Operation: Monster Force Files — Count Dracula

In any other monster based toyline, Count Dracula would be the big bad. In Operation: Monster Force, he’s one of the good guys, and that just shows how bad things are. But what about the figure itself?

Welcome to the final installment of our series checking out Big Bad Workshop and Fresh Monkey Fiction’s Operation: Monster Force. We’ve looked at bad guys, and one of the troops on the ground. We wrap it up with the series’ flagship figure, Count Dracula.

When I started exploring the possibility of putting together this review series, this was the figure that pushed me over the edge. I had just purchased Hasbro’s Count Dracula figure as part of the Marvel Legends Strange Tales wave. I was unfortunately severely underwhelmed by that figure, but I had noticed the Operation: Monster Force Dracula on the Big Bad Toy Store website … A few emails and a Zoom call later, here we are.

This figure has all the same great first impression positives as the other figures. The sturdy box was great to look at. The comics page on the inside of the box was eye catching, and the display window was perfect for the figure.

Out of the box, the joints were a little stiff, with the knees needing the most attention. A quick warm bath solved that issue for the most part. This figure did also have an added challenge with the overcoat. 

The coat’s length did limit the figure’s movement a little, but it was made of a pliable enough plastic to overcome that. Leaving the coat down, I could still pose him fairly dynamically. It was also easy to flip the bottom of the coat up a little (though you don’t want to force that too much) for even more dynamic stances.

I love the design of the figure. The neutral and hissing heads both look great on the figure. From a design standpoint, the shirt and overcoat look great. It gives Dracula a regal appearance without sliding too far into camp or the fantastic. Keeping the rest of the figure relatively plain, wearing straight black, draws attention to the movement and posing, and not to anything further.

I did run into one other downside, and that was in the figure’s accessories. Dracula only comes with the extra head, four total sets of hands, a sword and his base. It’s the most basic of the figures we reviewed as far as accessories go. Now, the sword is great- the blade and hilt are both highly detailed with a great paint app. Unfortunately, that’s it. 

I’m not sure what else could have come with it, but a little bit more — maybe another weapon, an energy effect like the Forgotten King- could have improved it. The nice thing though is that, considering its scale, the figure is compatible with a wide array of other 1/12 scale figures’ accessories (in my case a G.I. Joe Classified Snake Eyes).

I absolutely enjoyed this figure. I think the Delta Red was the better of the two I had a chance to go hands-on with, but Dracula was still fantastic. The design team has guaranteed it has a permanent place on my figure bookshelf.

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