http://www.statueforum.com/showthread.php?t=102133
Jerry Macaluso the owner (also sculptor and designer) has not officially announced it, but judging by his comments in the above thread it’s safe to say we will see the announcement by next week or so.
Pop Culture Shock will be making Thundercats statues in the large scale of 1:4 (18 inches).
They are currently manufacturing Street Fighter statues, busts and dioramas.
I feel it’s a done deal. Like with most merchandise licenses, Thundercats license is being granted under various categories including under different scale for statues.
Hard Hero has the license for 1:7 scale statues (maybe for another year or two).
Pop Culture Shock has the license for 1:4 scale statues.
Having options is a win win situation for fans, they can choose what they like and due to this companies will strive to make their products better than the rest.
Thanks for sharing this news here Vivek, this is a very interesting development and I will wait to see what Jerry says next. Do you know the link to the thread where we initially suggested he had picked up a new license?
Am i reading it right or is this a mistake? 38" statue!! I don’t know if that is good or bad, also judging from the only pic, we can’t figure out much.
He mentioned about being close to McGuiness designs, which i thing is very similar to the original cartoon image,more than the rest comic versions.
Also,the price… And probably it will hit the stores next year i guess..
I was surprised by the size of 38" as well. But judging by the pic it’s meant to be from the tip of the sword to the bottom of the base. Lion-O will be about 18".
Somebody asked Jerry whether the price would be around the $400 range, he confirmed that it would somewhere close to that.
Some of the 1:4 Street Fighter Mixed Media statues are priced $385, while others are priced at $250.
Spideristic thanks for keeping us upadated on this subject. I’ve seen and really liked the Ryu vs Sagat Diorama. It is 19" and it looks huge, imagine how
Lion-o 38" will be! Now, real fabric clothes like the Street Fighter statues, i am not sure how this idea will fit in Thundercats,i wait for more pics to leak and then come to a conclusion,it’s very early. However, i believe since Jerry is a Thundercats fan all along and there is a growing demand for a very faithfull represantation of Lion-o’s image exactly as shown at the cartoon and taking into account the dissatisfaction over the HH lion-o this one it has all the reasons and prerequisite like height,pose,sculptor to be 100% catoon realistic.
I noticed that fellow TCL member Lord LionO had posted a question asking when we will get to see better picks of Lion-O. I urge others to do the same, post character suggestions especially poses and post screen shots as well. Some of the creative members here will definitely have better ideas than what I can come up with.
Mark, I hope you’re planning to approach Jerry officially from TCL to get more information from him. Hopefully an interview as well.
Sounds like some good news, however it is a shame I don’t do statues either. I am also an action figure kind of guy. Would be nice if they made ThunderCats figures like the Masters of the Univers Classics.
On the one hand this is great. But as a person desperately seeking a new adult collector figure line, this just further removes any excuse for why Hasbro, Mattel, or NECA can’t acquire the rights to a new figure line. I’m really really hoping that there will be a big reveal at SDCC this year by one of those companies. Not sure how these deals work: if the deal is negotiated 100% up front or if there is a share of the sale that goes to WB or some sort of combination of the two. Any of the 3 in my mind, more money would go to Warner Bros with an adult collector action figure line by one of those 3 companies. In other words Warner Bros. would stand to make more off of a figure line than either of these statue lines…maybe both combined. So I’m hoping that logic leads to SOMEONE (read - not Bandai) getting the rights to do a figures line based on the 80’s characters & WS comic characters…soon. As in this year.
As much as I love the fact that this will be massive, I wouldn’t know where to put it and keep it safe from harm. A part of me is hoping it will suck only so that I can focus on HH statues lol!
True, space will be a big problem for this statue. But like with most large scale statues, custom display setup would be the ideal way to display this statue.
Ikea Detolf setup as shown in the pic below also could be used to display it.
At the bottom you can see Sideshow’s Thor Premium Format Figure which measures 30" in height. Similar to what Lion-O would look like on a rock base with his extended arm.
Oh no.. that is not my mine, it is from a fellow staueforum member ta2215. I hope to customize my own room with a similar setup when I collect enough statue and collectibles.. someday ;).
Here is another cool custom designed setup of statue collection from member SquiderM3
These guys have such an amazing collection! They should charge a ticket for entering the statue room,like a museum!!, very impressive and well displayed!
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