I stopped by EMCE toys to take some pictures of the upcoming retro toys Bif Bang Pow! The two companies are teaming up to bring you Mego-styled figures for some of today’s hottest pop culture properties, including Cartoon Network’s Venture Bros. animated series and ABC’s hit TV show Lost.
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The upcoming Mego-styled Lost figures from Bif Bang Pow! are available for pre-order at Entertainment Earth. Series 1 will feature Ben and Kate, and Series 2 will feature Hurley and Locke. Both sets should be available in August.
I wonder how the retro vibe will work for Lost fans. While there’s time travel in the show, I don’t know if that translates into broad appeal for retro collectibles from the show. In contrast, I am starting to see how it makes sense for a license like Venture Bros., where retro is part of the show’s basic makeup.
In a broad announcement yesterday, Bif Bang Pow! announced that it will be partnering with EMCE Toys to produce retro-styled action figures across its licenses, including the Venture Bros. EMCE Toys makes licensed reproductions of the original Mego toys and packaging, and also creates new toys based on the style of toys in the ’70s and ’80s. EMCE was cofounded by Paul “Dr. Mego” Clarke, and is also currently working with Mattel on their Retro-Action DC Super Heroes line.
For those keeping track, the first wave of the Venture Bros. line was revealed in an Adult Swim Bump – it will include Dr. Venture, Brock, the Monarch, Hank, and Dean.
I asked Jason Lenzi from Bif Bang Pow! if they plan to produce Venture Bros. figures in other styles, and he said that it will depend on the support the line gets. The concept as discussed with Venture Bros. creator Jackson Publick at San Diego Comic-Con last year was for figures with a “retro” vibe, as that would fit best with the show. But they’re keeping their options open. Lenzi says, “we’ve got the license for a long time, and fully plan on exploring all scales of action figures. Including vehicles! Stay tuned!!”
We should have plenty of pics of the prototypes when we hit up Toy Fair in a couple of weeks.
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Last week’s Toy Fare #151 included an article on the upcoming Venture Bros. action figures and bobble heads from Bif Bang Pow! Owner Jason Lenzi has it reprinted on the BBP blog, and I wanted to share it with you.
This morning, poster Jr. on RTM’s Toy Buzz posted seeing an Adult Swim Bump revealing that wave 1 of the action figures would include Hank, Dean, Rusty, Brock, and the Monarch. This is a bit at odds with what Lenzi said in the Toy Fare interview about mixing in obscure characters, so I’ll look for some confirmation on this.
If Venture has a name, it must be Bif Bang Pow!
You have no idea how long I’ve been waiting to use that tag line.
Greetings and salutations to all Bif Bang Pow! followers and believers of all shapes, ages and sizes! Well, as you’ve probably heard by now, we did it! Once again, we’re bringing the people what we KNEW they always needed, toys for ‘The Venture Brothers’! (If this keeps up, we’ll finally give the world the James Bond action figure and vehicle line it’s been dreaming of).
And just to prove this isn’t some internet rumor, we even went as far as having the news printed in a magazine! Yes, the new issue of action figure bible Toy Fare Magazine hit the stands today (Issue #151), and in it you’ll find an informative, witty and at times heartwarming interview with yours truly, which somehow manages to make me seem like I know what I’m talking about too! Pick it up, I dare ya, and see if I’m lying! Go on!
Truthfully, we have to admit to a bit of satisfaction when the news first broke, because for the first time in a long time, it was broken by a magazine. Not a website, not a blog, but a good old fashioned magazine, the way it used to be. And isn’t that what we’re all aiming for anyway? To take things back to the way they used to be? To have cool toys, for properties you never thought would get ’em, to get scoops from our ‘secret handshake’ magazines, and to be knocked out by season ending cliffhangers without spoilers? The world moves awfully fast, as someone smarter than me once said, and we here at Bif Bang Pow! recognize that. So we take our time, play it cool, and then try and knock you out. Please, won’t you join us on this AdVenture? It’s gonna be sooooo cool….
via Bif Bang Pow!: If Venture has a name, it must be Bif Bang Pow!.
I’ve loved the Venture Bros. for a while, but it wasn’t until Doubledealer made not one, but two custom figures of Brock Samson that I wanted action figures from the show. Looks like I won’t have to wait too much longer. Big Bang Pow! has been awarded the Venture Bros. license, and should have bobble heads in the spring and action figures in the summer.
GO TEAM VENTURE!
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