I was hoping that we’d see this mold in the form of a Glossy Reissue of the original Silver Release, mostly because I am kind of smitten with the look of my Vintage Club Gloss Chalky Alabaster Cantering Welsh Pony, and think the Silver would look equally fine in a similar suit of clothes.
Whether I get Rico or not is… iffy. I think the color will look nice on him in person – basically a Matte version of the 2009 Early Bird Special Run Angel Food Cake – but I am not the fan of the Silver mold a significant portion of the hobby is, and my shopping list so far is already full of many definites and maybes.
And his name… well, I worked with a guy named Rico, once. While that was an interesting experience (not all bad), I don’t think I want to be reminded of him every time I look at it.
(It’s as logical a reason as any other I’ve seen to just saying no to any given model…)
A Dundee mold will also be released – not sure if it’s a Store Special, Mid-year, or some other classification of production run – as a portrait of Jonathan Field’s horse Hal.
Though for the sake of my sanity I will also assume that this is a very, very, very sly and subtle reference to the original Silver Age Green Lantern, Hal Jordan. (I’m more of a Guy Gardner gal, myself, but at this point I will take any DC reference, no matter how tenuous.)
That’s it for me today. Off to make another go at this “sleep” thing. Will the fourth time be the charm?
Kind of "meh" on this one... I also would have preferred a glossy re-issue of the original Lone Ranger's Silver. I'm not a huge fan of this mold, I don't much care for flea-bitten greys despite my best horse ever being that color...too many real horses of that color find their way to me...and DC comics don't mean anything to me, I never read them, so all these references are totally lost here. For me they're more like names picked out of a hat. If his eyes look nicer in person than they do in the pictures, he's a maybe, but Old Ironsides looked old already to me before I even unboxed her. The dull ghosty eyes really don't sell the models well.
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