Support Cryptozoology Action Figures through Kickstarter



You know who is represented frequently in the area of high-quality action figures? Superheroes and movie monsters. You know who isn't? The creatures of cryptozoology. Thankfully, toy and video game designer Richard T. Broadwater plans to do something about that.

Broadwater is using Kickstarter to fund a new line of action figures called "Legendary Monsters". According to the Kickstarter page, "Legendary Monsters is a line of action figures based on monsters of urban legend and folklore. ... Each of the four monsters comes with an eyewitness figure, a diorama base depicting the surroundings and a written account of the real life eyewitness account right on the package! ... Each victim has 5-6 points of articulation and stands 3 and 3/4-4" tall. Each monster features 10-12 points of articulation and contains hinged arms, legs and ball jointed shoulders. Our figures will be crafted from the best materials and feature solid engineering and are fully posable."

Series 1 of Legendary Monsters figures includes the Jersey Devil, Mothman, the Missouri monster and the Chupacabra. If Series 1 meets its goal, Series 2 will include the Dover Demon, the Flattwoods Monster, the Yeti and the Loveland Frogmen. Future plans also include two deluxe sets, one featuring Bigfoot and the other featuring the Loch Ness Monster.

Click here to learn more about the Legendary Monsters project and what you can do to help get this figures off the drawing boards and into the hands and shelves of action figure collectors.



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  1. UnknownFebruary 5, 2013 at 1:36 PM

    titans!
    I want to take a moment and thank you for your coverage of the initial campaign and the coverage, support and excitement you've had for the Legendary Monster Toy line. My initial goal was rather lofty, and after a week or so I realized that I needed to approach new people and re-evaluate where we are and how to make this happen. In doing so, I've had to simplify our end goal and focus on the creatures themselves. I believe that we will be releasing some amazing toys and I think this newer goal is only going to make that more possible!

    R. Todd Broadwater
    Nevermore Toys

    Here is the new kickstarter page location: It features, new photos, a new video and new goals!

    http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1336904045/legendary-monsters-toys-of-urban-legend-and-folklo?ref=email

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    1. TimFebruary 5, 2013 at 6:07 PM

      Thanks for commenting on my post and for sharing the update! I look forward to seeing more of your work on the figures; it's such a fascinating idea for an action figure line, and I think that the Loch Ness Monster is long overdue for a deluxe action figure set. :)

      Keep up the great work!

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