You would honestly think you are looking at a high end Nicholson Joker, and technically you are. This is what Beast Kingdom’s potential is. A great sculpt & likeness, great paintwork with depth giving it substantial realism in a smaller scale; & great tailoring of the clothing on an 8” articulated body. Not a figure where you see tons of articulation points either or soft plastic in place of fabric. This is what I want to see from a brand for all their figures. Imagine if someone was able to license Star Wars in this scale. Essentially mini-Hot Toys? That’s a profitable market. Hasbro hordes that US license though if I am not mistaken. I’d love to see them extend the Batman line for the Burton films. I want a Penguin & Catwoman!
1:9 Scale - The Sweet Spot Between 1:12 & 1:6
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I love Beast Kingdom's stuff! But they have to work on their scaling, for some of their cinematic figures anyhow. Their JL figures are undersized. But their Dark Night, and Batman 89, figures are spot on!
While their Superman comic versions seem oversized.
While their Superman comic versions seem oversized.
I'm told 8 inches is the perfect size.
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I do agree though. That’s definitely one of the main criticisms I hear is the proportions/scaling. Hopefully we’re just still in the early days and there will be a lot of growth/tweaks to their 8ction Heroes line.
Official images for Beast Kingdom’s upcoming Sauron figure from Lord of the Rings! Dude looks awesome!! Day one preorder for sure, but I’ll probably keep him in the box until I know whether or not they are going to flesh out the line with other LOTR characters. 
https://www.toyark.com/2023/09/01/the-lord-of-the-rings-dah-sauron-figure-by-beast-kingdom-512997
https://www.toyark.com/2023/09/01/the-lord-of-the-rings-dah-sauron-figure-by-beast-kingdom-512997
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Sauron is up for preorder on the standard collectible sites. I prefer Big Bad Toy Store or Sideshow usually but it’s not on Sideshow right now & Entertainment Earth offers free shipping on any order over $79 right now. So I went with EE.
It looks like he will begin order fulfillment this time next year.
https://www.entertainmentearth.com/s/new-and-trending/s
It looks like he will begin order fulfillment this time next year.
https://www.entertainmentearth.com/s/new-and-trending/s
The market is full of them in various scales at this point, but forgive me for being kind of excited to see Beast Kingdom enter the realm of horror. I hope this opens up a lot of other, less produced horror franchise characters! I haven’t seen much info about this yet but it does look like it’s going to be a part of the Dynamic 8ction Heroes 1/9th scale figure line. Love that they are sticking with as much soft goods/tailored clothing as possible.
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My goooodness, Beast Kingdom is really hitting a stride right now. They are teasing their Gandalf! This is great, it really shows a commitment to expanding the LOTR line past the Sauron that is presently up for preorder.
I wonder if there will be a decent sized reveal soon and if there will be a few more drops like this until then. We’ve got Pennywise teased & now Gandalf teased, I feel like we’ll get pre-production pics soon
I wonder if there will be a decent sized reveal soon and if there will be a few more drops like this until then. We’ve got Pennywise teased & now Gandalf teased, I feel like we’ll get pre-production pics soon
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King Art's 1/9 Iron Men were great, the only thing that killed it for me was the diecast tax. If they could have gotten these under $200 I would have been all in, instead I just have a few I picked up cheap for the fun of it
Totally agree! Checked out what was available of Kings Art and was really impressed! The only issue was the price for me as well, I dropped scales so I could decrease the collection-based hole in my pocketKing Art's 1/9 Iron Men were great, the only thing that killed it for me was the diecast tax. If they could have gotten these under $200 I would have been all in, instead I just have a few I picked up cheap for the fun of it
Their AntMan was the first fig I ever saw from them and before I saw the price I really debated starting to collect Marvel in this scale.
From what we can see if the sculpt, it almost looks like a recast of the sideshow 1/6 sculptMy goooodness, Beast Kingdom is really hitting a stride right now. They are teasing their Gandalf! This is great, it really shows a commitment to expanding the LOTR line past the Sauron that is presently up for preorder.
I wonder if there will be a decent sized reveal soon and if there will be a few more drops like this until then. We’ve got Pennywise teased & now Gandalf teased, I feel like we’ll get pre-production pics soon
That’d be blasphemous if they did that…but I’ll reserve commentary until the reveals.
It wouldn't be the first time if true. It's been speculated that some of their other sculpts are scaled down recasts from HT figures.
I almost don’t care, since it’s not in direct competition with Hot Toys’ scale. But I get the integrity issue. I guess we’ll see!
Same. I don’t take as much offense to recasts as others do in this hobby. I understand it from both sides. As for this scale, I don’t collect it but I like watching it from afar so it is cool to see what they come up with. Beast Kingdom seem to be upping their game with each release which is always nice to see for any company. That tends to mean sales are good enough for them to push further, get more detailed and up the quality.
Not characters I’ll be picking up but for anyone interested; New promo images are up for Beast Kingdom’s upcoming Rick/Morty releases that were teased at their last convention showcase. Very toyetic, but it’s cool Rick has a cloth lab coat!
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A closer look at NECA convention exclusive. Unfortunately it doesn’t look like it’ll be offered to anyone not going to this specific event. I’m not excited to see what this will look like when scalpers put them up on eBay. Wish they made it available in a limited supply online. But the figure looks great! Season of the Witch has been getting its flowers finally over the last decade or so. Just in time for spooky season.
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