Stopped by my local Suncoast today. All they had were GoGo's and the metal lunchbox.

Damn that Tarantino 88 is pretty cool!

Yes its real and yeah it is awesome.

Wow...must get...

Sucks the Tarantino 88 will be a Comic Con exclusive.

Yeah that sucks. It's gonna go for a killing on Ebay. I'm stuck waiting for my Amazon preorders to come through for The Bride and the Bald 88.

Any place online that has the current batch/figures in stock?

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Originally posted by DVD-ho78(DTS)
Sucks the Tarantino 88 will be a Comic Con exclusive.

Details, please..

from http://www.figures.com/databases/act...ow_article=164


Quentin Tarantino stars as "Crazy 88 Director"!

Okay all you Kill Bill fans, slip in Volume 1's soundtrack and skip to track 9: Tomoyasu Hotei's "Battle Without Honor or Humanity." You can almost see O-Ren Ishii, Gogo and their katana-clad posse marching in from behind - the Crazy 88's; actors Tetsuro Shimaguchi, Kazuki Kitamura, Quentin Tarantino... wait, rewind, QUENTIN TARANTINO?

Gotcha! Alright, so he didn't star as a Crazy 88 in his fourth action packed motion picture, but he DID dress like one while directing Volume 1. It's that iconic image of Tarantino that will become a summer Con exclusive action figure thanks to the collectible company NECA.

Randy Falk, the Product Developer of NECA, explained in one of our recent interviews that "the origin of that idea is very often, (Tarantino) will dress in the garb for the scenes they are filming that day. Like the scene in the beginning where the Bride's in a coma in the hospital, we've seen pictures of Quentin wearing surgical scrubs. So, when he filmed the showdown at the House of Blue Leaves, he was wearing a black suit, tie and white shirt, like the Crazy 88s... When we saw that, the idea just clicked."

The "Crazy 88 Director" action figure, sculpted by Ray Santoleri, will be made available at both San Diego Comic Con (July 22-25) and Wizard World Chicago (August 13-15). It will be a limited edition piece, though the production run (for both shows) has yet to be determined. Styled to connect with the rest of NECA's Kill Bill action figures - the Crazy 88 Director figure will include a removable mask and limbs, katana sword, axe and a House of Blue Leaves display base with a new blood deco. Yup, now you can pit Uma against Quentin!

Asked what Quentin Tarantino thinks of "his" new action figure, Randy states "He saw it when we submitted it for approval and his office replied 'He LOVES it!'"

The "Crazy 88 Director" exclusive will retail for $15 each and will come sealed in a rugged clam shell blister. Check out the very retro cool-looking art on the packs side sleeve (see below) courtesy of NECA Graphic Designer Nicolle Puzzo.

Unfortunately, as of now, NECA does not have plans to offer this figure through their online club(s). NECA, however, is working on a way to offer this figure in Europe in limited quantities for the collectors outside the U.S. who wish to obtain one.

Check out this review and some really good pictures!
http://www.mwctoys.com/REVIEW_041904a.htm

That Tarantino one looks like it has a better head sculpt than the others, it looks pretty good. I would love to get that, but won't be anywhere near those conventions and don't want to pay a crazy Ebay price for it. Damn.

wont suck for those of us going.

hehe. I knew you would be going. You go to everything. I don't get to go to crap.

I think I'll still buy a case of series 1 even without O-Ren. I'm a sucker for variants.

Not cool to limit the Tarantino figure like that. Not everybody lives near a Comic Con. I'm not going to buy any of them now.

They could have at the very least done this. Hopefully these plans change.

What variants are there other than the Bride Ice Base???

Well to be fair the whole Comic Con exclusives are a nice perk to get you in the door. Though I'm not sure why you would need any more reason to go to sandy eggo besides it being the best comic con around.. but still Look at the exclusives of the years past. Then look at the exclusives that were offered other times. Those seem to get over saturated and don't offer much in the "collecting" aspect.. though now a days what really does increase in value. Since the # that will be made hasn't been release perhaps there will be more then enough to make it easy for others to get it.

has anyone seen these in any mainstream stores around the East Coast recently? places like Tower or Sam Goody? that is all that is near me... thanks for any help..

After looking for these ever since they were mentioned i finally tracked them down today at a local comic book store. I was able to snag up The Bride for $12.99 and Go-Go for $8.99, no Crazy 88's. Anyway, why is Go-Go so ugly looking in the face, that aint cool!

Did you not see kill bill? Go Go has always been a bit ugly with that huge nose. It's the school girl outfit that draws your eyes to her.

they'be pretty much hit all over the place now. Got my shipments already.

so not in mainstream stores yet?

I've seen them at suncoasts and tower already. So I don't see why they wouldn't be around anywhere.

What you say is true, but it doesnt even resemble her either. The figure is just Fugly! I hope they do a better looking one in a later series, if so.

Doubtful they will double dip on the Go Go character.

Now that is a fucking must-have!

hokey smoke!!!

love it