Wishing you all the best in 2012!
Jason & Jason @BifBangPow
Note: The above is a prototype! Subject to change and licensor approval.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Happy New Year!
Hello Bif Bang Pow! fans, Lenzi here, with all the news for 2012.
It's the time of year when everywhere you turn, someone is giving you a run down of what was great about 2011 and what's going to make life worth living in 2012. Well, we're not going to take it quite THAT far, but as a public service announcement, we think you'll appreciate what we're alerting you to. If you thought 2011 was full of surprises and innovation, wait 'til you see what's coming!
We have had an amazing reception for our DOCTOR WHO retro range, ensuring more to come. Our next wave of figures is up for pre order right now, and if you thought our TARDIS 'bobble head' was innovative, you're going to love where we're taking characters from this license. We're also delving into other goodies, like a journal that's a replica of River Song's, glassware and more!
Design and sculpting for our two newest license announcements, THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN and BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, is happening as we speak, and you're going to be knocked out by the results! We feel it's been far too long since these iconic titles of the 70's have been adequately represented in collectible form, and we're just the guys to handle the job! Retro figures, bobble heads, collectible tins and more, it's going to be a retro 2012 in more ways than one.
Our TWILIGHT ZONE range keeps going strong, and surprising us every step of the way. Our third wave of retro figures is up for pre order, and our newest prop replica, the Mystic Seer Fortune Telling Machine, is going to hit the streets in January. There will be a regular edition and a very limited, black and white edition, signed by geek god William Shatner himself, the star of the classic 'Nick of Time' episode the piece came from. But hurry, these beauties are going to go fast!
We're also entering our third year with THE VENTURE BROTHERS, and due to over whelming fan support, we're hard at work on our third wave of characters for the retro figure range. We're also knee deep in plans for SDCC 2012 already (for ALL our licenses!), and Team Venture will figure prominently. And we're exploring a brand new category for the VB license, and we think you'll agree, it's 'about time' someone did!
Dexter Morgan is still causing trouble in 3 3/4" form from our DEXTER license, and Kenny Powers will be bobbling away from our EASTBOUND AND DOWN brand in new and more offending ways.
Whew! Is that enough for one toy company to be promising for the future? We think so. 2012 may not bring armageddon, but we just might be able to make the earth move a bit with our efforts. So hold on to something, because Bif Bang Pow! is shaking things up!
From all of us here at BBP! Headquarters, we want to wish you all the best for the holidays, and a happy and healthy New Year. Stay safe, because you're going to want to be well enough to play with all these toys!
All the best,
JL
It's the time of year when everywhere you turn, someone is giving you a run down of what was great about 2011 and what's going to make life worth living in 2012. Well, we're not going to take it quite THAT far, but as a public service announcement, we think you'll appreciate what we're alerting you to. If you thought 2011 was full of surprises and innovation, wait 'til you see what's coming!
We have had an amazing reception for our DOCTOR WHO retro range, ensuring more to come. Our next wave of figures is up for pre order right now, and if you thought our TARDIS 'bobble head' was innovative, you're going to love where we're taking characters from this license. We're also delving into other goodies, like a journal that's a replica of River Song's, glassware and more!
Design and sculpting for our two newest license announcements, THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN and BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, is happening as we speak, and you're going to be knocked out by the results! We feel it's been far too long since these iconic titles of the 70's have been adequately represented in collectible form, and we're just the guys to handle the job! Retro figures, bobble heads, collectible tins and more, it's going to be a retro 2012 in more ways than one.
Our TWILIGHT ZONE range keeps going strong, and surprising us every step of the way. Our third wave of retro figures is up for pre order, and our newest prop replica, the Mystic Seer Fortune Telling Machine, is going to hit the streets in January. There will be a regular edition and a very limited, black and white edition, signed by geek god William Shatner himself, the star of the classic 'Nick of Time' episode the piece came from. But hurry, these beauties are going to go fast!
