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John Byrne
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Latest arrival. Small addition required (the trunks), and if I get to feeling
industrious, I will probably repaint the whole figure to tidy up the lightning
bolts.
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Ryan Maxwell
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From the photo, those are the cleanest lines on the bolts that I've seen yet. Mine should be shipping out today or tomorrow.
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Marc Baptiste
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Can even JB or Ryan fix that monstrosity "Crystal"?? I couldn't type it without the quotes, sorry.
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John Byrne
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"Crystal" needs to be turned into somebody else, and somebody else needs
to be turned into Crystal. There's not a female figure from either the Marvel
or DC side yet, tho, that I'd see as a good starting point for a conversion.
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Ryan Maxwell
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Black Cat has the curves, but the pose is all wrong.
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Brad Teschner
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UPS tracking says my Quicksilver should get here tomorrow (today, actually...I guess after I wake up). Good call with the trunks, JB!
Regarding figurines that would work for conversion: are there any other lines of figurines out there that are of similar size and/or construction that would work as fodder for customization to super-heroes???
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Brad Teschner
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I've long thought this was the inspiration for the Crystal figurine...
though it appears they stopped trying about five minutes into the process.
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Ryan Maxwell
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Definitely. Richard Jackson from Eaglemoss did a Q&A on the figurine forum yesterday. One of the figures he wants to see redone is a "Kirby" Crystal. Shame, since it's just been released in the UK. Seems like something they should have caught and corrected months ago.
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William Watson
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"Crystal" looks like a Mary Jane or someone else normal. Not very heroic.
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John Byrne
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From the earliest days, I saw Crystal as cut very much in the Bernadette
Peters mold -- not tall, but nicely rounded.
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Ryan Maxwell
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They at least got the height correct. Fix the hair, give her some boobs, add the missing details and you won't be too far off.
photo by buffduffdan
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Al Cook
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She needs hips, too, Ryan. And a smaller nose.
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