Popular Post miraclemet Posted October 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 30, 2020 Just added this Hal Jordan Green Lantern from the DC Designer line. The Designer line seems great to me. Right size (i like 12"-14"), great prices and sculpts are more hit than miss. ADAMANTIUM, ThothAmon, piper and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wombat Posted November 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 2, 2020 LCS was having a 50% off sale and I couldn't resist. The Man Without Beer, ADAMANTIUM, Waylander and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miraclemet Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 (edited) Other than the Alex Ross Superman Forever statue is there a GOOD 12" (ish) Superman statue out there, cause I cant find one? Every sculpt I see either has a weird head, or an off face...Am I missing one? Edited November 3, 2020 by miraclemet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F For Fake Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 On 10/30/2020 at 3:26 PM, miraclemet said: Just added this Hal Jordan Green Lantern from the DC Designer line. The Designer line seems great to me. Right size (i like 12"-14"), great prices and sculpts are more hit than miss. That looks nice! It seems like the drive with statues nowadays is to go bigger bigger bigger. Sideshow did Premium Format, then XM Studios came along, Prime I Studios, all of that stuff. There should still be a market for pieces in this size range, like what Bowen gave us for so many years. I like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wombat Posted November 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 13, 2020 Picked this up from ebay. I had no idea they made a black version of this. ADAMANTIUM, Waylander, ThothAmon and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iconic1s Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 (edited) Just received the Hot Toys Iron Man Gauntlet today. $377.00 for a piece of plastic junk! Will probably be returning this thing. I have the Thanos Gauntlet which is pretty awesome and incorrectly assumed this would be of equal quality. First, when I picked up the box it was so light I thought it was empty. The reason is because this thing is pure plastic junk! I haven’t wasted this much money since I bought a Roomba! It displays well enough but feels super cheap. Really disappointed in this one... I’d say it’s about an $80 - $100 novelty vice a $377 ‘collectible.’ I checked Sideshow’s site just now and noticed (too late) that they left out what this was made of and I incorrectly assumed it would be poly stone like it’s Thanos counterpart. Boy was I wrong! Don’t waste your money on this one! Spoiler P.S. I ended up returning it. Just too junky feeling to keep... especially for $377.00!! Also, forgot to mention the base was even worse than the gauntlet as far as cheap plastic goes! Edited November 18, 2020 by Iconic1s Added P.S. Brandon Shepherd, onlyweaknesskryptonite and ADAMANTIUM 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearmint Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 On 11/3/2020 at 8:30 AM, miraclemet said: Other than the Alex Ross Superman Forever statue is there a GOOD 12" (ish) Superman statue out there, cause I cant find one? Every sculpt I see either has a weird head, or an off face...Am I missing one? I like this one... Iconic1s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze johnny Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 On 11/3/2020 at 11:30 AM, miraclemet said: Other than the Alex Ross Superman Forever statue is there a GOOD 12" (ish) Superman statue out there, cause I cant find one? Every sculpt I see either has a weird head, or an off face...Am I missing one? Interestingly, the “iconic” Superman statue very much depends on what Superman artist or era you prefer? The Superman “Cover” statues by DC Direct (as it was called back then) are cool and capture the artwork of Siegel, Boring, and Burnley (and Gil Kane but I didn’t include a photo). Pulled a these photos off the internet since I’ve never taken photos of mine: Then there’s Bowen’s statue. I prefer the mini-version because the cape is also cold cast porcelain (unlike the larger version that Seinfeld had on display in his apartment). There’s also a great recreation of the Curt Swan Superman which is a favorite of mine: Jim Lee’s art: The “Superman versus” statues are also cool. My favorite is Supes v. Darkseid: Then there’s the great stuff by Sideshow! All Super! Best, John F For Fake and Iconic1s 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-man Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Rearranged a few statues to fit in the Green Arrow. Also a close up of the (IMO) the best Vampirella piece. Waylander, Poekaymon and piper 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 5 minutes ago, g-man said: Rearranged a few statues to fit in the Green Arrow. Also a close up of the (IMO) the best Vampirella piece. Lovely statues! Can we get a closeup of Zatanna? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-man Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 15 minutes ago, piper said: Lovely statues! Can we get a closeup of Zatanna? piper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-man Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 also a few more.... MultiSig Mike, Poekaymon and Waylander 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 1 hour ago, g-man said: also a few more.... Thanks. I’ve been thinking about buying my first statue and keep being drawn to that particular WW. I see several on eBay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poekaymon Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Just preordered this after substantial deliberation: https://www.sideshow.com/collectibles/dc-comics-batman-the-dark-knight-returns-iron-studios-906716 Not totally in love with this one--hope the belt doesn't end up being that yellow, but been wanting a Miller Batman for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miraclemet Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 20 hours ago, Poekaymon said: Just preordered this after substantial deliberation: https://www.sideshow.com/collectibles/dc-comics-batman-the-dark-knight-returns-iron-studios-906716 Not totally in love with this one--hope the belt doesn't end up being that yellow, but been wanting a Miller Batman for a while. I cant not stare at the spike nipples. Poekaymon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThothAmon Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Here’s a few I’ve had a long time. Love the balance of the Spidey statue. A French company made it if memory serves. Supes is a mini Bowen. Waylander and F For Fake 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze johnny Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 3 hours ago, ThothAmon said: Here’s a few I’ve had a long time. Love the balance of the Spidey statue. A French company made it if memory serves. Supes is a mini Bowen. Great stuff! The Seinfeld Supes Bowen mini-statue is special because it’s all porcelain unlike the larger version with the plastic cape. The thing to remember about the DC Direct stuff is that they were made from cold-cast porcelain unlike resins used by others. DC Direct statues were also hand painted while other companies like Bowen’s were machine painted. Love the Bowens and Randy’s sculpts are still the standard for more affordable primary market non-mixed media statues. You got a lot more back in the day for less money. ThothAmon and eastbayrudy 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThothAmon Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 I call these two ebony and ivory. Pretty sure the unpainted one went unfinished because of the base damage. One of Bowen’s first. BitterOldMan and badback83 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitterOldMan Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 28 minutes ago, ThothAmon said: I call these two ebony and ivory. Pretty sure the unpainted one went unfinished because of the base damage. One of Bowen’s first. The unpainted statue is very cool. I have two of the resin ones, with one unopened. I also purchased one of the bronze statues directly from Bob Chapman of Graphitti Designs. Bob is the official tshirt vendor for SDCC. When I asked Bob, why no more Doc Savage collectibles? Bob sadly replied that they were not selling well. ThothAmon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThothAmon Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 16 minutes ago, BitterOldMan said: The unpainted statue is very cool. I have two of the resin ones, with one unopened. I also purchased one of the bronze statues directly from Bob Chapman of Graphitti Designs. Bob is the official tshirt vendor for SDCC. When I asked Bob, why no more Doc Savage collectibles? Bob sadly replied that they were not selling well. That’s a keeper. I’d sure love one of those someday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...