The creature, long believed to have mystical powers Ctesias wrote about people grinding its horn down to mix into a restorative elixir now took on greater symbolic powers .
The action sequences, like the one where two dim-witted rat creatures chase the Bones through a precarious rock face, leave you near breathless with their dynamism.
They noted with delight that the creature had had three eyes, the third in the middle of its small, narrow head.
Promise Monsters makers hope their Indianapolis toy company takes off Four years ago Michael Bogan's son, Scout, drew a horned creature with green and purple tentacles and a red, angry-looking face. Scout, then 8, named the monster Frank, and Michael taped it up in his work cubicle.
June 16, 2013 - The Indianapolis Star