Mego Horror Wave 14 – B&W Creature From The Black Lagoon (Window Box) 8″ Action Figure All Mego

• Universal Monsters B&W Creature from the Black Lagoon.
• Official Edition Action Figure with Original Detail and Quality!
• 8-inch figure.
• 14 point articulation.
• Packaged in Window Box.

 

Creature from the Black Lagoon is a 1954 American black-and-white 3D monster horror film from Universal-International, produced by William Alland, directed by Jack Arnold. The Creature was played by Ben Chapman on land and by Ricou Browning under water. The film premiered in Detroit on February 12 and was released on a regional basis, opening on various dates.

Creature from the Black Lagoon was filmed in 3D and originally projected by the polarized-light method. The audience wore viewers with gray polarizing filters, similar to the viewers most commonly used today. Because the brief 1950s 3D film fad had peaked in mid-1953 and was fading fast in early 1954, many audiences actually saw the film “flat”, in two dimensions (2D). Typically, the film was shown in 3D in large downtown theaters and flat in smaller neighborhood theaters. In 1975, Creature from the Black Lagoon was re-released to theaters in the inferior red-and-blue-glasses anaglyph 3D format, which was also used for a 1980 home video release on Beta and VHS.

 

About MEGO Corporation

Originally founded in 1954 by Dave Abrams, Marty Abrams, now commonly known as ‘the father of action figures,’ took the helm of the company in 1971 and shifted the direction to licensed action figures.  He included the ‘World’s Greatest Super Heroes’ line), celebrity dolls, and the Micronauts toy line. Mego became famous for its 8-inch scale figures with interchangeable bodies. Eventually, this became an industry standard.

Mego Corporation re-launched in 2018 with a partnership between Marty Abrams and Joel Rosenzweig, focusing on 8-inch Action figures and launching with popular licenses from CBS, Warner Brothers, Sony, and Epic.