Curious About a Figure I Saw Online

[húsar14]

Can anyone help me identify this figure, please? Who made it? Has it ever been available commercially? I doubt it's still available, but please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[arj]

It appeared on PF earlier this year:-
https://www.planetfigure.com/threads/juan-sebastian-elcano-75-mm.533890/

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[húsar14]

It appeared on PF earlier this year:-
https://www.planetfigure.com/threads/juan-sebastian-elcano-75-mm.533890/

Cheers,
Andrew

Thanks, Andrew. I somehow missed that. Thank you very much.

 

[Babelfish]

Lovely figure. And annoyingly, the post that Andrew links to just describes it as a "very limited edition" with no indication of where it would have been available from.

- Steve

 

[arj]

I did a bit more firkling and checked posts by Asociacion Alabarda.
Hey presto, and up came the origin of this figure:-
https://www.planetfigure.com/threads/juan-sebastián-elcano.527775/
Their limited edition figures do go on sale, but you probably have to be quick to get one.
A few of their figures are listed on their site:-
https://alabarda.net/figuras-conmemorativas/
However, I was unable to find this particular figure.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[húsar14]

I did a bit more firkling and checked posts by Asociacion Alabarda.
Hey presto, and up came the origin of this figure:-
https://www.planetfigure.com/threads/juan-sebastián-elcano.527775/
Their limited edition figures do go on sale, but you probably have to be quick to get one.
A few of their figures are listed on their site:-
https://alabarda.net/figuras-conmemorativas/
However, I was unable to find this particular figure.

Cheers,
Andrew

I appreciate the additional searching you did, Andrew. I followed your links and did a bit more exploring myself. I imagine this limited edition piece was snatched up pretty quickly. Too bad. It's a real gem. Have a great day, my friend.

 

[Babelfish]

I appreciate the additional searching you did, Andrew. I followed your links and did a bit more exploring myself. I imagine this limited edition piece was snatched up pretty quickly. Too bad. It's a real gem. Have a great day, my friend.

Not surprised to read it's an Asociacion Alabarda piece. They apparently release just one limited edition figure per year and it seems that some get snapped up more quickly than others.

Zapatero is their go-to sculptor and the subjects are always Spanish explorers/statesmen and Spanish colonial wars. I have a couple of theirs from a few years back, "El Gran Capitan" (the Reconquista-era general Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba) and the conquistador Vasco Nunez de Balboa.

- Steve

 

[húsar14]

Not surprised to read it's an Asociacion Alabarda piece. They apparently release just one limited edition figure per year and it seems that some get snapped up more quickly than others.

Zapatero is their go-to sculptor and the subjects are always Spanish explorers/statesmen and Spanish colonial wars. I have a couple of theirs from a few years back, "El Gran Capitan" (the Reconquista-era general Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba) and the conquistador Vasco Nunez de Balboa.

- Steve

From what I saw on the association's website, you did well to grab a couple of their figures while they were available, Steve. And I agree--Zapatero is a top tier sculptor.