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Peege · **Posted:** Tue Feb 16, 2010 6:50 pm

We have STATUES!

http://www.ugo.com/the-goods/toy-fair-2010-dc-universe-online-statues

Misanthrope · **Posted:** Tue Feb 16, 2010 7:31 pm

Nice, but they don't scream... DCUO to me, more like "oh hey, statues based off Jim Lee designs!". Not to say they're bad by any means... maybe if the game had some custom character statues, either premade or based off our own characters, I'd be more enthused.

Justice · **Posted:** Tue Feb 16, 2010 7:36 pm

It says it's for DC Universe Online, so the statues must be based off the concepts for the game. They look good!

Misanthrope · **Posted:** Tue Feb 16, 2010 7:51 pm

socomsargent wrote:

It says it's for DC Universe Online, so the statues must be based off the concepts for the game. They look good!

Which means they're... based off Jim Lee's designs. What I'm saying is there's nothing endemically "Online" about them and one could easily believe that these very same statues were tie ins, to, say, "All Star Superman" were they not called "DCUO statues".

Lunar Ray · **Joined:** Sat Feb 21, 2009 4:34 am **Posts:** 2944

While Jim lee has done toy designs, his DCUO work is an entirely new way of drawing for him. He was able to essentially digitally sculpt these statues as opposed to providing a sculptor with some sketches. That alone makes them worthy of being named DCUO Statues.

Now aside from that, the style for DCUO is a slightly altered variation on Jim's comic style. You can compare the character models to his previous work and you'll see the differences.

As a preliminary line of DCUO Statues, they're great quality.

SoulCatcher · **Posted:** Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:08 pm

Compound wrote:

While Jim lee has done toy designs, his DCUO work is an entirely new way of drawing for him. He was able to essentially digitally sculpt these statues as opposed to providing a sculptor with some sketches. That alone makes them worthy of being named DCUO Statues.

Now aside from that, the style for DCUO is a slightly altered variation on Jim's comic style. You can compare the character models to his previous work and you'll see the differences.

As a preliminary line of DCUO Statues, they're great quality.

IE you can check and see that Jim Lee had a different look for The Joker in the beginning and that it just didn't look right in-game so he changed up the look to fit better. We've seen this happen with several characters. Remember Barrel chest Batman?

If they're based off his concepts for the game characters, they're DCUO figures. Plain and Simple.

Lunar Ray · **Joined:** Sat Feb 21, 2009 4:34 am **Posts:** 2944

Here's a more visual example.

Comic Style Superman:

Comic Style Statue:

DCUO Superman:

DCUO Superman Statue:

Justice · **Posted:** Tue Feb 16, 2010 10:00 pm

really noticeable in the face area. The distinction of the jaw and chin, and location of the assets on the face make it different.

Powerhouse · **Joined:** Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:04 pm **Posts:** 975

That Catwoman statue looks great but her goggles should look more like cats eyes and be green in keeping with the cat theme....unless she's supposed to be a drunken alley cat...I guess that's possible.

gawabiwa · **Posted:** Wed Feb 17, 2010 3:38 am

I have a fair collection of statues, but I dont have any with turnable necks, if thats what that is, and i'm not sure I like it. Seems more like an action figure than a statue with the "posable parts" thing going on. Otherwise the art seems nice.