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John Byrne

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Posted: 14 August 2008 at 9:39am | IP Logged | 1 post reply

Latest arrival. Small addition required (the trunks), and if I get to feeling
industrious, I will probably repaint the whole figure to tidy up the lightning
bolts.

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Ryan Maxwell
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Posted: 14 August 2008 at 9:56am | IP Logged | 2 post reply

From the photo, those are the cleanest lines on the bolts that I've seen yet.  Mine should be shipping out today or tomorrow.
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Marc Baptiste
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Posted: 14 August 2008 at 6:17pm | IP Logged | 3 post reply

Can even JB or Ryan fix that monstrosity "Crystal"??  I couldn't type it without the quotes, sorry.
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John Byrne

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Posted: 14 August 2008 at 6:25pm | IP Logged | 4 post reply

"Crystal" needs to be turned into somebody else, and somebody else needs
to be turned into Crystal. There's not a female figure from either the Marvel
or DC side yet, tho, that I'd see as a good starting point for a conversion.
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Ryan Maxwell
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Posted: 14 August 2008 at 8:02pm | IP Logged | 5 post reply

Black Cat has the curves, but the pose is all wrong.
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Brad Teschner
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Posted: 14 August 2008 at 11:25pm | IP Logged | 6 post reply

UPS tracking says my Quicksilver should get here tomorrow (today, actually...I guess after I wake up).  Good call with the trunks, JB!

Regarding figurines that would work for conversion: are there any other lines of figurines out there that are of similar size and/or construction that would work as fodder for customization to super-heroes???
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Brad Teschner
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Posted: 15 August 2008 at 8:50am | IP Logged | 7 post reply

I've long thought this was the inspiration for the Crystal figurine...




though it appears they stopped trying about five minutes into the process.
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Ryan Maxwell
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Posted: 15 August 2008 at 8:59am | IP Logged | 8 post reply

Definitely.  Richard Jackson from Eaglemoss did a Q&A on the figurine forum yesterday.  One of the figures he wants to see redone is a "Kirby" Crystal.  Shame, since it's just been released in the UK.  Seems like something they should have caught and corrected months ago.
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William Watson
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Posted: 15 August 2008 at 9:12am | IP Logged | 9 post reply

"Crystal" looks like a Mary Jane or someone else normal.  Not very heroic.
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John Byrne

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Posted: 15 August 2008 at 9:44am | IP Logged | 10 post reply

From the earliest days, I saw Crystal as cut very much in the Bernadette
Peters mold -- not tall, but nicely rounded.
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Ryan Maxwell
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Posted: 15 August 2008 at 9:49am | IP Logged | 11 post reply

They at least got the height correct.  Fix the hair, give her some boobs, add the missing details and you won't be too far off.


photo by buffduffdan
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Al Cook
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She needs hips, too, Ryan. And a smaller nose.
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