Monthly Archives: July 2018

First 4 Figures Soul Calibur Taki Statue Released & Photos!

Posted on by July 30, 2018
Soul Calibur II Statues Nightmare and Taki First 4 Figures

It’s pretty rare in this day and age for a high-end resin statue to go from the pre-order stage to shipping to collectors’ doorsteps within a one-year timeframe. That’s why I’m surprised—and pleased!—that for the second time in two months, I can talk about a First 4 Figures statue that’s gone through from the PO stage to the doorstep phase in the same amount of time it takes for a real baby to go from conception to delivery: the first shipments of the F4F Soul Calibur Taki Statue that went up for order last October have started to arrive!

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First 4 Figures Q&A #80 Recap: Warp Star Kirby Statue Teaser Trailer!

Posted on by July 27, 2018
F4F Warp Star Kirby Statue Teaser

First 4 Figures may have been exhibiting for the first time ever at ACGHK all day today, but the hardest working men in the statue business are back in the studio tonight for another episode of the world-famous F4F Q&A Livestream! How are Cowboy Bebop Spike pre-order sales going? Did Chock leak the exclusive for Jet Black? Rider Link teaser? Undertale TT? And oh yeah–did somebody say WARP STAR KIRBY PRE-ORDER NEXT WEEK? All this and more in the F4F Q&A #80 Recap!

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Cowboy Bebop Blu Ray Complete Series Anime Set GIVEAWAY!

Posted on by July 23, 2018
Cowboy Bebop Blu Ray Complete Series Set

When Gamer Toy News hit 3,000 Facebook followers in the spring, we celebrated by giving away a set of the Samurai Champloo Complete Series Blu-Rays to celebrate and promote F4F Samurai Champloo #FinishTheLine. And now that we’ve hit 5,500+ followers just in time for First 4 Figures Spike to go up for order, it only seems appropriate to have another giveaway, right?! And so—want your own Complete Series Cowboy Bebop Blu-Ray set? Read on to find out how to win it!

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Making of F4F Cowboy Bebop Spike Spiegel Documentary Q&A Recap!

Posted on by July 23, 2018
F4F Making of Cowboy Bebop Spike Figure Documentary Bang

While First 4 Figures is predominantly well-known for their long-running line of video game statues,in recent years they’ve decided to branch off into anime figures. And following up Saitama (One Punch Man), Mugen (Samurai Champloo) and Guts (Berserk), it’s the fourth entry in the F4F Anime Series: the Exclusive Cowboy Bebop Spike figure is now up for order! It’s the 20th Anniversary of Cowboy Bebop this year, and the first resin statue for the anime ever! Wondering what kind of work and development went into this masterpiece? Read on for the full documentary and Q&A Recap!

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F4F Q&A #79 Recap: Cowboy Bebop Spike Figure Exclusive Statue Reveal!

Posted on by July 21, 2018
BANG Cowboy Bebop Spike EX Alex F4F QA 79

It’s a huge week for the collecting world in general, as hundreds of new products are being debuted from dozens of collectibles companies at San Diego Comic-Con 2018. But while First 4 Figures isn’t attending SDCC 2018, that doesn’t mean that they don’t have a major event of their own going on, as the first-ever high-end resin Cowboy Bebop statue went up for order today: the F4F Cowboy Bebop Spike figure! And that’s not all–aside from the Spike statue launch, First 4 Figures CEO Alex Davis will be answering a spaceship-load of collector questions, update us on progress on statues going through production and more!

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F4F Q&A #78 Recap: The Space Cowboy Cometh! Spike Teaser Trailer!

Posted on by July 13, 2018
F4F Cowboy Bebop Spike Hype Trailer QA 78

The past week has been an eventful one for First 4 Figures, with the long-awaited Exclusive Banjo-Kazooie statue going up for order at long last… followed by possible revisions being made to the statue following fan outcry to make Banjo as good as he could be! But it’s on to another week and another livestream, as F4F Q&A #78 has now arrived! This week, the much-anticipated teaser trailer for the first Cowboy Bebop statue debuts, along with Alex & Chock answering questions about such topics as the future of F4F Shovel Knight, Jinjos, the Metroid Prime 3 Gunship, Anime, Princess Zelda and more!

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Making of F4F Banjo-Kazooie Documentary and Q&A Recap!

Posted on by July 10, 2018
Scale Comparison of First 4 Figures Banjo-Kazooie and Spyro Statues

After a long wait, the very first item from F4F’s partnership with Rare Ltd. has finally arrived: the First 4 Figures Banjo-Kazooie Exclusive statue is now up for order! But just how long has this statue of the bird-and-bear duo been in development, and what challenges did the F4F team face in bringing it to life? Find out the answers to these questions and many more in the Making of Banjo-Kazooie Documentary and Q&A Recap…

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F4F Q&A #77 Recap: Banjo-Kazooie Exclusive Statue Up for Order & More!

Posted on by July 6, 2018
Exclusive Banjo Kazooie Statue with Metal Jiggy and Music Notes

GUH-HUH! Fans rallied for months on #BanjoMondays to draw attention to the franchise, and First 4 Figures listened! It’s taken a few years, but after the small teaser last week, the big day is finally here: the F4F Exclusive Banjo-Kazooie Statue will finally be revealed and go up for order today! Stay tuned for the LIVE Recap where we’ll learn all the details, as well as get answers to our deepest questions from First4Figures CEO Alex Davis & Tsoek Cheung!

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F4F Samurai Champloo Mugen Statue Released & Photos!

Posted on by July 2, 2018
First4Figures Samurai Champloo Mugen Statue Review

Delays are a fact of life in the statue collecting world, as regardless of what company you order your statues from, the majority of statues tend to be delayed somewhat. But there are certainly exceptions to that rule, and one of them has just begun arriving! The F4F Samuai Champloo Mugen Statue was scheduled for a release in Q2 2018, and it arrived just in the nick of time! How’d it turn out, and should you hop on the Wait List for Mugen? Let’s take a look…

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