Dark Horse Deluxe, an imprint of Dark Horse Comics, Inc., has announced a series of limited edition statuettes based on Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts comic strip characters.  The retro style figures are modeled after the 'syroco' sculptures developed during the 1930s and fashioned out of a wood resin material.  Dark Horse has already produced 50 Classic Comic Characters in this style and is currently releasing a series of Kellogg's Cereal 'Mascot' Figures in the same 4-inch to 5-inch vintage 'syroco' format.

The Peanuts series will depict Schultz's characters faithfully, but will also deliberately be somewhat more rough-hewn than most modern sculpts, with features including non-slick surface textures, visible seam lines, and other slightly distressed aspects to retain the vintage feel.  Each hand-numbered statuette comes packaged in a custom-tooled, full color litho-printed tin box, along with a small booklet and a vintage-style pinback button of the character.

The current schedule is: Charlie Brown (September 2006), Lucy (October 2006), Linus (November 2006), Schroeder (December 2006), Pig Pen (January 2007), Peppermint Patty (February 2007), Sally (March 2007), Snoopy (April 2007), Woodstock (May 2007), and Marcie (June 2007).