With XM doing such a fantastic job representing Spider-man's rogues gallery, I wanted to check the enthusiasm for a Shocker statue adding to the excellent line-up XM is already working on.
I asked this question in the Q&A thread:
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Originally Posted by Khufu
Bryan,
Loving the Spider-man line so far... Lizard is my favorite statue of the moment. Any plans to make Shocker or Morbius? Really exited for a Shocker statue to complete my villain line-up! And maybe you can follow-up Morbius with a Blade statue (hint hint nudge nudge wink wink).
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Bryan is unsure if Shocker has enough interest to warrant a statue:
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Originally Posted by shorudan
Yes Lizard's sleeper hit status caught us by surprise as well. We've had a huge list of upcoming characters to run through... but sadly no Shocker or Morbius (but someone similar to Morbius). I think Shocker may have too little fan base for us to commercially pull it off?
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I can understand Bryan's point. However, in the XM Electro thread, several folks indicated a strong interest in Shocker, and I think a lot of the Spidey collectors do consider Shocker to be in that main conversation of Spider-man villains. Maybe not Doc Octopus, Green Goblin or Venom level, but easily on the same level as Kraven or Scorpion or Rhino (a bust AND statue?!?).
In addition, Shocker is making an appearance in this summer's Spider-man Homecoming blockbuster!
So, I'm hoping we can convince Bryan that a 500 ES Shocker would be an easy sell. I know there are other villains that we want too like Morbius, Hobgoblin, etc...., and feel free to add those comments here as well. Maybe Bryan/XM will see all those comments as well and we'll get everything on our wishlist!
So, vote for Shocker!!! And here are some sample pics for reference...
Probably his most iconic power pose:
Cover image:
Homecoming Costume & Modern Alternatives:
Personally, I love the OG look. I'd love to have a version like this (minus the headphones lol) with him standing on pavement or the middle of a road.
He'd have swap out alternate arms: a set pointing at the ground in front of him. The road would be getting blown up - think like Sideshow's Red/Green/Grey Hulk Comiquettes. Maybe swap out fists: one with just fists and one with some kind of blast waves like below.
The other set of arms can be drawn back like a punching motion maybe like PCS Mortal Kombat Ninjas but with the fist pointing at the same spot on the ground. Then you can swap fists/arms interchangeably.