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Description: Tomland Famous Monsters of Legend action figure gallery featuring the rare dracula, frankenstein, mummy and wolfman glow in the dark versions
dracula (95) frankenstein (68) mummy (61) cyclops (34) ahi (33) mego (22) wolfman (11) morlock (7) the fly (4) tomland (1)
Tomland (a UK Company who was in the Marx family of companies) produced a number of 8 inch "mego like" products during the 1970s, they never appeared to be licensed and always seemed to be copying popular trends such as Monsters, Space Aliens (namely their Star Raiders and Creatures from Other Worlds lines), they even made their own version of the Six Million Dollar Man at one point!
The Famous Monsters of Legend were an attempt to gain some ground in the early 1970s monster merchandise explosion lead by toymakers like Mego and Azrak Hamway International (AHI) , two series were produced with what seems like a few years gap between them. SERIES ONE
The first and easiest series to find consisted of four figures. Unlike other toy companies who were producing licensed and unlicensed versions of the "Big Four" monsters, Tomland smartly went down another path and made some characters that hadn't seen any merchandise. Although the line claims they are monsters of "Legend", they are mostly mined from the movies. Only the Abominable Snowman can really be seen as a character of Legend. The others in the set, consisting of The Fly, The Cyclops (from the 7th Voy
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