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John Byrne
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| Posted: 11 November 2015 at 12:31pm | IP Logged | 1
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Received today, both at the same once, the Catwoman and Batwoman "Bombshells" statuettes. The first was ordered months ago, the second just days ago. In internet speak their simultaneous arrival would be deemed "ironic" I suppose........
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Gundars Berzins
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| Posted: 11 November 2015 at 5:04pm | IP Logged | 2
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Wow I think that looks great. For me I'll have to also get Robin. Looks like it's size will fit with my other statues.
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Stephen Churay
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| Posted: 11 November 2015 at 11:19pm | IP Logged | 3
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JB, I was curious, being one of the great comicbook artists
the medium has had, has a shipper ever realized who there
shipping to, when you order online?
I'm imagining a fan losing his or her mind, when seeing
your name, on a shipping label.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 12 November 2015 at 6:14am | IP Logged | 4
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It's happened a few times, yes. :)
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Eric Ladd
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| Posted: 12 November 2015 at 9:10am | IP Logged | 5
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I had one of our Sales guys at my desk last week when the JBF title page was on my second monitor. He noticed the name and started a rapid fire questioning/statement monologue like, "Waitaminute! John Byrne the comic artists? John Byrne the guy who did the FF? You are too young to know who John Byrne is! How do you know about John Byrne". I calmly said, "Yeah, I know who John Byrne is" and proceeded to melt his brain with various photos.
I would imagine a fan shipping something to a "John Byrne" would be tempted to call JB's number to confirm the order and strike up conversation.
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Andy Mokler
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| Posted: 14 November 2015 at 4:23am | IP Logged | 6
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plus this somewhat more cartoony version:
JB, isn't that one a model kit? I don't have my Previews magazine in front of me but there was something I saw recently that looked really nice and it looked like another statue. But the description actually said that it's a kit and a high level one at that.
Hope you get what you'd intended.
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Joe Hollon
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Got a new shirt last week:
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 14 November 2015 at 6:52am | IP Logged | 8
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JB, isn't that one a model kit? I don't have my Previews magazine in front of me but there was something I saw recently that looked really nice and it looked like another statue. But the description actually said that it's a kit and a high level one at that.••• Nothing in the Amazon description suggests it's a kit.
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Peter Martin
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| Posted: 14 November 2015 at 7:24am | IP Logged | 9
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The Adam West Batman figure is crazily realistic looking.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 14 November 2015 at 8:21am | IP Logged | 10
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The Adam West Batman figure is crazily realistic looking. •• Yes. The face is slightly less photorealistic than the Hot Toys "doll" version -- I am wondering if I could cut away the bottom half of the face and replace it with one of the optional ones from that other figure -- but overall the effect is most impressive. Placed among the more "comicbooky" figures already on the shelf it practically springs to life!
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Andy Mokler
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http://www.midtowncomics.com/store/dp.asp?PRID=BATMAN+1966+T V+SERIES+BAT_1496034
Okay, it's a different pose altogether so my memory is the culprit but this is the one I was talking about. Seems odd to me that they'd make such a nice "statue" of Yvonne Craig's Batgirl and then make it a kit that you not only have to assemble, but paint it too if I'm reading it right.
Edited by Andy Mokler on 16 November 2015 at 5:04pm
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Glen Keith
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Andy, the one you're showing there is Moebius Models Batgirl, which is part of their 1966 Batman line. The rest of the kits are plastic assembly model kits. The Batgirl kit is the only one in resin, is sculpted by a different sculptor, and in a different scale for some reason (she's listed as 1:5 scale, where as the rest of the line is 1:8) Part of this may be due to Yvonne Craig's initial reluctance to license her image to Moebius Models, but she finally did give approval shortly before her death.
Any way, here's a shot of the progression of the line, although only Batman and Catwoman have actually been released thus far:
And here's a rough suggestion of how Batgirl fits into the scheme:
Edited by Glen Keith on 16 November 2015 at 7:49pm
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