The first assortment will include Ken, Johnny, Strength and Hierophant. This will be the first action figure line based on the designs of Palisades� newest member Ken Lilly. Each will come with a couple of special accessories and a sculpted logo base.

"Strength is this giant creature with all kinds of slash marks all over his body and he carries this huge chainsaw. Hierophant will have a chest cavity that opens up like the one in the game to expose his heart," says Lilly. "These figures are gonna be sweet."Jerry Macaluso and his crew at SOTA Sculpture and Design are sculpting the line. SOTA S & D is a division of SOTA Effects, a special effects company based in Los Angeles that also happens to have a toy and action figure sculpting studio. This talented group of people has sculpted for Toy Biz, McFarlane, ReSaurus and many others. "This will be our first project with Palisades," said Jerry, sculptor and president of SOTA. "Ken and I worked together on some of the Magic and Quake prototypes over at ReSaurus...we're really looking forward to making these figs."

Palisades has a lot of very cool stuff planned for the rest of the year and beyond. According to Lilly, "This is just the beginning. I wish I could show all the stuff that is moving across my desk right now, but there are some great things in the works."

[Updated 7/10/2000]Palisades has supplied updated House of the Dead 2 action figure artwork. Click here to check it out!

[Posted 7/07/2000]