Toys and comics will collide when Oni Press and Nacelle release the NACELLEVERSE: YEAR ONE PRE-ORDER BUNDLE.
The press release follows:
Media Release -- Oni Press, in partnership with the global entertainment powerhouse The Nacelle Company, is proud to announce the NACELLEVERSE: YEAR ONE PRE-ORDER BUNDLE – a first-of-its-kind pre-order-exclusive offering rewarding fans who pre-order the complete first year of the upcoming NacelleVerse publishing line with an exclusive and highly limited RoboForce action figure...ONLY available to fans who sign up for the complete bundle offering by February 26, 2023!
Pre-order the complete first year of the NacelleVerse publishing line—beginning with the 48-page NacelleVerse #0 one-shot in March and continuing in ROBOFORCE #1 (of 3) in April, BIKER MICE FROM MARS #1 (of 3) in July, and through two more upcoming series to be revealed soon – to get exclusive pre-order editions of all 13 issues . . . plus a limited-edition RoboForce action figure featuring the villainous TERBL, standing 4" inches high with five points of articulation and available ONLY through this limited-time pre-order initiative.
"The NacelleVerse bundle from Oni is not only well written by Melissa Flores and beautifully illustrated by some of the best artists in the biz, but it's literally the very first unified step of what we hope will be a fun and long running story telling universe!" said Nacelle Founder and CEO, Brian Volk-Weiss.
"Oni Press excels at making award-winning, action-packed comics. Nacelle specializes in incredibly crafted, highly detailed toys and action figures. Together, we're planning a huge array of captivating stories across the first year of the NacelleVerse publishing line – so what better way to bring both comics readers and toy collectors together than with an awesomely exclusive offering that celebrates the best of both worlds? It's the next best thing to a Kenner mail-away that you can find in the year 2024!" said Oni Press President & Publisher Hunter Gorinson.
Tying directly into The Nacelle Company's ambitious and interconnected slate of animated series that will begin with ROBOFORCE, produced in partnership with executive producers Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, Brian Gewirtz, Hiram Garcia and Seven Bucks Productions, and BIKER MICE FROM MARS, produced in partnership with executive producer Ryan Reynolds, NACELLEVERSE #0 will lay the foundation for Oni Press' first year of comic series chronicling the rise of the NacelleVerse's biggest icons from blockbuster writer Melissa Flores (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, The Dead Lucky) and a rotating cast of all-star artists, including Diogenes Neves (Realm of X, Suicide Squad) and Eisner award nominee Francis Portela (Green Lantern, Faith):
ROBOFORCE #1 (of 3) | COMING IN APRIL!
BIKER MICE FROM MARS #1 (OF 3) | COMING IN JULY!
SECTAURS #1 (OF 3) | COMING SOON!
POWER LORDS #1 (OF 3) | COMING SOON!
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All 13 issues tied to the NACELLEVERSE: YEAR ONE PRE-ORDER TOY BUNDLE (MSRP: $89.99) will be fulfilled to Direct Market retailers monthly upon their solicited Direct Market release dates, while the limited-edition, bundle RoboForce action figure will fulfill directly to retailers in late 2024.
Orders for the NACELLEVERSE: YEAR ONE PRE-ORDER TOY BUNDLE (DCD: JAN241821 | Lunar: 0124ON433) must be placed by on or before FOC on February 26th. To find a comic shop near you, visit: ComicShopLocator.com.
About Nacelle:
Nacelle, founded by Brian Volk-Weiss, is an American diversified media company headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Established in 2017, they are the leader in the pop-culture and comedy space through their scripted and unscripted production, podcasting, publishing, records, distribution, development, management toys, and consumer product divisions. The company has produced several notable hits, including Netflix's Emmy award-winning docuseries, Down To Earth with Zac Efron and the NAACP Image award-nominated Kevin Hart's Guide To Black History, as well as Netflix's The Movies That Made Us, The Toys That Made Us, Behind The Attraction on Disney+, Sony's Mad About You, Icons Unearthed on Vice, All The Way Black for BET+ History's Grant, Amazon's A Toy Store Near You, and History's Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek. Nacelle develops, produces and distributes content across multiple media platforms including Netflix, Amazon, Disney+, HBO, Discovery, BET+, A&E Networks, Peacock, Hulu, Vice, Viacom, History, and many more. In 2022, Nacelle Company expanded with a consumer products division aimed at reviving beloved toy properties such as Robo Force, Sectaurs, The Great Garloo and others. The company is dedicated to showcasing groundbreaking stories and pop-culture history through its signature documentary filmmaking style, unique hybrid distribution system and a consistent desire to never stop exploring.
About Oni Press:
Founded in 1997, Oni Press has a 25-year history as one of the industry's most respected and acclaimed publishers of award-winning comic books and graphic novels with titles including Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim, K. O'Neill's Tea Dragon Society, Cullen Bunn & Brian Hurtt's The Sixth Gun, Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer, Brenna Thummler's Sheets trilogy, and many hundreds more. In 2019, Oni Press merged with Lion Forge Comics – the Eisner Award-winning independent comic book publisher founded by Academy Award-winning producer and entrepreneur David Steward II – to create one of the largest, independent libraries of comics content anywhere in media. The Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group now exists as a publishing subsidiary of Steward's diversified global media company, Polarity.
The Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group publishes more than 60 original and licensed graphic novels annually, in addition to an extensive list of periodical comics.
