Pre-order Serenity action figures!
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On a similar note, Diamond Select also created the half-scale replica of the Angel puppet from the episode "Smile Time." I admit I shelled out the hard cash for the thing, only to discover that it's not actually a puppet!! The mouth is hinged so that it opens, but I could've sworn I would be able to put my hand inside Angel and manipulate his puppet parts. (Wow, that sentence was dirty.)
Although much more costly, I prefer the high-end merchandise of Sideshow Toys -- the 12" Spike doll I have is eerily accurate:
http://www.sideshowtoy.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=buffy_12&item
=2007
Sometimes the Diamond Select sculptors get it right, but most of the time the actor's faces aren't captured as well as they should be. Take a look at one of their Faith figures. It doesn't look anything like Eliza Dushku:
http://store.yahoo.com/timespacetoys/bufagdade6ac.html
Then again, they get some things right, like Wesley here:
http://store.yahoo.com/timespacetoys/anroffiweexa.html
However, I doubt the photos of Mal and Jayne are going to change. Most likely those are the final versions, since they're pictured with weapons and are dressed and painted.
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What's with today's trend of hyper detailed 6" "action figures"? And their prices?? $12.99 US that's close to $15.00 Canadian for a gorram toy!!
These are made for the stereo-typical collector. What happened to toys made for kids?? We all remember fondly the original 3 3/4" Star Wars figures. Why? Because at that scale they could make most of the ships for the figures.
Now I don't know about the rest of you, but as a kid my space universe consisted of a handful of Micronauts, Buck Rogers, Battlestar Galactica and Black Hole figures. You know what made that great? They were all interchangable. I could play with the other kids and their Star Wars figures.
That said, my hope was for 3 3/4" Firefly figures and associated ship playsets. Geared to the kids so we can bring out our old action figures and relive a bit of our childhood through our children. Help them create universes where Kirk, Buck, Han and Mal fight side by side.
Does that make sense?
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Im such a Firefly geek I would still want em despite all arguments here.,.. but the facial expression on their faces.. Just click on the pic to get a big version, whats with those puppy eyes?
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Daikath - you're so right! They both look rather... surprised, don't they? :-D
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Jayne looks like he just ripped packing tape off his hairy chest. If they had a more dynamic and serious look, I would have already paid for them. As it is, I would only think bad thoughts whenever I looked at these figures atop my DVD rack, and I don't need that at $13 a shot. I figure that's more like $20 Canandian.
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