This past August we ran a successful Kickstarter campaign for the Zelensky Action Figure. Since then, we've been off to the races, trying to get him produced as quickly as possible. (Don't worry. If you missed him on Kickstarter, you can preorder him right here.)
Over the next few months, we'll be sharing his journey from clay sculpture to Real Life Action Figure right here on our blog.
We want to make it super-clear that this is a peak behind the scenes. Action Figures don't pop out perfect on the first shot.
So, if he doesn't look quite right to you, fear not. This is all a part of the process. Getting these guys made is an intercontinental collaboration and it takes a lot of back and forth to get all the artistic details "just right".
The figure you see waving down below is the very first prototype. In all the previous photos we've shown of him, you were seeing the original - the clay sculpture that was hand-made by Mike Leavitt.
As you can see, he's now made of (fantastic) plastic and has all his moving parts. In technical speak, he's now fully "engineered".
Our job from here is to get the plastic one to look as much like the original clay one as possible. Over the coming weeks, we'll be working on getting the "deco" (aka; paint job) dialed in. You'll see just how big a difference that can make in our next update!
Tell is what you think in comments section below!
26 comments
Are there no updates at all? I pre-ordered Zelensky Last September and haven’t Heard a peep since. So many people I know would order this figure but I can’t really recommend buying it from a company that has not, so far, kept its word.
Has there been any work done on this figure since this post in October? I had ordered in September and being that early 2023 was the shipment estimate I'm hoping there are more updates? Anything in the works to share with the customers? Thanks!
Wow the original figure you showed us is far superior to this one. The colors are better. He looks more like Zelenski and it captures more of him. This one is truly not good. Too dark, the beard is wrong and the outfit color is off. I have pre-ordered this because I love all your figures! He will proudly sit with all of the others I purchased, but please fix him before deciding he is done! Thank you!
His soul patch is missing.
Hi. We’ve said it a few times now but will say it again – this is just the first round and what you’re seeing is par for the course. Every figure we’ve ever made has had to go through a few rounds of creative back and forth before we got it right. Imagine seeing a preview of Star Wars before they’d applied the special effects. The point of sharing the behind the scenes with everyone is so you can see how the product gets made but the expectation is that you won’t judge the work in progress as if it were the final product.