Alex Ross converted Reeve Superman statue

[reevefan78]

It was for sale on ebay for about $1700 ish, I had the link, but it does not link up for some reason ... maybe the guy sold it off ebay??? I do remember the guys ebay id. It is apengiII . I have bought two statues from him before, I was happy with his service.

My best friend just sent me this link: https://sideshowcollectors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=58753&page=3 (where the quote seen above originated from) showing a converted Alex Ross Superman statue that uses my 1/6 scale Christopher Reeve head sculpt. The conversion was created by Dan Fuller. How do I know this?.....because he is the ONLY person I ever sent a copy of my original head sculpt to not knowing he was a recaster. I helped get him kicked off this forum to keep other fellow sculptors from being preyed upon by this guy.

I sent Dan a head cast a few years back in return for a statue he promised to make for me of Superman flying using my head sculpt. He was going to produce one for me and one for him with my consent and that was it, nothing else. I did not give him consent to use it for anything else and I expressly made this clear to him in several emails.

I didn't know him well enough back then to avoid him like the plague! I discovered quite by accident when I did a search for Chris Reeve 1/6 scale custom head that my sculpt had been posted on Statueforum.com with Dizneeguy (aka Dan Fuller) discussing the use of it with another member. Dan said he was going to use it for all kinds of conversion statues that he had planned against my wishes. I managed along with Chris King's help (I got Dan to admit he was going to recast Phil Robinson's first 1/4 scale Chris Reeve Superman Movie statue too) and one other guy who had recast some stuff for Dan in Singapore to get Dan kicked off this forum. It wasn't easy but we did it. As a result he was kicked off several other forums when others came forth to complain that Dan had recast their work without permission as well. He will recast anything from licensed properties to independent fan work.....he doesn't care as long as there is money to be made in it he'll do what he wants. Now this guy is back!

I just wanted to pass this along to each of you in case you run into this statue on ebay or anywhere else. I NEVER gave Dan permission and as far as I'm concerned he has violated the Copyright Act of 1976. I will do whatever it takes to make everyone aware that Dan Fuller is a well known recaster. He has been kicked off several forums for blatantly stealing the work of other sculptors buy trading or purchasing statues and recasting them without the consent of the artist(s) who created the original work.

I just wanted everyone to know who created the original head sculpt for this statue and I DID NOT GIVE consent for it's use. I will do whatever it takes to get Dan to stop using my work for personal monetary gain. I will also be posting a thread on statueforum.com as well!

I am including a pic of the very same head sculpt created by me back in 2001 from almost the exact same angle as the Alex Ross converted statue that uses my head sculpt.

This is Dan Fuller's unauthorized use of my Christopher Reeve head sculpt on the DC Direct Alex Ross Kingdom Come Superman statue.

This is my 1/6 scale Reeve head sculpt cast in flesh colored resin that I used to produce a cloth costumed figure that you see below the unfinished version.

Here's the finished 1/6 scale Christopher Reeve Superman movie figure I produced back in 2001.

 

[MarfMaster]

That sucks man...gotta admit though, that's one hellofa statue

 

[Shai]

That statue is way better than that average 1/6 figure.Did you have ex rights to Chris Reeves likeness?

 

[wofford29]

He has exclusive rights to his work.

 

[Doom Saber]

Is Dan the same Dan who sells stuff on ebay as Diver4?

 

[MisterToyNYC]

Damn, I see this guy is still at it! Dan Fuller did the same with my McGuinness Superman bust a few years ago. He used my bust and added legs to it and sold it on eBay. (Sad things it the bust was in the super-muscular McGuinness style and the legs were not.)

As per him being Diver4, I'm not sure, but he's another well-known recaster.

Avoid them both like the plague!

Eric

 

[hsusan65]

Is this matter still being investigated? I just purchased a Reeve superman Statue on Ebay & It looks just like the suposed unauthorized use of the Christopher Reeve head.