Skeletron Update – Nostalgia, Innovation and Phase B Fulfillment

Heads up! The fine folks over at Skeletron have shared a new Roboskull MKII update! In it, we learn all about the plans for phase B fulfillment, which includes the 4″ Marauder WOLF TROOPER, 4″ Marauder GYRE WOLF, and 3.75″ Grindstone Retro O-ring SKELETRON/WOLF TROOPER! Heck yeah! Here’s the scoop –

Hello Roboskullers!

We’re thrilled to share that our trio of PHASE B action figures have landed in the United States and are making their way from the West Coast to our New Jersey fulfillment center. We fully expect shipments to you to commence this month, and thank you to everyone who sent us their updated shipping information! As a reminder, this phase is for 4″ Marauder WOLF TROOPER, 4″ Marauder GYRE WOLF, and 3.75″ Grindstone Retro O-ring SKELETRON/WOLF TROOPER.

With this next shipment imminent, there are a couple more things we’d like to share with you about this phase:

Grindstone 3.75″ Retro O-Ring Wolf Trooper/Skeletron

You’ve seen the Retro O-ring figure and we’ve shared the art that former GI Joe packaging artist, Douglas Hart, has created for this figure. Despite all we’ve shown, the final carded Retro packaging design has been kept under wraps. Seeing an action figure for the very first time, hanging from the pegs at a local store, was truly a childhood joy. For those of you who pledged for this Retro O-ring figure, we hope you’ll see this figure, complete in Retro packaging, for the very first time when it arrives at your front door. Though we can’t fully recapture the magic of yesteryear, we hope this figure hits your nostalgia buttons in all the right ways. Then rip that bubble open, gear him up, and enjoy the Retro glory!

Special thanks to Troy McKie and John Kukovich of Grindstone Toys for taking us down this beautiful, nostalgic path.

Marauder 4″ WOLF TROOPER & GYRE WOLF

For 4″ action figure fans with a more modern sensibility, welcome to the next level. As previously revealed, we’ve incorporated thigh swivels, boot swivels, and ankle rockers into Marauder’s awesome action figure system. For those of you who are truly articulation fanatics, we have one more enhancement to reveal to you.

Some backstory: Many of you may know that our colleague, Dave Proctor, is an industry veteran who has previously worked extensively at Hasbro, was one of the founders of Boss Fight Studio, and continues to be a driving force in bringing countless action figures to life for independent toymakers. Dave is truly one of the action figure obsessed. He’s an amazing sculptor and engineer who also happens to have “the knack” for posing action figures. Every action figure pose he strikes is just cool.

In Dave’s quest to make the best action figures and pose them for maximum effect, he’s developed an innovative articulation enhancement that is small, but significant. Dave has invented and added something that we initially called a “Trick Elbow” or “Tilt Elbow” to further increase the range of articulation, and more easily allow our new 4″ action figures the ability to sight down on our ZG rifles. Check it out:

4″ WOLF TROOPER \ Photo by Eddie Merriken aka @billykessler

The above image is a final production figure, photographed by our good friend, Eddie Merriken. Eddie is an amazing photographer and was very quick to discover and comment that these figures pose better and more easily than he had imagined they would. Thank you, Eddie!

Special thanks to Marauder John for partnering with us to bring our Red Shadows® to his world of Marauder Task Force!

Our next correspondence should be shipment notices from our fulfillment center (they’ll be in your spam folder, no doubt), and we also plan to post another Kickstarter update before month’s end. (With a rumored appearance from Skeletron, himself.)

THANK YOU!

-SKELETRON

I am SO EXCITED for Phase B! It’s been awhile since I’ve been itching to review a figure, but every offering from Phase B is most definitely on the short list!

I’ll be sure to bring you more details as they’re release. In the meanwhile, did you get in on the Roboskull campaign? If so, what are you most excited for? Sound off below!