live Broken Toad - Jim Henson's Labyrinth and dark crystal

[Mckenna35]

In for four.  Wife love Labyrinth, and her sister is BIG Dark Crystal fan.  I suspect a BIG chunk of the price is due to the cost of licensing these.  The Henson folks have VERY high standards and won't let just anyone run with their imagry. Since they're officially licensed, they may have been able to get their hands on the original puppets.  Lots of details I never noticed in the movie, like the back of Hoggle's vest!

[SamuraiJack]

Big Child creatives is going to be painting these on their live stream on Youtube and today and for the next week or so

 

Take a look at this Kickstarter campaign from our friends at Black Sun Miniatures! It looks gorgeous! Are you fans of Jim Henson?
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From here we wish you the best of luck with it! In fact, for the next few days we'll be painting figures from this in our live stream so stay tuned, because in an hour we'll be painting one in our YouTube channel!

[Cyradis]

1 hour ago, Cygnwulf said:

oh my....  I knew it was going to be expensive... I was still underestimating it. 

at £ 45.00 for the busts, this is full retail for the most expensive busts currently in Broken Toad's webstore....    They're offering no Kickstarter discount at all here.

 

25 minutes ago, Mckenna35 said:

In for four.  Wife love Labyrinth, and her sister is BIG Dark Crystal fan.  I suspect a BIG chunk of the price is due to the cost of licensing these.  The Henson folks have VERY high standards and won't let just anyone run with their imagry. Since they're officially licensed, they may have been able to get their hands on the original puppets.  Lots of details I never noticed in the movie, like the back of Hoggle's vest!

 

A bit of sticker shock here too, but the licensing probably is a good chunk of it. This very well might still have KS discounting a bit (especially if SGs are met). 

 

I need to ask Sir Cyr. As much as I love skeksis, I don't think I'd paint one. Kira and Jen though... yeah. 

[cmorse]

58 minutes ago, Mckenna35 said:

In for four.  Wife love Labyrinth, and her sister is BIG Dark Crystal fan.  I suspect a BIG chunk of the price is due to the cost of licensing these.  The Henson folks have VERY high standards and won't let just anyone run with their imagry. Since they're officially licensed, they may have been able to get their hands on the original puppets.  Lots of details I never noticed in the movie, like the back of Hoggle's vest!

 

I don't know, the River Horse games exist so licensing can't be too high.

[Cygnwulf]

the river horse games were done back before the new series came out and gave the works a nice boost to their popularity.

2 hours ago, Cyradis said:

 

 

A bit of sticker shock here too, but the licensing probably is a good chunk of it. This very well might still have KS discounting a bit (especially if SGs are met). 

 

I need to ask Sir Cyr. As much as I love skeksis, I don't think I'd paint one. Kira and Jen though... yeah. 

 

oh absolutely.  Right now in order of want will be , Sir Didymus and Ambrosius, Jen and Kira, SkekSil bust or trial by stone, and Hoggle.
and my wallet is currently inconsolable.  so... maybe only the first two

[Corporea]

must...resist...on budget due to pandemic... but... but... argh!!! 

[Glitterwolf]

They are beautiful but with those prices I will wait for retail.

[Cyradis]

I didn't see, but is estimated shipping on there by chance? Probably not included, right?

[SamuraiJack]

 All shipping costs will be added to your order once the Kickstarter has ended. This is because shipping costs are calculated by weight and we won't know this until the end of the campaign, once your pledge is locked in.

Below is a chart showing current costs for Tracked and Insured shipping, via Royal Mail. A courier service may be necessary dependent on the weight of your pledge and destination.

[WhiteWulfe]

2 hours ago, Corporea said:

must...resist...on budget due to pandemic... but... but... argh!!! 

I'm lucky... Too many other plans are taking priority.  I just won't tell hubby, because I suspect he'd want some of these given how much he loves those two movies.. 

 

Me... I've yet to watch Labyrinth... 

[Cygnwulf]

24 minutes ago, WhiteWulfe said:

Me... I've yet to watch Labyrinth... 

I'm not sure we can be friends now

[Cyradis]

Ouch. That shipping fee hurts.

[Mad Jack]

 

 Ye gods those are shiny....

 

My Preciousssssss....

 

I don't generally have the cash to back anything other than the Bones KS's, but I'm definitely in for Aughra and Jen + Kira.

[Shaken]

BrokenToad has a giveaway for a each of the movie bundles from the Kickstarter on their FB page. 

[Sirithiliel]

Contemplating both skeksis busts...but with the price, i'm leaning towards just one, and i like hte Scrollkeeper better than CHamberlain in terms of bust design

 

also wish there was some indicator of how big these things are

Edited April 26, 2020 by Sirithiliel