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Posted: 03 May 2016 at 10:35am | IP Logged | 1 post reply

I picked up the Dark Phoenix chess piece, the only one of that set I have bought. Been so long since I acquired one of these, I was surprised by the weight. I guess I was still expecting a pound and a half of lead!

I was also surprised by the degree to which my art was used in the magazine. I suppose that's sort of unavoidable, but I was still surprised. Anyone know who did the cover? Sorta looks like me, but it's not ---- is it?

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It looks like Byrne art; most of the time, Eaglemoss uses clipped art from the archives.
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Posted: 03 May 2016 at 7:12pm | IP Logged | 3 post reply

If you mean this:

That's Phil Jimenez...as you can see on this piece, he does credit "After Byrne (sort of)"

For a long time I've thought of his work as "What if John Byrne and George Perez mated?"
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Phil does a really nice, on model (!!) Alpha Flight, amongst others.  I'm definitely a fan. 
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Eaglemoss have just released the first issue of the Marvel Movie Collection. Larger scale than the Figurine collection and I guess similar scale to the chess pieces.

Like JB I was really surprised by the lack of weight to this. It's about the size of the Galactus or Watcher figure from the Figurine collection but about a third of the weight - if that. That Watcher figure could cause a homicide if you hit someone over the head with it. This one would just bounce off.
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Forgot to say, the new figure got one thing right with regards to the movies - Iron Man has his mask in his hands rather than on his head. Cap doesn't even have a mask!
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Excellent Kraven. Wow!
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June Previews / August Release

#83 - Amazing Spider-Man
#84 - Scorpion
#85 - Spider-Girl
#86 - Black Cat
#87 - Spider-Man 2099

(as always just reporting the news -- ?)


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I do like the Spider-Man. It'd look good next to that original Batman subscriber release from a few years back.  
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Spider-man isn't bad, but the others.... pass.  
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Um ... has anyone actually tried to play chess with these? 
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July Previews / September Release

#88 - Hydro Man
#89 - Spider-Ham
#90 - Spider-Queen
#91 - Prowler



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