NEW PRODUCT: TBLeague - Egyptian Gods Series ASET [Black/White] (PL2021-185A/B)

brazybear

brazybear

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Gorgeous, especially the dark one. Wish they did something like this for Bastet instead of a cat head.

Moonbase Alpha Male

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GubernatorFan wrote:Good points. I can't bear to look at either of them, but isn't this fairly close to the accessories/clothing style for Bastet -- minus the pitch-black body and the animal head? They have used regular human bodies for their non-god figures (the two "Cleopatras," "Ankhesenamun" -- however they butchered her name, "Nefertiti," "Tutankhamun," and the forthcoming "Ramesses"); also, and that is actually accurate, a green one for "Osiris." The sundisk in horns element, and (not necessarily as part of the same crown) the circle of rearing cobras are plausible. So is the diminutive falcon-ended collar attaching from the collar -- except that is should not have been diminutive and should have been the actual collar. The ankh seems better than the earlier one, which came with "Anubis" (I think). Isis, like most gods, is at least sometimes portrayed brandishing an ankh, for example from the beautiful painted reliefs in the tomb of Rameses II's wife Nefertari, as below (note the scepter). It is beautiful -- well the "black" version is anyway -- but I wish if they were going to go that fanciful, they would make a cleaner break from the Egyptian references. As it is, it is false advertising, and a waste of talent, effort, and material -- in my opinion anyway. I have no delusions, merely disappointment -- because TBLegue could pull it off (it has excellent production quality) if it really tried. It occurred to me that perhaps ideally they would provide sets with sufficient alternative options to satisfy both the canon of Egyptian art and, electively, more fantastical custom renditions.

All good points -- so, "from your mouth to TBL's ear"...

To clarify one narrow point: I didn't mean to say that Aset/Isis absolutely shouldn't have an Ankh. But most TBL Gods already have Ankhs, and you can get Ankhs loose at Michaels Hobby Lobby etc, while Isis herself had her own specific version of the Ankh which was the Tyet. So I wish they gave her that instead. Easy enough to make one from Sculpey, I suppose.

Ghost808

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More super pale Egyptians! If the ancient gods were real, somebody at tbleague would be getting struck by lighting, hit by a flood, plague, etc.

Stryker2011

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Moonbase Alpha Male wrote:

Stryker2011 wrote:While I can appreciate the frustration of the lack of historically accurate Ancient Egyptian items, I think folks are seriously deluding themselves to think this is something that TBLeague is going to provide — especially after all these years of them showing that they don’t DO historically accurate — EVER. Just saying…

Cue the Spice Girls, "I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want:" with the considerable accomplishments of HAOYUTOYS on ancient Greeks, Romans and some Persians etc, doesn't it seem that they should move down into Egypt? Give me some Haoyutoys historical-ish Egyptian humans -- say a regal Pharaoh and a foot soldier, of whom I'd buy multiples -- and a whole back row of fanciful TBL Egyptian Gods, and I would be ecstatic.

Yeah, I was going to suggest folks find a home page for HaoYuToys and start a campaign to get them to move to Ancient Egypt, since they do about the closest to “accurate” as we’re likely to get in this hobby. Expecting it from TBL is fruitless, as they only care about fantasy, and “sexy.”

GubernatorFan

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Stryker2011 wrote:Yeah, I was going to suggest folks find a home page for HaoYuToys and start a campaign to get them to move to Ancient Egypt, since they do about the closest to “accurate” as we’re likely to get in this hobby. Expecting it from TBL is fruitless, as they only care about fantasy, and “sexy.”

Speaking of HaoYu, I finally broke down and ordered their ballista.

skywalkersaga

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Join date : 2019-01-11
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Since I don't collect tbleague figures, I'm not the most invested in what they put out, and tend to just look at each release to see what I could potentially use for kitbashing purposes. There's been a couple over the years I've been strongly tempted by (Kier Valkyrie, Nancy in Hell, and a couple others), but mostly I just pick up the parted-out bodies, heads, and a few accessories here and there.

That being said, I've been somewhat disappointed by tbleague's releases this year -- both their newer base bodies as well as their actual figures. It's only been the last couple that have had any parts that interest me -- specifically, the Ramesses' bald male headsculpt, the Saintess Knight body and suit, and now this Isis body. Hopefully I can manage to snag some of these, at least... ;p

Stryker2011