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Aloha from Hawaii 🌺! This month, we're getting sunny holiday greetings from the »King« himself from the S.P.A.C.E dream beach ☀️!

Our dear friend Peter, who you can find on Instagram under @collectors_apartment, dedicated himself to one of his favorite figures from the legendary McFarlane Toys »Elvis Presley« series and created this wonderful holiday picture for the July postcard cover 🍹🌞🏖️.

This month, you're even getting 2 copies of the postcard in every box that we ship out - one for your collection and one for summer holiday greetings, and it of course doesn't need to come from Hawaii 😎...

Also this year, we fans, nerds and geeks will only be able to enjoy the "online event" of the San Diego Comic Con, as the event is cancelled for the second time due to the pandemic.

But we don't let the fun and above all the anticipation of new collectibles be missed - and that's why we invite you to our second POP CON AT HOME to the S.P.A.C.E Studio!
Get some cold cola and beer for the coming Sunday evening and heat up the popcorn machine when we meet virtually "live on tape" on YouTube (probably at 6:00 pm CET) :).

As in the years before, we are supported by great guests in our studio while talking geek and nerding around. You can add your mustard (or ketchup) in the comments. Look forward with us to a lot of hot shit and novelties from manufacturers like Hot Toys, Sideshow, Iron Studios, Neca, Mezco, Super7, etc..

Right in time for Mattel's »12 Days of Fandom« we have another MOTU MONDAY special newsletter for ya - of course presented by the scary Scare Glow:
            
https://bit.ly/sf_motumonday-05-21

By the Power of Grayskull!

The wonderful NETFLIX documentary series »The Movies that made us« is going into the second round!

Even if the teaser has apparently only been found in the NETFLIX app so far and the announcement has not made too big waves yet, the four films for season 2 should reason enough for you to mark July 23rd in the calendar: Pretty Woman, Jurassic Park, Back to the Future and Forrest Gump!

Memories coming back... We are really looking forward to it! And what about you?

"Let me explain something to you. Um, I am not "Mr. Lebowski". You're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. You know, that or, uh, His Dudeness, or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."

The term "cult film" is often used in a somewhat inflationary manner. But if there is a movie that deserves this honorary title, it surely is »The Big Lebowski« by the Coen brothers. And what a parade role for Jeff Bridges, who as Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski became a film icon and an epitome to nonchalance.

Sideshow Collectibles now presents him as a magnificent sixth scale figure in his classic outfit, of course with removable sunglasses, a bowling ball and his signature drink.

We think this has to be celebrated properly - preferably with the film and some glasses of White Russian... and then we're off to bowling!

Two days ago, NETFLIX published a first, very atmospheric teaser on season 2 of »The Witcher«. Doesn't that makes you want to dive back into the medieval fantasy world? But we have to wait until December 17th...

If that takes you too long, what about reading the books or play the games - or watch the almost six-hour Witcher Con (in two parts) on the U.S. Netflix YouTube channel. Interviews, exclusive news and everything worth knowing from the Witcher's world. Are you already languishing for the 2nd season?

Season 2 teaser: https://youtu.be/2aMVzFlApa0

Witcher Con part 1: https://youtu.be/OMjTMybsZvo

Witcher Con part 2: https://youtu.be/eGdppBDpsZ4
 

Do you remember those big buildings, where the parking lot smells of popcorn and you - and a bunch of ohter people - in a very large, darkened room, on a huge screen with cracking sound, lounging in a comfortable armchair, with a lot of unhealthy nibbles and cola... watching a movie? This place is called CINEMA - and we are able to go there again since July 1st!

