So, a lot of information was dumped.
Death Dealer is predicted to go out in two to three weeks. They felt the chain mail was too long when they had it at Zolocon, so they sent it back to the factory to be adjusted. At the same time the way they stitched the chain mail had changed at the factor, and they had to retool a new belt. Since they wanted to make sure it's quality, it's been delayed. But they do predict it to ship with in two to three weeks and take eight to ten weeks on the water. So, 3 and a half months or so. I would guess early July for it to start shipping to us.
Everyone who pre-ordered, or bought from a retailer who pre-orederd, will be getting a special surprise in addition to the card and blind bag sword. If it's what they showed me at Zolocon it might be a blood splatter effect where you mount it to the ball peg and the head elsewhere on the effect to make it look like a figure was beheaded. But they were also showing off personal things they made, so the beheading effect might be one of those. I think it's the special surprise.
Tomorrow's the last day to pre-order Death Dealer's horse, otherwise I feel like you will have to hope for an in-stock sale.
The horse is 90% done and waiting at the factory, (which I suspected because the owner said in a previous live steam that he had to make a quick decision when Fish Toys offered to let him use the mold.) The second head and saddle tooling was completed last week. They expect the turnaround to be quick and on track for 4th quarter.
Elric pre-orderes need t be paid in full tomorrow, possibly Saturday. Sometime this weekend they will start to cancel pre-orderes not paid in full. If you haven't got an email contact their customer service.
Any leftover stock will go up for an in-stock sale.
They said they won't be able to use Elric's body for future figures, or at least not the whole thing. They did say they tooled pieces that can be combined with some of Elric's parts to create other knight figures. They specifically mentioned Elrics thighs and torso are more slender than their regular figures, which I took as a hint they have those are the other parts they tailed.
The owner, Rob Post, asked for fan feedback if we wanted to continue with pre-orders, or just blind drops, or a combination of both. He also talked about more stands sets, with one confirmed to be going into production.
Part of wave 3 is complete but other parts are in production. They talked about how logistics factor into why some times big waves are slower to get done than single figures.
They asked what non-female non-Conan Frazetta figure we would like to see next. They're listening.
They teased a third line of figures. I'm not sure if that's another subline in Savage Crucble like the Frazetta line, or if it's a third line in addition to Savage Crucible and their Collegiate Legends line. Collegiate Legends is up to 15 teams.
They mentioned that they are hoping to release a figure a month or so through drops and sales; they may put a figure up for in-stock sales one at a time starting in May; maybe June. They asked what figures we would like them to make, and hinted at a samurai inspired figure. One of their more requested figure is a tiger warrior and they said he would have to be done in a larger scale, but didn't verbally rule it out.
They showed a digital render of a fully articulated Great Dane. It will not come with the new sand pack. It also sounds like all the items for the gold blind bags aren't all out in circulation yet.
I did not know Silver Warrior was an Eternal Champion. I apologize for any mis-information. I attribute it to poor memory and my unfamiliarity with Morecock's (more cocks) work.
