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Originally Posted by SONICobra
no, this was a very tough pass though. ive loved this since it was revealed but I try to limit myself to male characters only. it seems that would be a slippery slope getting into sideshows female statues
I will say it is much larger in person, but I guess I say that about all of these. the base was a lot bigger than what I thought but looks great, I love the fire effect
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I couldn't pass this one up. I would have loved to get the EX version with Jean Grey portrait and because it at least has pupils in her eyes.
The other statue company first had me interested in a green costume Phoenix statue. The previewed prototype was great. The hair was great, the body & pose was designed by a famous Singapore artist, Stanley Lau, I loved it. But somehow along the way, the company kept making amendments to the face, and it ended up with 3 different faces and wildly different hairstyles that I didn't like at all. Plus it was so expensive.
So, when Sideshow announced Dark Phoenix PF, I had a look at the solicitation pics, wow, fantastic, just wish she had pupils. But it's okay, I'm fine.
Then when the real products were rolled out, the red looked different....okay, I admit, I too would have loved the darker red. But this lighter matte red is not a deal breaker for me.
I've been collecting toys and statues for over 14 years. I've had my fair share of seeing statues being changed in colour and designs at the last minute. Happened all the time whether it was with DC or Marvel properties.
They had a very nice New 52 Supergirl bust, the sculptor showed it on his FB, it was great. But later, DC Collectibles changed it. The sculptor said something like : "Sorry guys, it was DC's decision to change." So, it didn't look so nice to me anymore.
The New 52 Justice League action figures, Jack Matthews did a stellar job sculpting them to look like Jim Lee styled. It was shown at toy conventions. But, the higher ups at DC said no, change it, change the face on Superman and Wonder Woman. Supes ended up with that smirk that I didn't like. Honestly, they no longer looked like JIm Lee's art.
Kotobukiya Fine Art Wolverine Statue. Small issue, but it happened. The shoulder pads were matte blue. Marvel said, nope, make it metallic blue.
Kotobukiya Fine Art Danger Room Cyclops. This one was even weirder. Erick Sosa sculpted Slim with his iconic 90s comics visor, complete with the bevel curves at the underside of the visor. But, strangely, Marvel said "nope," at the last minute again, change it to just flattened & straightened rectangle visors. There's not even any wriggling room as the visor was sculpted to almost looks as if it was so firmly and tightly clamped on the bridge of his nose. It was so bizarre, honestly. I have no idea what the custodians of these characters are doing, and why they order such strange choices for changes for their approval.
Anyhow, personally, I prefer female superheroines and characters. Hence I have a whole lot more female statues in my collection room, and friends always point that out. It's my preference, I enjoy drawing female characters and faces more, it's my favourite subject to draw and paint. I kinda wished I could be like Adam Hughes, paint and draw beautiful women for a living. But that was just my wish. I've stopped painting for a while. Anyhow, slowly, my collection now has more male and robot characters. I think my collection room would look more "balanced" that way. Haha.
