{"id":12165,"date":"2015-08-11T23:37:58","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T03:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=12165"},"modified":"2015-08-11T23:37:58","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T03:37:58","slug":"equipment-icon-heroes-to-produce-action-figures-based-on-the-hit-abc-series-once-upon-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=12165","title":{"rendered":"Equipment: Icon Heroes to Produce Action Figures Based on the Hit ABC Series Once Upon a Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2014-Icon-Heroes-Catalog_Page_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-12166\" style=\"width: 361px;\" alt=\"2014-Icon-Heroes-Catalog_Page_01\" src=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2014-Icon-Heroes-Catalog_Page_01-1024x917.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a>ICON HEROES LLC is proud to announce it has entered into an agreement with ABC Studios to create a new series of collectibles based on the hit ABC television series, \u201cOnce Upon a Time.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Focusing on the show\u2019s core characters, the line will feature fully articulated, six-inch scale action figures with an emphasis on the detail ICON HEROES is known for. \u201cIt\u2019s an extremely exciting opportunity,\u201d said Pat Wang, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Icon Heroes. \u201cI\u2019m a huge fan of the show, so partnering with ABC to bring these reimagined classic fairy tale characters to life in action figure form, is a dream come true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The first wave of figures is due Spring 2016, and will be available through online, mass market, and specialty comic and hobby retailers. Stay tuned for updates at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iconheroes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.iconheroes.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>About ICON HEROES<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2009, Icon Heroes is an industry leader in the innovation of licensed pop culture office products, environment statues, and toy collectibles.\u00a0Bringing popular characters to life through fun and functional pieces like collectible letter openers, bookends, card holders, and large-scale statues, Icon Heroes is thrilled to be bringing their knowledge and expertise to the action figure market.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/iconheroes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">iconheroes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/iconheroes\" target=\"_blank\">facebook.com\/iconheroes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/iconheroes\" target=\"_blank\">twitter.com\/iconheroes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>About ONCE UPON A TIME<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Once Upon a Time<\/i><\/b> is the hit drama series created by master storytellers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz (<i>Lost <\/i>and<i> Tron: Legacy<\/i>) returning for its fifth season on the ABC Television Network.<br \/>\nWelcome to Storybrooke, Maine, a small town that probably won\u2019t show up on your GPS, but it\u2019s a magical place to visit. Reality and myth merged after Emma broke Regina\u2019s curse, which had deprived the fairy tale characters of their memories and trapped them in our modern world. When they finally regained their identities, our heroes were dismayed to discover that they weren\u2019t transported back to Fairy Tale Land. But this is our world, and magic always has a tendency to yield unfathomable consequences. Join Emma Swan, Snow White, Prince Charming, the Evil Queen, Hook, Rumplestiltskin and all the other resident fairy tale characters as they cope with Emma\u2019s new role as the Dark One and begin the search for Merlin.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce Upon a Time\u201d stars Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White\/Mary Margaret, Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan, Lana Parrilla as the Evil Queen\/Regina, Josh Dallas as Prince Charming\/David, Emilie de Ravin as Belle, Colin O\u2019Donoghue as Hook, Jared S. Gilmore as Henry Mills, Sean Maguire as Robin Hood, Rebecca Mader as the Wicked Witch\/Zelena and Robert Carlyle as Rumplestiltskin\/Mr. Gold.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Executive producers are\u00a0Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz, Steve Pearlman, David H. Goodman and Andrew Chambliss. \u201cOnce Upon a Time\u201d is produced by ABC Studios and Kitsis\/Horowitz.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abc.go.com\/shows\/once-upon-a-time\" target=\"_blank\">abc.go.com\/shows\/once-upon-a-time<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/OnceABC\" target=\"_blank\">facebook.com\/OnceABC<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/OnceABC\" target=\"_blank\">twitter.com\/OnceABC<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ICON HEROES LLC is proud to announce it has entered into an agreement with ABC Studios to create a new series of collectibles based on the hit ABC television series, \u201cOnce Upon a Time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[988,208,306,4103,421],"class_list":["post-12165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-equipment","tag-abc","tag-action-figures","tag-fairy-tale","tag-icon-heroes","tag-once-upon-a-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12167,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12165\/revisions\/12167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}