Round 2 of the FANtastic Exclusive voting has begun and, sadly, the Blue Gargoyle didn’t even make the bracket. Ouch.

I don’t have a clear favorite now, but I like the Phantom Trooper, the Celestial Zodians, and the Ministry of Hunters. I really hope Wolfbat and Raven don’t win, because I’m tired of the anthropomorphic, dark fantasy-style FE figures. I’d be relatively happy with any winner other than those two.

Unfortunately, I suspect Raven is going to win, because I think the FE voters are heavily weighted toward MOTU collectors and fans who became familiar with the Four Horsemen due to MOTU2K. There’s been a strong epic fantasy/sword-and-sorcery bias in the FE voting since day one.