Fresh Monkey Fiction has opened up their crowdfunding pre-orders for their Amazing Heroes Wave 5 Action Figures. The 4.5″ tall retro style figures started off as characters from the Golden Age of comics, but have since expanded to include more modern independent heroes. This assortment of figures includes Mr. Monster, E-Man, Stray, Badger and The Black Pirate. Pre-orders are open until September 1st, 2020. Fresh Monkey Fiction needs $15,000 to bring this wave to collectors. The figures are priced at $25 each. Pledging for the full set gets you all five figures for $100. Check out details below, and see a few images after the jump. You can check out the Crowdfunding Campaign for additional details, and the Pre-Order Store to place order.

FRESH MONKEY FICTION IS LAUNCHING A NEW CROWD FUNDING CAMPAIGN TO CONTINUE IT’S AMAZING HEROES RETROVERSE LINE OF RETRO STYLED COMIC BOOK ACTION FIGURES.

New characters for this wave include Mr. Monster, E-Man, Stray, Badger and The Black Pirate. Each figure has 5 points of articulation and comes with collector friendly packaging.

If you are new to Amazing Heroes you can read more about our line here.

We’ve previously used Kickstarter to fund our Amazing Heroes line but we are going to try something new this time.  We are not going the Kickstarter route, but instead are doing our own version of a crowd funding campaign we’ve called “FRESH MONKEY FUND IT”. This new approach will allow us to be more flexible with our rewards and leverage a pre-order system via Backerkit to manage our orders.

If we can achieve our funding goal of by the beginning of September 2020 we’ll be able to fund the costs for the following figures and deliver them to you in early 2021.

Fresh Monkey Fiction has announced a new crowdfunding campaign for their Amazing Heroes Wave 4 action figures. The 4.5″ tall retro style figures are based on characters from the Golden Age of comics. Wave 4 includes Golden Age Blue Beetle, Magno, The Magnetic Man, Fantom of the Fair, and Rubberman. They are crowdfunding the assortment themselves, and are looking for a total of $10,000 to reach their goal. As of this writing, they are already over $8,000 pledged. check out the press release below, and a few images after the jump.

FRESH MONKEY FICTION IS LAUNCHING A NEW CROWD FUNDING CAMPAIGN TO CONTINUE IT’S AMAZING HEROES RETROVERSE LINE OF VINTAGE STYLE COMIC BOOK ACTION FIGURES!

Fresh Monkey Fiction’s Amazing Heroes Wave 4 assortment continues to add more figures to it’s 4.5” retro-inspired action figure line, with the following classic Golden Age Comic Book Heroes:  Golden Age Blue Beetle, Magno, The Magnetic Man, the mysterious Fantom of the Fair and the villainous Rubberman.

“We’ve previously used Kickstarter to fund our Amazing Heroes line but we are going to try something new this time.  We are not going the Kickstarter route, but instead are doing our own version of a crowd funding campaign. This new approach will allow us to take pre-orders and be more flexible with our rewards. If we can achieve our funding goal we’ll be able to produce more great Golden Age heroes and as well as some new parts and accessories.”

Many of the figures in this assortment are limited to ONLY 100 pcs  and exclusive to this pre-order campaign and will NOT be offered again outside of these pre-orders. Each 4.5” figure comes in collector friendly interchangeable packaging with both a Golden Age art card back as well as a Modern art card back by the talented Chris Malgrain.

The pre-order window is currently open, but in order to manufacture this new Amazing Heroes assortment Fresh Monkey Fiction will need to meet it’s funding goal by January 31st, 2020.

You can support Amazing Heroes Wave 4 and add these new heroes to your collection by going to www.freshmonkeyfiction.com

The third series of the Amazing Heroes 4.5″ tall retro style action figures is available to pre-order directly from Fresh Monkey Fiction. The figures available in this assortment include Mike Allred’s Cosmic Madman, Steve Rude and Mike Baron’s Nexus, Atomic Thunderbolt, Black Bat, and Wonder-Man. The figures are priced between $25 and $30 each, and are packed in slipcases with interchangeable card backs. Exclusive Golden Age backer card designs are available with select pre-orders.

