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Wednesday 10 July 2013

Man of Steel: Faora 1:6 Scale Icon Statue unboxing/photoshoot

An unboxing and photshoot of the Faora 1:6 scale icon statue from DC Collectables and Gentle Giant Studios from the movie 'Man of Steel'

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JT Says? This line of statues from DC and Gentle Giant has not got the best of love since they were released. The faces seem to be the main cause for the hatered towards these, with almost all in agreement that the armour on these rock (unless it's Superman himself off course). I myself cancelled a pre-order after seeing pics of Superman, because the face looked like a plastic doll... Superman does not have the superb armour to make you forget about the dodgy face he has though, but the rest of the line does. I had seen lots of images of Zod and Jor-El and they looked not too bad, hell even the faces look fine to my aging eyes. But I could not for the life of me find any images of the released statue of Faora.

Faora (Ursa in Superman 2) is a baddie, she's 2nd in command to Zod, so I've always liked this character. What stood out to me about this piece though was that armour though. As I'm a huge fan of the video game Skyrim this reminded me of that game, Foara was also one of the first images I saw online when the movie was coming and the pose on this statue is not that far away from that image I first saw. (below)

Anyway... I took a chance on this piece because after hunting high and low for some buyer pics, just so it was going to be more easy to make my mind up if I should buy it or not (after all, they are not cheap).. All I can say is that I'm glad I did. The face, while not a patch on what Hot Toys could bring to the table? Is more than fine and captures the actress (Antje Traue) pretty well. The paint could be a bit lighter on the face but It's far from horrid. Anyway? If you were like me and you were sitting on the fence to buy this? All I can say is? I myself love it and I'm glad I took a chance (if I hated it, it was going right back to amazon :p).. I hope the video below helps you make your mind up either way.

Friday 21 June 2013

The Last of Us: Joel and Ellie Statue Photoshoot

A photo shoot I did for this superb Joel and Ellie statue. This is the UK version of the statue.

I finished the game over the release weekend and loved every second of it. Amazing!!

Statue is 12 inch in hight.

**Please note that the game does NOT come with the statue in the UK unless you get the bundle version.**

JT Says? This statue has surprised me a lot. You really don't expect game statues to be anything other than good most of the time, but I think this statue is superb. It's very well painted and very detailed, It has a good amount of weight to it as well, so it does not feel cheap. In the US, this statue came with the Post-Pandemic Edition of the game. But in the UK you can get this from GAMESTOP (exclusive) without the game and all the other bits and bobs that came with it. It will set you back about £80 (€ 99.97 at gamestop IE) at the time of posting (well done if you get it in a sale). Highly recommended for fans of the game, and/or statues.

Friday 24 May 2013

Age of TV Heroes (book preview)

One of my favourite books in my collection for the past few years... Age Of TV Heroes: The Live-Action Adventures Of Your Favorite Comic Book Characters by Jason Hofius and George Khoury.

Hardcover: 192 pages

Publisher: TwoMorrows Publishing (20 April 2010)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1605490105

ISBN-13: 978-1605490106

Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 2.5 x 28 cm

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JT says? - This really is an amazing book packed to the gills with info on all your childhood superhero tv shows and it was a dream come true book for me. I've had this book since it was released back in 2010. I hope there's a follow-up book on day.

Tuesday 7 May 2013

R.I.P Ray Harryhausen

I grew up with Ray Harryhausen movies in the 70s and it's his movies that started a lifelong love affair with cinema (especially fantasy cinema).

His last movie holds a very special place in my heart (Clash of the Titans) as it was the first movie my mum watched with me in at the cinema. One of my fave movies of his when he first started, I only have on VHS and It's Mighty Joe Young. I watched that time and time again as a kid. Christmas and Easter would not be the same if there's not a Ray Harryhausen on TV, but to date that's never been a problem as they are always on without fail.

I love each and every one of these movies and I have watched them all countless times. And I'll watch them countless more in the years to come.
R.I.P

Thank you for opening my eyes as a child to the wonders beyond imagination.