The world is a place fraught with danger, full of tribulations and travails, but there are still some good things in it, as evidenced by this NEW THING BUST BY JON HARTMAN!
Is it my birthday? Yes, it is, but the reason I got this new addition to the Thing club is instead because...I wanted it a lot, and it's tough to say no to the Thing.
What you see here is a custom order from Pittsburgh's own Jon Hartman, who created this model of Ben Grimm, perhaps staring out into the Negative Zone as the hordes of Annihilus come barreling in toward the Baxter Building. I saw some of Jon's work on other models and knew that I had to get one for myself.
Jon used Sculpey Premo to create this work, a modeling clay that is shaped and then baked to maintain its form. It's attached to the wooden base, where it will sit for generations to observe, probably in a museum or something after I kick it. The model sits just about four inches high on top of the base. The shade of orange is just right and the individual rocks are smooshed just right into place. (That is a technical term.)
I debated asking for the mutated, "pineapple" version of the Thing when ordering this. I couldn't stray from the classic Thing, though. After getting this in the mail, I think I made the right choice, and I think that I will also eventually purchase another of Pineapple Thing. These are important decisions.
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