Thanks to any and all of you who saw this thread & its posts and either backed or spread the word, you've helped make this project a success - Skeleton Warriors are Back!
George & Ayleen posted a quick closing update once the pledging period had ended; mentioning that it's incredible to be able to share our collective passions for the Skeleton Warriors, as well as sincerely thanking everyone involved in the development, support & backing of the project!
They're now moving into the production of the figures and will be keeping everyone updated as to their progress, aiming to have samples ready in a few months with the finished figures hopefully arriving to everyone before the end of this year.
For now, we've been left with these photos, depicting the prototypes heading out on their journey to the San Diego Comic Convention:
I, and I'm sure all of you who've helped back this project too, am so incredibly excited to see the return of the Skeleton Warriors - With New & FAR superior figures in looks, presentation, articulation but most of all Playability!
Baron Dark and the Titan Skeletons are merely the beginning; October Toys are looking to produce all the characters that previously had toys, but also importantly the ones who didn't receive toys as well as producing brand new ones based on old prototypes along with others derived from the comics, trading cards and Cartoon!
So definitely stay tuned guys, there will be a lot more Skeleton Warriors headed your way; keep checking-in regularly here in this thread, as well as the Kickstarter page AND the October Toys website for any and all news & updates concerning the newly reawakened Skeleton Warriors toyline!
...remember: "They're Bad To The Bone!"
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Sounds about the time I was right into it too dude; seems you were quite into it at the time as well if you were willing to forego lunch and using the money, coupled with borrowings, in order to get a hold of the cards man!Originally Posted by kaiden
You're not wrong though; TFs are getting more expensive as a hobby as time goes on and I too find myself having to prioritise... Helps that a lot of the stuff that Hasbro & Takara are putting out at the moment isn't really engaging (Me at least), hell, even a number of the 3rd Party offerings I find myself asking if I really want in anymore?
Fair enough that Kickstarters aren't really your thing man, I've found a number of people are still somewhat dubious of it all - I DO believe that there is a good chance that pretty much everything, apart from the Traveler Skeleden & "Lighstar Crystal Blue" Exclusives, will be available at a later date and open for anyone/everyone to purchase.
They'd probably be slightly more expensive, though I don't believe they'd be too much more, but if/when that happens - I could drop you a PM if you'd like mate?, probably be a ways off though so don't feel obligated or anything.
Indeed we did Sharky dude and what a very joyous thing (For me) it was to wake-up and see such a result!
Checking in every now & again to see the pledge amount slowly creep up to the final $50,140USD mark was both nail-biting and relieving all at once!
I'm just so happy to see that there are others here & around the world that do still have fond memories of the Skeleton Warriors franchise and that those who knew about it, got behind this "Resurrection" of sorts as well as the passionate pair who sort to give us a 2nd run-in with Baron Dark, his Skeleton minions and The Legion of Light members.
I'm so appreciative that you brought this project to my knowledge, Sharky, I'll probably never stop going on about it.
Hehe, bloody oath dude!
I went with the $93USD Reward level, but my end pledge amount ended up being $123.00USD Including postage, which will get me:
- 2x "Original Colour" Baron Darks
- 1x "Lighstar Crystal Blue" Baron Dark (Kickstarter Exclusive)
- 1x "Bone" Titan Skeleton
- 1x "Glow-in-The-Dark" Titan Skeleton
- 1x "Lightstar Crystal Blue" Titan Skeleton (Kickstarter Exclusive)
- 1x Traveler Skeleden
So I get a little taste of everything, whilst also having a spare Baron Dark that I can keep MISB & a pair of Exclusive versions of the first 2 Molds.
I love Skeletons, the Grim Reaper, Skeletor... All that sort of thing, have dug it ever since I was a kid; the bad guys in anything ALWAYS look/ed cooler than the good guys!
As such, Skeleton Warriors has always resided in my memory, as it was what I thought at the time to be one of the single wickedest things outside of Transformers - Animated & Evil Skeletons! and they looked so Bad-Ass too!
I mean, just look!
What 8-9y/o kid can look at that sort of artwork on a Trading Card and not go: "AWESOME!!!"?
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