It should be noted that after 36 days of release, The Expendables passed the $100 million mark in the US. Way to go, Sly and everyone involved! – Craig
Category: Expendables
Expendables: Barney Ross Collectible
SZoner, Lefebvre wrote in with news that HotToys is creating a Barney Ross Expendables collectible figure.
From the HotToys website:
Barney Ross 12 inch figure Hot Toys Sylvester Stallone
Movie Masterpiece Series~
Hot Toys is proud to present the 1/6th scale Barney Ross Collectible
Figure from The Expendables movie. The movie-accurate Barney Ross
collectible is specially crafted based on the image of Sylvester
Stallone in the movie, highlighting the newly sculpted head, body
tattoo, two styles of costume, detailed accessories and weapons.The 1/6th scale Barney Ross Collectible Figure specially features:
– Authentic and detailed fully realized likeness of Sylvester Stallone
as Barney Ross in the movie The Expendables
– Approximately 30 cm tall
– Muscular body with over 30 points of articulations
– Highly detailed hair sculpture and moustache
– Movie-accurate facial expressions with detailed wrinkles and skin
texture
– Body tattoos with animal patterns on chest and arms, “Expendable”
logo on back
– Seven (7) pieces of palms including:
– One (1) pair of gloved palms for shooting with gun
– One (1) gloved right palm for holding gun
– One (1) pair of gloved fists
– One (1) right palm for holding gun
– One (1) right fist
– Each piece of head sculpt is specially hand-paintedCostume:
– One (1) beret
– One (1) pair of black colored boots
– Two (2) styles of outfits include:
– Style 1:
– One (1) round-neck black-color T-shirt
– One (1) tactical vest
– One (1) pair of black military trousers
– One (1) leather-like black belt
– Style 2:
– One (1) V-neck green-color T-shirt
– One (1) pair of blue jeans
– One (1) leather-like brown beltWeapons:
– Two (2) pistols with pouches
– One (1) revolver with pouch
– One (1) assault rifle
– Two (2) packs of magazines with pouchesAccessories:
– One (1) watch
– One (1) pair of sunglasses
– One (1) pair of goggles
– Two (2) necklaces including one (1) with cross, one (1) with
military plate and danger-shaped accessory as pendants
– Figure stand with Barney Ross nameplate and the movie log
Check out more photos here. Thanks to Lefebvre for the link! – Craig
SZoner Attends Vegas Premiere!
SZoner, Bettie from Brazil traveled to the US for the Vegas premiere of The Expendables. Bettie was lucky enough to meet and get photos with all of the major stars of The Expendables. She even was able to get Sly to autograph her boxing glove. Bettie wanted to share her pictures with Stallone fans worldwide. So here we go…
Bettie meets Sly!
Bettie proudly wears her Rocky glove!
Here she displays Sly’s autographed boxing mitt.
Bettie and Randy Couture!
Bettie and the man!
Bettie and once again with Randy Couture!
Bettie and Terry Crews!
Bettie and Steve Austin!
Bettie and Dolph Lundgren!
Bettie and Eric Roberts!
Bettie and Giselle Itie!
Thanks to Bettie for sharing and for sending along links to these two Expendables sites in Brazil! #1 #2 – Craig
SZ Exclusive: Stallone Expendables Statue Coming!
SZoner, Edinho Maga who does all of the great statues for the Hollywood Collectibles Group wrote in to say that he’s working on a piece for them of Sly from The Expendables! Edinho also sent in a couple of photos to show his progress.
I can not wait to see the Hollywood Collectibles Group’s treatment for this piece. You just know it will be first rate and look great in your collection. I know it will in mine.
Don’t forget that the Rocky statue and the second Rambo statue (both from Hollywood Collectibles) are still available.– Craig
EW: Why Bruce Willis Should Do Expendables II
Entertainment Weekly recently posted 5 Reasons Why Bruce Willis Should do the Expendables Sequel. When you’re right, you’re right.
Sly on The O’Reilly Factor
Did you catch Sly’s recent appearance on The O’Reilly Factor? Have no fear, you can see the video here.
Expendables UK Coverage
Workout Like an Expendable
Bodybuilding.com joined in to help promote The Expendables with workout videos showing the types of exercise each celeb used to get in shape for filming. You can see them here.
Sly’s Tweets Are News
Last week I posted that Sly was now on Twitter. It didn’t take long before his tweet about wanting Bruce Willis back for The Expendables II made news. Having Bruce back is a great idea. Let’s just hope Sly meant super villain as real mean bad guy with NO super powers. ; )
Expendables UK Press Conference Coverage
On August 16, 2010, The Den of Geek posted coverage of The Expendables UK press conference. Here’ s a taste from Sly:
“Well, I have made a lot of career mistakes, a lot and I have made a lot of personal ones too! But the idea is, I never started out to be an action actor. I was an ensemble actor. Rocky was ensemble, F.I.S.T. was ensemble and Paradise Alley was ensemble. Then along came First Blood and it was the start of something unusual.”
“I think everyone in this room, everyone on the planet, has a regret. That in one moment they made the wrong decision, and sometimes you can just never get your life back on course. And that theme from Rocky Balboa, to Rambo, it just haunts me. Maybe I’m just mono-minded, or limited, but it’s just inextinguishable.”
To read the full report, simply click here.