First of all I want to apologise for the not-so-frequent updates on the blog. I had really hoped to post something at least once a week, but as time has gone on I’ve found it difficult to keep up.
Anyway, I’m definitely going to keep aiming for the once a week target but I don’t want to reveal every figure that’s going to come out, otherwise there will be no surprises left.
With that in mind, I thought some of the discerning Marvel fans amongst you might be interested to hear that we’ve got a couple of Marvel’s greatest artist to produce some covers for us.
The first is the Absorbing Man pencilled by Herb Trimpe (coloured by Alan Craddock) and the second is Warlock, drawn by Jim Starlin.
For those of you not familiar with their work (shame on you), Herb Trimpe worked for Marvel back in the late 60s/early 70s and is best remembered for his amazing run on the Incredible Hulk. Jim Starlin on the other hand has worked for Marvel (amongst other comic companies) since 1972 and is perhaps best known for his cosmic stories; he introduced Thanos to the Marvel Universe and helped shape Adam Warlock into the character he is today.
Being huge fans of their comics we were thrilled to work with both creators.
Right, I tried to be good at the beginning of this post and not just slap up some new figurine images but I can’t resist. Below is Uatu the Watcher.
As you can see from the image we’ve gone for the version of the Watcher best characterised in John Byrne’s run on the Fantastic Four. With the Watcher we’re very lucky that the costume has changed little since his first appearance in Fantastic Four # 13. However, we did go for the ‘baby’ style of head rather than the original ‘just a bald guy’ look. The obvious reason for this is that the look we’ve chosen has pretty much become the ‘official’ Uatu look and has been used to illustrate him more times than any other.
If you’re wondering what the original Watcher looked like check out the image below.
Ok, I’m off again now but I’m going to make sure you get another update next week, I should have the Madrox figure in by then.
12 comments:
Awsome sneak peek at Uatu there. Cheers for that. I really agree with the choice for the head aswell :) good shout guys.
Now how about you get that Pete Wisdom fig up next week ;)
Great job on Uatu !!! And , don't worry , we ALL know You are a busy man !! lol
Thanks again to take on your time to "inform" us.
ps: If Maddrox is not the "first" one....change it !!!!
Here's hoping for the odern version of Madrox with the trench coat!
Uatu looks amaaaazing!! Really great job there.
The specially created covers are also very cool, and one can assume that the collection is doing very well indeed.
If you didn't want to give us a list of figs are we to assume an extension is confirmed?
please go with the 90s XFactor look for Mr. Madrox BUT considering you have the new version of Havok :( giving him a more kid feel, why not make fellow xfactor the newest version, giving them a lineage in their looks as the xfactor members progresses...it would be rad, xfactor being the B-Team a tad younger..why not? iuno, just a thought.
uatu is brilliant!ive been hoping he'll be made.what scale is he going to be?hope you will do a giant size i can put him in the back of my collection.
maybe you could update us on any new variant figures.there are still a few you can just change the paint job such as green quicksilver,yellow daredevil,white elecktra or if its popular enough the red hulk.giant man and ant man hast to be made!
the punisher movie is coming out soon any chance of a punisher special i dont think that the recent figure did him any justice.
Uatu is very cool!
Love The Watcher. Awesome sculpt! next mega special has to be Onslaught!!! can't wait!!!
Finally! The Watcher! He looks great, and I can't wait to add him to the collection. Gorgeous sculpt.
Again thank you Richard for the photo of the Uatu he is really magnificent! Very beautiful sculpture! Really faithful to comics!
On the other hand Warlock is missed rather especially at the level of the face which makes too young but also with a young lacks of aggressiveness! Why not to have him to us to present it preview to give our opinion?
I leave you a list (stemming from numerous French voters) to give yourselves an idea onto the duets which would deserve to be to create in the collection:
1. Cloak & Dagger
2. Aurora & Northstar
3. Drax & Moondragon
4. Firestar & Justice
5. Shaman & Harfang
6. Mr Hyde & Cobra
7. Mad Thinker & Quasimodo
8. Darkstar & Vanguard
9. Paladin & Silver Sable
10. Pip & Gamora
11. Balder & Sif
12. Stingray & Tigershark
13. Chacal & Kaine
14. M.J Watson & Aunt May
15. Gwen Stacy & JJ Jameson
16. Grimm Brothers
17. Corsair & Hepzibah
18. Mojo & Spiral
19. Pyro & Avalanche
20. Heralds of Galactus pack
21. Blizzard & Fondeur
22. Mach IV & Songbird
23. Attuma & Orka
24. Captain Marvel 1 & Ronan the acustator
25. Sebastian Shaw & Hellfireclub tug
26. Karnak & Gorgon
27. Baron Von Strucker & Hydra Agent
28. Styx & Stone
29. Wizard & Fixer
30. Hela & Odin
31. Hammerhead & Boomrang
32. Misty Knight & Colleen Wing
33. Ikaris & Circée
34. Rom & Torpille
35. Outlaw & Agent X
36. Pyro & Toad
37. Hydra pack
38. Aim pack
39. Ikarus & Aleta
40. Sasquatch & Puck
41. Night Trasher & Speedball
42. Diablo & Mesmero
just seen the next 5 figs all good but come on warlock looks absolutely awful , that must be a mock up surely? this is way below the high standard of this collection
I agree with King Chris. I for one have access to various emails and could easily cast in various votes if I so wished to (of course I won't),but not everyone has proven to be as honest as others.
I believe we could just use this blog itself to cast in our votes.
You could list 25 or 30 heroes and everyone could pick thier favorite 5. The 5 heroes with the most votes win their right to be inclueded in this collection. No one would be able to vote more than once because they have to sigh-in in order to vote and we would all know if they already voted or not.
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