The Mummy Deluxe by Oskar Rey, Inzani-Henley

1 review for The Mummy Deluxe by Oskar Rey, Inzani-Henley

1. Rated 5 out of 5

   Andy Martin – September 10, 2023

   The first time the Wandering Mummy was available from a Magic dealer was in the mid 1950’s from the German Magic Dealer Joe Wildon.  These were manufactured by Oskar Rey and were almost the same as the set produced by Inzani-Henley in England but about five years earlier.  Remo Inzani and John Henley obtained the rights from Wildon/Rey in the late 50’s to craft and sell The Wandering Mummy. The first mention of Inzani-Henley’s mummy was in The Magic Circular September 1959, then in Abra November 1959 and in their own catalog in 1964.

   This is a deluxe version with a number of differences from the standard Mummy released by Inzani-Henley (if you look at the final four photos after the adverts you will be able to see these differences as I have compared them with the original mummy).

   • The two sarcophagi are adorned with better quality fixtures.  In particular on the sarcophagus where the mummy vanishes a full-size mummy is used instead of the more common small shrouded figure.
   • The mummy’s themselves are much more detailed and less toy like.
   • A neat presentation case houses both of the sarcophagi with padded foam and felt to stop them moving around when closed. These mummies are securely protected.  This case is not part of the original set, but looks and works perfectly.
   • Even the instructions have been re-typeset and printed on vintage antique stationary, instead of the usual poorly printed photo copy that I have seen three times now.  This is a good thing because the instructions provided by Inzani-Henley are one of the best sets of instructions you will find.  They are so good in fact that Dr. Albo directly copies them in Dr. Albo Vol. 7 when he describes The Mummy (pg. 42).