Amazing Heroes is a 4.5″ retro inspired Vintage Superhero Action Figure line that is reminiscent of the action figures from the ‘80s that feature colorful and iconic classic heroes. This 4.5″ Amazing Heroes Action Figure will come in a collector friendly packaging with extra Modern interchangeable card back for use with our Amazing Heroes backer cards.

Pre-orders are open until September 15th, and each figure is limited to just 100 pieces. They are scheduled for release this October. You can pre-order via the Fresh Monkey Fiction Store. Check out some images after the jump.

There are just 12 days left to back the Amazing Heroes Reborn 1/18 Scale Figures via Kickstarter. The fully articulated figures, by Fresh Monkey Fiction, feature an assortment of vintage comic characters and the Savage Dragon! The figures will stand about 4″ tall. They are looking for a total of $150,000 to fund the line, and they’ve currently raised just over $39,000. Check out the Kickstarter to pledge now.

FRESH MONKEY FICTION IS EXPANDING ITS AMAZING HEROES LINE OF COMIC BOOK ACTION FIGURES WITH A NEW SCALE AND MORE ARTICULATION.

Amazing Heroes was born out of the idea of creating an action figures line that could combine many of our favorite indy comic book heroes into an overall line of collectibles. For over 2 years we have been working closely with legendary comic creators such as Erik Larsen (Savage Dragon), Mike Allred (Madman), Steve Rude (Nexus), Jim Starlin (Dreadstar), Mike Grell (John Sable), Joe Staton (E-Man), Paul Grist (Jack Staff), Bob Burden (Flaming Carrot), Vito Delsante (Stray), Dean Haspiel (Red Hook), Michael T. Gilbert (Mr. Monster) and  many more to bring this amazing collection to life.

Our initial Amazing Heroes Retroverse line was inspired by our favorite toy lines of the 1980’s but fans have been asking for modern sculpted figures that were compatible with their current collections…thus AMAZING HEROES was REBORN!

The all-new, fully articulated, Amazing Heroes Reborn 1/18 Scale Figures are now up on Kickstarter. In this campaign, Fresh Monkey Fiction has an assortment of vintage comic characters and the Savage Dragon! The figures will stand about 4″ tall. They are looking for a total of $150,000 to bring the line to life, and have a large selection of figures and stretch goals ready to go. Check out the Kickstarter to pledge now.

FRESH MONKEY FICTION IS EXPANDING ITS AMAZING HEROES LINE OF COMIC BOOK ACTION FIGURES WITH A NEW SCALE AND MORE ARTICULATION.

Amazing Heroes was born out of the idea of creating an action figures line that could combine many of our favorite indy comic book heroes into an overall line of collectibles. For over 2 years we have been working closely with legendary comic creators such as Erik Larsen (Savage Dragon), Mike Allred (Madman), Steve Rude (Nexus), Jim Starlin (Dreadstar), Mike Grell (John Sable), Joe Staton (E-Man), Paul Grist (Jack Staff), Bob Burden (Flaming Carrot), Vito Delsante (Stray), Dean Haspiel (Red Hook), Michael T. Gilbert (Mr. Monster) and  many more to bring this amazing collection to life.

Our initial Amazing Heroes Retroverse line was inspired by our favorite toy lines of the 1980’s but fans have been asking for modern sculpted figures that were compatible with their current collections…thus AMAZING HEROES was REBORN!

The second series of Amazing Heroes 4.5″ tall retro style action figures is available to pre-order for those who did not pledge to the Kickstarter campaign. Fresh Monkey Fiction sent along the details. The figures available include American Crusader, The Puzzler, Captain Future, Chrometurion, Nexus, and Cosmic Madman. The figures are priced at $25 each. Wave 1 is available at a special price of just $10 per figure as well. See the press release below for details:

Fresh Monkey Fiction opens pre-orders for Amazing Heroes Wave 2

Los Angeles, CA. (March 31, 2018)  – Fresh Monkey Fiction opens pre-orders for wave 2 of their retro-inspired action figure line Amazing Heroes.

The Amazing Heroes Wave 2 collection features a selection of creator owned characters: Mike Baron and Steve Rude’s Nexus and a cosmic version of Michael Allred’s Madman. Plus limited editions (100pcs) of Golden Age Heroes:  American Crusader, Captain Future, Chrometurion and the villainous Puzzler. This will be the first time many of them will become action figures.

