| Go Hero Goes Harryhausen! |
| Written by James Tomlinson | |
| Wednesday, 23 July 2008 | |
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The very latest news from Go Hero has it that there’s a team-up between that company and Bluewater Productions, to the effect that they’re boarding ship and setting forth to discover all new collectibles of mythic proportions. So stout yeomen collector types, take up your swords and grab your guns, as you sally forth into uncharted worlds of fantasy and science fiction, starring the iconic characters of visionary movie effects master, Ray Harryhausen, and the Bluewater universe. The collectibles will be based on Bluewater titles as well as the "Ray Harryhausen Presents" series. Bluewater unearths the beloved stories, heroes, and monsters including Perseus in "Wrath of the Titans", "Sinbad: Rogue of Mars", and "Jason and the Argonauts: Kingdom of Hades", "Back to Mysterious Island", "20 Million Miles More", "Flying Saucers VS. the Earth" and more. Your collectible voyage will begin with the seeking of such treasures as: • 1:6 Sinbad with Humunculus - based off "Sinbad: Rogue of Mars" & "Sinbad: Merchant of Ages" • 1:6 Perseus with Bubo (see early Bubo sculpt at right) - based off "Wrath of the Titans" • 1:6 Scale Skeleton Warrior - based off - Jason and the Argonauts: Kingdom of Hades • 1:6 Scale Cyclops (did we not speaketh of “Mythic Proportions?”) - - based off "Wrath of the Titans" That’s just for starters. All new collectibles will abound from the inspiration of Ray Harryhausen, the laboratory of Go Hero, and the pages of Bluewater’s Comics! On top of the Harryhausen properties look for collectibles on other Bluewater titles such as "10th Muse" and "Legend of Isis." Look for news on apparel, more collectibles, comics, sneak peeks, and exclusives, visit: gohero.com and bluewaterprod.com Learn more about the fantastic worlds of Ray Harryhausen at rayharryhausen.com. Go Hero is an independent toy & entertainment company at the forefront of the vanguard movement in designer collectibles, making original and licensed lifestyle products. Their products, art, and designs have been featured in several leading edge books, magazines, online publications including Sci-fi Channel, MTV, Wizard Publications, Juxtapoz, Giant Robot, Lee's Toy Review, Dot Dot Dash, Full Vinyl, and Low Rider, as well as having works auctioned at Phillips de Pury & Company. Go Hero's award winning products Mechabot won 2004 "Toy of the Year" from Action Online's Toy Toons, has a cameos in commercials, music videos, film and television! In 2007 Go Hero began work on creating retro collectibles based on the first sci-fi comic hero, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century with a line of 1:6 scale collectibles and a pop spark replica of the Atomic Disintegrator ray-gun. Go Hero is all things robots, monsters & superheroes! |
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