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VAMPIRELLA was born from the minds of Forry J. Ackerman and James Warren back in 1969.
The very first issue sported a cover drawn by Frank Frazetta and from there Vampi has never looked back.
The magazine was later bought up by HARRIS CORPORATION, but still goes strong today, with many different titles hitting the shops each month!
Besides B&W magazines, our favorite Vampire has appeared on everything from trading cards, to posters... T-shirts to painted on the sides of Vans!One would be hard pressed to think of any artist that hasn't done his or her own version of this Femme Fatale, from Frazetta to Boris, Linsner to Kaluta, ...well let's just say she's been drawn by some of the best!!
So it should be no surprise that those in the Modeling and Garage Kit arenas have taken this girl home and produced their own versions for our enjoyment!!
  
In 1971 the AURORA Corporation entered with the first (and only)
styrene entry, with this addition to their 'Monster Scenes' line.
As impressive as the box art was ...(it certainly had my 16 year old glands rushing down to the local Drug Store and quickly snatching a box off the shelf)... one was quickly disappointed upon opening it!
But overall a poor start for our Heroine! Luckily for us lovers-of-the-female-form, many Garage Kit sculpturists came to our need and filled the disappointing void left by AURORA!
From the 25th ANNIVERSARY issue, with the great Frank Frazetta cover, comes this pre-painted statue sculpted by Shawn Nagle!
   Two kits that Carmen passed my way. The one on the left is one of Joe Sid's 'Generic Vixon' kits, that Joe converted himself. 
This was a Myths & Legends figure with the girl converted to Vampirella by Troy Allen... "She is very detailed, as is the skull she is lying on. Theres a bat on one hand and a gold cup of blood in the other.The girl was completely redone from face to boots." Here someone converted Cellar Cast's Figurator converted this nude to  
This fantastic piece was done by Dave Hackett, who wrote;
"The cathedral base was totally built out of balsa foam. I have a skull door knocker I made as well, but you can't see it because Vampi's in front of it.The window is a stained glass piece I made. The little detail "knobs" on the end of the stairwell are wooden from a doll supply place. It was painted with washes and some dry brushing. The stone pattern was actually fun to do. The tall part of the base was sectioned together out of 2 pieces of balsafoam. Would I do this kind of thing again? Yes. But where in the hell do you put it? I kind of backed myself in a corner with the size of this thing. It's like 23" tall or so. But a base just like this for Sassy's 1/3 Dracula, man that would seriously rock! Hmmm....." Dave recently sold this on eBay, which was quickly snatched up by Jack Reptile!! Jack sent me this closeup on the door...
 Jack Reptile shares his vast VAMPIRELLA collection with these photographs!
 
Jack Reptile bought a 'Deadly Awakening' kit off eBay sometime back and had Tim Sloan do the honors of transforming it into a Vampirella piece!
 
 
This is a great kit-bash I saw a couple years ago, where Vampy's legs were cut and repositioned to a sitting pose. The throne and background to this diorama were simply fantastic.
I've asked Fred DeRuvo if he had any photo's showing the whole diorama, and he came through with flying colors!! Although not a figure kit nor a pre-paint, Moore Creations announced a new Vampirella figure at the 2000 TOY FAIR this year! There are three versions available:
While surfing the Amok Time's website saw the red suited version (#CM0011) for sale for only $9.99, and quickly ordered mine! It arrived 2 days later and is absolutely fantastic!! Get yours today!!
  ...also from Moore Creations are these...
This hand poured kiln-fired true porcelain sculpture is based on the incredibly popular Vampirella action figure and stands a full 7 3/4 inches tall. With an edition of 5,000 and retailing for $39.00, you won't want to pass on this rendition of this heart-stopping beauty...  The great Michael Kaluta was kind enough to send me this nice rendition of Vampy for my collection! Thanks, Mike!!!
On Aug 19, 2001, my oldest son got George Perez to draw me his version! 
Our friendly 'Buffy' takes a walk on the wild side!
Happy Modeling! - Buc |
Moore Creations, Inc. proudly presents its newest item licensed from Harris Publications, the Vampirella Porcelain Statue. 
