Last year when the Club Eternia exclusives shipped, I published one of the more popular posts on AFP – the Club Eternia – Map of Eternia Viewer. I suspect that more of you are subscribers this year, but for those of you who aren’t, here’s the map viewer for this year’s Map of Etheria.
Big thanks again to my wife, who made this possible again this year. Enjoy exploring Etheria!
MTV Geek has a good review of the Tick and Mucus Tick exclusive from Shocker Toys. Click through for the full review and more pics.
Hide your eyes from that blinding Blue Light-Special of Justice, known as the Tick! Yes, Shocker Toys has once again brought the Hero of Heroes into our homes once more in action figure from. He has recently been released in the 2nd series of Indie Spotlight Comic Book Heroes figures, and we managed to snag the man himself AND his Mucus-made clone (an Idle Hands Blog-Exclusive) during our trip to Toy Fair. Are you guys ready for a review?! Hell yes, you are! First, let’s meet the arch-enemies:
The Tick is the metaphor-spewing brainchild of Ben Edlund and is the main character in a series of comic books, animated, and live action TV series. He protects The City and all its inhabitants from evil forces of all kinds. His thirst for justice is unquenchable and his hunger to defeat evil is best served with his intimidating battle cry of “SPOOOOONNNN!”
Mucus Tick, on the other hand, is made of snot. Of course, as we all know, boogers are inherently evil and so is this doppelganger. Aliens created this monstrosity from the Tick’s old tissues. Hey, don’t get any wise ideas! These tissues were used by the Tick to blow his nose while under the attack of a nefarious cold! Anyway, Mucus Tick is nigh-unstoppable thanks to his gelatinous shape-changing abilities along with all of the Tick’s strength!
I really dig what the Four Horsemen have done with the Fantastic Exclusive Gothitropolis Scarabus figures, but I am going to have to mull it over if I am going to pick up a 10-pack. I like all the variants, especially the different paint schemes the Horsemen have come up with, but to be honest I don’t know what I’d do with them all – I just don’t have the shelf space.
I think you’ll be very pleased if you decide to go for the big box – all of those guys standing together would look extremely cool.
Scarabus figure 10-packs will go up for pre-order this coming Tuesday night (March 1st, 2011) at 9:00pm EST at the Four Horsemen’s online retail outlet – Store Horsemen.
Each Scarabus 10-pack contains one of each of the Scarabus variants, including Scarabus himself, (see images below) as well as a free Four Horsemen poster/print signed by the Four Horsemen!
While the upcoming Scarabus three-packs, two-packs & singles will be priced so that each figure will be $30.00 each, and will be spaced out in monthly pre-order releases to help your wallet as much as possible, if you pre-order the Scarabus 10-pack, you’ll be able to save on both cost and shipping!
In the 10-pack, you’ll get all 10 figures and the poster/print for only $275.00 (plus shipping & handling)!! That’s only $27.50 per figure – a $25.00 total savings!! Plus, you’ll be saving on shipping charges by having them all shipped to you in one box as well!
Also, pre-ordered 10-packs will also be shipped out to our customers before any of the other upcoming multi-packs or singles. You’ll have Scarabus and all of his variant forms & minions before anyone else in your neighborhood!
Please be aware that this is a pre-order, but the figures are currently in production and we expect them to arrive in our warehouse by early June, if not sooner.
To discuss Scarabus, the upcoming pre-orders, and all things Scarabus and the Four Horsemen, be sure to register to the FANtastic Exclusive message boards and join in on the fun!
Also, for up to the minute Four Horsemen news and updates, be sure to follow the Four Horsemen on Twitter (@4HorsemenDesign), and ‘friend’ them on Facebook (FourHorsemen ToyDesign)!
-FH-
I’m up late, and if you’re wondering why, it’s because I couldn’t wait to share the news of finding the Iron Man Legends Titanium Man available on ToysRUs.com. Earlier this week, Buzzy had left one on the shelves at his local TRU because of the price – and I’ve gotta admit I was a little bitter. I only had one chance this week to stop by my local TRU, only to find a remnant – a single War Machine, previously a Wal-Mart exclusive.
So, tonight, before heading to bed, I decided to check the old standby. And here it is:
I checked remaining stock – there’s only a couple dozen left, minus one. So don’t miss your chance to get this long-awaited figure.
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The Four Horsemen have a Four Horsemen Fridays feature on their website, so we’ll hop on their coat tails for that. Hagop and I got to sit down with two of them at Mattel’s Collector Event at Toy Fair. It was really a treat talking to them, while surrounded by the 2-ups and prototypes of the action figures they’ve designed.
In our first part, we talk with Eric Treadaway, designer and sculptor, about Masters of the Universe Classics, DC Universe Classics, and fan reaction to some of the controversial reveals. We’ll post the second part, our conversation with Cornboy, on the Fwoosh next week.
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