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John Byrne
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And that right there is the biggest Galactus fan on the planet!
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 16 July 2021 at 1:38pm | IP Logged | 2
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Not strictly toy related, but this thread sent me Googling Galactus. [Dr. Smith voice] Oh, the pain. The pain. Short and sweet, to anyone and everyone (especially writer): Galactus is NOT a villain. He is NOT evil. He does NOT need to be “punished”.* If you can’t wrap your brains around that, stay as far away from the character as humanly possible. ______________ * Tho good stories can be generated around characters who think he does!
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James Woodcock
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I saw the preview of the foot, thought oh wow, could I hope?
& then saw the reveal & thought ‘Well, @ least I don’t have to sell any
comics to get this’.
Such a disappointment, I’ll stick with my old BAF one.
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James Woodcock
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Here’s a bit of irony - they say in the publicity material that there are a
few bit they knew they had to absolutely nail - the headpiece being one
of them.
Pity they didn’t nail that then isn’t it.
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Scott Adsit
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The Galactus statue is nicely detailed, but there's too much struggle in his face. And he has a body proportioned like Steve Rogers. Shouldn't he be thicker? Weightier?
Edited by Scott Adsit on 16 July 2021 at 5:12pm
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John Young
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the new Galactus Action figure ! LINK
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John Byrne
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Er………
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Matthew Chartrand
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Is that what Galactus looks like now? whose art is that based on?
A pass for me too.
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John Byrne
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Seems hardly anyone wants to just look at Kirby's original--except when they're being so-ooooooh cute and including the "G" on his chest.When I drew the character I tried to distill various Kirby versions--he really didn't draw him the same way twice, even from panel to panel--and was, I think, mostly successful. Couldn't ever seem to get that massive helmet right, tho. It was indeed gratifying when HeroClix used my version for their large figure.
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Jeffrey Rice
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Why is he snarling? Why would a being above the concepts of 'good' and 'evil' ever have anything but a calm demeanor? Those ear things...
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John Byrne
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While I wouldn’t want to see it as a representative expression, I have drawn an angered Galactus from time to time. I figure even he has his limits!
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Tim O Neill
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The New York Times did an interesting article about the crowdfunding of these toys, and they even feature the Galactus figure:
NY Times: "Toymakers Create Their Dream Projects (but Ask for Money Upfront)"
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