We are fast approaching the start of our ninth year of trading. January 7th 2012 sees our eighth birthday, and what a rollercoaster it has been (the last two years, especially).
Historically, we release a limited-run figure for our anniversary. The 2011 figure was a Barbarian in a Wolf-skin Cloak, and although he was cast up, he was never released as some serious family issues (that had emerged in September 2010) became impossible to deal with, which led to us going 'offline' for a few months, with the online shop closed for about six months in total.
Since August this year, we have been working towards moving on from the traumas of the last 16 months, and are finally at a place where we think this is a good time to finally release this figure.
Wolf is our barbarian figure, released in different variants since 2004. This year sees three new variants for him, including a one-piece resin version depicting two nubile females encircling his muscular legs. Long hair in this variant makes this a very 'Samson and Delilah'-type vignette. The next variant from this is where he has a bald head… this could follow on from the 'Samson and Delilah' story, or could just be that Kev decided he wanted him bald!
The limited release with the wolf-skin cloak is cast in pale blue/grey resin by Grey Matter Figures. It comes as two parts, with the right hand/sword being joined to the main body at the wrist (the join is hidden by a bracelet). It is supplied in numbered packaging to show its position within the 100 castings on sale.
A lovely painted version by Matt Lucas is on this thread on the Forum of Doom, and you can find our lovely Barbarian in our webshop.
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Don't forget that the December Bonus Time is still running, and you will be able to use your 20% discount for new releases as well, just enter DEC2011 at check-out. Have you already used your code? Don't worry, just enter the following to get another 15% discount until the end of bonus time: MOREFUNKYTOYSPLEASE