would undoubtedly be helping the Ninja Turtles battle the evil Shredder and his clan of foot soldiers.
Unfortunately I'm not quite sure what good exploding into 4 pieces can really do in a battle against purple robotic ninjas but he does do that when you squeeze his lega together.

KENNER THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS GRANNY GROSS

Although, Ghostbusters played an important role in my early years, Kenner figures, in general, weren't a big staple in my childhood as they were a little before my time. But finding these guys in the wild in a flea market like I did really makes up for missing out.
Granny Gross appears to be at first glance this cute little old lady but a quick pull of her hat reveals the real monster beneath with a long jaw, alligator like teeth, bulging eyes and a third eye (either because she's woke or possibly part of the illuminati).
Speaking of Ghostbusters, did you happen to see the new 2020 film is done filming? VERY EXCITING! Do you think Granny Gross deserves a cameo?

TMNT FRANKENDON

Many many years after playmates released the Universal Monsters waves of the original TMNTs, they released a new series of figures with a similar theme called "Monsters + Mutants." In my opinion, these weren't near as cool. They had absolutely nothing to do with Universal Monsters at all which took away spooky points from the boys. But..... they didnt look near as boring as most of this Nickelodeon line did in comparison to the original playmates figures.
I could've thrown money at all of this specific Monster line but, instead agreed to stick with the one I enjoyed most, which happened to be FrankenDon! Maybe you're thinking "really? He looks plain as fuck." And yeah... maybe he does but in this case I feel less is better. The color scheme works very well for this figure. Kind of soft Easter pastel colors. He's got an electrode through the top of his head, random pieces of metal fastened to his shell/carapace, claws and stitches. The blank stare on his face and his overall facial expression.... he's practically drooling and I love it.
In the original line, Mikey portrayed Frankenstein's Monster which, in my opinion, looked equally as cool or better but I feel Donnie didnt get as much love in the second wave as he was replaced with April as Bride of Frankenstein. You deserved better treatment, my friend and I'm helping to make up for it I hope!!!

BATTLE TROLLS SERIES 2: FRANKEN TROLL

You can tell which Monster is my favorite I'm sure by now but I don't care that I had already oozed a bit about one Frankenstein's monster-esque figure; you're getting another one from me!
1992, Trolls were booming! Even the TMNTs got the troll treatment! I assume to make them more interested with boys, they made these Battle Trolls figures. Trolls are, again, sort of similar to Funko Pops if you've never owned or heard of them. They dont move or have any moveable pieces so you can exactly pose them. Out of all (minus the tmnt line of trolls) I'd have to say Battle Trolls are my favorite by far; especially Franken Troll!

His face sort of reminds me of a classic Boglins face but with stitches and bandages. His boots are either super old or he modified them himself for sweet sunset sandy beach walks in the summertime. Purple skin and green eyes and hair, this more than makes up for the poseability of the figure alone. Plus, he's sporting a rad pad lock in a similar fashion that Flavor Flav sports a large clock around his neck. Blinging hard. I imagine he shows his bling off regularly during the monster mash.

Hope you enjoyed reading about spooky themed toys! What are your favorite Halloween/spooky themed figures and playsets? Let us know in the comments! We'd love to hear all about it!