Ah Hulk my fav. Marvel character. So much power. So much rage. Yet just a child on the inside who wants nothing but to be left alone.
I have been waiting to own what I felt like best symbolized the Hulk of my youthful memories but yet still had a contemporary look and feel to him. I once owned the SS PF Hulk and while it was an AWSOME statue, I was just not a big fan of the Kirby look. I was intoduced to the Sal Buscema art in the 70's so that has always been were Hulk's look started in my mind.
So now we have Bowen's Retro Green Hulk. How did he turn out?? Let's See.
Face sculpt -
4.5 out of 5 - Pretty great but not perfect. I like everything about this face sculpt. The expression, the shape, the mouth and jutted out teeth. There is just something a bit off and I think that has more to do with the paint then the sculpt.
Body Sculpt -
5 out of 5 / Pose -
5 out of 5 - Total
5 out of 5 - Now this is what I am talking about. I love this pose. Hulk is just waiting to open a can of whip ass on someone. The hands (always important on a hulk figure), muscle size and shape, and pose are all just top notch. This was one of my biggest issues with the SS PF Hulk. The pose was always slightly off to me. But this sculpt nails it IMO.
With both the face and body sculpt I got what I had been looking for. It had that retro 70's style that I remember while still looking relevent in todays comic world. I could not be happier.
Clothes -
3 out of 5 - The paints are sculpted and look just a tad too comic booky for me. The rest of the sculpt has a very realistic feel to it but the paints are a bit cartoony. Not bad but I would have prefered a more realistic look.
Paint -
3.5 out of 5 - The body paint is Great!!! I wish it was darker like the SS PF Hulk but it still looks good. The face paint could be a tad better. The eye pupils are just black dots and the paint around the hairline could be better. However everything looks great if you are giving it about a foot of space. Only upon close examination do i see these problems
Weapons -
N/A - Do HULKS hands count??
Overall -
4 out of 5 Not an average - This is it. This was the Hulk I have been waiting for. While i can understand the Love for the SS PF Hulk, it just was not the one for me. If this had the size and paint job of the SS Hulk then this would probably be my fav. piece in my collection. I am very happy with it and feel it was worth the price I paid.
