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Bowen Designs is getting ready to premiere another Captain America bust, this time though, it’s a blast from the past. World War 2 styled. I have a feeling this one will look better with in-hand pictures.

Yep, two statue alerts in one day, kind of sucks. There’s two primary issues with this statue : 1) Check the white paint on yours. I’ve seen many pictures where people have significant cracking across large swaths of the white paint. 2) The paint quality on the shield in general is subpar. As usual, crack [...]

My favourite of these three is easily the Galactus, which comes on a GIANT BLISTER CARD. He’s a 19″ figure and the blister card is apparently 27″. That’s a hilarious toy gimmick if I’ve ever seen one.

Captain America Marvel Knights Vol. 1 Hardcover from $20 on Amazon

This was the run when Captain America came back to the world after the Heroes Reborn business. You know, when all the heroes died blah blah tons of awful storytelling, one of the crappiest Marvel events, I’m sure you all remember it. The first arc starts a little weak. Hydra’s up to their usual shenanigans, [...]

Not really feeling this one. Not only was their a Captain America released lately, as well as a Captain America bust, but … newsreel? The idea is kind of interesting, but if it’s a newsreel, why does he have a flesh coloured face? It somewhat ruins the effect. Picture under the cut.

I’m glad Bowen Designs is working on some alternate (in this case, ultimate) versions of characters. I’ve heard that they often aren’t the best sellers, as shown by the Age of Apocalypse busts by DST, but I’m sure a few select characters would do well. Out of the 4 new characters up for order, 2 [...]

Here we go!

Kotobukiya is pleased to announce that our newest Fine Art Statue, CAPTAIN AMERICA REBORN is now available for pre-order at KOTOUS.com. Sculpted by JUNNOSUKE ABE in collaboration with ERICK SOSA this 1/6 scale, cold-cast porcelain statue features two interchangeable portraits: Cap’s classic winged look and his World War II D-Day helmet! As a very special [...]

This was posted on a statue board. It’s the new head sculpt photoshopped on to the existing statue with mock paint. I think it’s a nice improvement and can’t wait to see the real deal on the statue. Glad Kotobukiya is listening to it’s fans!