WadiumArcadium
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It was the first I'd heard of it too and I follow SW news pretty closely.
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COMICS!!! |OT| May 2017 - Every Empire Falls
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It was the first I'd heard of it too and I follow SW news pretty closely.
tkscz
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Just finished Batman Beyond #8 and Infamous Ironman #8 and both were surprisingly good. Surprisingly mostly because I didn't expect neither of their endings. Jumping into DeathStroke #19 now and JLA #7 after that. Thinking about buying Scarlet Spider, but not sure if it's any good.
What you are saying is that I am ahead of the game.
BrightLightLava
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Ahhh. I thought this was a "Europe gets superhero movies before the US does" sort of thing.
WW is coming two weeks later -,-
It was in the solicitations and everything lol. It's weird how nobody is talking about it.
It's almost like it has very little reason to exist
Freezasaurus
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Spoiler: No one gives a fuck about droids.
I care a lot about R2D2 and C3PO.
Freezasaurus
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No you don't. You only think you do.
Eh, I guess with Mascot Droids you are not talking about C3PO, R2D2 and BB-8?
Freezasaurus
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I love how Sideshow's Premium Format BB-8 is $300 and 9". Get fucked, Sideshow.
WadiumArcadium
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Lies. I even like 3PO.
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Just finished the last Afterlife With Archie issue for now. What a great series, it's a shame each issue takes forever to come out. I want MOAR.
Yep them
I'm biased though all the droids are like are the evil and snarky droids like HK and K2 and the ecil R2 and 3po
New? He's been there since the run started.
Also, plz have Singy and Klara just because.
We got held up and just made it. Stuck in the 2nd row but at least the seats recline!
So I been reading through Birth of Venom, and I wondered about something. So after Spidey eventually finds out that the black suit is alive, and soon was able to be separated from it, he apparently got a cloth version of the suit that he wears till after dealing with Venom for the first time?
Also gotta love this image.
Also gotta love this image.
Freezasaurus
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Singularity is in the same place as Tempus. We will never see either of them again.
Freezasaurus
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Don't you wish you collected figures in 2013 so you could have grabbed Kotobukiya's Fine Art Venom?
It's an Erick Sosa sculpt, too. :O
Tyrant Rave
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I'm curious on Scarlet Spider too. First issue was meh, and the preview didn't look like a huge improvement. Ended up skipping for now.
She is a cosmic entity maybe we will be lucky and Ewing will pick her up Carol is in Ultimates for an excuse
Ha ha maybe?
That did caught my eye, but course that thing is like beyond expensive now or whatever.Oh hey, I might get Artfx+ Peter today.
Freezasaurus
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Ha ha maybe?
There's one on ebay for a mere $725.
That is nice!
Well, I only picked up Secret Warriors, Venom and Doom
Venom- Hmmmm, I'm kinda interested where they go especially now that things have drastically changed and if you're wondering about how Flash lost the suit.
Yeaaahhhh. Prepare for a dud.
Secret Warriors - It's Vacation (the good one) but with Nazis, Inhumans and a Dinosaur!
Venom- Hmmmm, I'm kinda interested where they go especially now that things have drastically changed and if you're wondering about how Flash lost the suit.
Yeaaahhhh. Prepare for a dud.
Secret Warriors - It's Vacation (the good one) but with Nazis, Inhumans and a Dinosaur!
Donniewahlberg
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LaunchpadMcQ
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I need Messi to weigh in on (Suicide Squad #17-18 spoiler)
Harley x Flag
Thanks I'll check them out
Donniewahlberg
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If it strengthens the case, I hadn't read a GL book since during Johns original run, never really took to the characters or the concept beyond that but I bought both vol 1s of the Rebirth stuff lately and had a good time!
Freezasaurus
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Apparently Erick Sosa has a new semi-exclusive deal with Kotobukiya to sculpt 6 release per year! :O
I have no idea why I wrote new lol
Y'all.
Just finished reading Genius Isolated, about mister Alex Toth. Goddamn. I already had Genius illustrated, assuming his best shit was in there. But his earlier shit is also goddamn superb, stupid would be schlocky shit. If I would have found Toth versus what I did find 5 years ago, I think I would draw way different than I do now. Samnee, Doc Shaner, Mazuchelli, David Aja, Allred, everyone who draws with a little more simple pep to their step, gets it from him.
