2009 - The Year of the Figurine.

Hello and a very (belated) Happy New Year to everyone.

It’s the first update of 2009, so I thought I’d kick things off with some new images of figurines.

First we have the final paint for Shang Chi. Based on the costume we’ve gone for it’s pretty obvious that he’d be wearing his lovely red gee. I’m very pleased with this figure, he’s a little more dynamic than some of our previous figures but come-on he is the Master of Kung Fu, how could we not have him in a martial arts style pose???




Next up is a sneak preview of the Dazzler sculpt. Anyone who knows the character will recognise that this is based on a classic John Byrne piece of artwork. After a lot of thought we decided to go with this classic look, rather than her new ‘short pink hair, punk’ look or the slightly boring blue costume. The main reason for this is that the character was designed specifically to capitalise on the ‘70s disco scene and we feel it’s quite simply one of the best X-Men costumes to date. I mean c’mon she somehow manages to wear high-heels at the same time as roller-boots.




Moving swiftly on, I’ve got some exciting news regarding the last character choices for the most recent extension (121-140). The guys over at the superherofigurineforum.com have put together eight excellent polls, each based on a different branch of the Marvel Universe. If you head over there you can join the forum and vote for your favourite. The plan is that we’ll make the top character in each poll.

Now, I know some people tend to be a little shy of internet forums but the guys running superherofigurineforum are some of the finest collectors you could hope to meet (even if it is in a virtual capacity) and they’ll make sure the voting is 100% fair. I’m assured that you’re all welcome to join (as long as you stick by the more-than-fair rules), even if all you want is to vote and then never be heard of again.

But check out the threads, you never know you may discover some facts about the collection that you never knew and you may even discover some like-minded collectors, who enjoy nothing more than badgering me for more info. (Just kidding guys, you know I love you!)

You can click on the link below, check out the forum help link for registration help or e-mail the chaps in charge.



http://www.marvelcustoms.co.uk/howtopostontheforum.htm

E-mail help : TGR@Marvelcustoms.co.uk

Right that’s me out of here, everyone have a good weekend and I’ll be back with more news next week.

Rich