Fresh Monkey Fiction Bill Murphy Interview - Operation: Monster Force, COPS, Eagle Force And More

17 hours ago, JayC said:

This week I had an opportunity to sit down with Fresh Monkey Fiction founder Bill Murphy to discuss his company and the action figures he has coming down the pipeline.

For those not that familiar with Fresh Monkey Fiction, the company has been producing action figures in various scales for about 10 years now. Bill comes originally from a Hollywood background working on visual effects for such movies as X-Men 2, Incredible Hulk and Ocean's 11. From there he went over to Netflix for about 10 years before he decided to try and launch his own toy company. One of the first lines they produced using the Kickstarter model was called Amazing Heroes which was a homage to 80s action figures from public main and independent comics.

Is this Dr. Benton QUEST??

Now THIS was a great, in-depth interview. Intelligent, great questions from the interviewer, and thoughtful, detailed information and explanation from guest Bill Murphy. I've had my eye on some of their line but not a lot of actual material, so its great to have that put to rest. Haven't seen this caliber of discussion from the toy community in too long a time. Well done, JayC.

I can't pick and choose .. this is so overwhelming .. letterly all of them is a must

first thing I saw was that Ninja Turtle inspired character, Man that's a gem. Looks like Fresh Monkey are slamming out figures right now, still not physical product but lines being announced every day it seems.

This week I had an opportunity to sit down with Fresh Monkey Fiction founder Bill Murphy to discuss his company and the action figures he has coming down the pipeline.

For those not that familiar with Fresh Monkey Fiction, the company has been producing action figures in various scales for about 10 years now. Bill comes originally from a Hollywood background working on visual effects for such movies as X-Men 2, Incredible Hulk and Ocean's 11. From there he went over to Netflix for about 10 years before he decided to try and launch his own toy company. One of the first lines they produced using the Kickstarter model was called Amazing Heroes which was a homage to 80s action figures from public domain and independent comics.Since then we have seen them do 1:18 scale Eagle Force figures which they have produced over 100 figures for along with 5" Longbox Heroes, 1/12 scale Naughty Or Nice holiday themed figures and most recently Operation: Monter Force which is an action figure line done in conjunction with our sponsor BigBadToyStore that features figures in both 1:12 and 1:18 scales.A few weeks ago at JoeFest they also announced several other new action figure lines including a 1/12 scale customizable line called Soldiers Of Fortune and 1/12 scale figures based on the late 80s animated series C.O.P.S. (Central Organization of Police Specialists). Here is a breakdown of the figures announced at JoeFest which we talk about in more detail during the interview above.1/12 Scale C.O.P.S. (Central Organization of Police Specialists)- Baldwin P. "Bulletproof" Vess1/12 Scale Soldiers Of Fortune Wave 1- The Agent/The Spy Black and White Tuxedo versions- Close Combat Operative Red and Yellow Camo versions- Close Combat Operative Black and Orange Camo versions- The Saboteur- The Agent/The Enemy Blue Suit version- Head Pack 01 and 021/12 Scale Operation: Monster Force Season 1- Delta Red Urban Operations Trooper1/12 Scale Operation: Monster Force Season 3- Commander Gridiron - Weapons Supplier- Dr. Tannis Rand - Geneticist- The Fog (13 Ghosts)- The Goblin (13 Ghosts)- Mr. Legacy - Historian- The Ambassador Of R'lyeh - Harbinger Of Doom- Deluxe Kiloworg1/12 Scale Operation: Monster Force Season 4- Shurukahn- Chatsworth- Red Riding Hood (Female)- Agent Harker (Female)1:18 Eagle Force- Eagle Force Returns Captain Eagle (The Leader)- Eagle Force Returns Blockade (S.W.A.T. Commander)- Liberty Legion The Arrow (Sharpshooter)- Liberty Legion C.L.A.W. Commando (Urban Infantry)- Voyagers Hellion (Intergalactic Bounty Hunter)- Star Commander (Major Coco (First-In-Command)- The Blade Cuts Both Ways Sonney Yen (A.W.O.L. Soldier)- The Blade Cuts Both Ways Rockwell (Tactical Mission Ninja Trooper)- Operation: Monster Force Delta Red (Vampire Soldier)- Operation: Monster Force Green Ghoul (Crime Lord)Longbox Heroes Wave 2- Arthur from The Tick- Christine Spar from Grendel- Kevin Matchstick from Mage- Equipped For Safety from Madman- Grendel Prime from Grendel.See images for all of these and more below from JoeFest.

A lot of these look like great additions to other lines! Love the TMNT ninja deco

There are some pretty cool figures in here for sure! I can see these complementing the Classified line for sure. I just wish the wait time on these was much shorter, Id love to get my hands on a couple of those suited agents and hooded non commander heads

3 hours ago, Frozentenderloin said:

Nice! An already dark blue not cobra commander hooded head for those who arent interested in painting it themselves. Slap a cobra waterslide decal on that bad boy and call it a day!

I will prefer to call him Snake if you please...??? I already preorder the red one at the bigbadtoystore so I'm not sure when this blue one will be at the bigbadtoystore man...???

Nice! An already dark blue not cobra commander hooded head for those who arent interested in painting it themselves. Slap a cobra waterslide decal on that bad boy and call it a day!

I like the agent, the enemy at the of the list and that terrorist next to it with the Bazooka...?????

For those that didn't make JoeFest Toy & Comic Show 2024, Fresh Monkey Fiction has provided the Monster Force and Soldiers of Fortune slides from their presentation. These are still in development and subject to change.Operation: Monster Force Season 1 will deliver later this summer, but they wanted to show some early in development looks at Season 3 and Season 4...yes female figures are coming.

Their Soldiers of Fortune line is positioned for customizers and army builders with figures that are made to augment your 1/12th scale collections with lots in interchangeable parts along with head and accessory packs.More to follow later this year... as always feedback is welcome to help as we develop these new lines.Purchase your Monster Force Figures from our sponsor BigBadToyStore.com!.