Saturday, March 07, 2009

Bowen Designs: Incredible Hulk Statue

Another potential candidate for a face off against my HUGE Juggernaut statue.
Produced By: Bowen Designs
Sculptors: Randy Bowen and Troy McDevitt
Type: Statue
Size: 13" Tall
Edition Size: Limited Edition
Ship Date: Fall 2009
Price: $200.00

Zimm's Two Cents
Points in Favor

  • It is a Bowen sculpting, so I have to give chops to the details in the hands, face, body, etc.
  • I like when they do more "comic type" mouths and facial expressions.
  • It will include another classic Bowen Designs bust. (Bust shown was for the prototype.)
  • Sculpted in a pose to counter a number of other Bowen Statues, which is starting to drive up my preference in which ones that I do purchase.
  • It is an accurate rendition of what you would expect from the "Incredible Hulk."
Points Against
  • Future statues will be Retro Grey Hulk, Red Hulk, Planet Hulk and Maestro Hulk - which may all be the same base and general format.
  • A little pricey for my pocket book.
Recommendation: Neutral. A good Hulk overall, but I'm not certain that it is the one that I want. I think my problem is that I am comparing it to the November 2006 Randy Bowen Hulk statue, which I really liked. If you are a Hulk fan - then Buy it!

Robert's Two Cents
Points in Favor

  • The overall look and feel of the sculpt.
  • The face is great. It looks a lot like the recent Hulk bust. Reminds me a lot of the John Byrne Hulk from the 80s.
  • Like Zimm says, Classic Incredible Hulk.
  • This is the Hulk before Peter David took over writing the Hulk.
  • The only thing better would be the Hulk after landing after jumping a very far distance (in a crater).
  • The Bowen style paint job even works on this one.
Points Against
  • Price.
Recommendation: Buy. This is classic Incredible Hulk.

2 comments:

Robert said...

Mmmmmm.... Maestro Hulk.

Robert said...

The face on this looks really, really good too!