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Michael Roberts
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Posted: 17 June 2009 at 8:08pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply

Does Bowen not know how to use Google or check comicvine.

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I think he is trying to gauge what his customers would like to see, not
displaying an inability to find reference images.
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Al Burr
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Posted: 18 June 2009 at 12:31am | IP Logged | 2 post reply

JB - If you have a moment, please read Randy Bowen's comments concerning the color of Johnny Blaze's 70s jumpsuit.

http://www.statuemarvels.com/f87/factory-sample-ghost-rider- 3669-5.html

A few of us are having a difference of opinion with Randy over the color. I'd LOVE to hear your opinion! I have a sneaking suspicion, that you are going to side with Randy on this one.

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Al Burr
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PS: One of the main reasons that I'm asking your opinion is because I first encountered Ghost Rider, as drawn by you, in Daredevil (138?) as a kid. I still remember the day I bought it! I honestly think it was the first time that I had ever seen your work & I instantly realized, as a kid, that there was something very different & definitely special about the artwork that I was experiencing.

On another note, Randy has mentioned plans to do bikes for both versions of Ghost Rider. I'm hoping that he will do a third version based on the bike he rode in that DD crossover! What do you think?

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Al Burr
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As promised, below is the factory sample of the Danny Ketch Ghost Rider from Bowen Designs....

 

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Al Burr
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Randy also posted the following tonight & I'll get these pics over here when time permits...

Johnny Blaze Ghost Rider Full-Sized (factory sample) (POST #58)

http://www.statuemarvels.com/f87/factory-sample-ghost-rider- 3669-3.html

Iron Man in his Space & Hydro Armors

http://www.statuemarvels.com/f87/cant-get-enough-iron-man-36 81.html

Danny Ketch Ghost Rider mini bust (POST #97)

http://www.statuemarvels.com/f87/factory-sample-ghost-rider- 3669-5.html

 

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Can someone post a pic of the Johnny Blaze Ghost Rider statue please? (I cannot see certain pics at work.)

Thanks!
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Neil Lindholm
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Here is a question about how companies decide on what character to create. I was looking at the various Battlestar Galactica figures and I noticed that they have pretty much every character, including the minor and secondary ones, but no Boomer. Why would they not make a figure of one of the main characters but make figures of secondary characters from RAZOR, or Dualla (for example)? Why some characters but not all of them?

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Al Burr
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Posted: 18 June 2009 at 9:10am | IP Logged | 8 post reply

Bowen Designs works in progress....

Iron Man - Space Armor & Hydro Armor!

http://www.statuemarvels.com/f87/cant-get-enough-iron-man-36 81.html

I'll be back with pics!

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Posted: 18 June 2009 at 10:04am | IP Logged | 9 post reply

"but no Boomer."

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http://www.diamondselecttoys.com/store/item.asp?ItemNo=81967 &CategoryID=369

 

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Trevor Giberson
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 John Byrne wrote:
Jeez! We're in trouble right out of the gate if his leathers are going to be called a "jumpsuit". Go check with your local chapter of Hell's Angels. Ask them how many wear "jumpsuits".

And then take a look around at how many wear blue leather!

I truly despair when this "debate" flares up again and again. Just one more instance that points to us all wasting our time in comics, as so many "fans" refuse to comprehend even the simplest conceits of the form.

Blaze wears black leather. Anyone who thinks otherwise needs a reality check.*


The civilians are obviously confused.  For example, here are the lyrics for Henry Rollins' song Ghost Rider (from the awesome Crow soundtrack):


 QUOTE:
Ghost Rider motor cycle hero
Ghost Rider motor cycle hero
Baby, baby, baby, baby, he's a blazin' away
Like the stars, stars, stars in the universe, yeah!
Baby, baby, baby, baby, he's lookin' so cute, yeah!
ridin' around in a blue jump suit, yeah!
Baby, baby, baby, baby, he's screamin' the truth!
America is killin' its youth!
cause he is cryin', dyin', chokin', drownin'
Going to jail, going to jail, going to jail
I see him dyin'! Dyin'!! Ohhhhhhh
He's ridin' through town with his head on fire
He's ridin' through town with his head on fire!!
head on burnin' eyes all tired
head on burnin' eyes all tired
Ghost Rider
Ghost Rider!!
keep ridin'
never stop ridin'
don't forget to burn, don't forget to burn
burn....with fire!! with fire, fire, fire, fire, fire!
with fire!!!

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…Iron Man - Space Armor & Hydro Armor!…

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Apparently Stark was hit by the same technological collapse that walloped the STAR TREK universe. Back in the days of the Kree/Skrull War he could fly in space in just his regular armor!

(When I was asked to pencil the fill-in issue that introduced Rhodey, the first thing I had to draw was Stark in a room full of armor variants. I looked up from the script and asked Roger Stern "Which is the one Robin wears when Batman is injured?")

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Well, there you go. Thanks Bill. Still wondering why it took so long to have a Boomer figure though. Four years and this is the first, when they had so many before of the other characters?

I will have to place my order, even though the figure looks nothing like Grace Park.


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