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Figure Pre-Orders Begin

by Mike
Feb. 24, 2010, 11:55pm | 23 Comments
Head on over to the BifBangPow! store on Entertainment Earth to pre-order the new Venture Bros. figures. The two sets available are a Dr. Venture and Brock set and The Monarch and Dean set. Each set is $37.99 and set to be shipped out in August. No word on any accessories or anything else like that, but stay tuned!
  • by Phil
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Interesting pairing with Monarch and Dean. I personally can't wait for the Hunter Gathers / Dr. Dugong combo pack.
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Feb. 25, 2010, 12:17am
  • by Mike T
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Im even more dissapointed now from that price..
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Feb. 25, 2010, 3:11am
  • by Johnny Israel
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DO NOT WANT
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Feb. 25, 2010, 8:09am
  • by Bryan
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So conflicted as to whether to pre-order these. I think I'll wait until closer to the street date, see if any changes get made...
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Feb. 25, 2010, 9:03am
  • by cpc65
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Pass
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Feb. 25, 2010, 11:59pm
  • by Mike T
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If anything i'll buy a loose Monarch on ebay
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Feb. 26, 2010, 1:34am
  • by Donkiku
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Dean and the Monarch? Really? Shouldn't the brothers be together? And the price? Wow.
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Feb. 26, 2010, 4:31am
  • by cpc65
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They do that so if you want both brothers you must buy two sets. That type of marketing is yet another reason I'm going to pass. Plus a dwindling availability of storage space.
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Mar. 2, 2010, 12:31am
  • by Grethiwha
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$38. Ouch. I hope they're not much more expensive to buy separately. Cause I only want one from each of those two pairings.
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Feb. 26, 2010, 5:16am
Informative
  • by Bryan
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Woo, new set of VB patches on the Adult Swim site:

http://www.adultswimshop.com/cat/The-Venture-Bros/The-Venture-Bros-Embroidered-Patches-Set-Number-2.html
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Feb. 26, 2010, 4:56pm
  • by Mike T
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Those are awesome! I never saw adultswim announce them.
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Feb. 26, 2010, 6:19pm
  • by Bryan
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Yeah, me neither. Occasionally I'll check the Venture Bros page on the Adult Swim shop to see if anything new shows up.

Already ordered these, need to figure out what to put them on now.
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Feb. 27, 2010, 10:54pm
  • by Tony
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WTF? I hope the finished versions look better than those protoypes. They look very sloppy, like my 2nd grader made them in art class. The Brock looks rediculous, like he's got midget arms. And why would anyone order them without seeing the finished product.
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Feb. 26, 2010, 5:46pm
  • by Mike T
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Doesn't the page say "Pending licensor approval" somewhere on the page?
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Feb. 26, 2010, 6:20pm
  • by ianfish
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yea these are awful. its too bad mcfarlane didnt make these. biff bang pow always looks like crap
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Feb. 26, 2010, 7:19pm
  • by Mike T
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I was gonna say that!! McFarlane makes great stuff.
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Feb. 27, 2010, 12:08am
  • by Steve
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$38 for those ugly-ass things? Hell no. I don't want them that much. I've been waiting for some kind of collectible action figures for years, and the company they end up going with to make them puts out a bunch of stupid bobble-heads and hideously ugly figures at ridiculously inflated prices? I'm out.
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Feb. 27, 2010, 8:13am
  • by Jack Burton
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I'm with Steve.

Too retro. Disappointing. As for bobble heads.. they can jam them up their ass!
I hate those freekin' things! Who buys that stuff? LOL
I'll wait for something up to date and more screen accurate to the characters.
People are used to McFarlane, Neca, Palisades type stuff these days.
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Mar. 1, 2010, 9:31am
  • by DarthRatbat
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I miss Palisades. Now THERE'S a company that would have done VB justice.
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Mar. 1, 2010, 9:41pm
  • by Mike T
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I know a guy who has liek four cases of those exclusive palisades luncbox packs
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Mar. 2, 2010, 5:16am
  • by Grethiwha
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Bif Bang Pow's bobble heads look pretty good. I'm interested to see how the Venture Bros. ones turn out. I don't really want to spend a ton of money on bobble heads, but I would totally buy a Billy bobble head. I think that has potential to be the best thing ever.
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Mar. 1, 2010, 5:02pm
  • by cpc65
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Yeah, but with Billy the head would probably still be to scale.
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Mar. 2, 2010, 12:32am
  • by Roscoe
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PASS!
Sorry to Jackson and Doc; I hate to deprive them of cash; but I cannot justify buying poorly designed toys at rediculious prices just for the Venture name.
I'll save my money and buy this season's DVD....and have enough cash left over to buy another copy.
$40 bucks is just too high, even for toys that are designed well, Let alone these let-downs.
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Mar. 5, 2010, 8:52am
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