So does anyone here own the VINDICATOR Bowen Bust?

[Tawmis]

I have all of Alpha Flight, through Bowen Designs (Sasquatch {though white, not the orange... yet!}, Shaman, Puck, Northstar, Aurora, Shaman and Snowbird)... the one that eludes me... Vindicator. He was impossible to find and now fetches a high price on ebay. Just curious if any other Alpha fans managed to get their hands on it?
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[Phil]

I've got the male Vindicator, just not the female one :(

[Tawmis]

Bowen Designs didn't do a female one did they?

[Phil]

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/images/products/out/large/DMC10074.jpg

[Phil]

Her & Marrina are the only ones I've never actually seen in the flesh.

[Tawmis]

Ah, how could I forget. I have Marrina also.

I don't recognize that one as being from Bowen Designs... I wonder how that one ever got by me! Yeegads. Going to research that one... certainly looks like a Bowen piece.

[Le Messor]

The Heather is Diamond Select, not Bowen.

And, yes, I have the Mac.
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- Le Messor
"How many clever kleptomaniacs does it take to - Hey! Where's the lightbulb?!"

[suzene]

I've got the whole AF line-up; I managed to snag Mac's bust for almost shelf-price from eBay a while back, and my mom completed the line-up over my birthday when she surprised me with a Puck. All in boxes right now, alas.

[Flightpath07]

"All in boxes"? There's a Roger Bochs joke in there somewhere...

[DIGGER]

"All in boxes"? There's a Roger Bochs joke in there somewhere...

They test marketed a Bochs figure but it just didn't have the legs:)

[Alpha Rider]

I always admired Heather's bust.;)

[Phil]

A Jim Lee era Box bust would work really well.

[Flightpath07]

They test marketed a Bochs figure but it just didn't have the legs:)

Stand-up comedy is your thing!

[Tawmis]

The Heather is Diamond Select, not Bowen.

And, yes, I have the Mac.
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- Le Messor
"How many clever kleptomaniacs does it take to - Hey! Where's the lightbulb?!"

Both Pucks! Nice. And... I don't recognize the second Snowbird you have (I know Bowen only did one... is the other Diamond Select also?)
I see, like me, you have the White Sasquatch, not the Orange One yet (from Bowen).

[DIGGER]

Stand-up comedy is your thing!

Now I could reply with a comment like "at least I hope I could do stand up better than Bochs" but then I think the tact police might just barge through my front door and slap my hand... so I won't.

[Le Messor]

Both Pucks! Nice. And... I don't recognize the second Snowbird you have (I know Bowen only did one... is the other Diamond Select also?)
I see, like me, you have the White Sasquatch, not the Orange One yet (from Bowen).

I got one of those Pucks over Amazon... and made sure to write the seller first.
With the Sasquatches, I didn't see the point (at the time) of buying a second orange, but a white one...

My Snowbirds are Diamond and Bowen, yes. The Diamond one has fingers.

- Le Messor
"How sharper than a hound’s tooth it is to have a thankless serpent."

[Tawmis]

With the Sasquatches, I didn't see the point (at the time) of buying a second orange, but a white one...


You said "at the time"... so now are you, like me, seeking the orange one as well?

[Le Messor]

so now are you, like me, seeking the orange one as well?

No, but I'm more open to the possibility than I was when I'd just spent all that money on busts.

- Le Messor
~ How do we stop Der Kindestod?
Buffy: "Thought I might try violence. "

[Tawmis]

No, but I'm more open to the possibility than I was when I'd just spent all that money on busts.

- Le Messor
~ Hhow do we stop Der Kindestod?
Buffy: "Thought I might try violence. "

I dunno if you use eBay... but it's an excellent place to nab some of these VERY cheap.

[Le Messor]

eBay is how I got several of those sculpts.
It's not that cheap, though, when you have to add international postage.

- Le Messor
"Howe's Law: Everyone has a scheme that will not work."

[Phil]

It's not that cheap, though, when you have to add international postage.

Preaching to the choir there buddy.

[Reksuh]

Yeah I have all the busts as well.
Here is a great thread with interesting pictures of most of the bowen busts (as well as other great Alpha items)

http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=32814&KW=alpha+flight&PN=0&TPN=2

[Le Messor]

Preaching to the choir there buddy.

Amen! ;)

Reksuh - those are some cool images on there. Some Byrne AF art I hadn't seen. Woot!

- Le Messor
"I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat."

[Reksuh]

Thought I would just pad my post count a bit by showing the collection.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e276/reksuh/AlphaFlightBusts052a.jpg

[Ben]

I'm jealous!

[suzene]

I'm jealous!

What he said! I've had zero luck finding the Talisman or Wildchild kits.

[Le Messor]

Yeah, you have the unofficial one as well! Did you paint tally yourself?

- Le Messor
"I can’t hear you. There’s a banana republic in my ear."

[Tawmis]

Thought I would just pad my post count a bit by showing the collection.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e276/reksuh/AlphaFlightBusts052a.jpg

I hate you. LOL

You have orange Sas and Vindicator... (and a custom Talisman?)

The others I have.
Your Snowbird isn't a Bowen either, though.
I like the Bowen Snowbird more, because it has her arms and such.

Though, really. It's Snowbird. As much as I love her, it doesn't matter. :-D

[Le Messor]

Your Snowbird isn't a Bowen either, though.

I've just checked against mind, and the armless one is the Bowen. The one with arms is Diamond. The one with no fingers is Diamond after a fall from a bookcase...

