Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys figures

In 1988, B-movie director Charles Robert Band created his own horror film company named Full Moon Entertainment with two of their most well known franchises being *Puppet Master* and *Demonic Toys* which would eventually receive their own crossover duel film, but were also originally destined to have their own figures.

## **Summary**

First released in 1989, *Puppet Master* told the story of a group of psychics that were being tormented by a former colleague who committed suicide, using murderous puppets that were animated by an Egyptian spell. While a mixed bag with film critics, it has become a cult classic for most horror fans and has received over 10 sequels with the most recent one: The Littlest Reich, released in 2019 and another one in production. Full Moon also had their own toy division where you guessed it; they made tons of doll figures based on these murderous puppets. In 1992, Full Moon Entertainment would release another straight-to-video killer doll movie named *Demonic Toys* where a policewoman, her quarry, and a delivery boy are trapped in a haunted toy warehouse where they are terrorized by the titular characters. The film received many negative reviews, only two sequels, and is somewhat forgotten in the horror community. There is also very little merchandise that exists for this movie compared to the more successful *Puppet Master* series.

## **Cancelled Movie and Toyline**

In 1993, Full Moon had plans on making a crossover movie called *Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys* where Anton Toulon’s puppets duked it out with the villainous playthings and would have actually been the 4th film in the *Puppet Master* series, but was put on the backburner for a while until Toy Fair 2000 when it was announced the project was back in development. It would have came with a toyline that featured the first *Demonic Toys* “toys” and completely new *Puppet Master* figures known as “Cyber Puppets” which came with cybernetic enhancements and animatronic components.  Completed prototypes were finished and some of them appeared in retail catalogs along with exhibitions held at a Japan toy convention.  Unfortunately, they never came out as Full Moon went bankrupt and their toy subdivision disappeared completely. The company was renamed Full Moon Features and the crossover film would still be released on July 2004, but was non-canon, distributed by the SyFy Channel, and had no involvement or production at all from Full Moon Features, except for the script screenwriters who worked on a few *Puppet Master* films and Charles Band who received honorary credit as executive producer.

While we’re on the subject of unreleased figures, one of the more peculiar *Puppet Master* characters are Comb Queen; a slim blonde woman in Egyptian mummy bandages and a small blue-pink creature named Drone who were revealed in a late 1990’s toy fair magazine where they were never seen afterwards,  and a woman in a red dress planned for the continuation trilogy *Puppet Wars*.  Her name is Bombshell and she was actually repurposed for the 2012 film *Puppet Master: Axis of Evil*. Also planned for release in the 2000’s were 12” figures based on characters from other Full Moon Features like Jack Deth from *Trancers*, Radu Vladsilas from *Subspecies*, and *The Gingerdead Man*.

## **Verdict**

Many of the prototypes were completed and pictures of them can be found online, but none have ever resurfaced and a majority of them will remain: **LOST.**

## **Gallery**

A teaser image for the original version of Puppet Master vs. Demonic ToysToy magazine advertisement for figures of Cyclops and Blade as seen in Puppet Master 7: Retro Puppet MasterComb Queen figureDrone prototypeEarlier prototype of the Bombshell characterGingerdead Man action figure12” prototype figure of Jack Deth from TrancersAdvertisement for a 12” prototype of Radu from SubspeciesUnproduced Puppet Master bobblehead figures known as the Tiny Terrors lineUnproduced figures of Baby Oopsie Daisy, Jack the Clown, and Grizzly Teddy“Cyber Puppet” figures made for the planned Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys line

## **References**

1. ↑ http://www.toymania.com/toyfair2000/fullmoon/fullmoon2000.shtml
2. ↑ https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/puppetmasterforum/full-moon-toys-2000-what-could-of-been-t4089.html
3. ↑ https://demonic-toys.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Puppet\_Master\_vs.\_Demonic\_Toys#Featured\_toys
4. ↑ https://puppet-master.fandom.com/wiki/Comb\_Queen
5. ↑ https://puppet-master.fandom.com/wiki/Bombshell/Puppet#Trivia