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        | Brian Hunt Byrne Robotics Member
 
 
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           | Posted: 10 October 2007 at 12:55pm | IP Logged | 1 | post reply |  
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 |  Now we get art imitating art imitating art --- the sculpts of the guys-in- homemade-costumes Ross paints these days look even more like
 guys in homemade costumes. And, seriously, is that what we want our
 superheroes to look like? Do we really want them to be ordinary?
 I once read an interview with Ross where he stated that he likes to make the figures more mature so that they are older than he is to capture the same sense of wonder he had as a child.  I remember thinking at the time that that could only be done for a short period of time before all we'd see is old men in costumes. | 
       
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        | David Ferguson Byrne Robotics Member
 
 
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          Ross has moved on to Flash Gordon figures:
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        | Robert Kowalewski II Byrne Robotics Member
 
 
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           | Posted: 12 October 2007 at 7:23am | IP Logged | 3 | post reply |  
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 |  Those actually look good, I'd put those on a shelf easy. | 
       
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        | Al Cook Byrne Robotics Member
 
 
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          I don't know...  That Flash doesn't really look all that much like the real Sam
           | Posted: 12 October 2007 at 8:01am | IP Logged | 4 | post reply |  
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 |  J. Jones as Flash.  In fact, it looks too much like an Alex Ross p.o.c.  (Which I
 guess is the point.
 
 The Ming looks pretty good though!
 
 When are we going to get some spaceship models from the 1980 Flash
 Gordon?  I NEED a War-Rocket Ajax!  Stet!
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        | Gerry Turnbull Byrne Robotics Member
 
 
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           | Posted: 12 October 2007 at 11:54am | IP Logged | 5 | post reply |  
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 |  slightly bigger picture, my initial enthusiasm is waning 
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        | John Byrne 
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          I'll stick with the Bowen Thor I already have.  (I'd probably like that new one,
           | Posted: 12 October 2007 at 12:04pm | IP Logged | 6 | post reply |  
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 |  if they were not trying to pass it off as something it is not.)
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        | Alex Prewitt Byrne Robotics Member
 
 
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          I'd like to see a close up of Flash's face.  The likeness has a sort of Namorish vibe to it the way it looks now.  The Ming looks dead on!
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        | Gerry Turnbull Byrne Robotics Member
 
 
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          the Hulk looks great doesnt it, think ill leave Banner off though
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        | Didier Yvon Paul Fayolle Byrne Robotics Member
 
 
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          OOoooooooooh the Ming is good !
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        | John Byrne 
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          Hulk looks great doesnt it, think ill leave Banner off though
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        | Pat Ditton Byrne Robotics Member
 
 
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          Speaking of ALEX ROSS designed Batmen...picked this little beauty up from a well known member of the JBF:
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        | Don Bohm Byrne Robotics Member
 
 
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          Pat, that looks amazing!
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