C2E2 2014 Exclusive Fintastico

Once again, from that corner of the Galaxxorverse known as Hive World X-544 comes Fintastico, the mystical magician of The Lucha Sharks! He'll amaze you with his arcane prowess as well as his gleaming, glittery skin! This figure was sculpted and designed by Ben Spencer and fine tuned and produced in resin by Marty "The Godbeast" Hansen at True Cast Studio. Fintastico was also given a brilliant glittery finish and hand painted by Ben Spencer. This figure is limited to an edition of 5 and will never be produced in this colorway ever again. Fintastico features 2 points of articulation and is exclusively available for $75 each at Nerd City's booth (we don't know the #, yet!)  starting on 04.25.14 at C2E2.

It should also be noted that Fintastico will be the last Lucha Shark figure done in this specific sculpt. TGB and I have discussed doing different types of sharks and characters in the line from the very beginning, and this will be the last figure done with the Great White mold.
Fintastico is also part of a great lineup of C2E2 2014 Exclusives at the Nerd City booth. 2014 will see Nerd City hosting an insanely cool lineup of extremely limited exclusives, from resin art figures, to vinyl designer toys, to pvc production figures, to limited edition prints and books. If you are going to be at C2E2, DO NOT MISS NERD CITY'S BOOTH!
If there is any leftover stock following the con, Fintastico will be available in from The Galaxxor Online Store. 

Lucha Sharks Art by Dave Crosland

 

Check out this amazing piece of Lucha Sharksart by my man, Dave Crosland!

For more of Dave's work, head over to his official site.

C2E2 Exclusive Rudo Rey Mar

From the corner of the Galaxxorverse that is Hive World X-544 comes Rudo Rey Mar, the bad boy of The Lucha Sharks! He's never met a steel bar or a rule  that he couldn't bend (or break!). This figure was sculpted and designed by Ben Spencer and fine tuned and produced in resin by Marty "The Godbeast" Hansen. Rudo Rey Mar was also hand painted by Ben Spencer. This figure is limited to an edition of 5 and will never be produced in this colorway ever again. Rudo features 2 points of articulation and is exclusively available for $75 each at Nerd City's booth #967 starting on 04.26.13 at C2E2.
Rudo Rey Mar is also part of The Phalanx. The Phalanx will be a mini exposition of vintage MOTU 5.5"-style artists (or more specifically, their figures) from around the world, featuring extremely limited edition exclusives! That will also be at booth #967.
If there is any leftover stock following the con, Rudo Rey Mar will be available in from The Galaxxor Online Store. 

"Flesh to Death" Limited Edition Lucha Sharks for The Clutter (In)Action Figures Show

I was truly honored to be asked to take part in The Clutter Gallery's (In)Action Figure Show, opening next Saturday, December 12th. I decided that my contribution to the themed group show would be a super limited run of 3 M.U.S.C.L.E. flesh colored Lucha Sharks that I've affectionately dubbed the "Flesh to Death" edition. These figures were sculpted and designed by Ben Spencer and fine tuned and produced in resin by Marty "The Godbeast" Hansen. They were was also painted by Ben Spencer. This figure is limited to an edition of  3 and will never be produced in this colorway ever again. These 3 SUPER rare Lucha Sharks will be available starting at the opening reception on Saturday, January 12th, 2013 from 6pm until 9pm at The Clutter Gallery, 163 Main St., Beacon, NY 12508. The show will be available for viewing through February 2nd, 2013 and on cluttermagazine.com, where you will also be able to purchase pieces from the show.
The show is also going to be jam packed with work from many of my favorite artists, heroes and good friends, including 2bitHACK, 4 the Luv of Toyz NY (Cash Cannon), BigManToys, Brutherford, ButcherBrand, Danny Frankenstein, The Disarticulators (Tru:Tek, Zectron & BigManToys), Eric Nilla, From the Styx Toys, Fuei Shokai, Josh Longo, Healeymade, Killer Bootlegs, L'amour Supreme, ManOrMonster?, MonsterPants, October Toys, Ron English, Scott Wilkowski x Sucklord and Triclops Studio.

By the way, I have gone into production on all 10 of the El Tiburon Lucha Sharks. I still had a couple of unfilled "pre order" slots available, but decided to produce all 10, anyway. For those who ordered, expect to see El Tiburon headed your way in the next couple of weeks. For those who haven't, you can still snatch up your very own of the last 2 copies of the leader of the Lucha Sharks in the Galaxxor Online Store.

El Tiburon Presale Begins 12.21.12 at Noon CST

From the corner of the Galaxxorverse that is Hive World X-544 comes El Tiburon, Leader of The Lucha Sharks! He's never met an opponent or a Michelada that he couldn't finish. This figure was sculpted and designed by Ben Spencer and fine tuned and produced in resin by Marty "The Godbeast" Hansen. El Tiburon was also hand painted by Ben Spencer. This figure is limited to an edition of 10 and will never be produced in this colorway ever again. All 10 El Tiburon figures will ship about a month after all of the presale slots have been filled (so, late Januaryish).

El Tiburon will be available for $75 each on 12.21.12 at noon CST, exclusively from The Galaxxor Online Store. 

Lucha Sharks First Pull!

 

The Lucha Sharks are almost here! Marty "The Godbeast" Hansen just finished up some fine tuning on my sculpt (check out those awesome stitches!), and pulled this bad boy from the brand new molds. These will now be articulated at the shoulders and I should have some info on the drop of El Tiburon, the first Lucha Sharks character in the next week or so.

Stay tuned!

Lucha Shark Sculpt Progress

 

Here are some hq pics of my working sculpt for what I plan on becoming my Lucha Shark figure. Conceptually highly indebted to the Inaction Figures by my friends Steve Seeley and Giant Japanese Monster, Bad!, this work in progress figure is a combination of kitbashed parts and original sculpting. I  intend to have these figured produced in resin by my friend, The Godbeast and make them available to the public in limited edition colorways.

The casting process places certain constraints upon how certain design elements can be represented and features such as undercuts can be replicated. The next stage of  the creative process is to collaborate with TGB about exactly what in the sculpt presents casting issues and resolving them in a creative way. I'm also toying around with having the Luchador mask design actually sculpted into the figure, So that's another creative direction that I might be exploring.

All in all, this is going to be another piece in the classic 5.5" figure style that will focus upon a specific corner of the Galaxxor universe and show some love for all of those great anthro-themed properties of the 80's and 90's.