The second part of the Action Portable 1/12 scale Ankou EX pre-order is up on Bambalandstore today. On Friday last week, 3A Toys listed Fatty Drown, the single Ankou. Today, we’ve got the Civil Offensive 3-pack, featuring Laurent, Med-EX, and Shadow-EX. These are massive compared to the Zombs from AP, for example – that helps account for the price, which is $175 for all three.
3A Legionnaires attending San Diego Comic-Con won’t be too happy about not being able to reserve the first of 3A’s exclusives for SDCC 2013 – the 1/6 scale Medic Zomb. I expect that “LIVE F5” (named for the practice of refreshing the browser on Bambalandstore trying to pick up exclusive drops) will cause a stir on the showroom floor.
I remember the line wrapping around the booth each day a couple years back. On one of the days the line obscured a George RR Martin signing – this was before his popularity surged even higher with the Game of Thrones series on HBO. It was frustrating then, so I hope 3A will figure out how to ease the pain this time around.
Ashley Wood about our presence at SDCC and presenting one of the exclusive figures:
“Figured we would start the 6 week countdown to SDCC, SD13 to us at 3A! One of the exclusive toys that will only be offered only at SD13 is the 1/6th Medic Zomb. This year is different, there will be no pre-orders or reserving, hence the LIVE F5 tag. Each day will have an allotment, im sure someone at the 3A booth on the day will be able to tell you when they will available etc. We will do out best to slap flippers and deny purchasers who should know better!
The thing we look most forward to is seeing you guys, chatting and having a laugh, the toys are cool, but the chance to hang out is tops!
and before you ask, yup, he comes with new gun holding hands!”
via 3aVOX.
The first of the 3A Toys Action Portable Ankou EX figures is up for pre-order on Bambalandstore.com right now. That’s Fatty Drown in all black, and he’s $75. This is somewhat of a surprise, as the details of the sale had not been announced in advance. However, they did say a while back that Fatty and the Civil Offensive 3-pack would be on sale in May – maybe the suddenness of this drop is to partially make good on that, even though most 3A fans are used to the operation running a little loose.
These are cool looking and in my preferred 6-inch scale, but it may take some convincing for me to pick up Fatty and the rest, whenever they go on sale. I know I’m risking missing out on Fatty completely, because this has been touted as a limited sale – no guarantees how long the pre-order window will last.
In space, nobody can hear you scream. The latest reveals from 3A Toys’ Adventure Kartel line hit the trifecta for outer space violence – astronauts, skeletons, and guns – for an undead killer that can’t be stopped. Add in an LED that lights up the helmet, and you’ve got a winner. 3A teased the figure near the start of the month, and to see it now in its full glory – wow.
No word still on when the Dead Astronaut Gangsta will go on sale. Stay tuned!
via 3aVOX.
Here’s a quick pic review of ThreeA’s Action Portable PITFS (Palm in the Face Sunday) Fighting JC. This guy is the 6-inch version of the original PITFS 12-inch Fighting JC. ThreeA had pre-orders for these figures last year and they started arriving around last month. There’s 5 versions of JC: the original black robe with red detail JC, Mauro which is a grey skinned JC with blond hair and a black robe and pants, Exegesis with blond hair and garbed in white, a track suit JC, and finally the PITFS version which is the one I picked up. Each figure costs $45 (with $15 shipping) and there was a 4-piece set ($180) which had all JC’s minus the Tracksuit one, which was a surprise drop during the Action Portable Slicers sale.
There’s not a lot of backstory for this guy except he was sent back by the “Big Guy” to kick some butt in a troubled world. He’s a member of the Adventure Kartel team, a group that battles Zomb MD and his undead army.
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