Top 10 Must-Own Horror Toys: Friday the 13th Edition
John Squires
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If you haven’t yet looked on your calendar or at that little fixture in the lower right-hand corner of your computer screen, today is Jason Voorhees’ favorite day of the year: Friday the 13th. As tempting as it is to head out into the woods and go camping with some friends on a day like today, I instead encourage you to wait out the day at home and lock yourself in your bedroom until Jason’s done doing what he’s gotta do.
In an effort to keep you in your computer chair, we thought it only fitting to give the Friday the 13th franchise the “Must-Own Toys” treatment today, a task that’s quite a bit easier said than done. In fact, given that there are so many incredible Jason toys that have been released over the years, from pretty much every installment in the franchise, cutting the list down to only ten was quite frankly painful.
But just as Jason has to brutally slaughter any horny young teens who wander into his neck of the woods on a day like today, I had to do what I had to do. Well actually, those with a keen eye will notice that I extended the list to eleven, but more toys is always a good thing. Right? Right.
Read on for the list!
The dream sequence from the end of Friday the 13th is one of the most iconic moments in the history of the franchise, a jump scare that gave us our very first glimpse of Jason Voorhees. Mezco Toyz immortalized the scene in the first series of their Screen Grabs line, comprised of mini dioramas that brought our favorite horror movie moments to life. This one’s worth owning not only because it’s awesome, but also because it marked the first and only time young Jason and final girl Alice Hardy were immortalized in toy form.
When it comes to the Friday the 13th franchise, Sideshow Collectibles dug deeper into the series than any other toy company has over the years, releasing 12″ figures of Jason as he was seen in every installment of the original franchise other than that time he (sort of) took Manhattan. Hardcore fans of the franchise will probably want to own them all, but if you’re not that hardcore about things, or don’t exactly have hundreds of dollars to burn, picking up your favorite Jason should suffice.
Having too hard of a time selecting just one from the bunch, I instead decided to go for Sideshow’s 12″ Mrs. Voorhees doll, a character that is as important to the franchise as Jason but has never been given all that much love when it comes to toys. Mrs. Voorhees’ very first toy came equipped with several weapons and even her own severed head.
The following year, in 2005, NECA paid tribute to the 25th Anniversary of the release of Friday the 13th by putting out this incredible box set, which came with the only other Mrs. Voorhees toy that’s ever been made – well, aside from a mini-figure that recently came with a Friday the 13th toy car. A mash-up of the first two films in the franchise, the set included Pamela Voorhees and Part 2 Jason, as well as the shrine Jason built to his mother after Alice cut her head off. Both figures could be displayed alone or together with the base, and Jason came with his sack-head mask and an alternate head without the mask. The ultimate tribute to the Voorhees family, right here.
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