TBLEAGUE & SIDESHOW COLLECTIBLES: PL2020-171 Kier: Shadow of Heaven 1/6 Scale Action Figure

Kier: Shadow of Heaven
Peer through the lens of twisted time, and gaze upon the glorious Kier: Shadow of Heaven Sixth Scale Figure. This variant of the Kier: First Sword of Death Sixth Scale Figure imagines an alternate timeline in which Kier was formed as flawlessly as her twin sister. In her ethereal perfection, she was never banished from heaven. She was praised for her single-minded rage. Her beauty, grace, and valiance are almost enough to distract from her bloodlust.

Packing List:
1) 1 x head sculpt
2) 1 x TBLeague female seamless body with metal skeleton
3) 3 pairs x interchangeable hands
4）1 x neck armor
5）1 x upper body armor
6）1 pair x open Wings
7）1 pair x closed Wings
8）1 pair x Wrist armors
9）1 x armband for the left arm
10）1 pair x leg armors
11）1 x sword
12）1 x skirt
13）1 x cloak
14）1 x Base with bracket


















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Absolutely lovely. I’m surprised they haven’t gone on to some of the other characters, but I’ll definitely be getting this.

I really like the headsculpt on this one, but I wonder what color the skin is. From the photos it looks like it could be the regular Phicen suntan color, but maybe it could also be the same ashy color the Gethsemoni body was, in which case the head wouldn't match with the regular suntan bodies.

The head seems to have read eye...which is a bit unfortunate imo, but it still looks great.
The Photography for the promo pics are spot on very nice looking set.

Now this version of her I like.

BBTS has hiked the price compared to other TBLeague figures ($199). I wonder if that will be the standard price going forward?

I agree with Delanie, this version looks even better than the first, although I don't know enough about the source material to tell which is more iconic.

gooboo wrote:I really like the headsculpt on this one, but I wonder what color the skin is. From the photos it looks like it could be the regular Phicen suntan color, but maybe it could also be the same ashy color the Gethsemoni body was, in which case the head wouldn't match with the regular suntan bodies.

It looks like a standard Suntan body to me. My one nit is that it is clearly one of the new bodies with the seamless ankles -- meaning she won't be able to stand up at all.

Not if you're willing to do a little surgery, heh.

mooch174 wrote:BBTS has hiked the price compared to other TBLeague figures ($199). I wonder if that will be the standard price going forward?

That does seem to be the inevitable message when $199 Heaven Kier is basically a reissue of $169 Death Kier. Same license cost presumably. The $199 isn't particularly limited or a Convention Exclusive variant. "Regular" skin tone can't possibly cost more than did the unique one-off blue with bloody hands & feet; and the two bases seem comparable, etc. Almost everything correlates within the two figures with re-used existing parts making up this variant. The addition of course is the wings so we can hope that is where most of the price hike comes from. Although Death Kier was $169, other recent TBL figures were already $179 (Month Deity of War) so maybe it's $10 sheer price hike above regular Kier + $20 extra for the wings. TBL pricing has always seemed a bit wonky with some figures apparently giving more and costing less (and vice versa) so we'll see.

Tbf I expected the price hike after I saw the wings.
Lets see if this is the only reason

Moonbase Alpha Male wrote:

mooch174 wrote:BBTS has hiked the price compared to other TBLeague figures ($199). I wonder if that will be the standard price going forward?

That does seem to be the inevitable message when $199 Heaven Kier is basically a reissue of $169 Death Kier.  Same license cost presumably.  The $199 isn't particularly limited or a Convention Exclusive variant.  "Regular" skin tone can't possibly cost more than did the unique one-off blue with bloody hands & feet; and the two bases seem comparable, etc.  Almost everything correlates within the two figures with re-used existing parts making up this variant.  The addition of course is the wings so we can hope that is where most of the price hike comes from.  Although Death Kier was $169, other recent TBL figures were already $179 (Month Deity of War) so maybe it's $10 sheer price hike above regular Kier + $20 extra for the wings.  TBL pricing has always seemed a bit wonky with some figures apparently giving more and costing less (and vice versa) so we'll see.

Lady Bat was an exclusive AND had wings and was still only $175. No stand though, that I recall, and that was a couple of years ago.

mooch174 wrote:Lady Bat was an exclusive AND had wings and was still only $175. No stand though, that I recall, and that was a couple of years ago.

