NEW PRODUCT: TBLeague: 1/6 Egyptian Pharaoh-Tutankhamun Black Edition/White Edition (PL2021-178 A/B)

Pharaoh Tutankhamun - Black 1/6 Scale Action Figure
Black Version

Item the Name: Pharaoh Tutankhamun - Black 1/6 Scale Action Figure
Item No: PL2021-178A
Bar Code: 697 127 233 094 9

King Tutankhamun (or Tutankhamen) ruled Egypt as pharaoh for 10 years until his death at age 19, around 1324 BC Although his rule was notable for reversing the tumultuous religious reforms of his father, Pharaoh Akhenaten, Tutankhamun's legacy was largely negated by his successors. He was barely known to the modern world until 1922, when British archaeologist Howard Carter chiseled through a doorway and entered the boy pharaoh's tomb, which had remained sealed for more than 3,200 years. The tomb's vast hoard of artifacts and treasure, intended to accompany the king into the afterlife, revealed an incredible amount about royal life in ancient Egypt, and quickly made King Tut the world's most famous pharaoh.

Packing List:
1) 1 x masked headsculpt
2) 1 x TBLeague 1/6 male seamless body with metal skeleton
3) 1 x throne
4)3 pairs x interchangeable hands
5)2 pairs x necklaces
5) 1 x shoulder armor
6)1 x upper body armor
7)1 X belt
1pair x arm rings
(the left and right ring styles are different)
9) 1 pair x arm armors
10) 1 pair x leg armors
11) 1 pair x feet
12)1 x fur style scarf
13)1 x underwear
14) 1 x underpants
15)1 x skirt
16)1 x war robe
17)1 x cloak
18)1 X scepter
19)1 x staff
20)1 x hega flail


Packaging:
1 product/individual box
GW: 2.92 kg
Measurements: 30cm*27.0cm*38.0cm

2 products/master carton
GW: 6.97 kg
Measurements: 56.5cm*31cm*40.5cm















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Pharaoh Tutankhamun-White 1/6 Scale Action Figure
White Edition

Item Name: Pharaoh Tutankhamun-White 1/6 Scale Action Figure
Item No: PL2021-178B
Bar Code: 697 127233 095 6

King Tutankhamun (or Tutankhamen) ruled Egypt as pharaoh for 10 years until his death at age 19, around 1324 BC Although his rule was notable for reversing the tumultuous religious reforms of his father, Pharaoh Akhenaten, Tutankhamun's legacy was largely negated by his successors. He was barely known to the modern world until 1922, when British archaeologist Howard Carter chiseled through a doorway and entered the boy pharaoh's tomb, which had remained sealed for more than 3,200 years. The tomb's vast hoard of artifacts and treasure, intended to accompany the king into the afterlife, revealed an incredible amount about royal life in ancient Egypt, and quickly made King Tut the world's most famous pharaoh.

Packing List:
1) 1 x masked headsculpt
2) 1 x TBLeague 1/6 male seamless body with metal skeleton
3) 1 x throne
4)3 pairs x interchangeable hands
5)2 pairs x necklaces
5) 1 x shoulder armor
6)1 x upper body armor
7)1 X belt
1pair x arm rings
(the left and right ring styles are different)
9) 1 pair x arm armors
10) 1 pair x leg armors
11) 1 pair x feet
12)1 x fur style scarf
13)1 x underwear
14) 1 x underpants
15)1 x skirt
16)1 x war robe
17)1 x cloak
18)1 X scepter
19)1 x staff
20)1 x hega flail


Packaging:
1 product/individual box
GW: 2.92 kg
Measurements: 30cm*27.0cm*38.0cm

2 products/master carton
GW: 6.97 kg
Measurements: 56.5cm*31cm*40.5cm
















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I just saw this on Big Bad Toy Store, and was immediately disappointed by the lack of a 'lifelike' head.

So...is he a zombie version of Tutankhhamun?

Or is this based on something, like a comic book(?) like all TBL's other Ancient Egyptian efforts?

And the logo makes me think of Stargate.

