Friday, Storm Collectibles fully revealed their long in-development Gatchaman – Ken the Eagle 1/12 Scale Figure. The official product page is live now from Storm. Over the weekend, pre-orders have gone live from a few of our sponsors. The figure includes two swap out head sculpts, multiple interchangeable hands, three different cape styles, and two Bird Boomerangs. The figure is due for release in the Third Quarter of the year. Keep an eye on the links below for pre-orders. After the jump, you can see more photos.
Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (科学忍者隊) is a Japanese animated franchise about a five-member superhero team, the original anime series debuted in 1972.
KEN THE EAGLE (G1号 大鷲の健) is the team leader & tactical expert whose Bird Style is based off of the eagle. When not in costume, Ken works as an aircraft test pilot and delivers parcels by air mail.
Features:
2 x Interchanging Head Sculpts
5 x Pair of Hands
3 x Different Style of the Cape
2 x Bird Boomerang
Pre-Order Links: Big Bad Toy Store • Entertainment Earth • The Chosen Prime • The Toy Source
Gatchaman - Ken Washio, The Eagle Revealed by Storm Collectibles
Ugh. Another Storm line I'll need. Damn this looks good.
If the line goes beyond Ken I'll totally be interested. But if they do the entire team along with Berg Katse and even some Glactor soldiers my wallet is absolutely fucked. I'll HAVE to get them all.
Of course, this is Storm we're talking about, here. They'll probably release two characters and then quietly drop the line altogether.
Looks cool, but I'll only take notice if they do the entire team first.
Absolutely down for this. YES- the team will arrive in full eventually but probably a good many years down the road based on Storm's track-record. But also like Scorpion and Sub-Zero before, sleep on this at your own risk as his price will be astronomical once more of the team start arriving.
You just know there are going to be alternate capes.
Man I'm so down for this
Super 7's already doing the optional soft-goods capes/robes with a number of figures in multiple lines. I would imagine Storm is paying attention.
Very much looking forward to these figures. Hopefully we get the entire team sooner than later.
Nice Fig
A valid zombie thread bump hehe:
Storm Collectibles Gatchaman Ken The Eagle (Battle of the Planets Mark)
I hope they add Joe to this line
Will Be Looking for....
"Jun the Swan"!!! I hope ;^)
Damn. This is a part of my Child Hood right there. Figure looks great but ill have to pass.
Up for PO at BBTS ETA of October
https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Produ...Details/193591
Gonna have to pass too. Seems like the 2 capes I'd want to pose him in would take up an awful lot of room on the shelf.
So is this actually 1/12 or is it oversized like all the rest of their lines?
It looks good but the face doesn't look anything like the one from the 70s anime. The medicom ones face is anime accurate. I'm on the fence.
But then again, this is Storm Collectibles we're talking about here. Based on their past actions, there's ZERO chance they would do the entire Science Ninja Team, so it's not like I would bother investing myself in this line anyway. They'll do Ken and MAYBE Jun or Joe (at best) and then abandon the line like every other license they've incompetently bungled.
I still won't believe they'll release the Darkstalkers Morrigan figure they announced (and showed prototypes of) until the actual figure itself hits retail. That's how little faith I have in this half-assed company.
But then again, this is Storm Collectibles we're talking about here. Based on their past actions, there's ZERO chance they would do the entire Science Ninja Team, so it's not like I would bother investing myself in this line anyway. They'll do Ken and MAYBE Jun or Joe (at best) and then abandon the line like every other license they've incompetently bungled.
I still won't believe they'll release the Darkstalkers Morrigan figure they announced (and showed prototypes of) until the actual figure itself hits retail. That's how little faith I have in this half-assed company.
I think this looks great. Just a good looking figure, I'm not huge into Gatchaman though so I can't speak much about how accurate it is.
But I did start watching Gatchaman a bit because of this figure announcment and because I am generally curious about shows from the time when Ichinomori started the "Henshin" trend of Japanese masked superheroes, and I have to say, its entertaining, I quite like it. Crazy and fun ideas with a good portion of action, the very essence of what makes these kinds of shows interesting to me.
Back to the figure, I think the headsculpt is good. But I do wish the clear part of the helmet was a bit darker, but I know the exact right look can be difficult to achieve in this scale. And I do prefer it being too light instead of too dark.
I think it’s based on the Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: computer game rather than the anime which is a shame. Still an OK figure but, for diehards like me, it's a pass, especially as its so expensive for the size.
But then again, this is Storm Collectibles we're talking about here. Based on their past actions, there's ZERO chance they would do the entire Science Ninja Team, so it's not like I would bother investing myself in this line anyway. They'll do Ken and MAYBE Jun or Joe (at best) and then abandon the line like every other license they've incompetently bungled.
I still won't believe they'll release the Darkstalkers Morrigan figure they announced (and showed prototypes of) until the actual figure itself hits retail. That's how little faith I have in this half-assed company.
Its definitely based on the game appearance. You're right.
I want to want this... but the face just doesn't look like Mark.
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