Meet the new face of adventure!


Prepare for the ride of your life! Clive Cussler’s international bestselling book Sahara will soon be a Hollywood motion picture and 21st Century Toys has the exclusive toy license to produce 1:6 figures and 1:18 figures and vehicles.

In the last days of the Civil War, an Ironclad ship carrying the Confederate Treasury disappearted into the fog during the battle.

Today, a mysterious microbe threatens to destroy all life in the sea. A disease in North Africa drives the population into madness, cannibalism, and death.

Dirk Pitt, an intrepid adventurer and member of the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA), investigates. Along with U.N. Scientist Dr. Eva Aojas, played by Penelope Cruz, and sidekick Albert Giordano, played by Steve Zahn, Pitt discoveres a mystery that ties together the missing Ironclad, President Lincoln’s assassination, the North African illness, and the seaborne microbe.

In conjunction with the film’s release next year, 21st Century Toys will have two 12” figures, three 1:18 scale vehicles, and two 1:18 scale figures on toy shelves.

12” Dirk Pit: Featuring a fully possible 12”, 21st Century Toys body, realistic clothing from the film, and a head sculpt of Matthew McConaughey

12” Albert Giordano: Featuring a fully possible 12”, 21st Century Toys body, realistic clothing from the film, and a head sculpt of Steve Zahn

1:18 Dirk Pitt and Albert Giordano figures: fully articulated, 4” tall figures with sculpted facial features from the actual actors

1:18 UH1-C Huey: in scale with the 1:18 figures, this helicopter will feature paint applications to the exact specifications of the helicopter seen in the film

MB Vehicle: in scale with the 1:18 figures, this off-road jeep will be an exact replica of the jeep featured in the film

M-48 Patton Tank: featuring working treads and realistic detailing, this tank will, like the other two vehicles, be in scale with the 1:18 figures and be an exact replica to the tank seen in the film.

Look forward to more news and information on this hit film in the future!

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Oh Boy!!!! looks like WalMart and Toys R Us are getting alot of my hard earned money in the next few months :lol: w:

Way cool! Now how am I going to explain to my 4 and 5 year old kids that the action figures I'm buying are for mommy and not them!? :blink:

Those look like early prototypes, and extremely promising ones at that. The likenesses of the grey head models are absolutely fantastic!. And the Giordino head also looks remarkably well tooled.
Yup, I'm going to be buying toys, it seems.
Thanks for the heads up on this, Captain Nemo! Good stuff! th:

How neat...what will they come up with next?

Maybe a model of the Texas, but I'm not holding my breath. :blink:

A model of Texas would be GREAT!!!

LOL @ Action figures! Where's the profits going? :lol:

Hopfully more funding to be used for finding lost ships. Cussler could get some of the $$$ as well to fund his expeditions. I know he's got his book royalties and all that, but a little extra cash for a rainy day never hurt anyone. Anyway, those action figs look kick a$$. I'd probably buy the tank and helo. A model of the Avions and the land yacht would also be sweet.

BTW: If they did come up with a model of the Texas, It would probably be kinda small 1/350th or 1/100th etc... The bigger the model gets, the more it will hurt your wallet. I cant see people forking out hundreds or even thousands of bucks to buy a model that you couldn't even fit in your room if you had Bob Villa himself enlarge it.

Thats just my 2 cents people


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I saw this and couldn't stop laughing. A model of the Texas would be cool though as long as it was well made.

th: Definetly got to get one! You know what would be really cool? A remote control Calliope!!!!! :P

Anyone heard any update on these action figures? I would have thought with the movie due out in 7-8 weeks that SOMETHING would have been out by now.

Maybe that's not a good sign? Just curious if anyone has heard anything...

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