Will You Buy an XM & Legendary Beasts Studios 1:3 Gladiator (Kallark)

[SDguy]

Originally Posted by ZenLogikos

Pereira or Bushi(spelling?)?

I've got the Pereira, but it's still unpainted. I had wanted to get into that myself, but haven't had time.

Pereira. Painted by Kenny Alasandro.

[ZenLogikos]

Originally Posted by SDguy

Pereira. Painted by Kenny Alasandro.

Is yours the one on his instagram?

nvm... I see he did several. Looks perfect. I'm jealous, you can appreciate yours. I keep looking longingly at the two boxes...


Really not a fan of the Bushi.

[SDguy]

Originally Posted by ZenLogikos

Is yours the one on his instagram?

nvm... I see he did several. Looks perfect. I'm jealous, you can appreciate yours. I keep looking longingly at the two boxes...

It's a big piece... I imagine a lot of work (I'm no painter).

[SDguy]

Originally Posted by ZenLogikos

Really not a fan of the Bushi.

No, me either.... it wasn't a difficult decision which one I wanted.

[V4XCollect]

Never heard of character... will be a pass

[SDguy]

Originally Posted by worstgamerever

LBS don't do 1/4 guys. No point adding that to a poll. This is mainly to show that there is interest in 1/3 scale for the character as that is what they do. Personally, I'll take Kallark in 1/4 scale but no one - except LBS - has even indicated they will ever make the character. Except for LBS.

I think it's a shame that there is a hulk statue released every month and a Thor statue released every six weeks and in decades we've only even seen two serious representations of Kallark in full statue form - he is such an important part of the extended X-Men Universe. RisingPhoenix are you listening? Have I flogged it hard enough?

There are two more on the way. One on throne (which I think is only in the black costume version). And one sort of standing/raging.... in both black and blue/red.

[ZenLogikos]

Originally Posted by SDguy

It's a big piece... I imagine a lot of work (I'm no painter).

Yeah, and supposedly a pain in the a$$ to get the head+cape to seat securely.

Originally Posted by SDguy

No, me either.... it wasn't a difficult decision which one I wanted.

Not to crap on fans of it...but it's case-in-point on why I'm vocal about my preferred art direction. That one does everything almost exactly opposite of what I want.

[SDguy]

Originally Posted by ZenLogikos

Yeah, and supposedly a pain in the a$$ to get the head+cape to seat securely.



Not to crap on fans of it...but it's case-in-point on why I'm vocal about my preferred art direction. That one does everything almost exactly opposite of what I want.

On mine the cape and upper body are attached as one piece. the heads are separate of course, as is the small rope that goes in front of his collar.

[ZenLogikos]

Originally Posted by SDguy

On mine the cape and upper body are attached as one piece. the heads are separate of course, as is the small rope that goes in front of his collar.

Yeah, I watched a vid a while back about having to insert pins and attach it that way. Probably the best way.

[generalzodlives]

Originally Posted by worstgamerever

The point is that there are so many other Colossuses, Collossi? statues at so many other scales. If you want to buy Kallark, there's a grand total of two options from the past couple decades. If LBS can make this with a small ES - 150. Even it its US$1500, I think it'll sell out.

Oversaturation of the same characters is the no. 1 killer of this hobby - both pricewise and in terms of excitement. New characters may not be such a bad idea.

I get that people have their favorite characters that don't get the attention of the popular ones. I love Terence Stamp's General Zod, but no companies are making statues of him so I have to go the custom route.

There are easily a couple dozen X-Men characters I can think of off the top of my head that would sell better than Gladiator at 1/3 scale. I'd love to see someone make a statue of him, but I don't see him selling well at any scale larger than 1/4. In terms of his popularity with the general public, it's non-existent. He hasn't been in any tv shows or movies so he's only on the radar of comic book readers. Cool sculpts only go so far attracting sales when you're talking about a $1500-2000 price tag.

Doesn't mean there won't be statues made of him, but I would suspect most companies would go for the easy sales and quick money of X-Men bread and butter characters--especially at 1/3 scale. Gladiator would have to be waaaay down the line if it happens at all.