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Originally Posted by Madame_Siryn
I figured as much! When I see this statue, it does remind me of the story, Masque of the Red Death.
It brings me back to high school days when my sophomore English teacher was such a big fan of Edgar Allan Poe's work. I love his work as well.  |
Yeah, that story was the 1st thing I thought of, too, from back in the school days.
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Originally Posted by Bullseye
While these look interesting I've no interest. I'm amazed SS put resources into these lines while falling behind on other more established licensed lines. Poor showing so far for DC and basically repeat characters for Marvel.
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Originally Posted by Bullseye
The point is even on established lines they have repeated
Red Skull
Captain America
Doom
While no sign of other A listed characters like Jean Grey and Daredevil. So while these new lines are indeed new and refreshing their existing lines are becoming old and stale.
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First, outside of Bats, Supes, WW, Hulk, Spidey and possibly Cap and Iron Man since their movies, anyone else is B list at best (IMO
). Daredevil can get B but I'd put Jean, as much as she's in my top 5 favorite X-Men, at C.
But I wouldn't say the other lines are getting stale. I started collecting in early 2011. I was able to get decent deals on older stuff but I missed a lot. There will always be someone like me to buy a newer version. I have Punisher Ex on PO. I'm definitely getting the new Cap. And although I managed to get a Spidey Com Ex and Wolverine PF, when SS decides to redo them I'll be more than interested.
DC is still young in its license. There was a time when Marvel PFs were released maybe 3 or 4 per year...give DC time.
There needs to be a good mix to reach the most amount of fans, not just the fans who don't want repeats. That includes original sculpts for those who just value interesting statues, like The Dead, new characters, like Apocalypse and some Hobbit PFs are rumored, and characters already released that people love, which is why there'll be a bunch of Caps, Spideys, Captain Jacks and various Skywalkers while other characters have to wait a while longer.
Plus we're dealing with artists. There's a money and marketing side to it, but with art there's also passion and inspiration. An artist will work on what they feel like working on when they feel like working on it. In the Mara Jade preview they said they regularly start projects, stop them, and resume later when they feel it's right. I suppose we'll get a DD and Magneto when they feel like doing it.
