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The Japanese Toy Company, KOTOBUKIYA, just released their latest 2012 Statue of Batman's Arch-Enemy, POISON IVY! She's done in the Bishoujo (Pretty Girl) Style inspired by Japan's renowned Illustrator, Shunya Yamashita. One of the most detailed statues in the "DC Bishoujo" series to date, Pamela Isley struts her stuff in this wonderful piece of Art! Constructed of high-quality plastic, the gorgeous Green Lady stands 8 and 1/3" tall! For more details, click HERE!
OK, a few months from now you might want to start keeping your eye out for the next latest BATMAN: BLACK AND WHITE STATUE titled "The New 52". Designed by Jim Lee and sculpted by Paul Harding. This is the most recent "comic book version" of the Dark Knight. The Figure measures approx. 5 1/2” high x 6” wide x 5” deep. It will have a Suggested Retail Price of $80.00 and will go on Sale: May 9th, 2012.
I recently discovered an Artist's website where he showcases his cool Ceramic Work. His name is Calvin & he lives in the San Francisco area. His artwork is very very impressive! He has his own style of Art where he makes Humanoid Creatures that are very organic, think: Wood, Fire, Water... that kinda thing. They're really great!
But, he also did a series of Superhero Characters and, obviously, my favorite was the Dark Knight himself, BATMAN! Now, in that Superhero Series, he also made an incredible X-Men Comics Wolverine, He-Man The Master of The Universe, Captain America, Amazing Spiderman, and Lion-O ( Thundercats ). Here's a link to check the out, while you're there be sure to look at everything - You'll be glad you did! Just click HERE!
Fresh from DC Direct are these photos showing a brand-new BATMAN Product to keep an eye out for next year. This is the CATWOMAN 1:4 SCALE MUSEUM QUALITY Statue. It was sculpted by Artist Karen Palinko. Immaculately crafted, this exquisite statue has Catwoman striking a seductive pose atop the Bat-Signal looking over Gotham City! This latest edition in the "Museum Quality Line" of Statues, it's purrrfect! It includes hand-painted resin parts, measures approximately 19" high x 10" wide x 7" deep, and is a Limited Edition. The Retail Price will be about $ 325.00 US and it goes on sale February 29th, 2012.
We recently did a post here at the BAT-BLOG.COM where we reported about the BATMAN ARKHAM CITY Video Game Launching Event in NYC. It was held at Toys-R-Us & had a few surprises. One of them was an extremely cool Life-Size Statue they had of Batman. It was very detailed & sort of hyper-realistic looking. Plus, it looked EXACTLY like the character in the Video Game, very very cool! Well later on, at Facebook, we were talking about it a little bit & a friend said he knew who made it.
The statue was created for the event by a company called STUDIO OXMOX. I researched their website & they make a HUGE amount of movie promo items & statues. Their work is really great! If I ever win the Lottery, I will probably call them up & buy everything they make( of course, right after I call the guy who makes 1966 Batmobile Replica Cars, ha ha! ). Here's a LINK to view their beautiful Comic/Movie Art, just click HERE!
This is just a quick post to share a very cool photo that was taken at the recent BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY Video Game Launch at the Toys-R-Us Store in Times Square, NYC. It shows Jim Lee ( DC Comics ), Some Guy Who Worked on the Game ( Rocksteady ), Batman ( Life-Size Statue ), and Kevin Conroy ( Batman Voice Actor ). That special statue, probably made just for the event, is extremely cool. That thing would look awesome in my Kitchen or Bathroom!
Awhile back, here at the BAT-BLOG.COM, we featured a few photos of the work of some very creative people who have been inspired by Batman. One Artist was a guy named Pete & this photo was recently sent in to us. It's his Custom BATMAN BUST Statue, "Michael keaton" version. The previous photo showed the piece in an early stage of creation. Well, this pic was taken after it was all painted! My favorite part, and I know this is kinda dumb on my part, is the "Bat-Belt" design at the base. I don't know, that's kinda clever. But overall it's a great piece. So, have YOU done any drawing, painting, or any other creative endeavor? HEY! Shoot us some pics & send them in! ( Thanks Pete, Good Job on this Art! )
DC Direct just announced a brand-new BATMAN Statue to keep an eye out for in the future. This is the "Batman Bust" from the HEROES OF THE DC UNIVERSE, SERIES 2. It was designed by Gary Frank & sculpted by Artist Jean St. Jean. This cold-cast porcelain bust measures approx. 5 3/4" high x 5" wide x 5" deep and will have a suggested retail price of $ 75.00. It's planned to go on Sale April 4th, 2012. So, look for it then.
OK, for now, this is sort of a rumor I have not been able to 100% confirm but supposedly Japan will have a completely different Batman Statue inside their Japanese retail version of the BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY Collector's Edition Video Game. We have all seen the Statue for the USA & Europe versions, it's pictured on the left. On the right side might be the one for Japan. It's basically the same thing, just more colorized. It also looks a lot more realistically detailed. But hey, please stay tuned to the Bat-Blog & if we get more information on this then we'll report it.
