Ed's Archeresque parachutist reminded me of how much I like those old Buck Rogers book cover illustrations with similarly strange and endearing poses as those Archer figures.
My favourite Buck pose is this.
Arms and one knee bent, head looking down in a gas-powered ascent.
At once unreal yet oddly hypnotic, I wonder where this kind of art came from?
Another, even more awkward posture is this, as Buck grabs the top of a tree. It just looks so odd.
Archer Ajax figures are posed in similar ways, which is hard to describe. Is it Art Deco?
Here's Aqua I saw on Ebay.
Just what are these poses readers?
My guess is, since these figures aren't articulated, the designers wanted them to look active,instead of just standing at attention like a soldier.More play value that way.
ReplyDeleteGood point Brian. They all have some pose or other.
DeleteI think the poses hail from the era of melodrama, when films were silent, the actors had to be hyper-exaggerated in their movements, with lots of hand gestures and dynamic posing, to add gravitas to their performance and as the pulps followed on the heels of movies, the similar style was echoed in the art, with swooning females and lantern jawed heroes, waving exotic weapons in mock peril. Bill
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