Unlike Kier, Lady Bat didn't have additional new wings added for the variant.  She was a repaint of Purgatori who already had those same wings (just red which became beige) - so it wouldn't have affected price.  If anything Lady Bat should have been cheaper, because TBL did something cute: they repainted Purgatori who was a licensed Chaos/Dynamite figure, and left off the branding, presenting the variant as a different character, and presumably saving the license fees.  Whereas you can bet Sideshow is taking a hefty bite out of both versions of Kier.

Okay, you convinced me! I already pre-ordered it anyway. :p

Compared to what Hot Toys wants for Golden Wonder Woman wings, or what Lucifer charges for the actual feathered wings, or the current price of chicken wings, this is all kinds of bargain.

Seriously though, this is the very definition of what an ideal Variant should be. At the manufacturing level TBL saves money and gets a greater ROI mostly re-using existing parts with a repaint; but at the aesthetic level, the resulting figure has a completely different impact than the original.

Damn nice figure.
These Court of the Dead Sideshow alliances are easily Phicen's best.

Ok, now I'm deeply regretted for not getting the first Kier.

To be honest, this version didn't catch my eyes as much as the original Kier (with her amazing war paint on the HS and a different skin tone), but I'd definitely get her if I had the first one. Posing both Kiers side by side on this stand is gonna be a sight to see.

FreakinLobster wrote:Ok, now I'm deeply regretted for not getting the first Kier.

To be honest, this version didn't catch my eyes as much as the original Kier (with her amazing war paint on the HS and a different skin tone), but I'd definitely get her if I had the first one. Posing both Kiers side by side on this stand is gonna be a sight to see.

It looks like they might be re-releasing the original, BBTS has it up for pre-order again.

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/96775

I passed on the 1st release.. but this release is awesome!!! I will PO

Oh dear TBleague...don't you know what times people are living in now? you still wanna take our money?? No brainer, must collect!

mooch174 wrote:

FreakinLobster wrote:Ok, now I'm deeply regretted for not getting the first Kier.

To be honest, this version didn't catch my eyes as much as the original Kier (with her amazing war paint on the HS and a different skin tone), but I'd definitely get her if I had the first one. Posing both Kiers side by side on this stand is gonna be a sight to see.

It looks like they might be re-releasing the original, BBTS has it up for pre-order again.

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/96775

This is great news. Thanks for the heads up, mooch174. Hope some stores in Asia would start this PO too, since buying from US stores gets really expensive for me.

Now I got scared with the price OSK is charging for this new Kier, USD 275. Believe it or not, it's still worth ordering from them than BBST for me, since those extra 75 would be the shipping cost, plus custom fees and taxes.

Huh, interesting to see another version of her, even if I'm not actually that keen on it. I'd be more likely to consider this if it had the same body as the first version, but since it's the seamless ankle body....I'm not interested at all.

And aesthetically.... I absolutely prefer the first version. This one is very pretty, but the original version completely blew me away. This one lacks 'oomph'.

Not my line but my goodness what a gorgeous figure!
But same sentiments about the seamless ankle, very odd why TBL didn't go with the ankle joints like the previous Kier.
Also, the wings look too small for me... which is perfect for a 1/12 figure.

Head sculpt and kitbash odds and ends - yes.

Body with seamless feet - NO.



EDIT: Hopefully the halo is detachable.

....And am I the only one seeing a hint of a certain actress who plays a certain 'Wonder-ous Female' in that h/s?

rollotomasi wrote:Not my line but my goodness what a gorgeous figure!
But same sentiments about the seamless ankle, very odd why TBL didn't go with the ankle joints like the previous Kier.
Also, the wings look too small for me... which is perfect for a 1/12 figure.

No winged figure can ever make sense, so that’s a non-starter. If you give them great big wings like a proportionate 10x eagle, for flight the body would still have to be some super-skinny hollow-boned structure, but instead you see muscled men and women, and usually with all kinds of heavy armor.

If you get past that body issue, and you see some gorgeous comic book panel or a poster where the likes of Hawkman or Flash Gordon Birdmen look awesome, then you need to consider what they’d look like beyond the freeze-frame. They’d be flapping those huge wings beyond hummingbird speed, which could only look absolutely ridiculous. So I think you need to assume, as Hawkman kind of does, that the flying is done through some kind of magical or pseudoscientific levitation which supplies the anti-gravity, while the wings are only there for steering and control, so they can be relatively small.

Archangels, which is what Kier is, are probably a special case because of the iconography. You have to assume either they are mystical beings who look this way for symbolic reasons, or alternatively that humans imagined them this way and the archangels make their appearance match expectations. This size of wings is what you see in most angels art.

So after duly overthinking it, I’m totally fine with Kier’s wing size (while the Lucifer figure’s fullsize wings are a PITA).