Really nice looking "Superman Returns" figures

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2006-03-17 03:19am

Not bad!

Batman · Post by **Batman** » 2006-03-17 06:57pm

Well at least the blue looks right but the S is STILL way too small.
And no yellow S on the cape. Boo.

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2006-03-17 09:40pm

Batman wrote:Well at least the blue looks right but the S is STILL way too small.
And no yellow S on the cape. Boo.

Can't argue there...

You know, the "S" was made smaller because there actually is some padding in Routh's suit, and he wouldn't be able to move well with a larger, solid "S." They leaked that little bit of info...

Batman · Post by **Batman** » 2006-03-17 09:43pm

Superman wrote: Can't argue there...
You know, the "S" was made smaller because there actually is some padding in Routh's suit, and he wouldn't be able to move well with a larger, solid "S." They leaked that little bit of info...

I know. We went over this in FAN a while ago. So why pray tell does the S HAVE to be solid?

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-03-17 09:47pm

It's neat to see a Superman who isn't 2m tall and 1.2m wide.

Batman · Post by **Batman** » 2006-03-17 09:51pm

Somebody hasn't seen Superman 1-3.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-03-17 09:53pm

Someone hasn't seen every comic and cartoon Superman ever. You might notice my point was that a return to the older Superman-movie Superman is what I'm happy to see, after so long in the world of roid-pumped ogre Supermen. No mullet, either - big step.

Batman · Post by **Batman** » 2006-03-17 10:00pm

Stark wrote: Someone hasn't seen every comic and cartoon Superman ever.

Oh really.

You might notice my point was that a return to the older Superman-movie Superman is what I'm happy to see,

That would have been a lot easier to see if you had actually mentioned it, you know.

No mullet, either - big step.

The mullet hasn't been around for a decade or so.

Post by **Vympel** » 2006-03-21 09:16pm

What's Superman doing in that pic?

Elheru Aran · Post by **Elheru Aran** » 2006-03-21 09:41pm

Vympel wrote:What's Superman doing in that pic?

Which one?

First one seems to be him catching a missile just before it hits the ground, with sparky bits falling off it. Second one would be Luthor using Kryptonite or whatever on him, I'm guessing, as the decor implies they're in the Fortress of Solitude.

Sriad · Post by **Sriad** » 2006-03-22 12:57am

Batman wrote:
Stark wrote: Someone hasn't seen every comic and cartoon Superman ever.
Oh really.

You're saying you HAVE seen every Superman comic and cartoon ever?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-03-22 12:58am

Elheru Aran wrote:First one seems to be him catching a missile just before it hits the ground, with sparky bits falling off it.

Right above home plate of a baseball diamond, no less...

Elheru Aran · Post by **Elheru Aran** » 2006-03-22 01:03am

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:
Elheru Aran wrote:First one seems to be him catching a missile just before it hits the ground, with sparky bits falling off it.
Right above home plate of a baseball diamond, no less...

Well, to be technical I can't tell whether it's a missile or an airplane, could be either; Supes has done both...

And interestingly enough, judging from the wrinkles, the nose metal is deforming from the weight above it or from Superman's catching it. Doesn't normally happen... most of the time the object caught remains entirely intact due to his tactile-telekinesis field or whatever technobabble explanation it was.

kheegster · Post by **kheegster** » 2006-03-22 06:53am

Elheru Aran wrote:
Well, to be technical I can't tell whether it's a missile or an airplane, could be either; Supes has done both...

It's a plane. You can see '777' written on the nose.

Batman · Post by **Batman** » 2006-03-22 04:36pm

Actually to me that looks like the nose of a blimp.

kheegster · Post by **kheegster** » 2006-03-22 06:46pm

Batman wrote:Actually to me that looks like the nose of a blimp.

A very small blimp.

Batman · Post by **Batman** » 2006-03-22 06:49pm

kheegan wrote:
Batman wrote:Actually to me that looks like the nose of a blimp.
A very small blimp.

You're right, but if that's the nose of an airplane it's not going to be all that large, either.

FSTargetDrone · Post by **FSTargetDrone** » 2006-03-22 07:45pm

I don't know, sectioned parts of vehicles always look strange in vignettes like the first picture, unless it's in a shadow box or something.

I had no idea it was the nose of an airliner until it was pointed out in the thread. Actually, I had no idea what it was supposed to be at all. I figured some kind of satellite or something.

Edit: Here's another example of what I mean. The T-34 in the vignette looks like it was cut apart with a blowtorch. Silly. Put it in a shadowbox and it's much better.