NEW PRODUCT: TBLeague: 1/6 scale Egyptian Female Eagle God-Month Gold/Silver#PL2020-169

gooboo wrote:The brunette and the blonde heads are Superduck heads that I re-haired. The black haired one is the Lucifer Wings of Dawn head that I repainted and re-haired.

skywalkersaga wrote:Yeah, I don't know.... last year they had already announced two new bodies by this point. But as you say, everything's still feeling the effects of the pandemic craziness. But the weird thing is that while they have not ceased developing new bodies, they have nonetheless used some of them only for boxed figures rather than releasing them as base bodies. I have no idea why they would design a body and not try to fully profit off it in all ways. Surely the only people who profit off that are the few ebay sellers who then get to sell those rare bodies for huge prices. Unless they think tons of people will buy the expensive figure sets just to get a body, which some of us may resort to cause we want the body for customizing that badly.

gooboo wrote:I imagine they must be making more money off of original toys as opposed to licensed figures. Could explain the change in direction.

Moonbase Alpha Male wrote:
For @ 2 years it's been all bronze / bladed warriors, overwhelmingly female.

It's been @ 2 years since they last made a Comics figure, no more Lady Death, Purgatori, Painkiller Jane etc.  There was their last Vampirella early in that time frame, but it was essentially just a reissue.  There haven't been any licensed characters at all, except Sideshow's Keir and Gethsemoni, who apart from being licensed, still fit the narrow pattern.

And no more original TBL figures that fall outside the pattern:  no more Cowgirl;  no more Galaxy Soldier; etc.  For that matter, it's been @ 2 years since they last made anything under their previous relationship with ARH Studios.

Maybe this restricting was obvious to other people but it didn't stand out to me until right now.  Draw what conclusions you will.  Just trying to read the tea leaves (the T B Leaves...)

gooboo wrote:I got the body in the mail today and I think it's gorgeous. It looks basically the same as a s42/43, except with removeable feet and a smaller bust. The smaller bust size looks fantastic and I hope they release a general version of this body at some point in the future.

The black coloring of the body makes dust and lint very visible, however. I've clean it off and powdered it a bit, but there's no getting rid of it entirely. After looking at this body some more I'm pretty sure it's the same body the upcoming Knight of Fire uses, maybe even the Royal Defender. It's curvy but not as busty as the Viking Woman body, which makes me think it uses this one instead.

Here's a photo comparing it to other body types. From left to right is the Viking Woman body, Month body, s43 (with its seamless feet removed), and a s28. You can see it's basically identical to the modified s43, except with smaller breasts.

As far as "curvy" bodies goes I think this model might be the best Phicen has done. I think this model basically has all of the things I ever wanted out of a curvacious bodytype, and I hope if/when Phicen does a general release they try tackling some other body types next. Newer and more accurate petite and athletic bodies would be nice.