As reported, Donna gave me a Marvel Gallery/Diamond Select Vulture statue in advance of Valentine's Day (see 2/8 post), but guess what? She also followed up with an 8", MEGO Corporation, Hammer Studios action figure of Christopher Lee's Kharis from Terence Fisher/Jimmy Sangster's The Mummy (1959): a vivid redux of Universal Studios' The Mummy's Hand and The Mummy's Tomb, with a significant dash of The Mummy's Ghost.
This 1970s-styled figure (packaged on a stylish, blister card, with portrait-stills from the movie) was sculpted/designed by action-figure specialist Marty Abrams and holds 14 articulation points and an impressive resemblance to Lee's tongue-less, Egyptian High Priest of Karnak, muddied by boggy pigments, composed of plastic and cloth.
The Mummy is one of my favorite Hammer flicks and was part of the company's next-phase strand, as it collaborated with Universal. On this basis, the Mummy figure represents an important chapter in horror history and gave Lee yet another imposing persona to add to his fiendish roster.
I knew that modern MEGO had produced this Hammer/Lee salute, but my time limitations to browse and travel prevented me from getting one. Thanks to Donna (my comparable Princess Anaka), I now possess good ol' Kharis, and for that, I'm eternally grateful.
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