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Bill Mimbu
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| Posted: 27 October 2008 at 9:31pm | IP Logged | 1
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JB wrote:
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It was all about arrogance. The first thing AOL did when it bought
TimeWarner was shut down the stores and Warner Books. One shops and
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I always wondered why they closed those stores so suddenly. I now miss them even more... Not only for the wonderful merchandise inside, but also for the themed storefront statues outside, like the Las Vegas store formerly located in the Caesar's Palace Forum Shops:
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John Byrne
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I wonder what happened to all those fittings!
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Philippe Negrin
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| Posted: 28 October 2008 at 3:12am | IP Logged | 3
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Nice collection William, the two custom made figurines in the foreground look particularly good too !
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Cliff Richard
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| Posted: 28 October 2008 at 5:09pm | IP Logged | 4
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This WILD CHILD kit is available now.
$65 to USA, $70 to Canada and $89 to international (prices INCLUDE shipping)
email: Ramsey at info@devilsownresin.com
The kits are unpainted, but he may have contacts for affordable painters if you're interested:
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Bill Mimbu
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For Japanese giant-monster fans, a 20" tall R/C 1974 Mecha-Godzilla that does just about everything (except fly and shoot things):
Edited to add better link:
http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2008/07/05/bandai-unveils -new-radio-controlled-mechagodzilla-1974/
http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN955034
An article in the latest G-Fan magazine had some better views of it (the controller is designed to look like the prop panel that operated MG in the 1974 movie).
Edited by Bill Mimbu on 30 October 2008 at 11:34am
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 31 October 2008 at 12:42pm | IP Logged | 6
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Bowen's Bucky (looking somewhat diminutive} joins my Captain America
collection. Normally I don't like the armless busts, but at least this one
follows the lines of the costume, and doesn't have stumps!
And the addition of Bowen's green Hulk bust pretty much completes this
corner of the display.
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Marc Baptiste
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| Posted: 31 October 2008 at 2:03pm | IP Logged | 7
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JB,
Thank you! I don't like armless busts either! I have always wondered if the makers of these things even know that these ancient busts (in this context, meaning those with more than just necks; that include torsos as most comic busts do) that they are emulating were never originally designed or sculpted armless! That the "armless" bust is simply all that is left after the arms broke off over the centuries and millennia.
Edited by Marc Baptiste on 01 November 2008 at 7:55am
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Thom Price
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Unless they stop at the shoulders, I find nearly all busts to be vaguely creepy. The armless ones are the worst, but the ones that stop at the waist always look to me like they were severed mid-section. The 3/4 busts (such as the Women of the DC Universe line) look better to my eye, but usually leave me thinking God, just finish the damn legs.
(The Phantom Lady bust, where she's emerging from the rocket, is probably my favorite because it makes sense that her legs wouldn't be seen.)
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Bill Brown
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The Jim Maddox / Bowen Designs - Kitty Pride is a fantastic bust.
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It is nice, the posture and designs work perfectly. I'm just a little unsure about the likeness. I hardly recognize my Kitty...
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John Byrne
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It's a pretty fair likeness of my Kitty, allowing for different artistic styles
and this being 3D and therefore much more realistic than my 30 year old
drawings.
Now if I could just figure out how to detach the %#^%ing dragon. . .
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Bill Brown
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Boil the bust in hot water for a couple minutes -- it will loosen the glue and should leave the paint mostly untouched. It'll leave residue from the glue on her shoulder, you may want to consider a complete strip back and a repaint or you may get lucky and be able to touch up just the shoulder/hair.
If the base is a separate piece, only put the dragon in the boiling water (wear gloves so you can hold the statue over the pot).
I did this boiling thing to Frankie Raye to get her hair off so I could repaint the bust in gold chrome.
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