Trick or Treat for 31 Days of Toy Terror: Young Michael Myers from John Carpenter's Halloween by Plastic Meatball

   Today I'm excited to check out a figure I've had since May that just feels like the perfect figure for this year's 31 Days of Toy Terror countdown: Young Michael Myers from Plastic Meatball's John Carpenter's Halloween toyline. We've had a few figures of adult Michael Myers in the line, but a young Michael? That's a first in the faux retro style this line imitates so well! I missed out on NECA's Halloween: The Evolution of Evil 2-pack from 2006 and I've really wanted a young Michael Myers from Halloween night 1963 for my collection and this guy definitely fills a nice role in my collection. Earlier this month I reviewed the Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers 2-pack which includes Michael's niece, Jamie Lloyd, in her clown costume from the end of the film, and you probably aren't surprised that these two share a body. They're young kids in clown costumes. How different are they? It's smart reuse (I'm not sure who was planned first) and well executed. Ready to check out the haunting figure of six-year old Michael Myers from just moments after he stabbed his sister, Judith, within their own home at 43 Lampkin Lane in Haddonfield, Illinois? Then join me after the break...

  

The Facts:

Height: 3 1/8ths inches

Articulation: Swivel hips, swivel shoulders, and swivel neck.

Accessories: Mask and knife 

Non-Scalper Price: $20 dollars

The Packaging:

* I love the art on these. The front of the card has great art of the young Michael standing emotionless in front of his home while the back definitely captures the cross sell art, promotions, and sales pitches of vintage toylines. The inset showing the attachable mask says "They won't see you coming with the attachable clown mask!"

Just brilliant and a ton of fun.  

The Positives:

* Michael's outfit is quite colorful. I mean, it's a child's clown costume from the 1960s; it's supposed to be bright and garish. That's what makes it all the more unsettling, though. It's a very classic looking clown suit, so it's not designed to be creepy or anything; it's just basic, a bit baggy, and fairly well painted. The detail level is solid as it still feels like a retro Kenner styled figure, but one from probably the Return of the Jedi era where the figures had more detail.

* Most of these faux retro styled figures don't quite look like the actors they're based on, but that was pretty much true for most vintage action figures, right? The hair looks right (though it's quite yellow, like Luke Skywalker's) and the face does look weird and emotionless, so I think it works. Creepy kid? Yup. 

* Michael comes with the clown mask he wears while killing Judith. He can hold it in his hand or wear it on his face. It stays on remarkably well and doesn't use a clip or a string; the mask is just designed to fit over his face. It's quite creepy and unsettling, which means it's perfect. 

* He's also sporting some nicely painted Chuck Taylor. I don't know if Michael wore Chuck Taylors as a kid in the original film but he did wear black Chucks in Rob Zombie's remake. He's also sporting them under baggy clown pants with ruffles, which is quite a look. 

* Michael is a traditional five point of articulation figure, so don't expect anything other than that. The plastic has a nice feel to it, like a quality vintage figure, and I like the bend sculpted in the right arm. It makes him look better when holding the included knife and captures his dazed stance from the beginning of the movie quite well. 

* The knife is the same as the knife included with the other Michael Myers figures in the line. It's nicely painted, so it definitely more advanced than your average 1980s era accessory, but it looks good with the figures. 

   I really like this figure. Yeah, Young Michael Myers is small, but darn if he doesn't have an excellent and weird shelf presence. He's such an iconic character and seeing Michael standing in front of his home while realizing that he was the killer we just witnessed stab his own sister is definitely a chilling and memorable part of one of the greatest horror films ever made. I'm excited that Plastic Meatball keeps revisiting Halloween and I'm hopeful they deliver a couple more figures from the line at some point in the future. Young Michael Myers is a Great figure that captures the faux retro aesthetic nicely.


Looking for more of Michael Myers? All of my Michael Myers reviews can be found at The Myers House!

For more figures from Plastic Meatball's John Carpenter's Halloween toyline, check out the following:

Annie Brackett
Dr. Loomis

Ghost Bob