Just finished reading Genius Isolated, about mister Alex Toth. Goddamn. I already had Genius illustrated, assuming his best shit was in there. But his earlier shit is also goddamn superb, stupid would be schlocky shit. If I would have found Toth versus what I did find 5 years ago, I think I would draw way different than I do now. Samnee, Doc Shaner, Mazuchelli, David Aja, Allred, everyone who draws with a little more simple pep to their step, gets it from him.
Donniewahlberg
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I'm honestly totally ignorant to Toth, too ignorant, but I know Toth's name is always up there with Kirby's when describing or commenting on Mignola's work and influences, and for that I am deeply grateful.
IrishNinja
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damn, that's cool - even if that line's never cheap, haha
good buddy of mine decided to sell his marvel randy bowen statues recently, i scooped up Cap, DD & Moony with a bust of classic Fury!
wow, i was already interested in dude but now even moreso
related: i wish that leatherbound version of The Art of Hellboy (the one that looks like the library editions of the series) was cheaper
IrishNinja
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...damn, i thought the black suit bowen one was sharp, but that's the best spidey statue/thing ive seen there
Tragicomedy
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I sat down at Barnes and Noble today and read through the first two issues of the Red Hood trade. Ummmmm, it's surprisingly decent? Not the trash I expected. I might catch up on it soon.
I also browsed through Titans, but I can't. I have zero interest in anyone other than Nightwing. Send Wally back to Speedforce/Manhattan prison, IMO.
I also browsed through Titans, but I can't. I have zero interest in anyone other than Nightwing. Send Wally back to Speedforce/Manhattan prison, IMO.
It is definitely a very nice small Spider-Man figure. The sculpt in particular is really really good.
My favorite that I seen is probably the recent 1/4 Spider-Man figure from Sideshow.
Freezasaurus
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$300 definitely isn't cheap, but considering Sideshow and Prime 1 now approaching $600-$1000 per piece, I can see 1/6 scale statues making a big comeback in the future. Prices of 1/4 and 1/3 scale pieces are out of control. If I really like something, $250-$300 is much easier to digest than $550. I did pre-order the Wonder Woman movie Premium Format because if I collect anything in a way that somewhat approaches Messi's Harley obsession, it's Wonder Woman statues. She is my spirit animal.
That one is only 1/10 scale, so it's pretty small. But Kotobukiya is probably hands-down my favorite figure/statue manufacturer. They put out high-quality figures for pretty fair prices.
Man, if these were still the days when a Premium Format would go for $300, I'd be buying them regularly.
Mignola's work after the first few trades of Hellboy, for sure. It reeks of it, and it's wonderful.
Tyrant Rave
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I'm completely ignorant to Toth too. That post, and especially the list of artists, has me interested though.
Freezasaurus
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That Shirtless Bear Fighter preview.... a naked guy German suplexes a bear. XD
Good Smile Company got the spotlight from me in the last couple years, but now I moved on to mostly Kotobukiya.XD I haven't planned on getting that many figures this year, but I probably be obtaining 3 from Kotobukiya (Bishoujo Squirrel Girl, Artfx+ Peter Parker that I got now, and maybe Artfx+ Venom). Think it might help that this company probably has quite a bit more presence at US retailers, and yeah their prices seem pretty good, especially the Bishoujo line.
Through I can see how wonderfully displayed bigger figures can be, I definitely still prefer smaller scales for being cheaper and more room to display and pose. Not sure if I would even dip in 1/6th much for the time being, let alone at 1/4 or beyond heh.
Freeza promised me this one n̶e̶v̶e̶r̶ soon.
EDIT: better pic
Roland_Gunner
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My awesome library had a copy of this. Its superbly well put together. The story about Toth showing someone how to draw a head starting with the inner circle of the ear still sticks with me. Anyone interested in the history of comics should check it out.
Might have been worked on since, but I noticed some impressions commenting that the build quality for much of that was really bad.
This is what I heard too. Might as well do some research on this.
Freezasaurus
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My bishoujo Squirrel Girl shipped a few days ago, so hopefully I'll get her soon.
As for 1/6; it's probably my favorite scale, but it just happens that there's way more variety in 1/8 and 1/7 right now.
Edit: lmao, this is now StatueGAF. XD
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