Originally Posted By williamedit Go to doombuggies.com and go to message boards there. Under topic "and a ghost will follow you home" scroll down to new haunted mansion merchandise photos and included is a photo of the Monsanto House.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Nice, but it looks like it doesn't have an interior. That's what I would want; a model with a full interior.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss ^^A full, _working_ interior, with battery powered LED's for lighting, and some animated features too.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA ^^^and some actual miniature human beings who would live inside the house. Like the SIMS, but real.
Originally Posted By williamedit I really didn't expect it to have an interior taking into consideration that it is priced at $149.00. It does have the entrance and exit stairways which are not visible in the photo. Or so I have been told.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Yeah, I kind of wish they had even gone with photos in the windows so that it looked like you could "see" into the house. This model looks kind of plastic....ok, so the actual house WAS plastic, but this looks cheap. I, for one, can't wait to see what the Mark Twain replica looks like!!
Originally Posted By DisLee They had this at the NFFC show in January. It is a very basic model - just the basic molded shape with light-up opaque windows, and the stairways. That's about it. In person, it looks ok. Not bad, not great.
Originally Posted By SIR at X-S Tech Yeah it seems to be lacking the cool stuff that makes an architectural model like all the fencing staircases etc... This looks more like a big fig than anything.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Also, there's no landscaping at the base. OK, that might be nitpicking, but it looks way to sterile for my tastes. At least the house at Disneyland had a garden of some fashion around the base. It just needs...something...more detail...something. I'm certainly not interested in owning it now.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss ^^If I was inclined, I could add all the detailing myself... I've done plenty of modeling in my time. A landscaped base would be a good start.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Are you so inclined though? I guess that certainly would make it more personal to you, since you added to it's detail. Will it be worth it to you to purchase it, and still have to modify it yourself?
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I have too much stuff in my house to be buying more stuff! I MUST NOT buy any more collectibles of any kind untill I sell off what I've got. Seriously, I've come to the realization that I have gone way overboard with the accumulation of things. I'm not even enjoying most of it, as it's all stored in boxes. Ever see the documentary Affluenza? That's what I am recovering from.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 "I have too much stuff in my house to be buying more stuff! I MUST NOT buy any more collectibles of any kind untill I sell off what I've got." Oh, I know what you mean!! I've gotten to the point that if I buy something new, something old has to go! I just sold off a ton of stuff I had in storage on Ebay. I realized that I would never display it, and what kind of fun was it packed away in boxes? I have to be VERY selective now, and know exactly where something will go before I buy it.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 The ONLY thing that I will permit myself to keep in storage or boxes is Disney reference material, like papers and books. Because that stuff can be pulled out on occasion to check something or see old photos. But I don't want to store any more collectibles that are meant for display at this point. It defeats the purpose, to me. I have to train myself though, since I tend to be a packrat!
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<I have to train myself though>> You had to say trains. I love trains. I wanted that 50% off Disneyland monorail model. I've got a bunch of N-scale models of Shinkansen and TGV trains. I WANT MORE ARRRRGHHHH!!!
Originally Posted By SIR at X-S Tech Yes, the little lacking details are what makes this less appealing for me. What really makes or breaks a "model" like this for me is the variety of materials and details. Something with lots of different materials, chosen because they best suit whatever's being portrayed, seems much more appealing to me than an item that is just one big hunk of resin, or whatever. Not that the house itself isn't well done. But when it's just one big molded piece, that says two things to me. 1) It says that Disney was trying to do it as cheap as possible. 2) It says that they wanted it to be just a good representation of the House, not some sort of scale model- more sculpture than miniature. Wheras something like the Barker Bird did the opposite. Buy using various materials (for the collar and Tie, the tail feathers, and the beak being seperate pieces), they were able to do a nicer, more convincing reproduction than if they had just molded the thing in one big piece (which they could have easily done). The house is not a bad piece, but this is one I'll probably wait and buy when it's 50% off.
Originally Posted By myeticket This can't be the finished piece. This looks to cheap. It looks like something I could buy at Wal-mart. I'm sure this can't be the 'completed' model.. At least I hope not.. cause then I would have to agree with gurgitoy2.
