Action Figure BigBangPow!: Penny Dreadful

[Johnny Utah]

I stopped following this company years ago when they announced the Lost license and delivered diarrhoea. But...they seem to have outsourced this line to Gentle Giant, similar to Funko and their Legacy line. These figures are SDCC exclusives but the back of the box shows a full line.

 

[jrice73]

Man, I hate to be a negative nancy here but those figures' head sculpts don't look a thing like Josh Harnett or Eva Green. But I could see myself getting these figures cause I absolutely love Penny Dreadful.

 

[JonWes]

I'm really excited about these! I loved season 1 (not a SHO subscriber so haven't seen season 2 yet) and I got the MEGO-esque 8'' figures. But these really are more where my heart lies as a collector. I think they look really good, overall. The sculpts look pretty good from what I can see behind the EE watermark.

 

[EVILFACE]

They have the Dreadful part right.

 

[Damien]

I realy want good 1/6 th scale figures from this

 

[JonWes]

1/6 would be ideal. I'm excited any company is taking a crack at it, at this point. It's pretty niche still at this point.

 

[FreshYoungDude]

1/6th figures from the show would be an easy sell for me.

 

[JonWes]

These are apparently sculpted by Gentle Giant like the Funko Legacy figures. The case assortment for wave 1 includes Ethan in his other form and two other characters from the show. Exciting we're getting a nice, robust line for this. I suspect the sculpts will be nice and solid. We'll just have to hope the paint apps hold up.

 

[Matner77]

Excited for these. Hope the run is successful enough for a 2nd wave (jumping the gun I know) but I'd love to have Lyle, Sembene, the witches & a vampire to add to the set. I hope the paint app is better than the recent Firefly legacy I've seen in my local FP store.
Ideally I hope to see a 1/6th range but I think the chances of that are slim

 

[WolfBoy]

they look like crap.

 

[JonWes]

Excited for these. Hope the run is successful enough for a 2nd wave (jumping the gun I know) but I'd love to have Lyle, Sembene, the witches & a vampire to add to the set. I hope the paint app is better than the recent Firefly legacy I've seen in my local FP store.
Ideally I hope to see a 1/6th range but I think the chances of that are slim

Yeah, the paint apps will be telling. The sculpts (from what we can see under the ghosted logos in these small pics) look good. It'll be down to the paint apps.

A listing for a case appeared briefly on Entertainment Earth. The first full assortment information is in there:

Penny Dreadful 6-Inch Action Figure Case Assortment 1:

Entertainment Earth Convention Exclusive!
First-ever 6-inch action figures from Penny Dreadful!
Case comes with 8 individually packaged figures.
Limited edition and individually numbered.
Features 18 points of articulation!

Entertainment Earth Convention Exclusive! Bif Bang Pow! presents the first-ever 6-inch action figures from your favorite mysterious drama, Penny Dreadful. These intricately designed figures feature 18 points of articulation and include accessories.

This case includes 8 individually packaged action figures (subject to change):
3x Vanessa Ives with tarot card accessories fanned into one piece and an additional single card
2x Victor Frankenstein w/ sketchbook and surgical scissors
2x Sir Malcolm Murray w/ cane, removeable top hat and gun
1x Ethan Chandler Werewolf w/ gun holster and guns.

With 3,700 pieces of the Vanessa Ives figure, 2,800 pieces of each Sir Malcolm and Frankenstein and only 2,400 pieces of Ethan as Werewolf produced, these limited edition and individually numbered figures won’t be available in the demimonde forever! Ages 18 and up.

 

[melkorjunior]

Sir Malcolm looks like he might be a real winner. Victor Frankenstein and Chandler as a werewolf look good too. The Eva Green headsculpt is a miss though.

 

[JonWes]

I think it might look better when we can see it up close without all the ghosted logos. Female sculpts are always more subtle. Right now she looks a bit under-made up, but it could just be the tiny pic.

 

[illproxy]

surprised they didnt include Victors monster or that master style vamp seen in s1.

 

[JonWes]

Here's The Creature! Sir Malcolm, The Creature and Victor are all up for order on EE. But not Ethan's other form. There's still one character unaccounted for who is on the back of the box. I THINK it's Dorian Gray. But the pics are so small it's kind of hard to tell. I do think the Master Vampire would be an awesome figure.

 

[Matner77]

It's gonna be expensive picking these up being Comic Con exclusives & then shipping to the UK. Ideally I like to see the paint apps in store before buying, but that isn't going to be an option sadly

 

[JonWes]

Yeah, that won't be an option for me in the US, either since I'm not going to SDCC! Heads up: All seven figures are coming and will be up on EE before SDCC. Love that we're getting such a robust line right out of the gate.

 

[Johnny Utah]

Hey where'd you hear that? I was talking to a rep from EE today over email and he said they weren't going to be offered as a set.

 

[JonWes]

They might not be offered as a set. I just meant that all 7 of them are supposed to be available to purchase (individually) by SDCC.

 

[Matner77]

Ouch! £122 (inclu shipping) for the five figures & before custom charges. That's a bit to steep for me