Interview with Richard T. Broadwater of Legendary Monsters
The Legendary Monsters Kickstarter project launched a few days ago, and today we have a short interview with the project creator, Richard T. Broadwater. Richard was kind enough to take some time to answer a few questions about the project and I hope that this helps all of you to get a better feel for the Legendary Monsters action figures.
What size are the action figures? I didn’t find any measurements for the toys and know that everyone would love to hear the exact sizes. Are these designed to be in scale with any existing (popular) scale?
The victims fall into the 3&3/4 to 4″ range, similar to star wars, while the creatures are far more robust and threatening and fall into the 5-6″ category. I increased the size of the monsters to be more detailed and better engineered to hold up to more wear and tear.
The prototype photos look very neat. Any chance you could show us more shots of the prototypes, including macro shots of the faces?
I do have other photographs of the creatures and plan on showing closeups of the faces.I even shot mini commercials that will showcase each of the 4 monsters! These images will be added to the kickstarter page of the next two weeks.
Your prototype shots seem to be of the toys all in the same poses. Are the current prototypes poseable and, if so, can you show us some pics of the toys in other poses?
The current toys are posable, I just preferred certain poses and used those in the photographs that were taken for the marketing materials. I spend hours moving and positioning each figure to capture the mood and tone I was going for in each shot.
On articulation, would it be possible to list the points of articulation for each of the figures?
Sure thing, for the victim the articulation is pin based and allows movement for the head, waist, shoulders and legs. The monsters are a combination of pin joints, ball joints (for shoulders) and hinge joints (for arms and legs)
The victim articulation is in the 6 point range, while the monsters are up to 12. I chose ball joints for the arms because I found those to be the most expressive aspect of the creature. Also, I wanted to make sure that the Mothman could raise his arms and open his wings up!
A common problem with Kickstarter projects is delays in delivering. (I know from personal experience with Kickstarter projects I have participated in running that unexpected things happen.) How confident are you of meeting the October, 2013 delivery?
A great question and I am aware that unforeseen possibilities will arise. I want our figures to ship during Halloween of 2013 and the only reason that is possible is because our pre-production is complete and our production pipeline overseas is already in place. I would not feel as confident if I had not worked for the toy industry for the years that I have and have an understanding of the timelines that exist for each process. I plan on keeping everyone up to date with any information that may prove useful and if we do run into issues with timelines, I will be sure to let everyone know and why. In the end I want to produce the best figures I can.
Thank you, Richard, for your time.
Anyone who wants to know more about the Legendary Monsters action figures can check the Kickstarter project for a video, descriptions of the four monsters, and everything you need to join the project.
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