I don't usually write about toys, or commercial products, but I couldn't resist this one. If I was a young lad I would be saving my pocket money to buy a set of micro-deadlies. The long awaited range of 'deadly' toys was recently revealed at this years London toy fair, and the most popular are set to be the micro-figures or 'micro-deadlies'. Along with a mini-Steve there's 25 to collect including a wolf, king cobra and polar bear.
As Steve says "The giant Pacific octopus is really cool and it’s an animal that’s really special to me because I had a particularly tough time trying to find it in the wild, on the show. It took 5 days of scuba diving – 3 or 4 times a day in absolutely freezing waters. It wasn’t until the very last dive that we found this giant octopus, which was about 9-10 feet in arm span. It came out and was physically playing with me on the seabed. And, you know, the Micro-deadly version looks great! I just think it looks like some ancient sea monster!"
What's more, these micro-deadlies come in separate parts, so you can create your own deadly beasts by switching heads, legs or arms from one animal to the body of another.
Move over Barbie, there's also a set of fully articulated, 10-inch Steve Backshall action figures including desert Steve, jungle Steve and arctic Steve!
Steve and his micro-deadlies Photos by Paul Nomad
Move over Barbie it's Deadly Amazon Steve!
