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The Toyark › Horror Toy News › Universal Monsters Select Lucy Westenra – Toyark Photo Shoot

Universal Monsters Select Lucy Westenra – Toyark Photo Shoot

Posted on April 14, 2016 at 10:44 am by Joe Moore under Horror Toy News, Random Photo Shoot

In the original Dracula novel by Bram Stoker, Lucy Westenra is a victim of Dracula, who is slowly draining her blood, causing the young woman to become gravely ill. While Van Helsing attempts to save her, she is ultimately killed by Dracula, becoming a vampire herself.  She begins to stalk an feed on young children, draining their blood slightly, but ultimately dooming them to become vampires themselves if she continues. Van Helsing intervenes and ultimately releases her from her undead nightmare by driving a stake through her heart, decapitating her and stuffing her mouth full of garlic, which would prevent Dracula from resurrecting her again. .

Lucy Westenra is the third figure from the latest wave of Universal Monsters Select Figures from Diamond Select Toys. The new figure from Diamond Select Toys re-imagines Lucy as a monster hunter. With the help of Van Helsing, she is able to control her bloodlust and use her vampiric strengths to hunt the monsters. She’s been out for a bit, and is readily available at comic and specialty shops now. I finally had a chance to review this figure, and I have over 45 high resolution images. Read on to see the gallery and check out my thoughts.

Universal Monsters Select Lucy Westenra by Diamond Select Toys

Pros

  • Beautiful sculpt
  • Lots of fine details
  • Plasma/ecto rifle is a great looking weapon
  • Very good articulation
  • Nice paint apps
  • Two very different interchangeable head sculpts
  • Great companion figure to the previously released Van Helsing

Cons

  • Strap holding plasma/ecto rifle is too thin
  • Packaging shows accessories not included

Overall
Like the previously released Universal Monsters Select Van Helsing Figure, Lucy Westenra is a completely original design and is sculpted by the great Jean St. Jean. Lucy is decked out in Monster Hunter gear, with wooden stakes (not removable), some kind of plasma/ecto rifle with a backpack, swords and a pistol. There are a ton of small, fine details throughout the figure. There are nice texture differences between the different surfaces on the figure. The skin is very smooth, while the outfit has more stippling effects and rougher edges that give a realistic look to them. The hair is handled especially well here, as it has a great look of flowing movement to it, and the few strands can be repositioned as desired. There are two included head sculpts. The main one is a standard female “beauty” sculpt. The alternate head is Lucy as a vampire, wearing goggles and with a removable hood. Both are excellent sculpts and work well with the design of the figure.

The figure has plenty of articulation to go along with a solid sculpt. There’s easily over 16 points of articulation here. There are some soft vinyl clothing pieces around the waist and hips, which allow for a more full range of movement. None of the sculpting hinders range of motion. Thankfully, there was no paint locking and I never had the need to heat up joints to loosen them. Weapons fit comfortably in the hands as well as their holsters. The paint application here works well. There’s some nice transitional colors in the outfits, with darker washes overtop to bring out the details. Each of the different materials is handled well, with metallic pieces having more of a shine to them, while wooden and worn leather have a bit of a matte finish to them.

Lucy includes a stone path diorama base. It seems to go nicely with the grave scene included with Van Helsing and the diorama base with the Wolfman. The figure has a kind of supernatural weapon I’m calling the plasma/ecto rifle. It has a tank, which is fixed to the figures back. A soft vinyl tube connects the tank to the main gun, while a leather strap holds the gun at her side. Keep in mind, the pieces connecting the strap to the gun is very thin, and mine ripped almost immediately. A pistol is included, which can fit into a holster on her side. Lucy includes two short swords, which can fit into sheaths on her back. The included weapons are each unique and fun to pose with. However, the packaging and preview images had shown a much longer sword, similar to Van Helsing’s, as well as an archway for the base. Neither is included, with the sword being swapped out for two short swords and the arch replaced with the plasma/ecto rifle.

Being an all new design, this is a very solid addition to the Universal Monsters line up. It helps to build up the hero ranks of the line, and makes a great companion piece to Van Helsing. The figure is available now and sells for $25 or less.

*Diamond Select Toys provided the figure for review purposes.

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Discussion / Comments (Jump to this Thread on the Forum)

  1. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    04-14-2016, 07:43 AM

    Universal Monsters Select Lucy Westenra - Toyark Photo Shoot







  2. TheBlueMarvel's Avatar TheBlueMarvel says

    04-14-2016, 07:49 AM

    Nice photos, Joe. I was just looking at this fig in TRU the other day. At 7" (?), it's a little large for my tastes. Still a pretty niffty fig!

  3. ludovicotek's Avatar ludovicotek says

    04-14-2016, 07:50 AM

    Beautiful pics. I love this line, but skipped on picking up Lucy. Your photos are making me question that decision.

  4. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    04-14-2016, 07:53 AM

    The Lucy is really well made. It's a solid figure, much like the Van Helsing. I can understand people who are only into the actual classic monsters not picking this up. It's stylistically different and more modern looking than those original monster designs.

