MegaHouse is bringing the most upsetting dog in movie history to your shelf with The Thing Spider Dog Soft Vinyl Fantastic Collectible by MegaHouse, priced at $145 and expected to ship between April and June 2027. It’s the Kennel-Thing from John Carpenter’s 1982 film The Thing, and honestly I didn’t expect this one to get the cute-ish soft vinyl treatment. I’m glad it did.
The Thing Spider Dog Soft Vinyl Fantastic Collectible is a 4.72-inch (12 cm) vinyl figure made by MegaHouse as part of its Soft Vinyl Fantastic series. It’s on pre-order for $145 USD, with shipping expected from April to June 2027 and a limit of 6 per person.
The Kennel Scene, Shrunk Down
If you’ve seen The Thing, you remember the kennel. The sled dog splits open, sprouts legs and tendrils, and the other dogs lose their minds while the camp crew wakes up to the worst night shift ever. MegaHouse calls this figure a balance between a realistic expression and stylized body proportions, and that’s the right instinct for a creature that’s half dog and half wrong.
Why Soft Vinyl Works for Rob Bottin’s Nightmare
The practical effects in the film were sculpted to look wet, stretched and unfinished, which is why they still hold up. Soft vinyl, the material Japanese kaiju toys have used for decades, has a slightly rounded, chunky quality that pulls the horror back half a step without sanding it down. The detail I keep coming back to is the face: keep the snarl readable and let the body go a little cartoonish, and you get something that’s creepy at arm’s length and almost charming up close.
Sculpt Volume at 12 cm
At 12 cm (appx. 4.72 in), this sits in desk-figure territory, and MegaHouse itself pitches it as neither too big nor too small. That size matters for a creature with this many limbs, because a bigger version starts to look like a pile of spaghetti, while a smaller one loses the face. Think of how Medicom’s Vinyl Collectible Dolls rely on bold forms over fussy detail; that’s the benchmark I’d hold this to when final production photos land, since the current images show a prototype.
Shelf Planning
The obvious neighbor is The Thing Spider Head (Limited Color Ver.), which comes from the same film, and the two would make a tidy little Outpost 31 corner. I’d also put it near any kaiju sofubi you already have, because the material and proportions will talk to each other. Keep it away from your cute blind boxes unless you enjoy the visual of a dog-thing stalking them, which, fine, I kind of do.
Where to Get It
- Sideshow — $145.00 · Pre-order · product page
Earlier drops in this line: The Thing Premium Format™ Figure
Release dates and pre-order windows for this and every other drop we track are on our Drop Radar calendar.
The Collector’s Survival Guide: How to Justify This
The Collector Math: Every little piece of the Thing is a whole creature on its own. So this 12 cm dog isn’t one Thing, it’s thousands of them sharing a body, and I get every one of them for $145. Per Thing, it’s basically free.
How to tell your wife: Babe, yes, I preordered the $145 dog from The Thing. It doesn’t ship until April at the earliest, so for the next five months nothing has technically happened. Why don’t we just wait here, see what happens.
How to tell your parents: Mom, you always said I should learn a second language. The Thing opens with a Norwegian screaming a warning about this exact dog, and nobody at Outpost 31 understands a single word. This dog is my Norwegian homework.
How to tell your kids: This is the dog from The Thing, and you can look at all 12 centimeters of him, but you never touch. The last time he shared a kennel with other dogs, he made friends way too fast. That’s why this dog never gets sleepovers.
I think the Spider Dog earns its 12 cm of shelf because MegaHouse picked the movie’s most iconic-for-the-wrong-reasons moment and translated it into soft vinyl without losing the snarl. If final production keeps that prototype face, it’s the most fun I’ve seen horror look in a while, and we’ll update this if anything changes before the April to June 2027 window.
🟢 Product Specifications 🟢
✅ Product: The Thing Spider Dog Soft Vinyl Fantastic Collectible by MegaHouse
✅ Manufacturer: MegaHouse
✅ IP: The Thing (1982)
✅ Character: Spider Dog (Kennel-Thing / Dog-Thing)
✅ Series: Soft Vinyl Fantastic
✅ Type: Figure / Vinyl Collectible
✅ Material: Vinyl
✅ Height: 4.72 in (12 cm)
✅ Price: $145 USD
✅ Expected to Ship: Apr 2027 to Jun 2027
✅ Purchase Limit: 6 per person
✅ SKU: 916290
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More photos and full specs: The Thing Spider Dog Soft Vinyl Fantastic Collectible by Meg at Sideshow