nonamesleft
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« on: 01-08-2004 23:37 »
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Any one know of these I need real bad man gotta have it bad man real bad.
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Jamesbondcja
Professor
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When are they getting released? Any date set?
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M Jackson
Professor
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Originally posted by bankrupt: I've seen color pictures of the finished Futurama figures shown above in Toyfare magazine. They look pretty nice, especially the robots.
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M Jackson
Professor
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Originally posted by bankrupt: I've seen color pictures of the finished Futurama figures shown above in Toyfare magazine. They look pretty nice, especially the robots. Are these new pictures available online, or do you have the magazine available to scan?
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M Jackson
Professor
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Woah, woah, woah, hold on there Bendo. Do you mean the figures were released in October and November last year!? Or just those close up images? If you mean the figures, that one slipped by unnoticed, where can I get them?
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Bendo
Starship Captain
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Originally posted by M Jackson: Woah, woah, woah, hold on there Bendo. Do you mean the figures were released in October and November last year!? Or just those close up images? If you mean the figures, that one slipped by unnoticed, where can I get them? Sorry for the confusion - the pics were released back in October/November. The figures themselves are slated for release early this year. Thanks Otis. Be sure to check the Bongo Comics Previews page for Futurama Comics schedule through 2005. RM
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nonamesleft
Crustacean
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ummm is it me or are those the sorryest ass fiqures youve ever seen?did they carve those out of a block of wood?
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Bendo
Starship Captain
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Originally posted by nonamesleft: ummm is it me or are those the sorryest ass fiqures youve ever seen?did they carve those out of a block of wood? The style of figures is not intended to be highly detailed like say the MAC figures but rather a standard block type representation of the characters. The style is pretty popular right now with the Marvel Mini-Mates and Kubricks who all have similar block style figures. Where this line is going to differ from standard block type or blocko style figures (and even from Toynami's standard blocko line called I-Men) is that the head sculpts are more detailed and do in fact represent the characters fairly well. Kubricks, etc typical just do a cylinder for the head and paint on features like facial expressions and features. Check out Toynami's website under their I-Men section for examples of past blocko style figures they have done. I am of course looking forward to these little guys and hope this is a line that will catch on somewhat so that we see additional figures released. I do agree that the paints from the protoype figures I have seen is not very good and makes me wonder why nobody can do good paint jobs on Futurama figures? The MAC figures suffered from the same gooey gloppy appearance as what these early shots portray from Toynami. Hopefully these are just protoypes and the final versions will be much cleaner. RM
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Happy
Crustacean
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« Reply #22 on: 01-20-2004 12:43 »
« Last Edit on: 01-20-2004 12:43 »
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Damn, when are they going to release Futurama figures in a similar style to the Simpsons' World Of Springfield line. As for the I-men, they're, well, bad. The head sculpts are great (except Zoidberg) and their choice of characters are great, yet some what odd. I mean Roberto and Beelzebot before Amy, Hermes, Zapp, Kif and Mom, now that I didn't see coming. The robots do look robot-y though. Too bad they come packed with humans though. There is no way in hell I'd be willing to pay so much just for just a few figures when I only want 2 or 3. Roberto is clearly the best out of those selections, his sculpt is great and rather odd movement joints still make him look like he did in the show. Calculon also looks great. Beelzebot is in my opinion slightly wrong coloured, he is too red, in the show he was the same colour as Roberto, was he not? Fry looks like the Holophoner Actor of Fry in 4ACV18 and Bender looks okay. Morbo's head sculpt is second best from all the others, yet his body is terrible like the rest of the figures. Farnsworth's head is also good, but again his body lacks greatness. Leela looks like she has being living on that planet with too much gravity from 2ACV02 for a couple of years, and (gasp) she has a flat chest! Zoidberg is just plain terrible, his head design looks nothing at all like him and his body is the worst of the series. Lastly, Url looks rather small compared to the rest, his head is tiny and his body actually looks cool. So, does anyone know if a second series is planned. Personally, I hope so, so people buying can get more important characters like Zapp and Amy. Also, does anyone know if these come with accessories. I see Url with a wrong coloured light sabre and Leela with a laser gun, but do the rest come with anything. If Roberto doesn't come with his knife, that's a real kick in the nickers.
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Happy
Crustacean
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Thanks for that info.
Sucks they don't come with accessories.
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