Comments on: Where the Wild Things Are Now

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» 11th Ave Rumpus GO FIGURES! — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 04:32:41 +0000

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By: Roobiie

Roobiie — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:15:14 +0000

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By: Cantina-Dan

Cantina-Dan — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 23:53:47 +0000

No doubt it was scary, Clutch. I wonder if that had something to do with its popularity. There must just be something gripping / intriguing or something that attracts kids to the book, despite them being somewhat scared of it. Granted, Max does “tame” the Wild Things, but even as he triumphs as their “king” they still have this evil look in their eyes that is rather unsettling! And at the end when they are proclaiming their love for Max they can’t help but include the phrase: “we’ll eat you up!” Maybe the books popularity has something to do with the relief we all felt getting to last page and seeing Max safely back at home with his dinner waiting!

By: Cantina-Dan

Cantina-Dan — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 23:44:35 +0000

Jeremy, I love the rational you invoked for choosing those two characters! I’ve been thinking that it may have been cool is they made Douglas’s arm removable and included a stick accessory you could replace it with!

By: Cantina-Dan

Cantina-Dan — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 23:42:33 +0000

Also – really curious now about how McFarlane went about securing the license and how involved Maurice Sendak was in that approval process…

By: Cantina-Dan

Cantina-Dan — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 23:41:25 +0000

Hey thanks for that link! Very interesting read. I can’t believe that the Wild Things dolls you can still find in Barnes and Noble, etc are based on the one’s Mel designed back then!!! Now I gotta buy them.

By: demoncat

demoncat — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 00:55:49 +0000

nice article. this proves that where the wild things are is one of those things that never dies seems to touch new generations. as a classic thing should. and sorry about you losing your mcfarlane wild things set. the bad part of having something cool that it winds up a casulty when ones real life goes bad

By: Lt. Clutch

Lt. Clutch — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 08:50:23 +0000

I understand about the companionship bit in regards to figures. Just having them around can help when you’ve got a lot in your plate. I remember the Maurice Sendak book from those old Scholastic book catalogs they gave out in school. I found the monster creepy since I was more into Richard Scarry and Little Golden Books such as Scuffy the Tugboat. (I wonder why nobody’s ever made any Scuffy toys?) Whenever there was a book fair in school I would pick up the newest Scooby-Doo item but WTWTA seemed to have a bigger audience. I was always creeped out by the cover but it was a very popular seller with kids.

By: SpyMagician

SpyMagician — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 07:02:45 +0000

Dan!

Sorry to hear about your McF set… -___-

I too love the Wild Things, and the movie was as you say the best look at the thought processes of a child through adult eyes that I’ve seen in film.

And I LOVE those Medicom Vinyls! I only have Douglas and Bull (my 2 favorites as I have a pet Cockatoo and was born in the Year of the Ox) but will likely get the rest eventually…. Normally I need some articulation but the sculpts on those are just sooooo goood…

By: emptypegger

emptypegger — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:01:50 +0000

Dan, always enjoy your posts.

Mel Birnkrant (The Outer Space Men) wrote about some Wild Thing dolls he worked on at his site. They’re not action figures, but they look really nice. The article also touches upon the lack of Wild Things merchandise.

Here’s the link – http://www.melbirnkrant.com/toys/a_wild.htm

By: naibbian

naibbian — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 23:48:45 +0000

Bravo! Great article. Aaaahh – To be a kid again… Sucks to have your life pulled apart by lawyers and the rest. I know the feeling. Sometimes I wish I could ride off in a rowboat to a land of make believe. But when I was a kid I wanted nothing more than to grow up and do grown up things… c’est la vie. I guess I’ll be 12 forever.

By: Stcardinal

Stcardinal — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 23:36:47 +0000

I’m really kicking myself for not picking up the MCF set when it first came out. Not really a fan of the new design, however.

By: Sector1014

Sector1014 — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:06:36 +0000

Great blog. Those portrait pics are full of so much awesome and fun. I haven’t collected Kubricks at all, but that pic kinda tempts me. Those look pretty darn cool.