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McFarlane is Selling a Replica of Negan’s Bat Lucille
Put the scare into your enemies with your own replica of the bat Negan uses to murder “The Walking Dead” fan favorite, Glenn.
McFalrane Toys says Lucille is available now, although you can also pre-order from Amazon (December 23) and Entertainment Earth (March, 2017).
It’s not for playing baseball…
This adult roleplay replica of Lucille is crafted to match the exact specifications as the bat carried by Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who portrays Negan on AMC’s “The Walking Dead.” The full-size plastic bat measures approximately 32 inches long and is displayed in window box packaging. The highly detailed bat comes complete with identical markings and barbed wire-wrapped barrel end.
“Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe.” Negan’s use of the classic nursery rhyme sent chills down the spines of all viewers everywhere during the Season 6 finale of “The Walking Dead” TV series, right before he swung his trusted weapon, Lucille, at one of the beloved survivors.
Leader of the group known as The Saviors, Negan is one of the most merciless enemies to ever cross paths with Rick Grimes and the other survivors. With no remorse, Negan executes those who get in his way with his weapon of choice. With the barrel end wrapped in barbed wire, Lucille is the iconic baseball bat that Negan wields to not only intimidate others, but eliminate them as well.
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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