Sorry, I've been out of the loop but...
I love these Hard Hero statues because they always seemed like maquettes to me. They were the classic versions of the characters, real clean and simple, very heroic looking, and something you'd give artists to use as reference. Sorta like the style guide books the comic companies used to produce. It was a different take than what Bowen is doing and a fresher look at these great characters.
Hard Hero is great; I have the Conan and Red Sonja from way back and just started recently collecting this Marvel line. I've gotten Namor, Captain America, Thor, Hercules and Iron Fist and I'm thrilled with all of them! I'll be getting Daredevil, Iron Man, Hawkeye and Angel hopefully soon too.
I'm real bummed about this. Would have loved to seen a classic Spider-Man.
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