Santa Jack Skellington marionette

I have been going through old posts here replacing damaged images with new ones and adding new tags to make it easier to find interesting items and information here. While doing that I came across with the post where I had listed my The Nightmare Before Christmas statues, bobbleheads, etc. and there was a bit crappy picture of my Jack Skellington marionette. I have had it for many years and it's one of my most precious collectibles so I decided to take better pictures of it and show the details here.

Dark Shadows - The Visual Companion

About a month ago I got this really amazing Dark Shadows - The Visual Companion book. The book I first got had damage on the cover so I had to return it and wait to get a new one and that took about two weeks. Anyway now I have an undamaged version of the book and I really love it. First of all book is huge and it includes information and pictures about everything related to the movie - making ofs, costumes, scenes, characters...

 

Edward Scissorhands comicbook

This may come as news for you - at least I had no idea about this - but there has been made few comicbooks about Edward Scissorhands! It is written by Kate Leth and the artwork is done by Drew Rausch. Cover by Gabriel Rodriguez.
     The one I got is issue #1 and the cover is black and white. For this first issue there are also three other cover choices. Altogether there are five issues of Edward Scissorhands comics done so far and you can buy them here.

 The story begins from where the movie ended and these comicbooks sort of continue the story from there. In my opinion, if Tim Burton would continue the story of Edward it wouldn't go like the one in these comicbooks. Though it's funny to see one version of how someone else thinks it could go.

 I bought this one just to see what is it like and though the plot is not so much to my liking I really do like the drawing style in this, it's nice and gloomy. I probably need to buy all the rest of these too.

What do you think?  How have you thought the story of Edward Scissorhands would continue?

Chocolate Factory trading cards

Couple weeks ago I did some eBay shopping and as a result these trading cards arrived on Friday. I bought Charlie and the Chocolate Factory trading cards, a complete basic set. There are also some collectible cards available, but those I have to buy separately.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory set has 90 cards that includes characters, scenes from the movie, a checklist and a title card. On the backside of each card there is some information.

I also bought one foil pack of these cards just to get the package for my collection. Every pack has 8 cards and there might also be a more rare special card included. There is also a collection album available for these cards and I have been hunting for it for years but no luck yet.

Pirelli's Miracle Elixir

Finally something new! It is piano/vocals book from Sweeney Todd. I think I have pretty much every book there is now about Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd movie. Enjoy some pictures!

Frankenweenie VHS

I have been really busy with work and school but luckily I had time to visit couple flea markets and second hand shops last week. I found Tim Burton's original Frankenweenie VHS for 1€! I don't think this short film has been ever made into a DVD and since the movie was made in 1984 this could be quite rare, at least in Amazon someone is selling this for $35 and in eBay for $13 + shipping. Also this VHS is in good condition, of course I don't have a VHS player anymore so I have no idea if it actually works. Cool piece in my collection anyway.

Sally the Ragdoll from France

I just came back from Colmar, France. I spent almost a week there as a part of a school project. Nice trip and Colmar was so beautiful!

But back to this blog's topic. While shopping in Colmar I found this little souvenier shop that also had movie stuff and figures. There were mostly stuff from the Tintin, but also few movie figures including this Sally bobblehead. Of course I had to buy it as a souvenier for myself.
    It is made by Funko and it's not the best bobblehead figures there are made from The Nightmare Before Christmas movie, but it's not the worst one either. This cost 27€ which is a little bit more than I am usually willing to pay for figures, but I bought it as a souvenier so it was fine and I haven't bought Tim Burton stuff for a long time so...

 

P.S. I also uploaded more pictures of the Frankenweenie comicbook in my last post as requested, go check them out!