In order to celebrate the end of our absence from the cinema, we put together a full watchlist for July and today we want to share three titles that we are very looking forward to with you:

After BLACK WIDOW fell victim to the corona pandemic as one of the first blockbusters last year, the story about Natasha Romanoff finally starts in German cinemas today! Although, not in all of them, because the multiplex-cinema chain »Kinopolis« is boycotting it due to the release on Disney+ just one day later. For every MCU fan, »Black Widow« is of course a must-see. It's great that Scarlett Johansson finally got her solo performance.
https://youtu.be/Fp9pNPdNwjI

NOBODY with Bob Odenkirk (Better call Saul) scored points with critics and viewers alike, and the trailer also makes you want more of the action flicker, which started on July 1st.
https://youtu.be/qkZk1nqzOuI

At the end of the month, OLD, the new work by M. Night Shyamalan, will start. The master of twist endings now seems to have finally left his form depth behind. The trailer really made us curious. The start date is July 29th.
https://youtu.be/A4U2pMRV9_k

Folks - have fun in the... C I N E M A !

The two Italian manufacturers »Kaustic Plastik« and »Infinite Statue« present their third coup of collaboration - and that's none other than the "Duke" himself. After the two studios have already set a monument to an icon of the Italo-fun-beating-up-western with Bud Spencer, they are now turning to the western legend par excellence: John Wayne. The character is based on Wayne's appearance as grumpy Marshal Rooster Cogburn in Henry Hathaway's 1969 western classic »True Grit«.

Compliments to the artists - a great job in all departments, from the accurate modeling of the head sculpt to a great paint job and the film-authentic representation of the outfit and props.

We look forward to further results of the fruitful collaboration between Infinite Statue and Kaustic Plastik. Of course, we would like to see Terence Hill to complete the popular beating duo. In the western genre we speculate a little on Django because Infinite has a Franco Nero license. If we look at the Old & Rare line from Infinite, we get really jittery. A lot of Hollywood icons from the golden age are already gathered there. Wouldn't Bogard & Bergman from Casablanca be fantastic 1/6 figures?

Last Sunday, a first, 3-minute long "special look" of one of the latest projects went online on the official Star Wars YouTube channel: STAR WARS: VISIONS.

Lucasfilm and Disney are collaborating with seven well established Japanese anime studios for »Visions« to be able to tell whole new stories in a totally new style (both content wise as well as visually). Some of the titels of the all over 9 shorts, like for example »Tatooine Rhapsody« or »The Ninth Jedi«, do sound very promising. It probably won't be at everybody's taste though.

We are definately excited and will tune in on September 22 on Disney+...

Sony Pictures released a new trailer for »Don't Breath 2« this week and sends the success of the surprise hit from 2016 into the next round! »Don't Breath« turned the home invasion genre upside down and the title of the film was definately program for the viewers. If you watched it, you surely held our breath more than once...

The trailer for the second part promises to be a real nail bite again. Stephen Lang (Avatar) takes on the role of Blind Man. And again, the project rests in the hands of Fede Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues (Don't Breath, Evil Dead). That's good, because never change a winning team!

The movie will be released in cinemas this August. Are you looking forward to the flick?

For our product of the month July 2021, we actually ended up again with the brand »Trick or Treat Studios« - and therefore in the horror genre! This slasher icon eventually does not really match to current summer vibes and it would probably be better placed in October. But since we have another great Trick or Treat shipment on the way to us, the 1/6 scale Michael Myers figure from the 2018 HALLOWEEN by director David Gordon Green simply was the perfect choice for our monthly highlight!

Trick or Treat dared to step into the 1/6 business with a variety of Michael Myers versions and they could stand the test! Besides that we think that the timing isn't so bad at all, because it seems that the sequel »Halloween Kills« will finally hit cinemas in October...

We're already looking very forward to the shooting with Mr. Myers and we will of course also place him on the plate!

Damit Ihr nicht in ein melancholisches EM-Ausscheider-Loch fallt, geht heute Abend um 19:00 Uhr unsere neueste Folge ABGESPECKT, ähh ABGESPACED - NEUES AUS DEM FIGUREN UNIVERSUM, auf YouTube online!

