statues

When it comes to model kits, my love for Bandai's scores of Gundam toys really knows no bounds. They do have one weakness, though: waste. Unlike conventional action figures, the model kits leave behind some excess plastic in the form of "runners," which hold each model piece into place prior to assembly...

The ladies of Marvel have never been more kawaii than the Kotobukiya imported Marvel Bishoujo statues! Except maybe for "X-Men: The Manga." And "X-Men: Misfits." And OK, a bunch of times, shut up. But it's the first time I've seen this kind of manga aesthetic Marvel sculptures, and I love it...

There's a new "Fall of the Hulks – Hulk Fine Art Statue" on the way courtesy of Kotobukiya, and I am excited. Not because the Hulk's pose is particularly noteworthy or because his teeth are so perfectly pearly white or even because he's specifically designed to look cool when paired up against Kotobukiya's Red Hulk statue. All ...

The Transformers statues on my bookshelf are lonely. That likely has something to do with the fact that each one of the characters on the bookshelf winds up dead in the original "Transformers" animated film. Regardless, they're in need of some new friends, so I'm in the market...

While we focus on toys fairly often at ComicsAlliance, there's another side of the comics collectibles world that we haven't paid quite as much attention to: Statues. Significantly more expensive than the average toy with a price that often hits the triple digits, they're a big investment, so choose wisely: The statues offered to comics and anime fans can run the gamut from elegant to downright cr