ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected

Lately, the zombie news seems almost as infinite and expansive as the inevitable zombie hordes themselves. Not only does Sideshow continue with their ‘The Dead’ line, and Mezco and Peril Unlimited also have their own zombie collection – but Amok Time’s Doctor Tongue might just be the skeeviest of them all.

Forget about the jiggly intestines of Mezco for a moment – this 7″ figure from George Romero’s Day of the Dead has a jiggly, jawless tongue. As seen in this production shot, the original head sculpt with ‘real’ hair has been scrapped for sculpted hair, as the original ‘real’ hair didn’t look ‘right’ – whatever ‘right’ might be for zombie hair, which I can only presume is a very nebulous definition, and ninth or tenth on the list of zombie priorities, after ‘eat brains’, ‘my leg’s almost fallen off, hindering my ability to eat brains’ and ‘walk slowly towards eating more brains’. Nevertheless, Amok Time has changed their Doctor Tongue design, and the resulting figure is a fan favorite, 7″ tall, $18 zombie.