*HUGE* PRIME1 STUDIO ANNOUNCEMENTS

SIZEABLE NEWS:

*HUGE* PRIME1 STUDIO ANNOUNCEMENTS!

Prime1 Studio is notorious for their amazing 1:3 scale statues. Their big, very detailed amazing statues with nicely designed bases don’t have much competition. They’re just stunning. Collectors passionately get them and make them the centerpieces of their collection. During the weekend, Prime1 Studio offered a show case of all the upcoming products, and there were some huge surprises!

Here are a few sneak peeks of what they have announced (notice the size of the statue compared to the announcer):

The Dark Knight Returns Batman vs Superman diorama

Batman and Justice Buster suit

Justice Buster suit

Dark Nights: Metal Superman

Superman vs Doomsday diorama

Batman designed by Jason Fabok

ToyFarce also heard that Prime1 Studio is working out a deal with landlords so that their statues will include the price of the rent of an appartment, so that you can have a place to display those gigantic statues, so that you don’t worry about missing out. Some of their pieces already cost way more than 2 months of rent, so it does make sense for them to venture that way.

Finally, Prime1 Studio announced their long awaited Joker from the Dark Knight movie, and the crowd went mild for that one!

It’s not ToyFarce’s style to make fun of things (never!) but… remember when the Joker was sniffing glue in the movie?

Too bad the host was not available for that shot, now we have no idea of what size it will be…

Are you going to pick some of those statues up? Let us know in the comments!

More news at 11:00… in 1:3 scale!

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RIP DC DIRECT - 1998-2020

SAD NEWS:

RIP DC DIRECT - 1998-2020

On August 10, 2020, it was announced that DC Direct, the DC Comics in-house toy company, was shut down as part of a massive restructuring from Warner Bros. DC Direct had been producing toys for 22 years, was rebranded DC Collectibles in 2012 before switching back to DC Direct earlier this year. 

Usually, ToyFarce News would make jokes about that, such as "Company that announced mostly repaints for the rest of the year surprisingly shut down", or "Toy manufacturer specialized in Batman and Harley Quinn to stop producing collectibles", but to be honest, we're pretty sad about it.

We know many of you have been collectors of DC Direct products, going back to the first MAD action figures, to the Green Lantern line, the Batman Hush line , the 12inch figures, the Batman Black & White statues, the Animated Series line, etc... and that many of you must be pretty upset about DC Direct shutting down, so we thought we would have some sort of a funeral, a place where we can mourn.

Toy News International posted an article letting us know which product were far enough into production so that they will be released. Here is the article: https://toynewsi.com/10-36987 (we are glad that we can get another wave from those animated series - adventure continues figures, and can't wait for the DCeased figures).

Sorry, folks... We really tried to find an angle where we could say something funny, but we're pretty sure it wouldn't have been welcome right now, as it is 'too soon'. ToyFarce News wishes all the best in all of their future endeavors to all the talented artists and sculptors that were working there, and hope they find a great place to share their talents very soon.

What are your favorite DC Direct/Collectibles products? Let us know in the comments!

We'll be back with jokes next week!

More news at 11:00...

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STATUE COLLECTOR KINDA WISHES STATUES HAD MORE ARTICULATIONS

BREAKING NEWS:

STATUE COLLECTOR KINDA WISHES STATUES HAD MORE ARTICULATIONS

"There are tons of amazing statues nowadays: Prime1 Studio with their huge 1/3 scale statues, Iron Studios and their epic Marvel and DC battles series, Queen studios and their lifesize realistic statues, XM Studios, the Sideshow Polystone ones, etc... There are so many great brands and it's a great time to be a statue collector... but it would be great if some of them had some articulations..."

Those are the controversial words from Yann, a statue collector from France, who started collecting statues over two decades ago, starting with the Marvel Comics statues from Bowen Designs, before moving on to bigger and bigger things, litteraly.

"At the time, I could fit a dozen statues on a shelf. They were not taking too much space. But nowadays, we get those beautiful but gigantic pieces with a huge cape going in one direction, or the leg kicking in the other direction, or a spear going upwards, or some huge base, and it takes so much space that I can't display more than one or two on each shelves... Now hear me out... What if the statues had articulations? Let's say on the kicking leg, an articulation so that it could bend a little, so that I could display another huge piece next to it! Wouldn't it be amazing? Why do those statues always have to have such huge dynamic poses anyway? Can't there also be 'Museum poses' too?" (referring to the "standing straight, arms along the body, face looking forward" pose, the lazy "right out of the box, no dynamic posing" kind).

ToyFarce News asked Chris from the awesome "Batman Statue Collector" YouTube channel, the brotherhood of the Bat-collectibles (Seriously! We really did!) for his opinion about what Yann said:

"I totally agree with Yann. Action poses tend to be really boring to me.  I prefer my statues to be as stagnant as possible to not distract from the other smaller scale statues in my collection.   I prefer statues in the 1/10 scale range that have as little detail as possible and I realistically want them to look like barbie dolls, which I absolutely LOVE!! The more articulation and brushable hair, the better!!"

Check out the great "Batman Statue Collector" Youtube channel for more content at this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCEc307jzXn3L8ouFqeSiLA

We hope Yann will someday find a happy medium in which he could collect statues, but also add a few action figures to satisfy his need for articulation.

More news at 11:00...

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