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Ryan Maxwell
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Posted: 24 January 2011 at 10:03pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply

Thanks, Al, I voted.  Not that it'll do me any good, but you never know.
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I don't collect anything Wonder Woman, but if I did, I'd get that statue.  Beautiful face.
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Posted: 24 January 2011 at 10:39pm | IP Logged | 3 post reply

Unfortunately, I've already have the Bishoujo Wonder Woman on order, but that is a really nice version of her (I like the belt on this one better than the "belly-button" one on the Kotobukiya version)
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Posted: 26 January 2011 at 8:51am | IP Logged | 4 post reply

HLJ has put both the Bishoujo Supergirl and Invisible Woman up for pre-order [Link]

These are getting really pricey due to the yen / dollar exchange sucking right now...  Might be better to wait until they're available from the States-side shops.

Hmm.  Last year's Bishoujo's were 1/8 scale, and this year's are 1/7...

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Posted: 26 January 2011 at 10:35am | IP Logged | 5 post reply

Hmm. Last year's Bishoujo's were 1/8 scale, and this year's are 1/7...

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Something I call "The AURORA Effect". When I was a kid, I collected the Aurora monster models. Toward the end of the series, the bases started getting more and more elaborate -- and the figures got smaller and smaller. I used to assume it was because they had a set amount of plastic they were allowed to use on each kit.

Bishoujo bases are MUCH more elaborate lately, than the simple geometric forms they started out with (and which I much preferred).

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Posted: 26 January 2011 at 12:19pm | IP Logged | 6 post reply

Coming from Sideshow, the Red Skull Legendary Scale Bust.



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Posted: 26 January 2011 at 12:21pm | IP Logged | 7 post reply

Almost. . . almost. . .
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Brad Krawchuk
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Posted: 26 January 2011 at 12:50pm | IP Logged | 8 post reply

That bust would make a decent anti-smoking ad. 
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Received my Iron Man Mark IV figure from Hot Toys.

Awesome!!!!!

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Posted: 26 January 2011 at 8:09pm | IP Logged | 10 post reply

 

where can you get those pieces at?

http://www.dccomics.com/dcdirect/

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Chris Cottrill
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Posted: 26 January 2011 at 8:32pm | IP Logged | 11 post reply

Too bad that Red Skull isn't in an SS uniform.The Red Skull
in my mind will always be Hitler's right-hand and enforcer.
Otherwise,I'd buy one for my shelf.
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Posted: 27 January 2011 at 5:35am | IP Logged | 12 post reply

Too bad that Red Skull isn't in an SS uniform.

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It's worth noting that the SS style uniform is a fairly recent addition. Kirby usually drew the Skull in a one-piece jumpsuit with a big swastika on the chest, or in a lounging robe with cravat, as seen in this sculpt.

When Roger Stern and I were doing Captain America we planned to put the Skull into an SS style uniform, and our decision was considered quite "controversial", since it was a radical departure from his usual wardrobe.

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