Faux Bronze Iron Man for sale on Bowen's site!

[Gruson]

They took around 11 days to sell out last time.

This is not Sideshow, you know.

 

[terryvad]

Also we dont know the ES yet, so maybe is the reason too.

 

[misbitski]

I'm glad I checked this site...almost missed out on this one. Thanks, guys!

It looks like they dropped the price on these too. Last round was about $250 after discount. This one was only $200.

 

[NIGHTCRAWLER]

Not Sold out yet !?
I am surprised that not Sold out yet, I mean bronze + Marvel usualy sell fast...

The reason is probably not a good potential to flip for Marvel flipper^^

they are usually available for a few days before they sell out

 

[Blackthornone]

There are real bronze statues out there of pop characters, and usually in the ballpark of $4000+. Is that what you're asking for?

Bronze costs about $10- 20 a pound, last I checked. The statue in bronze would weigh maybe 9 or 10 pounds, hollow, which would add $90-$100 in materials to the cost. So I'm talking about a $200-250 item. Problem is, most companies overcharge an arm and a leg. If you have sculpting skill, you can carve one out of wax and have it cast in bronze for you for maybe $50 plus materials, I've heard. I would sooner do that than pay $4000+ for any statue. If it was $4000 plus for one of these Bowens, then it better be made out of silver. At $10 an ounce for silver, and 10 pounds at 160 ounces, that's $1600 in materials. Silver is currently less than $10 an ounce. At $20 an ounce for silver, that's $3200 in materials. If it was silver, THEN $4000+ would be reasonable. As an aside, if you are going to make a plastic statue look like a precious metal, why not make it faux platinum or gold, which looks great, and actually IS a material that is intrinsically out of most people's reach price wise if it really was made out of those metals? If I was the Pharaoh, and money was no object, then I'd want it to be made of gold, and not bronze. Therefore, I would prefer the look of faux gold to faux bronze. At least then I can afford to have something that I cannot. In this case, Iron Man is considered the Golden Avenger anyway.

The only reason people make statues out of a metal like copper or bronze is because most people can't afford to make them out of gold.

 

[Gruson]

You do know that Bowen made some real bronze statues in the late 90s that retailed for around $3k.

So they would be even more $$$ now.

It's a very long and expensive process.

 

[ridimous]

Bronze costs about $10- 20 a pound, last I checked. The statue in bronze would weigh maybe 9 or 10 pounds, hollow, which would add $90-$100 in materials to the cost. So I'm talking about a $200-250 item. Problem is, most companies overcharge an arm and a leg. If you have sculpting skill, you can carve one out of wax and have it cast in bronze for you for maybe $50 plus materials, I've heard. I would sooner do that than pay $4000+ for any statue. If it was $4000 plus for one of these Bowens, then it better be made out of silver. At $10 an ounce for silver, and 10 pounds at 160 ounces, that's $1600 in materials. Silver is currently less than $10 an ounce. At $20 an ounce for silver, that's $3200 in materials. If it was silver, THEN $4000+ would be reasonable. As an aside, if you are going to make a plastic statue look like a precious metal, why not make it faux platinum or gold, which looks great, and actually IS a material that is intrinsically out of most people's reach price wise if it really was made out of those metals? If I was the Pharaoh, and money was no object, then I'd want it to be made of gold, and not bronze. Therefore, I would prefer the look of faux gold to faux bronze. At least then I can afford to have something that I cannot. In this case, Iron Man is considered the Golden Avenger anyway.

The only reason people make statues out of a metal like copper or bronze is because most people can't afford to make them out of gold.

I agree. Platinum all the way.

 

[NIGHTCRAWLER]

I agree. Platinum all the way.

too funny

 

[bumblebee]

Ordered mine today, also paid the extra $$ for RB's sig.

 

[buzzybean]

I'm buying my first faux bronze; the ORIGINAL Iron Man!

I remember way before Bowen got the Marvel license how I desperately wanted to get a statue of Iron Man in his original armor based on the Tales of Suspense pose. I bought both versions when he first released them but found this one in faux bronze to hard to pass up! That looks really cool!

BB

 

[NIGHTCRAWLER]

Ordered mine today, also paid the extra $$ for RB's sig.

did the same with my order

 

[bumblebee]

Got a feeling these will be sold out before the end of the week.

 

[MinMay]

The flippers are staying away from FB line. So, I'll give it at least 1 more month before it reaches to 300 ES. Probably..they only sold about 100 of them so far.

 

[Mesa]

The flippers are staying away from FB line. So, I'll give it at least 1 more month before it reaches to 300 ES. Probably..they only sold about 100 of them so far.

How would you know this?

 

[MinMay]

I'm just guessing...that's why I put "probably"...based on a survey done at statueforum and history of how these FBs are usually sold out in a day or two. It has been almost a week already..and it's still available.

I guess we have to wait and see...

How would you know this?

 

[316what]

I'm just guessing...that's why I put "probably"...based on a survey done at statueforum and history of how these FBs are usually sold out in a day or two. It has been almost a week already..and it's still available.

I guess we have to wait and see...

Out of the 10 FB so far, less than 1/2 sold out in 1-2 days. The first grouping stayed up for 3 weeks or so. The second grouping had some of the quicker sellouts.

 

[NIGHTCRAWLER]

The flippers are staying away from FB line.

better for the person who wants one for his/her personal collection

 

[Mesa]

FB Classic Iron Man shows sold out on Bowen site now.

 

[NIGHTCRAWLER]

FB Classic Iron Man shows sold out on Bowen site now.

glad i got my two ordered

 

[MinMay]

Dang it..my prediction was off