NEW PRODUCT: TBLeague(PHICEN) 1/6 Scale Hercules Action Figure (Pulled per TBL for revisions)

Just FYI, heard that this has been pulled due to a licensing issue with ARH. It will be revised (I’m guessing the HS to reflect the ARH look of Hercules), and re-issued after the changes are made.

So none were released and sent out? Many of the eBay sellers were portraying this as an in stock item over the last few days . Maybe they were playing with the shipping date ranges.

I wonder if they will raise the price to make up for the production and time loss of manufacturing a head sculpt they can’t sell without being sued.

1/6 business intrigue. Always interesting.

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So weird, that they would unnecessarily pay ARH Studios to license a character who is as public domain as you get -- Hercules -- and then revert to a (presumably unlicensed) celebrity headsculpt from the Hercules movie version. And then have to change it, for some reason.

All the TBL licenses from ARH seem kind of strange to me because the "characters" are fairly generic. They exist because ARH studios made great statues of them but of themselves, they're not distinctive characters nor do they have any kind of fan following. "Arhian" had a couple of comics to support the statue but nothing that the average comic fan would recognize. I don't think TBL is going to get any extra sales from licensing Arhian or Arkhalla that they wouldn't have had anyway if they just made another TBL generic figure "Barbarian Queen" or "Vampire Queen."

On the other hand ARH Studios have pretty great talent sculpting-wise, so TBL could benefit from them as sculptors more than as character creators. There's no indication the ARH Sculptors have any involvement on the sculpting side of the TBL figures tho.

From what I've heard thru the grapevine (take that for what it is), the biggest change, of course, will be replacing the head sculpt with something that looks more like the ARH Herc; and possibly making adjustments to the lion headdress (what that would be, not sure). Hopefully they'll add ears to the lion and make it so it doesn't sit up so ridiculously high. (But then, the head-piece on the ARH statue sticks up crazy high, also. They should make it more like Dwayne's.)

I wonder if the lion head on the figure is not meant to be a real lion? The face part with plastic main looks more like a sculpted piece (I know it is sculpted but I mean something like the human face representation on a Corinthian style helmet) rather than a real lion's head.

Oh Rogerbee you have painted nipples?

"the lack of painted nipples. We all have them. and on bare chested male characters there really is no excuse "


I had no idea!


sorry couldn't resist I think I've been infected by DFC tonight nnnng nnng got.... to.....take...mmmmedication

Delanie wrote:Oh Rogerbee you have painted nipples?

"the lack of painted nipples. We all have them. and on bare chested male characters there really is no excuse "


I had no idea!


sorry couldn't resist I think I've been infected by DFC tonight   nnnng nnng got.... to.....take...mmmmedication

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Once you go DFC . . . there is no turning back.

Just think of me as an Asian Benny Hill Delanie.

Delanie wrote:Oh Rogerbee you have painted nipples?

"the lack of painted nipples. We all have them. and on bare chested male characters there really is no excuse "


I had no idea!


sorry couldn't resist I think I've been infected by DFC tonight   nnnng nnng got.... to.....take...mmmmedication

I have to admit I’m cooling to this figure.   It’s gone from a sure buy to a strong maybe.  I’ll have to see how the final head sculpt turns out.  I could likely buy a few M35 bodies in its place.  Priorities and wish lists are constantly changing. Decisions.