Aus Zeitgründen konnten wir diesen Monat nur eine "Light-Version" hervorzaubern. Aber immerhin ist die Sommerfolge entsprechend figur(en)betont 😜. Besonders interessant wird's in unserer GOODIE Rubrik, denn unser Toby stellt hier seine hellseherischen Fähigkeiten unter Beweis - gruselig!

Wir freuen uns, wenn Ihr rein schaut 🚀:
https://youtu.be/6Zw3yhbX38A

By the Power of Grayskull!
As promised, hwe have some very special MOTU news for you today - of course with the two Exclusives as headliner:
https://www.space-figuren.de/nl/nl2021-kw26a_en_web.html

PS: we just have some very few pieces left remaining on the Rise of Evil 2-pack...

Does anyone still remember what exactly a "convention" is? Ahh, right, it is a wonderful event in one or several halls where hardcore nerds and fans from all sections of pop culture come together and dive into their favorite worlds, almost drowning from colorful impressions 🤩.

What we here in Europe hopefully will be getting back again soon, our conspecifics far away in China already have been able to experience in the last days during »Wonder Festival« in Shanghai!

Our friend Mick rounded up the highlights of the con over at ACTION FIGURE DISTRICT for you. Especially Queen Studios raised the bar extremely high this time, but of course there were also numerous novelties to see from the 1/6 section which you should not miss out on...

To celebrate the international Ghostbusters Day, Sony Pictures this week released a look behind the scenes of the shooting of »Ghostbusters: Afterlife«.

In addition to a foretaste of new footage, the clip offers a heartwarming impression of director Jason Reitman and his relationship with his father and producer Ivan Reitman. The two remember the franchise and look back at the first Ghostbusters, from the year 1984.

It's really great to see that everything stays in the family and how the "Proton Pack is passed on"... This increases our anticipation for the film even more 🤩. Let's hope that Ghostbusters will finally hit cinemas in November.

This evening at 6:00 p.m. NETFLIX will kick off their »GEEKED WEEK« for the first time. As the name suggests, this will be an event for people like us 😜.

According to the broadcaster, every day for a week there will be exciting content on genre-specific Netflix productions that make our fan hearts beat faster. On the agends are big announcements, exclusive teaser and trailer premieres, previews, insights behind the scenes, interviews with the actors, games with guest stars, script readings, live performances and much more.

The whole thing will of course be for free on the social media platforms of the station. So we all can look forward a lot of hot news about The Witcher, The Umbrella Academy, Money Heist, Resident Evil and of course Masters of the Universe: Revelation!

So let the corn pop - and, especially: let yourself be surprised 😀🥳!

Normally, we prefer to only advertise our own YouTube channel, surely because we are creating the best content in the world 🤪😅. But looking at what the Japanese manufacturer PRIME 1 STUDIO blew out lately in their »Next Level Showcase 2« is pure madness - and cannot be withheld from any collector!

Breathtaking novelties on existing licenses like Alien, Predator, Lord of the Rings, Games of Thrones and of course DC, but also new reveals of collectibles from Godzilla vs. Kong and Jurassic Park and brand new license announcements like for example Dune or Attack on Titan...

We really can recommend you to invest these two and a half hours. This full load of high-end collectibles will surely blow your mind. Highly impressive and almost hurting, if you start sorting out in your head what will be feasable for your own collection... and perhaps what not.

We will get in detail into the PRIME 1 show in our next ABGESPACED episode for sure and talk about that with you, because we feel there's a need to talk 😉!

After ogling quite a while, we finally decided to make a 7" action-figure from McFarlane Toys from the »DC Multiverse« the monthly highlight.

It's a little bit of "going back to the roots", what the Todd-Father himself - Todd McFarlane - did here with his very own creation of the Dark Knight from Gotham City within this yet very popular figure line.

As all characters of the series, also Batman is equipped with proper accessories. He comes in a nice window-box, but of course you'll have more fun with him after unpacking ;)

We think that every collector should have the DC Multiverse figures on the radar - especially because of the reasonable price level where they are set. Therefore, our vote for the product of the month June 2021 went on Bats!