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Originally Posted by jedi_don
Of all the Marvel characters, I can't see this one being high on too many people's wishlist. Sometime I wonder what the process is for selecting characters to produce.
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I'm all about the Man Thing, but the choice to re-create this particular cover w/the clown is an odd choice. If there was a ton of Man Thing product out there and a few dozen statues had already been produced, OK, but I'd think in Man Thing's case, just a solo iconic pose would be more well received. I may still buy it as I'm a huge MT fan, and also have the SS and Bowen MT's. So for my personal collection, the clown rendition makes sense. I think I'm one of maybe 5 people that might feel this way though. It's also an odd looking piece to someone who's not familiar with that very obscure particular book (Man Thing #5). People will look at that and think, "what's with the clown?" or "why is he holding a clown?". You'd pretty much need to display it with the book, or the book/record set. And even then it's kinda like "huh?"
EDIT: just noticed this has their usual clear disk base, which doesn't work that well for this piece being that it's a cover re-creation and not a typical museum pose. That may be a deal breaker for me.
I also think the piece is too clean looking. On the comic cover, the clown is dripping w/swamp water. On the statue he's clean and crisp looking. They should have dirtied him up a bit. MT too, he's too pristine looking, like he just got a bath and grooming
