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I remember as a child seeing my brother's collection of models he had built from the classic "monsters of the movies" - Dracula , Frankenstein , Creature from the Black Lagoon , the Wolfman , and I also remember our cousin breaking them all. What a terrible disaster, I thought. It was a marvelous collection. These reflections must be what are making me want to collect Department 56's " Universal Studios Monsters " series, which includes "Dracula's Domain" (pictured left), " Dracula's Castle ", " Frankenstein's Laboratory ", and " Creature's Lair ". There was also the retired " classic monsters " series, which included " Dracula's Castle" , " Curse of the Wolfman ", and " Frankenstein's Monster ". At Super Stop and Shop I picked up four strecthy versions of Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolfman and the Creature from the Black Lagoon . They were only $1.99 each and...