Busting out with no holds barred
Strain to hold down those arms
Body language experts would have that those who converse with arms crossed over their chest are being defensive. Those who choose not to engage weary more on the anti-social meter.
Pity and question then the plethora of characters immortalised in bust. As many of their brethren and comrades have seen, those who choose to open up lose their arms.
Defensive?
Perhaps. But at least those that are guarded remained armed for future battles.
Stare me down?
Peruse the gallery of mini busts for faces trading spaces courtesty of Bowen Designs, Moore Creations, DC Direct and Marvel Select.
Busts expected to ship for this week
No busts (mini or otherwise) are expected this week.
Complimentary to busts, there are statues.
Lex Luthor mini bust - Superman Returns - DC Direct - sculpted by Gentle Giant Studios
Flying back into the realm of superheroes,
Superman Returns today opens across the silver screens nationwide.
After an unexplained absence, Kal-El, the last son of Krypton, makes his way back to the Earth he has chosen to protect.
Hot on his case, the ever maniacal and ruthless, Lex Luthor. Seen here with what either appears to be a kryptonite dagger or cigar. Either way, getting it close to Superman will render him powerless and ill. It's Superman's only weakness and leaves the man of steel feeling like a sheet of aluminium foil.
During the
filming of the movie, Kevin Spacey (as Luthor) was known to drive around on the lot with a Superman death buggy and shouting, "Superman must die!" Brandon Routh (Clark Kent), on first seeing this, was shocked and a little worried. After all, it's not every day you have Prot declaring he's out to kill you.
Will Superman be bested by Luthor once and for all in this... you're going to watch it any way, who's kidding who?
Wonder Woman bust - Women of the DC Universe - designed by Terry Dodson - sculpted by Jack Mathews - DC Direct
And you could possibly lose your head. For a safer option, check out the
DC Direct mini bust instead. Sculpted by Jack Mathews, based on the artwork of Terry Dodson, this Wonder Woman mini bust is part of the "Women of the DC Universe" line-up.
Notice Diana Prince, aka Wonder Woman of the Amazons, taking off her glasses with a hand ripping off her own shirt. Preparing to enter a battle as she drops her civvies and into the star-spangled costume with the bracelets and Lasso of Truth.
Fighting against people with glasses and bifocals is for some reason, a no-no. Not just that people who where bifocals are of the older set. It's a thing about hitting someone in the face who wears glasses for vision and not the ones guarding against the sun.
What of the rules about putting on your own pair of glasses to spar up against? Does that then level the playing field? Two bespectacled fighters surely has to be more acceptable than only one side wearing them.
What about fisticuffs etiquette going up against people with contact lenses? Aren't they wearing glasses of a nature? Is that a wrong thing to do as well? That could be way to get out of a lot of scraps. "Don't hit me, I'm wearing glasses. On the inside of my eyelids."
(Not condoning fighting here, just to make that as clear as a handful of sand in the face.)
Hulk mini bust from Bowen Designs - sculpted by Randy Bowen
Jade Jaws, he of the purple pants that stay on despite sudden explosions in the shorts region, represents the green monster in all of us. No, not the one about envy or jealousy. That's another green monster for another discussion at another unspecified time. It's the monstrous outrage in life and grabbing it by the cojones.
From
Bowen Designs, this
mini bust is sculpted by Randy Bowen himself. Also out in a grey version that isn't of the Mr Fixit hat and tie.
Hulk, the alter-personality of Bruce Banner, doesn't hold much in terms of patience. But see the size of his hands though? Means he can hold a lot in his palm. Big stomach for life with a monkey grip stronger than an orangutan. Like hours and hours cranking that hand-flex hand-muscle-crunch-thing strong.
Take to life like Hulk takes to puny humans. Smash it open and run wild.
Life, not just a movie starring Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence.
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