{"id":5804,"date":"2011-10-01T14:05:35","date_gmt":"2011-10-01T18:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=5804"},"modified":"2012-04-09T23:40:07","modified_gmt":"2012-04-10T03:40:07","slug":"save-the-venture-brothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2011\/10\/save-the-venture-brothers\/","title":{"rendered":"Save the Venture Brothers!"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you're anything like us, you love The Venture Brothers<\/i>. What started as a simple pastiche of Johnny Quest<\/i> has evolved into a show that throws out obscure geek references and homages the past while still being whip-smart and a blast to watch. But now the Venture Brothers need your help.<\/p>\n

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We were all excited when BBP announced they had gotten the Venture Brothers<\/i> license<\/a>, but they totally crapped the bed. Over and over fans asked for action figures, but all we got were those Mego knockoffs<\/a>, with a promise that if those sold well, Bif Bang Pow would revisit the idea of real action figures in the future. It seemed unlikely (honestly, who makes the future of the broad-appeal product rely on the sales of the niche line?), but at SDCC this year, we found out the time is now.<\/p>\n

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The figures are available now for preorder at Entertainment Earth<\/a>. Click any of the pictures below to go to the page:<\/p>\n

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You can also order all of Series 1<\/a> at once, if you prefer. But the important thing is that you order<\/b> them.<\/p>\n

See, like Mattel did with their DCU Classics subscription, Bif Bang Pow is making sure the demand exists before they go into production. There's no waiting until these come out and hoping they show up at Toys Я Us like the Dexter<\/i> toys did. If you want the Venture Brothers to have some real<\/b> toys, you need to do the one thing that seems to the hardest thing for toy fans to do: act immediately.<\/p>\n

Collectors are great at talking a big game, then not putting their money where their mouth is. We clamor for \"New Figure X\" to be released, then defer buying it until there's a sale or it goes on clearance. This time we're asking you to ignore that impulse, and preorder the figures<\/a> before the end of October<\/s> November.<\/p>\n

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You may have seen that ad at the bottom of every page on our site this month. That's because we really want these toys to happen, and we know you do, too. We're trying to get the word out there, and we're trying to impress upon you how important it is that you place your preorder. And it's not just a question of supporting Bif Bang Pow, either: a lot of the work for this line was done by Adam Pawlus; he was a notable fan commentator before any of the rest of us had even started posting on toy message boards and he's a friend of OAFE, so we're not just trying to drum up support for the toys - we're trying to drum up support for a fellow collector who's finally getting to make an impact.<\/p>\n

So please, by all means, go to Entertainment Earth and preorder the Venture Brothers<\/i> figures<\/a>. The toys need<\/b> to happen, but it will take some effort on your part to keep this from being another \"what could have been.\"<\/p>\n

<i>And now, some more OAFEry:<\/i><\/H5>