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A: Actually having space to display them! A few months ago I wrote about having to dismantle my “toy room” because we had decided to put in new carpet, and then about getting to put together a new and improved display. This past weekend, I put the finishing touches on some upgrades.
Collection | March 1st, 2010 |
Our friends, the Four Horsemen, are holding a holiday sale starting at the end of today and running through the end of the year. Headlining the sale is a new Seventh Kingdom variant – a Queen Alluxandra repaint in her royal swimsuit. In case you’re gathering clues, the Seventh Kingdom is probably weather-aligned with the southern hemisphere – it’s winter here in the United States, but Alluxandra is shedding layers for the summer heat. Mrow! Be sure to check out http://www.StoreHorsemen.com starting at the end of today!
Steals and Deals | December 9th, 2009 |
 7th Kingdom - Helm of Xaanm and Baddathiir - BBTS Exclusives Have I mentioned that I love the Pile of Loot feature at Big Bad Toy Store? It helps offset one of the disadvantages of shopping online – the shipping costs. Pile of loot lets you combine orders to bring your overall shipping costs down, with the added convenience of being able to place your orders separately. The first order in your pile gets the bulk of the shipping costs, but as you add extra items whether it’s that same day or weeks later, you only get charged the incremental shipping. When you can’t wait for your items anymore, you tell BBTS to ship your pile, and start over again. Anyways, I just got my latest pile of loot, and right at the top were Baddathiir and the Helm of Xaanm, the BBTS 7th Kingdom exclusives from this year and last. Since I’m cherry-picking the 7K exclusives again this year, I’ve been reviewing them in drips and drabs as I get them. I got Queen Alluxandra and Isadorra at San Diego Comic-Con and the RTM exclusive Raavia and the Shield of Draumm a couple weeks later. Collection | September 23rd, 2009 |
I know a lot of people have been waiting for the Fwoosh to put Kromius from this year’s Fantastic Exclusive up for order. And, it’s really not my fault that it took so long – at least this time.
via Order the Fwoosh Exclusive Kromius Action Figure by the Four Horsemen | thefwoosh.com. Steals and Deals | September 21st, 2009 |
A: Actually having space to display them! A couple of days ago, I was lamenting having to move all of the action figures I had, not because we were moving, but because we had decided to install new carpeting. A few of them were on display in a small bookshelf that was mostly filled with books, and the balance were stored in big plastic tubs that I used to call “Staging Area One.” The carpet went in earlier this week, and I’ve been spending the last couple of days setting up the new display.  The new hotness - action figure display We got rid of the old bookshelf and added more shelving cubes. In all, there are forty-nine 1-foot square cubes, and I’ve got figures in thirty-one of them, and extra figures and customizing supplies in fourteen more. I’d guess I’ve got at least five times more display space than I used to. Collection | September 5th, 2009 |
Last week I reviewed Queen Alluxandra and Isadorra, the first two exclusive figures from the Four Horsemen’s Seventh Kingdom line. I picked those up at San Diego Comic-Con, but there’s plenty of variants that are just starting to become available from the various online media and retail outlets that the Four Horseman have been partnering with to bring you this line. This review covers the first one of those variants that I’ve picked up, Raavia the red cat, from Raving Toy Maniac. As a bonus, I also picked up RTM’s Fantastic Exclusive from last year, the Shield of Draumm, the hippo from Ramathorr’s council of guards. Before I get ahead of myself, I want to point out how great it is dealing with Rob and Bobbi, the good folks that run RTM. They put up their order page for Raavia on Monday, and by Thursday I had these figures in my hands. Collection | August 14th, 2009 |
 Seventh Kingdom - Queen Alluxandra and Isadorra In an industry that is dominated by licensed properties, the Four Horsemen have forged ahead with the Seventh Kingdom, a non-licensed property of their own creation. Seventh Kingdom is one line within the umbrella of the Horsemen’s Fantastic Exclusive, in which fans help determine the product characteristics, like character selection and articulation. The Seventh Kingdom’s Queen Alluxandra and Isadorra are part of the 3rd round of Fantastic Exclusives. The first round was headlined by Xetheus the minotaur, and the second was headlined by Ramathorr the elephant, both from the Seventh Kingdom as well. I picked up Queen Alluxandra and Isadorra at the Four Horsemen’s booth at San Diego Comic-Con. There’s more… click to continue reading Seventh Kingdom – Queen Alluxandra and Isadorra Collection | August 5th, 2009 |
The Four Horsemen are all such nice guys, and it’s good to see them succeeding with their non-licensed properties. 7th Kingdom – The Four Horsemen had production figures of the Queen and her court on display. They turned out fantastic, and I’m not just saying that because this line is the Fantastic Exclusive this year. Although I had toyed with waiting to get an entire set, they had Queen Alluxandra and Isadorra on sale, and couldn’t resist. Look for a more in depth review of those when I get back from Comic-Con. For more info on these ladies, check out our recap of Queen Alluxandra and her court.
Gothitropolis – This (mostly) Egyptian-themed line is shaping up. The Four Horsemen revealed some of the variant heads a couple of weeks ago, and there were a few more on display at their section of the AFX booth. Scarabus is still the only named figure at the present time. I’m hoping one gets named Fwooshius. Fans of anthropomorphs, have fun!
News | July 23rd, 2009 |
Pre-sales for Queen Alluxandra and her Royal Council will begin this upcoming Wednesday. The Store Horsemen will be the only place get a complete set of the Royal Council and the mutant variant, Silissk. Here’s the official announcement, after which I’ll recap each of the figures and their inspirations.
News | June 28th, 2009 |
Pardon me if I get a little misty here – this week has been pretty fantastic in the action figure world. We started off the week announcing our Marvel Universe Comic Cover Contest that we’re running with TheFwoosh.com. Mattycollector.com had MOTU Classics Hordak and the DC Universe Classics Battle for Earth 3 set on sale on Monday, and that fittingly kicked off an onslaught of Mattel and Four Horsemen announcements and reviews. If that wasn’t enough, today we get early word on the Marvel Legends relaunch from Wizard World Philly. But getting back to why I’m posting – seeing as how fantastic of a week it’s been, it’s somehow poetic that we close out the week with a teaser about the Four Horsemen’s Fantastic Exclusive. Gothitropolis was originally supposed to be the property that would be offered this summer, but for various reasons the 4H decided to go with 7th Kingdom and Queen Alluxandra and variants instead. After all those announcements, they decided to give a little taste of what the upcoming Egyptian-themed Gothitropolis variants will be like.
via FANtastic Exclusive Forum – pssst!…Gothitropolis sneak peek for you FANExers.  News | June 21st, 2009 |
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