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Gen 2 Limited Edition Figures Set

Well, all good things must come to an end. Our second issue of seated crimefighter figures are now officially retired. Sold out. Kaput.If you missed them, you missed them. We ended it with a small run of  limited edition TPM Custom hand-painted versions and those sold out in 8 days.

We are moving on to other ideas as far as figures go so these will not be returning.

Our standing figures are selling out pretty quickly as well. These are much more affordably priced than our previous painted figures for a few reasons. They are stationery – no articulation.  And their paint job is a bit simpler than the seated figures sported. So – they cost a lot less. And there are FAR less of those available so if you want a set of them, act fast. You can grab them HERE.

Exclusive look at a sample from a very small run of private stock standing figures for the 1/18 Hot Wheels Batmobile. For those of you who didn’t want to mess with seated figures. UPDATED 2/10/10 THESE FIGURES ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON THE PRODUCTS PAGE! CLICK HERE TO ORDER.

More info: These are much more affordably priced than our previous painted figures for a few reasons. First, they are made of a heavy vinyl as opposed to urethane. Second they are stationery – no articulation. Third – Our seated figures came with a very premium paint job (including emblem decals) by one of the top toy design shops in Asia. These standing figures are great, and look sensational next to the car or in a diorama – but their paint job is a bit simpler than the seated figures sported. So – they cost a lot less.

"Holy no more squeezng inside Mattel's heinous interior, Batman!"

As we near the date of our upcoming Super Sale (sometime during the week of 3/15) I wanted to remind people of a few things:

1.) We migrated our server today (Yay!) so if there are some little glitches with the new site or how it is behaving – let me know. It seems fine but ya never know.

2) The place to subscribe to our email list for sales updates etc. is not the same as the WordPress registration. It is over in the right hand sidebar under “subscribe to our mailing list”  You can just click HERE to get there too.

3) A little trash talk time. A couple people have sent me links to these Bat figures that heroes Club is selling on ebay. And I just have to spout off a bit. Firstly – I would hope that you folks that call yourselves bat-collectors would recognize that they just recast the Polar Lights Batboat figures. Here are the two sets of figures:

1. Polar Lights Batboat:

2. Heroes Club Figures:

Now, it really doesn’t take too much of a detective to realize these are the same figures. That would be fine too.We certainly borrowed some existing figures to make our gen 1 sets. But here’s the deal. Do the math. the Polar Lights Batboat is a 1/25 scale model. So these figures are (as you can see) much too small for the car. And the ones I saw were cast in a static posed hard vinyl and just look very comic booky, not like Adam and Burt at all. Comic Booky, small, poorly painted and crazy bright. And they did a piss-poor job of switching Robin’s bent arm to boot. I think these look ghastly.

So hey – if you want to chalk this up to trash talk – feel free. We’re going to be all out (for good) of our figures by April so it doesn’t really impact us at all. But if you’re buying these because you think $50 is a bargain – just be forewarned: You get what you pay for.  Not only that but our new run of figures is almost as affordable. (shhhh don’t let that out yet – it’s a sale secret!)

2/13/2010 UPDATE: Folks, I’m STILL getting inquiries about these. This was over a YEAR ago! The seated figures are all sold out. Scratch and Dent figures are all sold out. Keep an eye on NEW information by subscribing to this website or checking the home page now and then. Thanks.

It’s the beginning of a new year and I’m cleaning out some old stock (as well as some cobwebs). I’ve got a very few sets of painted figures that came from our supplier a teensy bit off from our specs. Whether it’s a missing paint app. here, or a snapped off hand there, they are just not up to our standards. And so, rather than having us refurb. and resell them, I thought we’d open them up to anyone who may have been eyeing these up and was waiting for a drastic, unprecedented drop in price. SO – here you go, I’m not going to list all the little defects, but these are all only very slightly ‘off’ from the premium sets in quality but at least 50% off the regular price! You may have to reattach an arm or hand, or repaint a belt or something small, but that’s really about it.  If you’re handy with glue or a little paint and want to save some jing, this deal is for you. Contact me via email.

Introducing the new Gen 2 Crimefighter Figure Sets. If you have these on order, the unfinished ones are in and starting to ship now. We just got word that the painted/finished ones are in the U.S. at customs right now, due here any day. If you have them on order – look for them later this week. We just need to get them in, packed and out. If you haven’t ordered them – We expect to be sold out before Christmas so plan accordingly.

Pictured is our prototype set. They’re a little beat up from traveling to Tiki Con and we made a couple little tweaks to the final ones based on a few comments people made at Tiki. I know everyone says this but honestly – pictures don’t do these justice.  They are really, really cool in person. See our upcoming youtube commercial to see them in video.

Info on the figures:

• Produced in Asia by a professional toy design company
• Multiple articulation points at wrists & shoulders (or can be glued)
• Unfinished sets – No clean-up needed, and they are pre-assembled
• Pressure pot cast in clean lightweight urethane
• Sidekick’s hand can be made to hold the PMB! Batphone handset.

How are those for improvements?

So, does he FIT? Yes! With a few disclaimers. The Caped Crusader will not simply slide in behind the wheel, now that he has legs. Sorry. Blame Hot Wheels and their interesting take on the interior space. If you don’t do anything to the wheel – yes, you can squeeze him in there, but it will be a tight fit and he won’t be coming in and out much. But wait – you have options

Here’s the skinny on the fit.  The physics of the thing are such that Hot Wheels simply didn’t give us enough space to achieve natural looking, seated figures that would fit under that steering wheel in its current configuration without a bit of a squeeze. Sorry. Ain’t gonna happen. Believe me we tried. The figures just didn’t end up looking right.

BUT There are a few workarounds to this problem going from the very, very easy to the more involved. There are some easily achievable quick-modifications that will allow much more leeway to the fit. Some involve the wheel, some involve the figures, some involve the seats.

Read about those options HERE (you can also access this page from the main right-hand sidebar under “Pages”)