    Also, thanks for the kind words guys. Really appreciate it and glad people enjoy the pics.

  5. TheBlueMarvel's Avatar TheBlueMarvel says

    04-14-2016, 08:05 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Joe Moore View Post
    I can understand people who are only into the actual classic monsters not picking this up. It's stylistically different and more modern looking than those original monster designs.
    She does have a "steampunk" feel to her, so I suppose she could work alongside some of the classic monsters.

  6. Cyclopswc's Avatar Cyclopswc says

    04-14-2016, 08:10 AM

    I saw the figure at Toys R Us, but the version in TRU doesn't seem to include the regular head, only the vampire one with goofy googles. Can anyone confirm?

    Great pictures as always.

  7. ludovicotek's Avatar ludovicotek says

    04-14-2016, 08:14 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Cyclopswc View Post
    I saw the figure at Toys R Us, but the version in TRU doesn't seem to include the regular head, only the vampire one with goofy googles. Can anyone confirm?

    Great pictures as always.
    Not sure about the head, but the TRU versions don't come with all the accessories or base. So, you are probably correct. Still, $15 for a figure of this calibre, it's hard to complain.

  8. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    04-14-2016, 08:19 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Cyclopswc View Post
    I saw the figure at Toys R Us, but the version in TRU doesn't seem to include the regular head, only the vampire one with goofy googles. Can anyone confirm?

    Great pictures as always.
    The Toys R Us versions of DST Select figures are normally stripped down versions. Less accessories, no diorama pieces, but about $10 cheaper.

  9. Harbinger's Avatar Harbinger says

    04-14-2016, 08:19 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ludovicotek View Post
    Not sure about the head, but the TRU versions don't come with all the accessories or base. So, you are probably correct. Still, $15 for a figure of this calibre, it's hard to complain.
    Yah the tru one is what i call dumbed down version. I got the normal one with the book packaging but may get the tru one to open as i love the book style packaging. And i gotta say after reading this review im damn tempted to open mine and not wait to get another.

  10. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    04-14-2016, 08:21 AM

    Ever since the release of Gill-Man 2.0, they've been killing these releases. Wolfman and Mummy 2.0 figures are both fantastic as well.

  11. Cyclopswc's Avatar Cyclopswc says

    04-14-2016, 09:30 AM

    Thank you all. I've always wanted this figure, but I didn't want to buy it until I see it in store, that's why I was kind of disappointed to see the TRU version came with the goofy goggle head (the goggle is not removable, right?) instead of the nice clean headsculpt. I was hoping perhaps they packed it half and half. I don't care for the diorama much, but I'd rather spring the extra $10 to get the nice headsculpt.

  12. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    04-14-2016, 09:35 AM

    Then you'd definitely want to grab it online or at a comic shop. Entertainment Earth & BBTS have it for $23 plus shipping:

    Lucy Westenra 7" Figure - Universal Studios Monsters Universal Monsters Select

    Universal Monsters Select Lucy Westenra Action Figure - Diamond Select - Universal Monsters - Action Figures at Entertainment Earth

  13. snake5289's Avatar snake5289 says

    04-14-2016, 09:53 AM

    It may just be me but I get a bit of a Castlevania vibe off of her. Maybe Lords of Shadow-esque? I only played the first one.

    Regardless she looks awesome and you got some great pics with her.

  14. Phantomcrow's Avatar Phantomcrow says

    04-14-2016, 09:53 AM

    The goggles and hood are TOTALLY removable. The face underneath has red vampire eyes and slightly pointed eyebrows and fangs painted in the mouth.
    The alternate head is supposed to be if Van Helsing rescued her AFTER Dracula got to her. She became a vampire that hunts vampires with him.
    The ONLY thing different from the full DS version and the TRU version is the standard blond head. The arch way and long sword were dropped before production and they never changed the package. The TRU version comes with the base, the acid gun and the 2 short swords and pistol.
    So 25$ vs. 13$ for the exact same thing minus the blond head.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Cyclopswc View Post
    (the goggle is not removable, right?) instead of the nice clean headsculpt. I was hoping perhaps they packed it half and half. I don't care for the diorama much, but I'd rather spring the extra $10 to get the nice headsculpt.

  15. Cyclopswc's Avatar Cyclopswc says

    04-14-2016, 12:58 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Phantomcrow View Post
    The goggles and hood are TOTALLY removable.
    Thanks! The goggles were the only thing I didn't like on her. I googled the head with red eyes without the goggles, looks pretty good too!

  16. nosferatu666 has no avatar! nosferatu666 says

    04-17-2016, 12:02 AM

    Some of the best pics I've seen of my work Joe, thanks!

    -Jean

  17. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    04-17-2016, 05:54 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by nosferatu666 View Post
    Some of the best pics I've seen of my work Joe, thanks!

    -Jean
    Thank you for he kind words. Love your sculpting. Welcome to the site.

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