Well there was many factors/opinions on why bowen went downhill. The whole faux bronze ( recasting your own long sold out statues doesnt help make them any more "collectible") The endless variants on the same statues. Popping onto forums and fighting with people...The big price increase in statues that can be had for much less on ebay. Overproducing a statue with little in demand. Rehashing the same sculpts over and over again.....Even with all these factors working against him Bowen is still a great statue producer. He releases a great piece once in awile . Bowen has some big competition now compared to when he started. Especially with sideshow hovering on top of him.