Out of curiosity, Reksuh, why did you collect almost all the Bowens, but none of the Diamonds? And one fan-made?

- Le Messor
"I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma."
~ Winston Churchill

[Reksuh]

Yeah the armless one is the Bowen, you can tell by the sweet sweet base:

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e276/reksuh/Alpha%20Flight/BOWEN_2.jpg

I love the fact that all the creatures that Snowbird transformed into are worked into the base.

I collected mainly Bowen because I thought they looked better than the Diamonds (especially in the case of Sasquatch although this kit is SUPER sweet)

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e276/reksuh/Alpha%20Flight/SASFIN3.jpg

The Talisman kit I got because I came across her in my travels, and I LOVED the sculpt (and I think she is an integral part of Alpha Flight).
I didn't paint her, I got to this stage and then chickened out

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e276/reksuh/Alpha%20Flight/Talisman003b.jpg

It was almost a three year pain in the ass process, but the end result was pretty good.

I'm glad that I haven't come across the Master or Wild Child :smile:

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e276/reksuh/Alpha%20Flight/THE_MA1.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e276/reksuh/Alpha%20Flight/wildchild.jpg

[Le Messor]

I didn't know about the Master.
There's a Gilded Lily, too.
The thing about that Sas, if it's the one I think it is, is that it's to scale. IE: HUGE.

- Le Messor
(While talking to the Mayo Clinic)
"Sir, there's a Mr. Ham for you on line five."
"Okay, give me ham on five, hold the Mayo."
- Airplane! / Flying High

[suzene]

The only non-Bowen bust I have is Heather, and that's because Bowen stuck with the original line-up only. The Diamond busts just look a little too assembly-line for me and I tend not to love their paint jobs.

[Reksuh]

The thing about that Sas, if it's the one I think it is, is that it's to scale. IE: HUGE.



Yeah the Sasqustch is totally in scale which I love.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e276/reksuh/Alpha%20Flight/SASQUA3.jpg

But he's supposed to be, right? :)

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e276/reksuh/Alpha%20Flight/TEAM_G1.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e276/reksuh/Alpha%20Flight/largea.jpg

[Reksuh]

The only non-Bowen bust I have is Heather, and that's because Bowen stuck with the original line-up only. The Diamond busts just look a little too assembly-line for me and I tend not to love their paint jobs.

I agree about the assembly-line look. They are definitely not Bowen quality, but if I ever came across Heather in my travels I would probably pick her up.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e276/reksuh/Alpha%20Flight/VINDIC2.jpg

[suzene]

I agree about the assembly-line look. They are definitely not Bowen quality, but if I ever came across Heather in my travels I would probably pick her up.

If I hadn't snagged mine for so cheap, I probably wouldn't have bothered, even with my completionist tendencies...but it was right there! There's a reason 'fan' is short for 'fanatic', I guess. ;)

[Le Messor]

I agree about the assembly-line look. They are definitely not Bowen quality, but if I ever came across Heather in my travels I would probably pick her up.

If I hadn't snagged mine for so cheap, I probably wouldn't have bothered...

Who're you callin' cheap?

I think I ordered mine through the LCS.

- Le Messor
"I did a couple of slayers in my time. I don't like to brag. Who am I kidding? I love to brag."
~ Spike

[Duane V]

The Eaglemoss figurines are pretty cool too. I cannot wait until they come out with Northstar, Aurora, and Shaman. So far they've got Guardian, Sasquatch and Puck, and a new Snowbird that is absolutely Awesome!

[Ryan Maxwell]

I'm more partial to my John Byrne custom Guardian and the other pieces I did than what Eaglemoss has come out with. I don't have Sasquatch and Puck yet. I'm not thrilled about the short Sas or too-tall Puck.

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[Le Messor]

Hee hee... You used Heather's High River t-shirt! Cool.

[suzene]

HAHAHAHAHA! Subtle commentary on the Eaglemoss Guardian scuplt there. ;)

[MattSD]

I have the following:
Diamond:Heather and Sas
Bowen:Aurora/Northstar, Puck, Snowbird, Mac, Marinna
Would love to see an Aurora(yellow costume), Box

[Le Messor]

Would love to see an Aurora(yellow costume), Box

Seconded!
The thing with robotic characters (like Box) is that they can be made them much closer to the 'real' ones than flesh characters, since the materials are already stiff and 'dead'.

- Le Messor
"You might survive. You can handle a weapon, you've been in this world for, like, a thousand years. I'm not so... I don't think I'll be okay. I'm cool with it. I think I'd like to finish out as one of those lame humans trying to do what's right. ... So. Wheelchair fight?"
~ Andrew

[Duane V]

They test marketed a Bochs figure but it just didn't have the legs:)


Hilarious!

[Duane V]

I just bought the Heather Vindicator on E Bay.. When will they make a Talisman Bust (preferably Bowen)?

[Duane V]

Where do I get the Sasquatch, Talisman, and Wild Child Kits?

[Le Messor]

Where do I get the Sasquatch, Talisman, and Wild Child Kits?

They're not official, and I don't think they're available any more. But keep trying ebay...
(I assume here you mean the to-scale Sasquatch?)

- Le Messor
"I thought my window was down, but I found out it wasn't when I put my head through it"."
~ alleged actual insurance claim

[Duane V]

Yep, Exactly. I had to keep trying E-Bay for a While in order to get the Heather Vindicator. Guess this will take a while.