This is so odd. The mask-face reminds me of King Baldwin IV from Kingdom of Heaven. 

Very annoying that they avoided a realistic headsculpt in this instance.

They could have made three more half naked, metal bikini clad warrior women for the budget that went into King Tut here.

What a waste.

The figure is clearly based off Tut's appearance in Assassins Creed: Origins. And yes He is undead here, hence the mask.

Ah ok, thanks for the context. Interesting that Tbleague seems so heavily inspired by Assassin's Creed in their designs lately.

I have few words. What is with those ridiculously-curled 'slippers'?

Is it me, or are the heads on every single one of these most recent 'Egyptianese' sets undersized? Although I see the Assassin's Creed source version is also pin-headed.

The seat is quite nice I suppose.


*drums fingers impatiently, still waiting for TBL to stop messing around and release Viking Woman as a base body*

GeeWillikers wrote:
*drums fingers impatiently, still waiting for TBL to stop messing around and release Viking Woman as a base body*

LOL, yeah, I fully admit that, with some rare exceptions, I'm mostly into tbleague for the base bodies.  

And I'm feeling rather impatient for them to release some new bodies (both male and female) that I'm actually enthusiastic about....

Thanks, SnakeyJones, for revealing the source of this piece.

I saw it on OneSixthKit, and after a brief flash of hoping for something historical, decided it was a la TBLeague's pseudo-Egyptian stuff. The "curled" slippers are an interpretation of an actual type of sandal design used in Ancient Egypt. The mask is an interpretation of his funeral mask, which he would obviously not have used in real life; what struck me as odd, is that it looks a little small. But that is consistent with the Assassins Creed source material identified by SnakeyJones. One of the things that struck me as really odd were the greaves (not used by Ancient Egyptians), but that too goes back to this source. I also don't know about the throne. He had a number of thrones in his tomb, and this is certainly not "the" famous one. The style suggests to me one of those creative interpretations of Egyptian design we have seen with TBLeague. But maybe it, too, goes back to Assassins Creed?

Will you be cursed if you own this? haha

Thanks for the source snakeyjones. Probably a conscious effort by tbleague to skirt some more popular properties to draw in more audience.

The real annoyance here is that I'd actually consider buying some accurate non-fictionalised Egyptian sets, but by this point even with my limited knowledge of the subject I just wouldn't trust TBL to do it properly when they can't even be bothered to get the ethnicity right. I'm still trying to work out, from the hands alone, where exactly this figure is on that scale - they do look darker-skinned but it's difficult to be certain just from the promos. And not offering the option of a normal humanistic head sculpt  (whatever the constraints of the source material) is a massive missed opportunity.

GubernatorFan wrote:The "curled" slippers are an interpretation of an actual type of sandal design used in Ancient Egypt.

Heh, interesting that one of the few even semi-accurate details here is the one that (almost) displeases me most.

I suppose it's fair enough though that being Zombie Tut is a reasonable excuse for him to actually be wearing his death mask.

skywalkersaga wrote:And I'm feeling rather impatient for them to release some new bodies (both male and female) that I'm actually enthusiastic about....

They spoiled us last year with those three new bodytypes in quick-ish succession (even if the anime body held zero interest for me)

We are long overdue a new TBL male bodytype though, even if my own immediate preference is for a Viking Woman or Monthu female type (I keep looking at the now insanely-priced loose VW bodies on ebay and hovering over the 'buy now' button, even so). Hopefully Jaiou's 10 series male bodies might give TBL the necessary boost up the backside to design a more 'average' male body, although I still want some male and female POC bods (with heads) because I know they could do them if they wanted to.

GeeWillikers wrote:The real annoyance here is that I'd actually consider buying some accurate non-fictionalised Egyptian sets, but by this point even with my limited knowledge of the subject I just wouldn't trust TBL to do it properly when they can't even be bothered to get the ethnicity right. I'm still trying to work out, from the hands alone, where exactly this figure is on that scale - they do look darker-skinned but it's difficult to be certain just from the promos. And not offering the option of a normal humanistic head sculpt  (whatever the constraints of the source material) is a massive missed opportunity.
Heh, interesting that one of the few even semi-accurate details here is the one that (almost) displeases me most.
I suppose it's fair enough though that being Zombie Tut is a reasonable excuse for him to actually be wearing his death mask.

