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Don Bohm
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Posted: 01 October 2007 at 6:45pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply

two green and yellow figures in the midst of all those other colors.
Makes the Vision look extra lonesome, out on the end of his row.

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get Iron Fist to keep him company!

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I have Iron Fist. But he was released with a number much lower than the
Vision's, so he is about three feet away.

Perhaps you missed the point of my post?

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 No, just thought I'd say something witty.... sheesh.

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…thought I'd say something witty…

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Okay, go ahead…
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Nah, you wouldn't get it.
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Okay, I confess my interest in the Marvel Collection faded once I had my favorite Avengers and Xmen on my desk ... but THIS, people, is a sign of great excitement to come :

http://www1.marvelcustoms.co.uk/newdc.htm

This Batman looks awesome !!! Great paint job, especially the face, I hope the "mass production" will reach this level.

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Not happy with the version of the Hulk sold in this line (tho I did buy one --
gotta have "Ol' Jade Jaws" ahem), I commissioned a same scale model of
the REAL Hulk. Here's a snap of the work in progress…



Minus base, he's 3.25 inches tall.

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thats the Hulk allright!

very nice piece !

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That's an easy way for Eaglemoss to get even more of my money. Just
produce the same characters all over again, but in a "classic" version.
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JB, when commissioning the classic Hulk figure, did you specifically request five fingers per hand?

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Man that's pretty darn faithful to Kirby's! Very cool!
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That's pretty much the kind of figurines I would have liked Eaglemoss to produce : CLASSIC Marvel Characters, with "the artist's faithful look" !

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my Captain America, Thor, The Thing, ...

but I am very disapointed with

  • the list of characters (Mystique ?! Black Cat !? they don't sound too Classic to me... Not even a Gorgon, an Abomination or an Absorbing Man!)
  • above all, the version of the character (give me back the gorilla-like Beast, the classic Iron Man armor , the former Nova costume, ...).

I just hope Eaglemoss will establish a list of good old DC CLASSIC characters.

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JB, when commissioning the classic Hulk figure, did you specifically request
five fingers per hand?


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Yes. The different number of fingers and toes the Hulk had over his first
couple of years is clearly not a deliberate decision on Kirby's part, but a
result of him churning out so much work over such a short span of time.
Issue to issue, he simply forgot. So, I decided to have the sculpt done with a
full compliment of each set of digits.
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As I suspected. I figured you would have noticed Kirby's (ahem) shorthand on this pinup and advised the sculptor accordingly.

Thanks for the response, JB.

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