I went to post my earlier update today in the usual places (reddit and a facebook group) and found that someone had posted some pictures of a Fascinations / Metal Earth retailer catalog, with some unannounced models appearing in it (along with some announced, some already released, and some long released). And there are some models to get excited about, for sure. Of course, this catalog comes with some caveats. First of all, it’s targeted at retailers. Meaning these are probably not the final designs, it’s more of a “heads up, here’s what’s coming, you can plan to order this in the future.” I’ve seen this before with previous catalogs that made it out into public. Also, these catalogs are not a representation of everything coming in 2022 (for one thing, they release two catalogs every year, and even then, some models don’t appear in the catalog until after they’ve been released – as I’ve learned from experience).
Alright, enough rambling, let’s get to the models to look forward to! Note: some of these models have already been mentioned in Metal Earth newsletters, but these may be new / larger / fuller pictures, so I included them anyways.
In addition to the above, there was a pretty cool cover for the catalog, and a page mentioning some models that were entering into the “retiring” process:
I’m not going to link directly to the catalog, as Fascinations doesn’t usually make that public anymore, but I learned about all this from this reddit post.
Just finished the original Iron Man. Was intimidated by all the reviews saying it was difficult. Wasn’t as bad as I expected but I have a few builds behind me now. Looking forward to the new Iron Man! The Ecto will look awesome in my case!
I think Iron Man scared me, and was difficult, mostly for one reason – getting access to secure the tabs inside the limbs. I’ve figured out how to deal with that now, and hardly even think about it these days.
I’ll probably be getting the new Iron Man (it’s his final moments, what with it including the Infinity Stones), but I am going to miss the layered dimensionality of the original when I do. The graphic-novel style look does help, but I don’t think it works nearly as well as it does with characters like Mando or Spiderman.
is there a plan for a metal earth batman figure, I have all the other batman models available but still to see a batman figure?
I don’t know, but… oh wow, do I want one now!
Ecto Ecto Ecto Ecto Ecto Ecto Ecto Ecto Ecto Ecto Ecto Ecto Ecto Ecto Ecto Ecto OnEONEonE!!!!
Taps the microphone… “Is there an ecto in here? Or is that just me?”