Now available, one of the most anticipated Serenity stuffs yet: the “LIttle Damn Heroes” Kaylee maquette, designed by Adam Levermore-Rich of BlackMarketBeagles.com.
We got a glimpse over a year and a half ago, when pics were leaked and demos were spotted at a con and one of the test pieces was auctioned off for CSTS, and some of us remember the original Little Damn Heroes cartoons by Adam Levermore-Rich that the maquettes are based on.But now they’re here and she’s looking very shiny indeed.
You can get ’em at QMx or TFAW, but if you’re getting the QMx Insider newsletter you already know about the great 24-hour launch-day deal QMx has going today only (and if you’re not getting the newsletter, I think maybe you should so you know what I’m talking about, yes?). Besides, the newsletter will be the only way to find out about… I’ve said too much.
Shiny! The word epitomizes Serenity’s unsinkable engineer, Kaywinnit Lee Frye, or as she’s known to her friends, Kaylee. And now for the first time, Kaylee’s shining spirit is captured in this limited edition, hand-painted animation maquette, designed by well-known artist Adam Levermore-Rich, creator of the best-selling Serenity: Blue Sun Travel Posters. The stylized statue brings together Kaylee’s two seemingly contradictory aspects – savant engineer and girly girl – perfectly. Smiling beatifically, the 4 1/2′ Kaylee Maquette is sculpted wearing her mechanic’s coveralls (complete with teddy bear patch) and holding her trademark rainbow parasol, standing in her work boots on a black resin base. Limited to 1,500 pieces, this maquette will be a unique collectible that deserves a place in every Browncoat’s collection. Painted and ready to display.
They’ll be limited to 1,500, first in a series of Little Damn Heroes maquettes. And that’s the key, here: “first in a series.” I’ve seen the other two demo pieces, and I want the complete set. And I will yell at you until you buy enough of these to make the rest of the set a reality. And I can be pretty shrill, so get over to quantummechanix.com or TFAW.com and click away.
Ordered mine as soon as I could (along with one of their excellent Cerberus t-shirts too), I’d love to see a complete crew set too! Couldn’t get the promo to work but the QMx guys have been stunningly helpful in the past so hopefully they’ll get back to me on it!
Actually, it’s “available for pre-order now” – at least from TFAW it’s still pre-order. The date was pushed back to October 22nd.
Hurrah! My order’s on it’s way and the thoroughly decent folks at QMx did indeed help me out with my issue… I’m (as always) very impressed with their excellent customer service – thanks, guys!
Sooooo…the lesson here is order from QMx next time, huh? TFAW just pushed their date back to 10/29…. 😛
Oh yes – I promise I’m not a shill for these guys but as a die-hard Firefly/Serenity fan (and in the UK as well) QMx have proved to be everything I’d want from them – responsive, kind, courteous and they even take time to reply to suggestions and comments too. Items are nicely and safely packed and certainly as good quality as you’d expect (and want).
The *only* thing I can even remotely criticize them for is not getting their studio-scale SERENITY out soon enough – but even then it’s definitely going to be an item worth waiting for!
(Plus I just know after this ringing endorsement it’ll be free shipping to the UK too, right, guys? Guys..?)
I just got mine after ordering it from TFAW. The figure didn’t really fit the stand well and a piece of Kaylee’s foot broke off when I tried to secure the statue to the stand. Luckily it was only a small piece on the back of her left foot, so it’s not visible when the statue is displayed.
Hopefully future figures will pay closer attention to making sure the figures easily lock-on to their stands.
Actually I had to use sand-paper to sand down the pegs quite a bit before the statue fit flush against the base. After that I had to re-paint the base as it got all scratched up from the sand-paper.
It’s still a great figure though, just it would be a lot better if the bases shipped so that they fit the statue nicely.
I also krazy-glued the broken piece back on.