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Re: Future Looks Bright for Bowen!

Hey, Holdyourfireal...I got a Bowen suggestion!! HULK 2099!! You get Randy Bowen to make that statue and Ill be your best friend forever!:wave

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Are you being serious?
 
Re: Future Looks Bright for Bowen!

I liked SpiderMan 2099 as a child. I don't know about now, though...:lol
 
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unfortunately yes.....:monkey2

I have a weakness for anything Hulk and as a kid in the 90s I thought Hulk 2099 was awesome! Lame? Yes. Hokey? Yes Do I want a statue? yes... :dunno

Hey atleast your honest and arent delusional about it. lol

I liked SpiderMan 2099 as a child. I don't know about now, though...:lol

I couldnt stand any of the 2099 ad stories.
 
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I hated all the 2099 books they are nothing but bird cage liner to me.
 
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Yeah those were bad.
 
Re: Future Looks Bright for Bowen!

I don't post much but I just don't understand why people have so much hate for Bowen/Al and why they have such devotion to Sideshow as if Sideshow were some deity and can do no wrong. In fact, their blind obsession with Sideshow is exactly what they acuse Al of doing with Bowen. I collect both Sideshow and Bowen, they both make great products and both make occasional stinkers. Why have to side with one against the other? Why not enjoy both. Yes, Al promotes statuemarvels. He does it in a nice way, usually providing the latest Bowen information. Why does that bother anyone. I think alot of the people who mock Al are jealous of the success he has with his message board and the fact that Randy Bowen avidly posts there. Get a life people. Enjoy collecting and stop with the childish insults.

i agree completely. i dont understand the hatred some have towards a statue company. or for the fact that people think sideshow can do no wrong and critize collectors who feel the same way about bowen. i collect from all the companies bowen, sideshow, gentle giant, dc direct koto and others. i buy what i like and thats it. bowen and sideshow tend to be the majority of my collection and out of those two i have many more bowen pieces because there have been more marvel statues made by bowen and the scale makes them easier to display in groups. but that doesnt mean i cant collect sideshow. when or why it became a either or thing is beyond me. im sure dc collectors would like to have the options that marvel fans do. everyone is going to have there own tastes and prfer the style of one compnay over the other but that doesnt mean one compnay is great and the other sucks. as someone who has a lot of statues from both companies there quality is pretty much the same the only difference is what scale you like and what stlye PF, 12 inch, mini bust, LSB or comiquette.
 
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im very happy with the new releases. i hope there is only 1 variant to iron man and gold variant. out of the bunch tigra, yellow jacket and son of satan were my favorites.

i dont understand the comments about being overpriced since BD prices seem in line with other statue companies in that scale like ARH and gentle giant. and dc direct prices are even higher. and the fact that ive seen 12 ich figures selling for $150 so im happy with $175 for a statue and even less with the bdcc comes to 148 for tigra which i couldnt be happier with.

and as far as paint concerns i only remember a couple statues in a row when it came out they were from the same factory and BD stopped using. i guess i lucked out though because even those statues that others had issues with came fine to me. i have had similar quality in paint jobs from all the companies i collect. ive only had to return statues that arrived broke never for paint reasons. i hope that continues
 
Re: Future Looks Bright for Bowen!

I liked the look of Spider-man 2099, but the stories and everything else 2099 was crap.
 
Re: Future Looks Bright for Bowen!

Collecting statues is almost like collecting cars....Ford vs Chevy...Bowen vs Sideshow...

That being said, I only collect Sideshow, Bowen, CSMoore and ReelArt
 
Re: Future Looks Bright for Bowen!

Can't complain much about Bowen's products. While I'm always a bigger fan of the full size statues, at least his mini-bust line is giving me a chance to have a nice representation of the 2nd incarnation of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Just need a Destiny and maybe an old school Rogue with the hooded green outfit.
 
Re: Future Looks Bright for Bowen!

i agree completely. i dont understand the hatred some have towards a statue company. or for the fact that people think sideshow can do no wrong and critize collectors who feel the same way about bowen. i collect from all the companies bowen, sideshow, gentle giant, dc direct koto and others. i buy what i like and thats it. bowen and sideshow tend to be the majority of my collection and out of those two i have many more bowen pieces because there have been more marvel statues made by bowen and the scale makes them easier to display in groups. but that doesnt mean i cant collect sideshow. when or why it became a either or thing is beyond me. im sure dc collectors would like to have the options that marvel fans do. everyone is going to have there own tastes and prfer the style of one compnay over the other but that doesnt mean one compnay is great and the other sucks. as someone who has a lot of statues from both companies there quality is pretty much the same the only difference is what scale you like and what stlye PF, 12 inch, mini bust, LSB or comiquette.

:goodpost:

And I agree. Some criticisms are constructive and those are good. But when people start throwing words like "crap", I think it's gone inappropriate.
 
Re: Future Looks Bright for Bowen!

I dont think bowen sucks, but I do think that SS is a bit better. But it costs more so its a toss up. For the money I guess they are close in bang for your buck.
 
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I dont think bowen sucks, but I do think that SS is a bit better. But it costs more so its a toss up. For the money I guess they are close in bang for your buck.

Not always true tho. Those AH! Comiquettes are way bigger than Bowens but cost less or the same.
 
Re: Future Looks Bright for Bowen!

I don't post much but I just don't understand why people have so much hate for Bowen/Al and why they have such devotion to Sideshow as if Sideshow were some deity and can do no wrong. In fact, their blind obsession with Sideshow is exactly what they acuse Al of doing with Bowen. I collect both Sideshow and Bowen, they both make great products and both make occasional stinkers. Why have to side with one against the other? Why not enjoy both. Yes, Al promotes statuemarvels. He does it in a nice way, usually providing the latest Bowen information. Why does that bother anyone. I think alot of the people who mock Al are jealous of the success he has with his message board and the fact that Randy Bowen avidly posts there. Get a life people. Enjoy collecting and stop with the childish insults.

I agree both companies make some great stuff and I collect both. In fact doesn't Sideshow sell Bowen stuff on their web site?
 
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