Have we determined he is supposed to be a zombie after all? I still think the mask would be too small, although otherwise one of the better (I mean more accurate) parts of the set. The male suntan skin tone is actually fairly tanned (unlike the female varieties), and would not be inappropriate for Ancient Egyptians, especially aristocratic ones that kept out of the sun, although a slightly darker tan would also be appropriate (and a good thing to add to their array).
As for the curled sandal tip detail, here is an actual example of golden sandals (given how uncomfortable they would have been, they might have been meant just as status symbols for display or for inclusion in the burial goods) from c. 900 BC, the burial of King Heqakheperre` Shoshenq (probably the well-known Hedjkheperre` Shoshenq I, the Shishak of the Bible) --


And here are some from the burial of Tut`ankhamun (King Tut), c. 1320 BC --


And here is an example that would definitely have been a bit more comfortable, woven from palm leaves, also New Kingdom period --

I understand the desire for more historically accurate ancient egyptian figures; but I actually like this one, doesn't have to be Tutankhamun to me; it can be a neat fantasy take on an egyptian pharoah.

If this is the direction they're going I'd like to see Ramesses from the same game using one of their larger male bodies:

Oh that one is even more fantasy than the first one.

Did ancient egyptians actually wear that style of breastplate? That resembles wings crossed against the chest? I see it a lot in depictions of ancient egypt.

SnakeyJones wrote:Did ancient egyptians actually wear that style of breastplate? That resembles wings crossed against the chest? I see it a lot in depictions of ancient egypt.

Apparently kings (not regular Egyptians) did, more as a type of decoration than armor. The actual armor used by elite charioteers (like the kings themselves) looked more like this ancient depiction, and actual scales of this type have been discovered in archaeological finds:



The style you are asking about is based on depictions like these of Rameses II slaying Nubians from his chariot and Rameses III about to dispatch a bundled group of assorted enemy captives on foot:





The last one as redrawn by Racinet, for clarity:



In one of my reference books I saw it interpreted as made of leather and painted in vivid colors. That is, however, an educated guess.

Here it is in a somewhat dated work of reference on costume, Costumes of All Nations (1881) :



Here are artist's renditions by the great late Angus McBride, not sure which publication:





It seems to have been really popularized by Yul Brenner's Ramses in The Ten Commandments.



Even for kings (pharaohs), however, this style of decoration is found depicted fairly rare. There were various pectorals, most of them suspended from a chair around the neck, on top of a tunic or armor over a tunic. Here is a depiction of Rameses II with a beaded collar and simple necklace pectoral worn over what appears to be an armored tunic at the Battle of Qadesh in c. 1275 BC:



Apart from the elite charioteers, there was little or no body armor worn. Leather, padded linen and cotton are likely to have been used for headgear that may have functioned a little like helmets, there were various wood or wicker shields (sometimes with cow hide), otherwise they fought in kilts, sometimes with tunics, and occasionally with tank-top-shaped tops that may have been made of some sort of padded or even armored material.

Thanks for the info! Seems like it was more decoration to signify status than actual armor itself.

Looking at these pictures some accurate 1/6 figures of egyptian armor would be really cool, especially wat was worn by the elites.

SnakeyJones wrote:Thanks for the info! Seems like it was more decoration to signify status than actual armor itself.

Looking at these pictures some accurate 1/6 figures of egyptian armor would be really cool, especially wat was worn by the elites.

