3A Toys/Rebellion Press Release

[ming]

Mine says number 273 on the box, hardly limited edition then....

Managed to check the box before the wife wraps it and it says number 192 

Where did you find a number on the box?  I've looked on the outer box (just has the catalogue number, I think: 45) and the inner box, but there's no sign of anything...


Anyway, just picked up Tharg from the post office, and he's every bit as good as I hoped, and suggests great things are in store for Mongrol and the rest of the crew waiting in the wings.

[COMMANDO FORCES]

I see the latest one went for £68.77 on ebay, I bet that seller was pissed off  

[judge macbrayne]

are the ones on ebay from Taiwan china.the real thing or copies

[ming]

are the ones on ebay from Taiwan china.the real thing or copies

They should be the real deal, I think.  3A stuff is in great demand, but would be pretty pointless trying to do a knock-off; too complex and too much work involved.  If you want me to take a look at anything specific, feel free to p.m. me a link.



Meanwhile, I might be picking up a second Tharg (at retail price) and was thinking about gifting it to a 2000AD creator... I dunno.  For some reason I thought it might be a nice gesture to stick it in the post to Mills, Wagner or O'Neill - just to say thanks for all the Thrills, and for bringing Tharg into the world.

[Banners]

Meanwhile, I might be picking up a second Tharg (at retail price) and was thinking about gifting it to a 2000AD creator... I dunno.  For some reason I thought it might be a nice gesture to stick it in the post to Mills, Wagner or O'Neill - just to say thanks for all the Thrills, and for bringing Tharg into the world.

Great idea - send it to me and I'll pass it on ;-)

M@

[Colin YNWA]

Meanwhile, I might be picking up a second Tharg (at retail price) and was thinking about gifting it to a 2000AD creator... I dunno.  For some reason I thought it might be a nice gesture to stick it in the post to Mills, Wagner or O'Neill - just to say thanks for all the Thrills, and for bringing Tharg into the world.

Bloody hell that would be a very generous thing to do. Pat Mills is the original Tharg so he'd be a very cool choice to boot.

[Steve Green]

For a moment, I thought they were going to do a Pat Mills replacement head for Tharg

[Mikey]

Nice thought Ming. I'll chip in if you're doing that! Mills would get my vote as the original Green Bonce.

In other news, the Tharg box has a spelling mistake; it says Quaequam Blagi!

M.

[James Stacey]

Hasn't Mr Mills been waging a one man war to get rid of Tharg for years now excellent idea though.

[willthemightyW]

I'll chip in if I can Ming, unless this is something you had planned to do on your own. Great idea by the way!

[SmallBlueThing]

Why dont you break up the model, and send the individual pieces to deserving 2000AD types?
Although, on second thoughts, an ex-editor receiving a severed tharg head in the post, may consider it somewhat creepy.
;-)
SBT

[willthemightyW]

Why dont you break up the model, and send the individual pieces to deserving 2000AD types?
Although, on second thoughts, an ex-editor receiving a severed tharg head in the post, may consider it somewhat creepy.
;-)
SBT

ha. Maybe a hand or a severed toe wrapped in newspaper would be better... wait...

[ming]

Nice thought Ming. I'll chip in if you're doing that! Mills would get my vote as the original Green Bonce.

In other news, the Tharg box has a spelling mistake; it says Quaequam Blagi!

M.

Not only does it say QUAEQUAM BLAGI (instead of blag!) it also has FROGNUM GRUELISI (instead of gruelis!).  Honestly, how hard can it be to get people who speak Betelgeusian these days?

As for the extra Tharg...  Pat would be my first choice as well.  (although as Kev O'Neill wrote and drew Tharg's first story in 2000AD (Prog 24), he comes a close second.)

Anyway, ideally I could get this sent directly to Pat, so if anyone has any ideas about getting contact info please let me know.

I'll pay the full whack, then anyone who does want to chip in can - no arm twisting though, I'd be doing this anyway.  I'll post again when the details become a bit clearer.

[ming]

And here's a couple of shots of Green Bonce lounging around at home.

[willthemightyW]

Not only does it say QUAEQUAM BLAGI (instead of blag!) it also has FROGNUM GRUELISI (instead of gruelis!).


Anyway, ideally I could get this sent directly to Pat, so if anyone has any ideas about getting contact info please let me know.

I'll pay the full whack, then anyone who does want to chip in can - no arm twisting though, I'd be doing this anyway.  I'll post again when the details become a bit clearer.

Well, I live relatively near Pat so we might be able to arrange something.