Vincent Price

But it clearly says "feet included" - they have to be here! Darkness falls across the land... the "Merchant of Menace" has returned! A horror and camp icon with an unmistakable voice, the incomparable Vincent Price appeared in more than 100 films during his lifetime. However, this Master of Horror wasn't just an actor of stage, radio, and screen; he was also an art historian and gourmet cook! This is a re-release, more or less, of a figure NECA allegedly put out in 2024. I say "allegedly" because I liked the promise of that figure enough to actually bother preordering it, rather than just waiting for it to show up at the store, but it still never shipped. And then, when it was apparently finally ready to release, Entertainment Earth tried to cheat me by raising the price. Like, I'm sorry that tariffs happened, but that's a you problem, not a me problem: if I place a preorder months and months before that kind of idiot surcharge is even thought of, you need to honor the price you offered when the order was placed. Or else your bad business practices get called out by name. Sure, charge the new price going forward, that's (mostly) fair, but to charge it going backwards? No. I ordered it for $34.99, and you're going to sell it to me at $34.99 or you're going to get $0, you massive fraud. The appeal of NECA's Ultimate Vincent Price is variety: the toy includes three heads with three different Trevor Grove portraits, showing Vinnie at various points throughout his life. Plus, if that weren't enough, there are also three diffferent collars to poke out of his suit coat, creating even more display possibilities. This is, at minimum, three different figures in one, and possibly up to nine. You want a young Vincent Price wearing a bow tie? A middle-aged Vincent Price looking slyly to the side while wearing a necktie? A mischievious elderly Vincent Price wearing a cravat? Absolutely, those are all possibilities, as are any combination of age and neck accoutrement you'd prefer. The body is wearing a plain suit, which is why changing neckties is possible: the shirtfront and collar are just a separate piece that fits over the neck and slips down inside the jacket so it looks natural. When I took it out of the box and saw how long the legs were, my first thought was "did Tankman sculpt this?" And sure enough, yes, the credits on the bottom of the box say Kyle Windrix! He's a tall guy, and he always gives his sculpts long legs. Since the toy isn't based on any specific role Vincent Price took, just on the man himself, this is a nice, neutral look. This release is done in black and white, like so many of NECA's Universal Monsters figures - a decent choice, considering how many of his movies were in black and white as well. The suit is paired with dress shoes and has a handkerchief in the breast pocket; on the original release, the showes are a high-glos black, to look like shiny leather, and the pocket square is white; on this release, the shoes are matte, and the pocket is grey, presumably done so you can tell the colored body apart from the grayscale body even without the head and hands on? Additionally, the cravat on the first figure is red, but here it has to be grey as well. And in a small little touch, the eyes on the main head here are looking to his left, while on the color version they were looking to the right. Unexpected change! Articulation is average: ankles, knees, thighs, hips, waist, wrists, elbows, shoulders, neck, and head. There are no double-joints in the limbs, which is okay for a guy who's basically a horror host, not a big, dynamic character. You won't be getting him into any wild fistfights, but would you want to? The hands he has in the tray are giving a sort of creepy gesture, but the set also includes three rights and a left intended for holding accessories. And then there's also an alternate right forearm, hardly one of the most common bodyparts! That one has two holes in the top, so the included raven has a place to perch. (Because Price has become associated with Poe's poem, you see.) Other accessories include a black cat lying on its side, a skull, a teacup and saucer, four cigarettes, a candle, a cookbook, and a stack of records. Most of those are self-explanatory, so let's look at the rest. The book, Cooking Price-Wise, is a real publication from 1971, based on the six-episode TV series wherein Price introduced British viewers to international cuisine that could be made from simple, easy-to-obtain ingredients. The albums are a shuffled stack, with 1969's Witchcraft Magic (An Adventure in Demonology) sitting on top, and if you look at the bottom of the stack you'll see the rear cover of Tales Of Witches, Ghosts And Goblins, but the two in the middle are unidentifiable. Looking at the color version, one of the album sleeves is blue, one is orange, and one is red and white, but obviously this b/w version doesn't even get that much identifying info. The Vincent Price action figure is really cool, and a lot of fun with its various alternate appearances, but I don't have a lot of black and white toys, so I don't have anything he'd really look good next to. Sadly, as awesome as he is, I think he's going to go back to the store, and I'm going to keep trying to find the color version at a fair price. -- 04/12/26 Did you actually know VIncent Price loved cooking, or was that news to you? Tell us on our message board, the Loafing Lounge.