Will bowen ever come back to marvel?

[JP Sarri]

Originally Posted by nbr3bagshotrow

Yeah. I guess it comes down to attitude. Do they want to drag it out, getting down to hate, making it nasty or just get it over with.

Ultimately, I'll bet the courts will decide it's a 50/50 thing. She was probably there when the whole business was starting up. She supported his "artistic side" while she put the business together, hired the lawyers, negotiated the contracts, yada yada while Randy did the fun stuff.

A marriage and a business partnership are the same thing. Therefore, mixing daily work with family pleasure can be a real pain.

[Meteor Man]

Originally Posted by kirthew

The only thing I dislike about Koto is that it seems that their DC statues are not limited and they are PVC. If they could do a mixture of resin (polystone) and pvc, that would be perfect. They would feel more solid and I don't think that they would lean as much. I have the Zatanna coming soon and I am afraid it is going to start leaning and just look all deformed.

Well, if that happens then Zatanna's name for her secret identity could be "Ilene".

[Teague]

Wow, thanks to whoever started this thread...I've been out of collecting statues for a while, and wondered why there wasn't any Bowen product coming out these days. It's ironic, for me personally, because the reason that I went from over 200 Bowens (mini busts and FS statues--about 110 statues, and almost 100 mbs) down to a select few was because of my own divorce. Now Randy's going through something similar? I wish him all the best. Tough road.

I hope Randy is able to keep his company (Rocky gets her share, natch), and goes back to making some of the best Marvel stuff out there. Here's hoping.

[CassioSCCP]

Originally Posted by Cougrcrumby

Now this is just my opinion... But I don't think koto has anything on bowen. He is just classic perfection in my mind. The best part about bowen was that he was able to pump outso many different statues in so little time. This was the only way you had a prayer of getting your class D character made. Also, I just do not dig pvc. It's almost like owning a toy. Ok, I get it, these are all toys for us folk in some way or another. Koto is just not able to pump out enough different quality dc statues. Here's to bowen getting back on the horse as soon as possible.

I disagree. Bowen statues to me are boring as hell with their museum looks. At least Kotobukiya put the characters in action positions.

[Sharkey]

Originally Posted by CassioSCCP

I disagree. Bowen statues to me are boring as hell with their museum looks. At least Kotobukiya put the characters in action positions.

I agree museum poses are boring, but Bowen did do action statues as well, so do not broadly dismiss all his work.

[MrYac]

I hate action poses, too many variables that can make them look weird to me.

[CassioSCCP]

Originally Posted by Sharkey

I agree museum poses are boring, but Bowen did do action statues as well, so do not broadly dismiss all his work.

It's not a question of I agree the action poses are better.

But I think Kotobukiya is better in that type of thing.

Compare the Avengers released by both companies and their respective poses.

The Avengers from Kotobukiya reunited are simply amazing as the ones from Bowen seem not to match.

Bowen won when it comes to variety of characters but they fail miserably in choosing the poses.

All their Wolverine for example sucks because they are all standing still and does not transmit movement and aggressiveness.

Their prices are inflated as well. I have pieces from both companies… They are equally in quality and I do not know why Bowen is so much expensive than Kotobukiya.

[CassioSCCP]

Originally Posted by MrYac

I hate action poses, too many variables that can make them look weird to me.

Depends on the collector I guess. To display properly is an art.

[Sharkey]

Originally Posted by MrYac

I hate action poses, too many variables that can make them look weird to me.

Don't make me go put a hard ban on all Buggy related merchandise MrYac

Originally Posted by CassioSCCP

It's not a question of I agree the action poses are better.

But I think Kotobukiya is better in that type of thing.

Compare the Avengers released by both companies and their respective poses.

The Avengers from Kotobukiya reunited are simply amazing as the ones from Bowen seem not to match.

Bowen won when it comes to variety of characters but they fail miserably in choosing the poses.

All their Wolverine for example sucks because they are all standing still and does not transmit movement and aggressiveness.

Their prices are inflated as well. I have pieces from both companies… They are equally in quality and I do not know why Bowen is so much expensive than Kotobukiya.

Eh, the only stuff that really attracted me in Bowen was his great Xmen action stuff, not really a fan of avengers so can't comment on that. I really like most of Koto's xmen too, so I am good on both.

[CassioSCCP]

The classic and original X-Men released by Bowen were amazing. I have it here in my house. They've done goodwork but it could be better... and less expensive.