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Chad Carter
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| Posted: 23 October 2008 at 4:53pm | IP Logged | 1
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I love the Kirby Superman. The Kirby Superman figure calls to me more than any of the others in the line.
The squared-off stuff with Kirby is a signature of Kirby, distinct as the way he signed his work. I won't blame anyone for trying to reproduce Kirby.
What about a panel or cover reproduction of Kirby? Whatever they're called. Not just a figure by itself in the "real" world, but a Kirby-esque figure surrounded by Kirby tech and other Kirby characters.
I think when you have a figure molded from Kirby and you set it on a desk, it looks out of place. In the Kirby landscape, it'll be more faithful to the feel of the art, maybe.
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Alex Prewitt
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| Posted: 23 October 2008 at 5:42pm | IP Logged | 2
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JB--I agree with your point about the Superman sculpt missing some finer points. What would you do to the sculpt to fix it?
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 23 October 2008 at 5:46pm | IP Logged | 3
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Scrap it and start from scratch.
Meanwhile, added another Black&White Batman figure to the collection…
(The one at image center.)
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Brian Miller
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Looks like a Michael Turner drawing.
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Charles Jensen
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| Posted: 24 October 2008 at 4:28am | IP Logged | 5
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To me, it seems like the sculptors that are trying to capture Kirby's style in sculpts are doing a caricature. It seems like they don't understand the beauty of Kirby's art. It's like an American butchering someone's foreign language, everything is lost in translation. It seems like the sculptors trying to mimic them are completely unfamiliar with the comic artists work, be it Kirby or Byrne etc etc.
Edited by Charles Jensen on 24 October 2008 at 4:30am
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Joe Zhang
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| Posted: 24 October 2008 at 7:00am | IP Logged | 6
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My guess is that DCD wants to have it both ways. They want fans of (insert artist name) to buy it, and they want those who don't care for (insert artist name) to buy it too. So the figures are made to look like something neither group can quite identify or reject.
That, or the sculptors don't know what they're supposed to do.
Edited by Joe Zhang on 24 October 2008 at 7:01am
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Marc Baptiste
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| Posted: 24 October 2008 at 6:43pm | IP Logged | 7
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Hey everyone,
I receieved a very welcome (it's been a bad week, what can I say) package when I got home: 3 WOMEN OF THE DC UNIVERSE busts:
Wonder Woman
Cheetah (brilliant!)
Wonder Girl
I was wondering... they were packed well, the Cheetah and Wonder Girl are perfect; however, on the Wonder Woman bust the Diana Prince glasses she holds in her right hand are a little weird. They are loose in her hands and feel like they aren't part of the porcelain bust -- they seem as if they are made of some kind of very fragile, soft plastic (dare I say they are almost paperish?).
If anyone who also purchased this statue wouldn't mind taking a peek at their Wonder Woman for me and let me know if you notice anything like this, I would appreciate it. Should I try to return it?
Thank you!
Edited by Marc Baptiste on 25 October 2008 at 8:22am
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 25 October 2008 at 5:08am | IP Logged | 8
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…Wonder Girl (is) perfect…
••
I sure hope you mean Donna Troy!
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Marc Baptiste
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| Posted: 25 October 2008 at 8:17am | IP Logged | 9
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Sorry, JB. I should have been clearer, Cheetah and "Wonder Girl" arrived in perfect CONDITION. (smile)
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 25 October 2008 at 8:22am | IP Logged | 10
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I still hope you mean Donna, and not what they have done to Cassie.
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Marc Baptiste
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| Posted: 25 October 2008 at 2:21pm | IP Logged | 11
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JB,
I am SO, SO, SO sorry... (hangs my head in shame). I went a little crazy when I saw how nice the Batgirl bust was.
(P.S., I still hope some of you can take a peek at the glasses on the Wonder Woman bust for me sometime this weekend... thanks, again!)
Edited by Marc Baptiste on 25 October 2008 at 2:22pm
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John Lee
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| Posted: 25 October 2008 at 10:51pm | IP Logged | 12
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I don't believe that anyone has posted a picture of the Human Torch yet, so here's his Mugg version with The Thing.
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