METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT Gets Reimagined As Universal Monsters In New Funko POP! Line Of...

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The popular vinyl collectible company Funko — best known for its big-headed Pop! figures — has reimagined METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett as two Universal Monsters: Frankenstein's Monster and The Creature From The Black Lagoon. The two limited figures, which are the first in the new "The Kirk Hammett Collection," will be made available starting July 13 as part of Hammett's "It's Alive! Classic Horror And Sci-Fi Art From The Kirk Hammett Collection" horror movie exhibit at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Only 1,008 pieces of each figure will be made available as part of the exhibit, which features 90 works that provide insight into the evolution of horror and sci-fi films and how they have played upon contemporary societal fears. The exhibition features film posters as well as collectible electric guitars, monster masks and sculptures. Hammett has been a collector of scary movie items since he was around five or six years old and the items span the entire history of horror films from early 20th Century films like "Frankenstein" to '70s and '80s slasher movies. His collection is considered to be one of the world's most prominent archives of the movie genre's history. "The pieces that are picked are the pieces that have the most relevance," he said. "Also I have a tendency to lean toward pieces that are more illustrative and have a certain amount of visual appeal. A movie like 'Nosferatu' is really important because it's the very first vampire movie and there's hardly any material that has survived from the '20s." Hammett released a coffee table book in 2012 called "Too Much Horror Business" that featured photos of his extensive collection of monster and horror memorabilia. He displayed a portion of his collection in the "Kirk's Crypt" exhibition during the 2012 and 2013 Orion Music + More festivals. The METALLICA guitarist is also known as the Fear FestEvil horror convention organizer.

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