I had a few worries when I was deciding whether to pre-order this piece. One was the face sculpt of Superman reminded me of the dreadful Superman vinyl statue by Kotobukiya. The second worry was DC Direct's poor paint QC on their statues. But in the end, I thought... Heck! Two of DC's most well known Heroes going against each other? No way can I pass up on this! Beautifully sculpted by Ray Villafane (BD Sabertooth statue, SS Wolverine comiquette), based on art by Terry Dodson. My worries were unwarranted when I finally received the actual statue. Superman turned out much better than I expected, Diana was simply gorgeous & the paint was decent all round. The first thing that hit me when I picked up the statue (literally) was the weight, or lack of it to be precise. It's quite light for a statue that size, I guess it could be to prevent breakages due to its design. One of the highlights is the glossy red paint used very appropriately on WW & Supe's boots, also on Supe's chest insignia.
I was gonna display this with my Sideshow versus dioramas, but too bad the scale is smaller. Size comparison with the awesome Sideshow X-Men vs. Sentinel diorama:
& here's one for fans of Transformers:
2 comments:
You are making me salivate with all your posting of statues. This is another statue that I like.
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