You are very welcome. And you're right, the elites do tend to have the more stunning clothing. For a look at a partly reconstituted Mystical Forge "Valley of the Kings Ramesses II" see here:
https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t2573-tbl-fantasy-anubis-and-friends-updated

GubernatorFan wrote:
You are very welcome. And you're right, the elites do tend to have the more stunning clothing. For a look at a partly reconstituted Mystical Forge "Valley of the Kings Ramesses II" see here:
https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t2573-tbl-fantasy-anubis-and-friends-updated

The mystical forge figure looked like it had potential, I sort of wish I picked one up but their Anubis figure was bad enough to scare me off. Which is a shame, the phicen Anubis appears to be far better quality but I'm not fond of the sci fi touches.

SnakeyJones wrote:The mystical forge figure looked like it had potential, I sort of wish I picked one up but their Anubis figure was bad enough to scare me off. Which is a shame, the phicen Anubis appears to be far better quality but I'm not fond of the sci fi touches.

I agree completely. TBLeague's "Egyptian" stuff is about as Egyptian as Hollywood films "based on" or better "inspired by" a true story are accurate to their source. It is really Egypt-esque on fantasy steroids. Which is not to say that most of it is not striking and cool. I do wish there was more accurate Egyptian stuff out there. I don't remember the Mystical Forge Anubis well, but their Ramesses II had a number of strengths, even if it was ultimately influenced a little by the Yul Brenner version and other reinterpretations. At the time, these figures seemed indecently expensive (less so by modern standards), so I only got some pieces from the Ramesses set.

Still creepy as heck, I dislike the egyptians even more than I dislike the romans. 

This maybe because consecutive history teachers at school used to rave about them. 

I certainly wont be touching this with a barge pole

I may have gone for the bird heads if i could strip all the headdress bits off them but nope clear pass here.

GubernatorFan wrote:

SnakeyJones wrote:The mystical forge figure looked like it had potential, I sort of wish I picked one up but their Anubis figure was bad enough to scare me off. Which is a shame, the phicen Anubis appears to be far better quality but I'm not fond of the sci fi touches.

I agree completely. TBLeague's "Egyptian" stuff is about as Egyptian as Hollywood films "based on" or better "inspired by" a true story are accurate to their source. It is really Egypt-esque on fantasy steroids. Which is not to say that most of it is not striking and cool. I do wish there was more accurate Egyptian stuff out there. I don't remember the Mystical Forge Anubis well, but their Ramesses II had a number of strengths, even if it was ultimately influenced a little by the Yul Brenner version and other reinterpretations. At the time, these figures seemed indecently expensive (less so by modern standards), so I only got some pieces from the Ramesses set.

I actually don't think this is entirely fair to the extent that a distinction should be drawn between TBLeague's Egyptian humans and their Egyptian Gods.  The latter are fully "on fantasy steroids," but they are Gods, what do you want? Gods are fantasy ab initio. If they are representing "actual source" gods (as opposed to TBL doing specific 3D versions of Egyptian drawings) then there is no historical reference point for them, apart from matching basic ID points of the myth.  The humans are a different story, but here I would argue TBL is not too far off from history actually.  Not museum accurate or anything, and certainly not specific to any precise time period etc, but I would not say Nefertiti, Cleopatra and especially Anck Su Namun are wildly off, nor on fantasy steroids.  Wouldn't you know it, in all three cases their garb and gear are fine and relatively credible except for the upper torso and whatever they have done in each case anachronistically to overemphasize the breasts.

Which brings us to my rant about the glaring lack of any male human figure in the TBL Egypt.  Be careful what you wish for... this Tutankhamun is a male figure I suppose, but otherwise totally useless in that regard.  Something GF like the Mystical Forge Rameses or your improved version of same  seems an absolute necessity for TBL to balance their Egypt -- we get this instead.  It doesn't actually fit thematically within either their "Egypt Gods world" above or their more realistic "world of the Egyptian Queens" below,  it's just a separate videogame supervillain.  At least I suppose, for those who do want to do something in that supervillain vein, he will be very happy with the upcoming, otherwise disappointing Coo Egyptian reanimated skeletons.

Trigger Warning: Anyone who needs to believe TBLeague's "Egyptian" figures bear any reasonable resemblance to historical and mythological persons may want to avoid this post. Proceed with caution.