Each retro-inspired Amazing Heroes figure stands 4.5″ tall and includes collector friendly interchangeable packaging

The pre-order is currently open and runs through May 1st, 2018.

You can pre-order the Amazing Heroes Wave 2 Retroverse figures and find special offer pricing on a few remaining Wave 1 figures at:

https://amazing-heroes-action- figures.backerkit.com/hosted_ preorders

Please follow the progress of Amazing Heroes Wave 2 on the following sites:
www.freshmonkeyfiction.com
www.facebook.com/ FreshMonkeyFiction
www.facebook.com/ AmazingHeroesToys
www.instagram.com/ freshmonkeyfiction

PRE-ORDER LINK:
https://amazing-heroes-action-figures.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders/124231

About Fresh Monkey Fiction
Fresh Monkey Fiction LLC is dedicated to telling stories through art and design. We’re building a business model around leveraging the power of crowdfunding to bring great products to the collector. Our motto is “If you support it, we will make it”. Our goal is to create amazing collectibles that encourage fans to explore the depths of their imagination and tell great stories. If we can bring a little bit of playful imagination to someone’s day, we’ve done our job.  Discover your story at www.freshmonkeyfiction.com

Sadly, the Kickstarter for the Amazing Heroes Wave 2 did not get funded and was ultimately cancelled. However, this is only a temporary setback for Fresh Monkey Fiction. They are giving the Amazing Heroes line a complete overhaul, updating them with modern articulation and detailing. The Amazing Heroes Reborn Wave 1 Figures will be a 1/18 (4″) Scale line of figures with about 18 points of articulation each.

New, high quality, images have been released for the Amazing Heroes Reborn Wave 1. There will be a new Kickstarter in the third quarter of 2017. Read on to check out the photos of the entire line up.

A new update from Fresh Monkey Fiction has been posted on their Kickstarter for their amazing Heroes Wave 2 Figures. Sadly, it appears that this specific assortment will not get the funding it needs to continue. but with that, there comes an exciting development. They have been closely following fan feedback and comments, and are looking to fully update the Amazing Heroes line as fully articulated, modern style 4″ action figures, as opposed to the classic style figures from Wave 1. Here’s the update in full:

Hey everyone

Thanks for leaving some great feedback on the last few updates. It was super informative. This is why I love Kickstarter, it’s really about us all coming together to create something great. With that said I have decided to cancel this campaign, with 13 days left and over 45K to go I just don’t think it’s going to make it. For those of you who have been following Amazing Heroes for awhile this is the 2nd campaign we have tried for Amazing Heroes Wave 2…the one last summer had more Golden Age characters, but did not seem to get the traction it needed. I don’t want to waste your time and resources on a campaign that is not going to fund. I’d rather devote the time and energy toward something that I think a larger group can help support.

Toward that end, we’ll be relaunching Amazing Heroes later this summer in a new 4” modern format with more articulation.

We’ll have to raise more funding for this new format, but the price point per figure will remain about the same. This new format will allow us to expand the line much easier and offer a wider selection of characters (including villains) and more accessories. We’ll be revisiting our Golden Age characters as well as adding more licensed comic book properties to the mix. Plus this format will “play” well with our ever expanding line of Eagle Force figures.

So I’m sure many of you are asking what happens to the Retroverse line? We are currently moving our tooling to the new factory that we are using for Eagle Force. Our plan is to revisit the Retroverse figures and release them in much smaller quantities and in a limited capacity, plus we’ll be working with a few designer toy artists to help bring some of their unique characters to life in the Retroverse format. We’ll have more to reveal on that front toward the end of summer.

Thanks again for your support everyone. Don’t look at this as failure, I sure don’t. This is what Kickstarter is about and why I choose to use it for my products. It’s a great barometer for testing out ideas and engaging the fan base to create cool stuff. I look at it as the next step to building a great toy line.

Please follow Fresh Monkey Fiction on social media for all the latest updates.

I leave you with this image by amazing Miguel Angel Ruiz…the plan was to release this as a mini-poster and include it with each full set of Amazing Heroes. Maybe we’ll see it come to life in our next iteration.

Thanks everyone!

Bill

After the jump, you can see both the updated look for the figures, as well as the poster mentioned above.