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“The Twilight Zone” Gets Colored For the #SDCC
As perennial San Diego Comic-Con fan favorites, Bif Bang Pow! has collaborated with Entertainment Earth to bring you the next series of convention exclusive 3 ¾-inch color action figures inspired by The Twilight Zone – introducing series 4!
Designed similar to the action figures released in the ’70s, each retro-styled color figure features 5 points of articulation (neck, shoulders, and hips) and showcases a classic character with episode-specific accessories. Each convention exclusive action figure is a limited edition of only 672 pieces – with each piece in the run individually numbered on a holographic sticker.
The Twilight Zone Don Carter 3 3/4-Inch Action Figure In Color – Convention Exclusive celebrates The Twilight Zone episode “Nick of Time” – featuring William Shatner as Don Carter. This unique figure comes complete with a miniature Mystic Seer inspired by the same fortune-telling machine shown inside the famous Busy Bee Cafe.
The Twilight Zone Jerry and Willie 3 3/4-Inch Action Figure In Color – Convention Exclusive pays homage to The Twilight Zone episode “The Dummy”. This rare figure of the persecuted ventriloquist appropriately comes with his deranged dummy – which also includes 5 points of articulation. But that’s not all… Willie also features a hand slot in the back, so you can pose Jerry and Willie together!
The Twilight Zone Hansen 3 3/4-Inch Action Figure In Color – Convention Exclusive salutes The Twilight Zone episode “A Quality of Mercy” – featuring Leonard Nimoy as Hansen, the radio operator. This exclusive show-inspired figure of the World War II character comes complete with his battlefield accessories: removable helmet, rifle, and field radio that opens to reveal a pull-out phone.
These are limited edition Entertainment Earth Convention Exclusive figures and won’t last long!
Available for the first time on July 20, 2016 at the Entertainment Earth booth #2343 at San Diego Comic-Con, fans attending the show will have the earliest opportunity to score these individually numbered and limited edition exclusives!
Not attending San Diego Comic-Con 2016? *PRE-ORDER at Entertainment Earth now!
(*NOTE: These items will first be sold during San Diego Comic-Con 2016 at Entertainment Earth Booth #2343. If supplies remain after the show, pre-orders will be filled and shipped to you then – in August 2016.)
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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