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Ricsan Custom Toys Ymir (20 Million Miles To Earth)

The latest figure I purchased from Ricsan Custom Toys is his new figure of Ymir, the Venusian monster from the American Ray Harryhausen classic 20 Million Miles To Earth. He arrived last week. The sculpt mostly captures the monster's weird but goofy look, with his tall, lean body, forked tail, and cute, ape-like gnome face. Personally, I've always felt he resembled the offbeat creatures from the Dr. Seuss books, like a mix of the Lorax and the Grinch. He made the figure's mug a bit more adorable, as the monster from the film had a slightly more menacing scowl. He's painted a dull green with grey highlights on the torso, brows and top lip, almost like he's sporting a lighter colored mustache. The eyes are white with red irises, and a dull yellow for the teeth, finger and toe nails. There's a row of spikes that start at the back top of his head and go down all the way to the tail. There's also scale like patterns throughout the body. The paint is pretty decent...

The Victim (1972) / Exhibit A (2007)

Elizabeth Montgomery (Bewitched) stars in this early 70’s made for TV mystery about a woman who goes to her sister’s country house and begins to suspect something is amiss when the sister is not there. Kate Wainwright (Montgomery) has a phone conversation with her sister Susan, who tells Kate that she plans on divorcing her husband, Ben (George Maharis). After hanging up, Susan is confronted by a mystery person. Kate decides to drive up to Susan’s country home to spend time with her. She gets to the house but finds Susan is not home. A storm begins, and Kate finds herself trapped in the house, with only the creepy, grouchy housekeeper (Mrs. Hawkers) who lives next door. As the night progresses, Kate begins to suspect that someone else is lurking around as she keeps hearing odd noises around the house. The movie is your typical retro TV affair, with suspenseful music, POV shots of a mystery person spying on Kate, and a plot filled with all the classic thriller tropes, including thunder ...