R&C Action Figures Are Here, Nearly
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Article written by cc_star in PS3 News, on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 23:56.
If you’ve ever been in a gaming outlet and looked longingly at the shelves of Halo and Gears Of War action figures, and wished you could buy some of your favourite PlayStation based characters then your luck is in. Insomniac have just shown the first pic of of their new characters, looking all smart in fancy PS3 packaging.
The idea that PlayStation characters would be appearing as action figures was first mooted earlier this year around March, when Sony mentioned that they had signed a deal with a manufacturer to make all the usual sorts of merchandising and products that other brands have done for eons. If memory serves me correct Kratos was also mentioned as a possible candidate for the DC Direct produced figures, although with Christmas coming up I’m pretty sure a large Sackboy soft toy/drinks container/lunchbox/pencil cases etc. would be a big seller especially considering the eBay prices of the limited edition knitted Sackboys. No firm word on release dates yet, although some retailers are listing them as being released on 31/12/09 which seems to somewhat miss the point of the Christmas season when hundreds of thousands of parents are looking for stocking fillers, duh.
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sambridge | 11/11/2009 00:03
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They look cool..i tend to buy them and never open them tho. so waste of money really. cool none the less. CC whats happening with the MW2 competition?
Charmed_Fanatic | 11/11/2009 00:05
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Cant wait to buy these
jimmy-google | 11/11/2009 00:18
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I saw Kratos figures for sale at Centre Parcs in Holland when I was there in August
Mr.Gorha | 11/11/2009 00:27
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I am assuming this image was taken inside the Insomniac office?
Who makes these figures? I can’t see any kind of markings on the (blurry) boxes, but I would assume Insomniac would just use the same people they used for the Resistance Figures, DC Direct.
skibadee | 11/11/2009 00:38
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not my sort of thing
Erroneus | 11/11/2009 00:53
Wanted "Trophy Hunter" but was too late.
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To big for my taste. I like small gaming figurines or whatever they are called, not larger then Fallout bobblehead.
Mick939 | 11/11/2009 01:18
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Yeah there In forbidden planet catalogue
Divine | 11/11/2009 02:17
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Don’t hold your breath. The ‘Resistance’ figures were supposed to be available in the UK now, the release date keeps getting pushed back.
I’ll be surprised if the LBP merch actually makes it to the shelves too, SONY could still potentially cancel the deal with Target like they did with MEZCO.
Lorcan | 11/11/2009 05:25
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I NEED me some of those!
nostrezzz | 11/11/2009 08:06
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pfff I dunno, waste of money imo. They better invest their money into better game developers, I was totally unhappy about certain things in the new R&C version. The game has to many glitches, I had to restart my ps3 3 times during this game, I also think the game could have been much bigger, you play it through in no time on hard. I dont say the game wasnt good, cause it was but I was disappionted about certain things as you can see.
BadBoyBoogie | 11/11/2009 16:00
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Not really my thing, but great for anyone that is!!
BlingOnMyWrist | 11/11/2009 20:10
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The kind of publicity Ratchet & Clank deserve. Not to mention all of the magazines with the game featured on ‘em.
digitalmanAZ | 11/11/2009 23:19
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“Mr. Zurkon does NOT come in peace…”
They look great, I would definitely get Clank, Mr. Zurkon and maybe a Ratchet.