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MonsterGuy95	Horrors of the Wax Museum! Your favourite wax monster displays!	Lead	[-]
Jul 16 12 3:58 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Mine: Frankenstein - Louis Tussauds Wax Museum, Blackpool Christopher Lee Dracula (coffin has been removed) This dummy was not in the Chamber of Horrors when I went, but in the lobby:http://www.flickr.com/photos/mesmoland/3257049729/in/set-72157612980907271 Sadly this museum closed . I went when I was 5 and absolutely LOVED the chamber of horrors! Cushing AND Karloff! This museum had a great Chamber of Horrors, with a Oliver Reed Werewolf, a Chris Lee Dracula (in coffin), Quasimodo tied to the wheel thing (it spun round) with no likeness to Lon Chaney OR Charles Laughton at all! You can actually watch a tour of the Blackpool Chamber of Horrors here (however they have chose to introduce live actors into the museum now, so there will be jumpscares): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxWlbmpDPgA Last Edited By: MonsterGuy95 Jul 16 12 4:17 AM. Edited 2 times.
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PhantomXCI		#1	[-]
Jul 17 12 2:42 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The Christopher Lee figure looks like Peter Cushing in a Christopher Lee mask. Madame Tussaud's in NY has Lugosi as Dracula and Karloff's Monster and Mummy. The later is excellent. The other two are OK. The old Hollywood Wax Museum (in Hollywood) had really, really bad figures, including Vincent Price in HOUSE OF WAX and Ah-nold as CONAN.
Python		#2	[-]
Jul 18 12 9:01 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yeah. most all of the figures in the old Hollywood Wax Museum were bad. That place is not to be confused with the sadly departed Movieland Wax Museum. The Wax Museum on Fisherman's Wharf here in San Francisco is a mixed bag. Many, many years ago, The Wharf had the Medieval Torture Dungeon Wax Museum. How they ever thought that would survive is beyond me, but it was very cool. A dark and gruesome museum fetauring every conceivable torture device and a description of how it worked. But, I digress. The current wax museum has some of the old leftovers from The Medieval Torture Dungeon in their Chamber of Horrors. At last visit, there was still the venerable old pseudo-Karloff Frankenstein monster, a generic vampire, werewolf, Chaney-like Phantom and a few others along with the torture scenes. Not exactly the best I've ever seen. The setting is pretty cool, though.
Mil Mascaras		#3	[-]
Aug 6 12 2:51 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The figures at the old Hollywood Wax Museum were embarrassingly bad. I used to work summers at the Movieland Wax Museum when I was in high school and their stuff was decent, and sometimes good - miles and miles better that Hollywood WM. A few years ago, many of the figures from the HWM were put up for auction (I think it was Heritage) and they, of course, had photos of all the items being auctioned. Most of these re-creations were, as I mentioned, an embarassment. I wondered seriously, whether the sculptor had ever seen the person they were intending to re-create, or even had a single photo of them for that matter.
Friend of Daniel		#4	[-]
Aug 6 12 3:53 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The old wax museum 'World of Illusion' in Gatlinburg, TN used to feature a wax Superman using his x-ray vision to sneak a peek at Lois Lane's panties. Superman soared over the heads of the patrons and something of a challenge had emerged over the years that involved trying to jump up and break off a piece of him. The last time I was there - sometime in the late '80s - Superman and Lois had been relegated to a back stairwell. I'm guessing they were melted down to make a Lindsay Lohan figure or something long, long ago.
Mil Mascaras		#5	[-]
Aug 7 12 7:17 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I guess I sort of got off course in my last post - but at different times, Movieland Wax Museum in Buena Park CA had displays of the various Universal monsters with the best one being Lugosi as Dracula, Even that though, was mediocre at best. They had a Wolf Man that bore some resemblance to to the original, but always seemed to me to be a pretty generic werewolf. If I recall, they never seemed to get his wardrobe quite right either. The thing I remember most about their Frankenstein Monster was that somehow, his body looked way out of proportion. I don't recall if his head was too big or what, but I remember thinking something wasn't right. His facial features were good, though. Their Chaney Phantom was badly done as well. There was only the slightest resemblance to the original - sort of like they were displaying Erik's not-quite-so-bad-looking brother or cousin. They did have, however, an alternate Frankenstein Monster at a booth in another location in the Museum where customers could have their photo taken with the Monster. If my memory serves me right, that version wasn't as close to correct as the regular tour's display. Last Edited By: Mil Mascaras Aug 7 12 7:24 AM. Edited 1 times.

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