Saturday, June 9, 2012

Asmus Toys 1/6th scale Detective Somerset suit set for 12-inch figures – Clint and Morgan

Remember how I talked / blogged about 1/6th scale Man's Fashion and how the market had grown to such an extent that companies don't even bother producing figures any more (see my earlier post HERE); manufacturers just concentrate on producing and releasing 1/6th scale outfits instead, seeing as how the market is already flooded with lots of 12-inch figures. Well, here's another set of clothing to add to that list :)

Asmus Toys will be releasing this 1/6th scale Detective Somerset suit set consisting of One Brown jacket, One light orange stripe shirt, One brown patterned tie, One Dark Brown pair pants, One black leather belt and One pair of black shoes. Doesn't look like much until the clothes are fitted on a 12-inch figure :)


One of my favorite actors and directors - Mr Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. (born May 31, 1930), an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide (1959–1965). He rose to fame for playing the Man with No Name in Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy of spaghetti westerns (A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) during the late 1960s, and as Harry Callahan in the Dirty Harry films (Dirty Harry, Magnum Force, The Enforcer, Sudden Impact, and The Dead Pool) throughout the 1970s and 1980s. These roles, among others, have made him an enduring cultural icon of masculinity.



Asmus Toys 1/6th scale Detective Somerset suit set fits 12-inch Mr Eastwood to a T as Dirty Harry, the tough no-nonsense cop who was a loose-cannon and wouldn't give a damn except to bring criminals to justice.


Interestingly enough, the Asmus Toys 1/6th scale Detective Somerset suit set would also fit a 12-inch Morgan Freeman as Detective Lt. William Somerset (that's where the suit gets its name from ;p) from the 1995 American thriller film "Seven (sometimes stylized as Se7en)" about newly-transferred Detective David Mills (Brad Pitt) and the soon-to-retire William Somerset (Morgan Freeman), two homicide detectives who become deeply involved in the case of a sadistic serial killer played by the chilling and convincing Kevin Spacey. Each meticulously-planned murder corresponds to one of the seven deadly sins: gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, pride, lust and envy.


So if you need a good looking Detective suit, you know where to look ;p

click on the pic to see BIGGER :)

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Who produced the figures?

alex teo said...

clint eastwood HS by HeadPlay - http://toyhaven.blogspot.sg/2011/07/new-16-head-play-head-sculpts-luv-em-or.html but not too sure about Morgan Freeman

Unknown said...

I like that head.
do you know any brand that sells cowboy outfits? I could try to custom a William Munny figure.

nice blog Alex, very nice.

alex teo said...

not many company makes or sells cowboy outfits :( you could try Cotswold Collectibles - http://www.gijoeelite.com/f_display.asp?strDisplayName=DogSoldiers

BBK also recently released a Jonah Hex 12-inch figure http://toyhaven.blogspot.sg/2012/02/review-ii-bbk-003-16-scale-cowboy-12.html

thanks for the compliments :)

Unknown said...

thanks for the tip, i didnt know those websites.

Yes, i know about that Jonah Hex figure, it looks great and the price is very tentative but the movie..... the movie it is not my cup of tea.

thanks Alex.

alex teo said...

you are most welcome Jako :)

I didn't even bother watching the movie after reading all the bad reviews but I could not resist a good cowboy figure haha

there's also the Triad Toys "Wanted: Dead or Alive" Josh Randall - http://toyhaven.blogspot.sg/2009/09/triad-toys-wanted-dead-or-alive-josh.html

CHEERS

Joe O' Hara said...

Any idea who produced the body? Or, more to the point, would you have any recommendations as to a body that might suit both the HeadPlay Eastwood head and the suit?

alex teo said...

TTL bodies should go well with the head :) CHEERS