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John Byrne
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Posted: 23 February 2012 at 11:41am | IP Logged | 1
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Not sure these entirely count in this thread, but my fascination with skulls led to the recent purchase of a couple of new ones.A 2.5 year old… 
…and a 31 week fetus… 
Replicas, of course. The fetus skull is so SMALL!! About the size of my fist. I'm thinking about picking up, also, a chimpanzee fetus, for comparison.
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Flavio Sapha Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: Brazil Posts: 12912
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Posted: 23 February 2012 at 2:27pm | IP Logged | 2
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Creeeeeepy AND coool!
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Ryan Maxwell Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 12994
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Posted: 23 February 2012 at 3:22pm | IP Logged | 3
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As a parent, those weird me out.
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Nathan Greno Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 20 April 2006 Location: United States Posts: 9154
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Posted: 23 February 2012 at 3:35pm | IP Logged | 4
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Amazing how much your skull changes in a few short years... very cool!
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Shaun Barry Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 08 December 2008 Location: United States Posts: 7063
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Posted: 23 February 2012 at 9:35pm | IP Logged | 5
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Oh, dear. The next "Bad Byrne Story" practically writes itself! LOL!!!
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Thom Price Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 23 February 2012 at 9:59pm | IP Logged | 6
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I like that Wonder Woman vs Superman, as near as I can tell. I can't find any decent shots of facial closeups of WW to see how good the sculpt is on her. Nevertheless, while I am mildly tempted, I won't be buying it. I keep my collection very small and selective, with Wonder Woman only related figures.
I was even more tempted by this piece, which is one of the best sculpts of WW I have seen. I even toyed with buying it, and some how removing Batman from the base but I don't think it's a practical idea. At best I figure I'll end up with a piece that is impossibly lopsided; at worse, I would break the whole thing.
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John Byrne
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Posted: 24 February 2012 at 5:54am | IP Logged | 7
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I was even more tempted by this piece, which is one of the best sculpts of WW I have seen.•• I guess thee and me will have to agree to disagree on that one, Thom! I pick up as many Wonder Woman sculpts as I can, since the poor lady is so sadly underrepresented, but I passed on that one. 
Doesn't help that I'm not crazy about the Batman, either!
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Bill Mimbu Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 14 April 2008 Location: United States Posts: 7373
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Posted: 24 February 2012 at 7:28am | IP Logged | 8
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Nice to see the Bishoujo WW in your collection Chief.
Edited by Bill Mimbu on 24 February 2012 at 7:28am
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William Roberge Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 05 July 2006 Location: United States Posts: 11346
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Posted: 24 February 2012 at 7:55am | IP Logged | 9
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Well, It was time for me to pick this one up! I'll add pics when I get it home. 
Edited by William Roberge on 24 February 2012 at 7:56am
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John Byrne
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Posted: 24 February 2012 at 8:02am | IP Logged | 10
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I mentioned upthread, I think, that even tho I had the "bust" I decided to pick up the Terrax statuette.It's kind of an odd experience, when I see Terrax in any form. He was one of the first character designs I did for Marvel (so there's that whole My-Character-is-as-"real"-as-one-created-by-Stan-and-Jack weirdness), and I often wonder what he would look like if I were designing him today. Contrary to what most people seem to think, Terrax was NOT my attempt to design a "Kirby character". I was very much influenced by John Buscema's designs when I doodled up Mr. T.
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John Byrne
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Posted: 24 February 2012 at 8:03am | IP Logged | 11
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Nice to see the Bishoujo WW in your collection Chief. •• Well, those sculpts are just so gosh-darned CUTE!!
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William Roberge Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 24 February 2012 at 8:11am | IP Logged | 12
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I just googled Terrax, and found that the "look" of the character has not change much from when you originally introduced it. To me that says allot about it being a great design.
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