I agree. For a moment there, I was almost both embarrassed and ashamed to post my recent pics. of my recent pick up of the SS Black Widow PF, the SS red Angel Comiquette and the SS Iceman Comiquette.
I decided to get the Black Widow PF with the black costume recently as I sold the White OG snow costumed PF. I always wanted the black costumed one but procrastinated and felt no urgency because I already "had a Black Widow" in my Avengers line up. So again, there was no real need to jump at the black costumed one. I always knew that I did NOT want the EX as I hated the flat hair line on the long haired version so when I found a fantastic deal on the short haired one, I jumped on it. Then sold my white costumed one and the one paid for the other.
For Angel in my collection with my X-Men line up, I have ALWAYS LOVED both the blue and red Angels comiquettes despite the 1/5th overall scale. When I began to realize that the comiquette matches well with the 1/4 scale line up, ESPECIALLY when elevated to appear as though he is flying, it was a no-brainier for me to try and find one at a reasonable price. People who have had it and were willing to part with it were asking OUTRAGEOUS prices for either blue or red. I LOVE red as it is my favorite color and always preferred the red look. I also realized that any XM Archangel will cost me well over a thousand dollars and so will most custom Archangels and that is not ok with me. And when I was finally able to land a reasonable price for the red Angel, I jumped on it. I could not be happier.
The same holds true for the 1/5th Iceman comiquette. Same concept......I have always liked the piece and have always felt that the sculpt was underrated. Despite it's 1/5th scale, I still feel like on the appropriate riser (that I created for mine), it fits nicely with my 1/4 scale X-Men. I was strategic in my placing him........if yo notice in the pics......I made sure Colossus was on that shelf on purpose because he is MADE TO BE Huge to begin with so it is perfect balance there. Then I made sure to put girls all around him that are petite.......Magik (custom) in front of her brother, Kitty Pryde (custom) phasing so we don't get ALL of her body and Psylocke CROUCHING. So as you can see by that pic., they balance seems a little bit better. Well at least to me.
So I have an OG Daredevil coming soon and am excited about it but was initially afraid that as it is an older piece that people are not going to be supportive, but I again, it has always had my attention and I am excited to get it as it resonates my collecting comic days with Frank Miller.
It has been sitting on there for some time, I would not be surprised if he let it go for 250.