We're also entering our third year with THE VENTURE BROTHERS, and due to over whelming fan support, we're hard at work on our third wave of characters for the retro figure range. We're also knee deep in plans for SDCC 2012 already (for ALL our licenses!), and Team Venture will figure prominently. And we're exploring a brand new category for the VB license, and we think you'll agree, it's 'about time' someone did!
Dexter Morgan is still causing trouble in 3 3/4" form from our DEXTER license, and Kenny Powers will be bobbling away from our EASTBOUND AND DOWN brand in new and more offending ways.
Whew! Is that enough for one toy company to be promising for the future? We think so. 2012 may not bring armageddon, but we just might be able to make the earth move a bit with our efforts. So hold on to something, because Bif Bang Pow! is shaking things up!
From all of us here at BBP! Headquarters, we want to wish you all the best for the holidays, and a happy and healthy New Year. Stay safe, because you're going to want to be well enough to play with all these toys!
All the best,
JL
Monday, December 12, 2011
Geek Shall Inherit Podcast!
December 12, 2011 (Los Angeles)- Fandom and the action figure industry have joined forces to start a new podcast calledGeek Shall Inherit ( www.geekshallinherit.com) Jason Lenzi, CEO of toy company BifBangPow! (www.bifbanpow.com) and Daniel Pickett of ActionFigureInsider.com (www.actionfigureinsider.com) have joined forces to create a one of a kind podcast that will span the breadth of pop culture. This unique podcast will give fans insight into the how and why of the action figure world as well as catch them up with many other aspects of the pop culture universe in regular doses.
When Jason Lenzi founded BIF BANG POW! in 2005, the idea was to bring items to the marketplace that he himself would want to own. Cultivated from TV, movies, books, comics, music and more, for the past seven years, Bif Bang Pow! has been bringing high quality action figures, bobble heads, prop replicas and more to the massive cult audience that wishes these items were already in their collections. Lenzi is also a seasoned writer/producer in the television world and a long time voice over artist.
Daniel "Julius Marx" Pickett is the co-creator/co-owner of Action Figure Insider, a toy news site with a focus on the creators and process of making pop culture collectibles. He has been writing about toys for 10 years and has been collecting his whole life. He also consults with many toy companies on projects, hosts panel discussions at conventions, and answers questions from readers all over the world. Action Figure Insider has recently been featured on many other media outlets including Wired.com, MSNBC, NPR, and USA Today’s "Pop Candy" blog. Daniel is also a featured contributor to G4’s Attack of the Show on their action figure segment called “Mint On Card.”
“Daniel first brought up the possibility of doing something like this at Comic Con 2010,” said Lenzi when asked about the creation of the podcast. “We were doing an interview and riffing together and after it was over he mentioned the idea in passing as something we should do some day. Often times those sorts of asides don’t go anywhere, but I really liked the idea and kept asking him about it. One year later here we are!”
“Daniel and I already have a great relationship through BifBangPow! and Action Figure Insider. We have a history of having these epic, endless phone conversations about all things pop culture. We share information on movies and TV, we trade music and talk comics, and now, like it or not, we are sharing those conversations with the world,” said Lenzi.
“The podcast format seemed like a natural platform to dump out all this trivia and minutia that we carry around in our noggins,” said Pickett. ”Up until now we just used that knowledge to annoy our significant others. Hopefully there will be less of that at home now that we have an audience that will appreciate this sort of conversation.”
The podcast will start off simple with just Lenzi and Pickett. In the New Year there will be many “guest stars” on the podcast drawing from their vast contacts in the action figure, movie, comic book and music worlds. Along the way they will have contests, answer fans questions, agree on some topics, disagree on some subjects and agree to disagree on matters.
The first episode is live now on the website www.geekshallinherit.com. Fans will be able to subscribe via RSS at the site now, and they can expect it soon on iTunes. In addition to the podcast fans can find forums they can provide feedback, ask questions and suggest topics, find links to the GSI Twitter feed, Facebook page and even listen on your favorite mobile device.
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