What's Your Obsession » Hellboy

Custom Statue Showcase #16 – Howard S Edition

Dr_Teng — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:18:27 +0000

I’ve seen some of Howard S’ busts before, but I never went to his actual page. Beyond impressed, some of the best busts I’ve ever seen. Some were for companies, some were commissions. If you’d like to check out his page, it’s over here : Howard S Studios. Otherwise, check some of his custom sculpts beneath the cut!

Mezco Mez-Itz Hellboy and Abe Toy Review

Dr_Teng — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:31:13 +0000

I just love doofy looking things. It’s the reason I enjoy Mighty Muggs, designer toys, and why I have two wiener dogs. With Mighty Muggs having a non-existent release schedule, I was totally in the mood for a replacement mass market cutesy representation of pop-culture characters. Mezco to the rescue!

I heard these would be SDCC exclusives so imagine my surprise when I ran into them in Toys R Us. Picked these bad boys up, struggled with the stupid packaging, here we are. Unlike Mighty Muggs, you can move the legs on these, as well as angle the head up and down. This wider range of motion allows for a little more creativity in posing.

Abe doesn’t come with an accessory and his goggles can’t come off. Slightly disappointing. Hellboy comes with his gun. The paint on these looks good and the style works for me. The leg movement is a little tricky. You’ll find they can get off-balance very easily.

3.5/5. Affordable, solid style, good way to start a toy line. I don’t expect many accessories from designer toys but one per toy would’ve been nice. From their website, seems they’re putting out more releases, good stuff.

Custom Statue Showcase #10 – Doomsday Diorama, Hellboy, and more! (semi-nws)

Dr_Teng — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:50:51 +0000

Another great week! An upcoming Doomsday diorama in the works (versus Superman apparently, but that isn’t sculpted), a great Hellboy piece based off of a Frank Cho illustration, a statue based off of a Ken Kelly painting, and a custom Vegeta bust.

Statue Alert – Sideshow Collectibles Hellboy Angel of Death 1:1 Bust

Dr_Teng — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:58:48 +0000

Seems that this is starting to have some issues. I’ve seen a few reports from separate people over a few forums, it’s very similar to the Sideshow Collectibles Iron Man 1:1 bust. If I had to guess, Sideshow was probably using the same factory for a few of their 1:1 busts and some of them are simply becoming issues now. Pictures under the cut. Sideshow should be able to replace these for you if you have the below issues.

Custom Statue Showcase #5

Dr_Teng — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:20:57 +0000

Another week, another custom statue showcase!