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John Byrne

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Posted: 19 September 2019 at 6:03am | IP Logged | 1 post reply

Yet I don't recall anyone ever commenting on Lois' blue hair.

Superman's "blue hair" became one of the ways ennui-engorged fanboys could distance themselves from their addiction. "Oh, look! I'm so superior to these silly comics! See how I mock Superman's blue hair!"

feh!

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John Byrne

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Posted: 26 September 2019 at 7:53am | IP Logged | 2 post reply

Another online catalog from Skulls International. This is the site from which I purchased a real human skull a few Xmases back. They're offering more of same, and, like before, labeling each as "One of a Kind".

Errrr........

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Jeffrey Rice
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Posted: 26 September 2019 at 11:32am | IP Logged | 3 post reply

I read that as "Skrulls International" at first. Don't trust those guys!
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Bill Mimbu
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Posted: 01 October 2019 at 12:22pm | IP Logged | 4 post reply

Pricey, but you can now own an articulated replica of the giant Ohmu insect from Hayao Miyazaki's Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind:

HLJ Link

It's certainly large enough to intimidate my S.H. MonsterArts figures...
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Steve De Young
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Posted: 03 October 2019 at 10:28am | IP Logged | 5 post reply

Finally!  FF Pops!


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John Byrne

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Posted: 03 October 2019 at 7:16pm | IP Logged | 6 post reply

Sigh. I managed to restore Kirby’s original version of Galactus’ eyes, but they were immediately colored incorrectly, and that error has been perpetuated ever since.

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Shaun Barry
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Posted: 05 October 2019 at 11:40am | IP Logged | 7 post reply


(I will never understand the ubiquitous, worldwide POPS! phenomenon.  They're cute and all, I suppose, but I just don't get why these things, of all toys or collectibles, have caught fire with diehards and the general public alike.  In some stores, there are full walls of these little guys!  Seriously, what is the appeal???)





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James Woodcock
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Posted: 05 October 2019 at 3:30pm | IP Logged | 8 post reply

Likewise Shaun. I’m even more baffled by the shops that have those walls. Multiply those figures by the individual cost & those walls become ridiculously expensive real estate.
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John Byrne

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Posted: 05 October 2019 at 4:00pm | IP Logged | 9 post reply

POPS, for all their cartooniness, tend to be faithful representations of the classic characters. Look at the Fantastic Four, above. When did we last see THOSE GUYS in the comics?
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James Woodcock
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Posted: 07 October 2019 at 5:42am | IP Logged | 10 post reply

That is a very good point that I had not considered. & may be part of the attraction.
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Shaun Barry
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Posted: 07 October 2019 at 6:41pm | IP Logged | 11 post reply


All well and good, but... those button eyes!  Some have 'em , some don't... some don't have mouths, some do...

Bah.  I just don't get it.  They kind of weird-me out.



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John Byrne

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Posted: 14 October 2019 at 2:37pm | IP Logged | 12 post reply

Picked up the Pops Dark Phoenix and school uniform Cyclops. Both nicely detailed, but Cyke comes without a base, and cannot stand on his own!

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