18" Baseball Fury

[TCM Hitchhiker]

Looks pretty good. Will cost mucho bucks though.

The red will be an exclusive.

[LIER ONE]

TCM where is this from? Who is making it?

[triscender]

nice find. this should be released in the next few weeks.

[LIER ONE]

tricender, you know something we don't??

  I actualy sent the following to my source @ locoape this morning:

Hi (name removed),
    Its July and all the fans are asking. When can we see “Under our Locoape brand; we’ve also been in possession of and are developing toys and collectibles in celebration of the 30th anniversary and beyond. An 18” premium format, LOW number limited edition statue line is currently prototyped and we are set to release 1-2 statues per quarter beginning in July.” Any ifo for the fans would be greatly appreciated. Maybe a SDCC exclusive look???
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Best, (name removed

His response:

You’re timing is impeccable. You should be receiving an email within the next day or so… THANKS!

My response was:

Thanks! I will “spread the word” as we WARRIORS fans like to say. I think I might have caught a “glimpse” of the 18” FURY (don’t know what it was). If it is WOW!!! I NEED IT!! Please get back to me and good luck @ SDCC (if you are attending).

His response:

22.5”…. More to come!



  All I have to say is WOW!!! I can't wait to see the rest they have in store if the costumes look descent and the collectibles look like this!!!!

But, I was also on SIDESHOW COLLECTABLES's Product Announcements (http://www.sideshowtoy.com/index.php?pa ... paign=cc09) and they have a RED and a YELLOW faced FURY but no preview) can we be get getting more choices as far as collectibles or is the SIDESHOW statue the one in the pic?

Any more info and I will let my fellow boppers know.

[TCM Hitchhiker]

The photo is from San Diego Comic Con. which is happening this weekend.

I do not know if this is Locoape's or if it is being made by Pop Culture Shock collectibles, which is run by Jerry Macaluso. Rumor is that Jerry sculpted it, so it is very possible it was sculpted by Jerry for them. It looks as though it is being displayed with Pop Culture Shock's other stuff at SDCC. I am sure answers will be revealed very soon.

Sideshow Collectibles will be selling it through their site, you can see them listed in their SDCC list, but no details yet. Sideshow are not producing it. They work as a distributor as well, selling figures from Hot Toys, Medicom, Mezco, Pop Culture Shock, etc.
http://www.sideshowtoy.com/?page_id=699 ... paign=cc09

[LIER ONE]

The photo is from San Diego Comic Con. which is happening this weekend.

Yea, I kind of figured that, but what brand???

[TCM Hitchhiker]

Updated my last post.

[triscender]

i spoke to jerry he said there's some minor "tweaking" taking place. however, the whole staff has pretty much signed off on this so we should see it for sale in the next few weeks.

[TCM Hitchhiker]

You sure he didn't say up for pre-order in the next few weeks? Because if it still needs some tweaking and hasn't even went into production yet, it will be a lot more than a few weeks before actual release.

[kowolski]

I dig,but how come this stuff is so expensive and limited always? 

Looks pretty good. Will cost mucho bucks though.

The red will be an exclusive.

[bassman]

great news 8)  good to see some new figures coming out.

[LIER ONE]

I hear this is the LOCOAPE statues. It is sculpted by Jerry Macaluso of Pop Culture Shock collectibles. It will carry both the LOCOAPE logo and POP CULTURE SHOCK logo as it is a partnership. Can't wait for more pics and the pre-order.

UPDATE:



SDCC UPDATE : THE WARRIORS 'BASEBALL FURIE' 1/4 SCALE STATUE
Posted on Wednesday, July 22, 2009

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I am proud to announce the first statue in a series based on the cult classic The Warriors !

The BASEBALL FURIE statue stands 18" tall and comes with a real fabric costume.

Sideshow begins pre-ordering on the last day of the San Diego Comic Con, July 26th.

The Baseball Furie carries a price tag of $275 and he will be limited to 400 pieces worldwide.

Also available is the Baseball Furie Statue with interchangable 'Red and Black Face' head. This Sideshow Exclusive will be extremely limited and will be available only though http://www.sideshowtoy.com beginning at noon on August 6th.

Check out my blog at  http://blog.popcultureshocktoys.com/ for more pics (including behind the scenes)
Steep price. Almost $300 before shipping. I need this, but might be priced out in these economic times.   [/color]

[TCM Hitchhiker]

That price is no surprise at all. That is how much premium 18" mixed media statues go for. They are high end collectibles.

I will buy the regular version, but will not pay that much for the exclusive red version, when it is just simply a repaint.

[Ninth Delegate]

I think the 9 inch mezco figure captured a better likeness of the actor.  The pose is a bit too much like a sports figure. Would have prefered him hitting the palm of his hand with his bat like the first time we see him in the movie.  Overall, its a nice peice, but I think I speak for a lot of us when I say its out of my price range.

[LIER ONE]

I expected a price close to this, but thought maybe it would be a little lower with buying down. I will probably save my pennies and buy this. I have been looking at it all day.