Moonbase Alpha Male wrote:I actually don't think this is entirely fair to the extent that a distinction should be drawn between TBLeague's Egyptian humans and their Egyptian Gods.  The latter are fully "on fantasy steroids," but they are Gods, what do you want? Gods are fantasy ab initio. If they are representing "actual source" gods (as opposed to TBL doing specific 3D versions of Egyptian drawings) then there is no historical reference point for them, apart from matching basic ID points of the myth.  The humans are a different story, but here I would argue TBL is not too far off from history actually.  Not museum accurate or anything, and certainly not specific to any precise time period etc, but I would not say Nefertiti, Cleopatra and especially Anck Su Namun are wildly off, nor on fantasy steroids.  Wouldn't you know it, in all three cases their garb and gear are fine and relatively credible except for the upper torso and whatever they have done in each case anachronistically to overemphasize the breasts.

Which brings us to my rant about the glaring lack of any male human figure in the TBL Egypt.  Be careful what you wish for... this Tutankhamun is a male figure I suppose, but otherwise totally useless in that regard.  Something GF like the Mystical Forge Rameses or your improved version of same  seems an absolute necessity for TBL to balance their Egypt -- we get this instead.  It doesn't actually fit thematically within either their "Egypt Gods world" or their more realistic "world of the Egyptian Queens,"  it's just a separate videogame supervillain.  At least I suppose, for those who do want to do something in that supervillain vein, he will be very happy with the upcoming, otherwise disappointing Coo Egyptian reanimated skeletons.

I take your point in many particulars, but overall I have to disagree about two overarching issues: the liberties taken with the gods, and the supposed near accuracy of the humans. It seems to me that if you are going to promote a figure as representing a deity from any mythology, then the figure should convey the canonical appearance of said deity from that culture's artistic canon. And it is not about 3D, because there are plenty of 3D representation of Egyptian gods and goddesses. But why even discuss this, when TBLeague (and not just TBLeague) is incapable (actually not incapable, simply unwilling) to even get the sex of a particular deity right. Case in point Month (recte Montu), Hades, etc.











It is, of course, a matter of taste and of priorities whether one expects that something like this should look like its proper source. And the Ancient Egyptians were all about canon and conformity. So, for me, it fails. Perhaps I'm too closely attached to the source, and should not be annoyed at the liberties taken with it for entertainment and commercial purposes. Incidentally, it is entirely possible that many of these (I think it was confirmed for at least one of them, Anubis) are based on some modern fantasy artwork or computer game, etc. In which case, this would be totally fine, in reference to that source.

As for their humans, I do think they are pretty far off, very much influenced by fantasy, even if sans steroids in their case (perhaps because they have all been female, as you point out). Their first Cleopatra was inexplicably based on an obscure comic skit -- fine. Their second Cleopatra is essentially a caricature of what might be considered a pop culture stereotypical Egyptian-like pretty girl, and an under-dressed and over-sexualized one at that. There is no attempt to replicate either genuine Egyptian fashion (from any historical period), or the very un-Egyptian (Greek!) fashion the real Kleopatra VII would have worn. The usual culprit shows up on the promotional image: the ARH logo, which tells us that we are being treated to a colorful, striking fantasy.



The same can be said for Anck Su Namun, who may be striking, but is about as authentic as the rendition of her name (in other words, not at all). I suppose that was pointing to other fantasy reinterpretations of Egyptian themes, as in The Mummy; the promotional photos do include the tell-tale ARH logo. The only thing she has in common with her historical "counterpart" is that she is female.





The very same could be said of Nefertiti. Even the shape of and detail on her very characteristic (and sadly non-detachable crown) is wrong.











In my opinion that is quite far off. But it's alright from TBLeague's point of view, I suppose, because TBLeague's Nefertiti also sports that ARH logo, and that means that anything goes.

While I realize that TBL’s Nefertiti is meant to be... well, Nefertiti... I’m almost tempted to pick it up to use as Isis. Though it would seem oddly out of place considering all the other “Gods” have been pitch black in color.