the brains are nice
but the bee takes the cake

MINE

the bee is my least favorite sculpt but there are some super rad ones out there. i actually dig the crank brains more than the crank bees bees (especially that pink brain...yum yum) but my story ends well and hiddy is replacing my fucked up brain with a bee. it's a bee and not a brain but at least i'm lucky enough to get a replacement and i still do like the bees. again, i'm just happy to have something.

I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because uh, some people out there in our nation don't have maps and I believe that our education like such as South Africa and uh, the Iraq everywhere like such as and I believe they should our education over here! in the U.S. should help the U.S. should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future for our children.

My Bee was the black glossy one with gold lines (it has some light paint issues).

Fairly certain its the one from the photo SB had up when the sale was running, the paint smearing looks exactly like the Bee from the photo.

Its not perfect but its still cool.

Maybe I'll figure out how to host and post photos one day.

I can email photos to someone who's better with computers than me though if people want to see it up close.

I was reading some old threads yesterday and asked Krudler to send me some pictures of his Bee. Here he is in all his glory:

i like the white one better
this looks kinda sloppy
the first crank bee is the best though

i'm glad you're still cool with your bee krudler. the gold he painted these with has issues. my brain was this color combo and got smudged to high hell. i think the flecks in it didn't react well with the vinyl. thankfully hiddy replaced mine with a bee. i loved the gold/black color combo i just wish the paint was better.

My photo skills really suck. After I sent them I realized they were sideways, huge, and all over the place. Thanks for posting them properly Mark.

The gold did flake but I still like that Bee. Couldn't really complain since the sample shot had the same smudging and I think was that very same Bee.

The hand is kind of battle scarred (or was tacky at one point) and the paint held up better in some spots than others.

Was the gold Crank Brain in about the same shape or worse?

hey Krudler, do you have a trade list?

the brain was worse especially since when i took it out of the bag the arms smudged right on my fingers. i went from extremely stoked to extremely bummed in one second flat...

I'm sorry to hear that. The gold Bee wasn't wet at all no streaks on the bag or smears that weren't done by Crank.

It looks like the paint would flake if handled (like gold leaf) yet none actually comes off in bag or if handled. I have chrome All Stars with flakes that do come off.

It actually looks less sloppy in person and I like it a lot. Maybe I should have returned it but it really did look exactly like the one in the photo.

Crank stuffs rarely perfect anyway and it doesn't look rushed at all.

Rhino, no trade list although I probably should at some point.

Really need a few cabinets for a comprehensive SB setup or risers and move the Bemons. Plus get some photography skills.

I can help you move those Bemons

Nice stuff.