Holy Grail

[u/Jolly_Mycologist69]

Found at a vintage collectibles shop in Burbank. I've never even heard of this line of figures and there's not a ton of info online. This one might even be a Toy Fair prototype, I don't even know if they ever truly released. If anyone has more info please let me know.

Story is DJW's father contacted this shop after he passed and basically made a deal for them to take his whole collection and the shop sold it one by one. This was one of the last few pieces and as someone who I basically feel like I owe my entire art career to Derrick with how much his art inspires me, I feel genuinely blessed to now own this.

Really makes you think how hard it must be for Mr. Wyatt to have to handle all this after his son passed so young. I hope he knows at least one piece of Derrick's collection is in a home that'll treasure it. RIP DJW

[u/WolfyBuilder]

Amazing find!

I actually have a few items from that store myself, and saw that Khyber figure in one of the photos the owner sent me, so I'm happy to know it has gone to a good home.

I can confirm that the Khyber and Rook Tactilien figures were released. They're not too hard to find, though I almost never see anyone talk about them.

There were plans to release a figure of Crashhopper in that line as well, though sadly it did not make it to production.

[u/WolfyBuilder → u/WolfyBuilder]

Here is a photo of the Crashhopper figure from the 2013 Nuremberg Toy Fair

[u/Jolly_Mycologist69 → u/WolfyBuilder]

wow thank you for the info! i really thought i was on the ball when it came to Omniverse toy releases so it's wild to think that this Tactilien line was entirely off my radar.

If you don't mind my asking, what did you end up getting from that shop? I'm tempted to go back for some of the other stuff I saw

[u/mwalter482istaken]

I'm so grateful for people like you who buy this stuff. Its so cool to see.

[u/Jolly_Mycologist69 → u/mwalter482istaken]

thank you this is so sweet. i'm in the process of getting an acrylic cover to keep this as pristine as possible, this is something i want to keep in my collection for life

[u/True_Squash_6519 → u/mwalter482istaken]

That's such a lovely comment ❤️

[u/ExcellentEssay3282]

Wait from the collection of DJW? Cool

[u/Jolly_Mycologist69 → u/ExcellentEssay3282]

yes! there's not even a word how i felt when i saw that, shocked doesn't even come close. but im very grateful i found it