Thunder cats Ho! Minimates

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Fan reaction to Icon Heroes’ line of Classic ThunderCats Minimates has been phenomenal, and Art Asylum has been putting everything they have into their designs for the two-inch mini-figure line. Now, they’ve put together a brand-new box set based on the TV-movie ThunderCats Ho!, and Icon Heroes is making this set more widely available than ever!

Featuring “new” ThunderCats Bengali, Lynx-O, Pumyra and Ratar-O, as well as a non-poseable minifigure of the Berbil named Ro-Bear Bert, this box set is available to all comic shops and specialty store retailers through Diamond Comic Distributors’ Previews catalog.  Now available for pre-order, the set will ship in the fall.

The three new ThunderCats in this set – blacksmith Bengali, healer Pumyra and wise, sightless Lynx-O – were introduced in the five-part 1985 movie “ThunderCats Ho!” as three Thunderans who came to Third Earth in the wake of Thundera’s destruction. Ro-Bear Bert was on of the two Berbils who saved the trio from the doomed planet, and Ratar-O was the Mutant commander who sought to capture them for the evil Mumm-Ra. 

Pre-order the set today through your local comic shop or favorite online retailer! To find your nearest comic shop, visit comicshoplocator.com!
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THE SKY: THE ART OF FINAL FANTASY (SLIPCASED EDITION) from Dark Horse

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Review by Robert “Rob Base” Greenwood

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No video game series is so highly regarded as is the Final Fantasy series. Which on its own right has spawned comics,cartoons,toy lines and films. No artist is so well-respected and loved internationally as Yoshitaka Amano. From his critically acclaimed hit Vampire Hunter D to his work with Neil Gaiman on the super popular DC Vertigo series Sandman. Amano is in a class all his own.

This fantastic collection of Amano’s art from 1987-2001 of the various Final Fantasy series is painstakingly collected in his high-end three-book hardcover set.

But before i can talk about the work I feel compelled to explain a brief history on the final fantasy series.

Square Enix was a fledgling video game company on the way out but before they closed up shop they worked on one last game, Final Fantasy, they were certain it
would be their last game.

But to their (and everyone else’s) surprise the game was a huge success. From then on they would continue to dominate the RPG market with hits like Final  Fantasy 7 which spawned a fantastic 3d animated film dubbed Final Fantasy Advent Children. Square Enix has solidified that they will be here for years to come.

The success of Final Fantasy in no short terms due to the amazing work done by Yoshitaka Amano each volume takes you through the years and evolution of not just the franchise but his art.

Not owning this book set is a crime against art and is a must own and a 5 out of 5.   Dark Horse lovingly created a master piece with this collection.

THE SKY: THE ART OF FINAL FANTASY (SLIPCASED EDITION)
Writer: Yoshitaka Amano
Artist: Yoshitaka Amano
Genre: Art Book
Publication Date: July 24, 2013
Format: FC, 640 Pages; HC, 11″ x 12
Price: $89.99
Age range: 18
ISBN-10: 1-61655-160-7
ISBN-13: 978-1-61655-160-5