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OK. So I am a big fan of the reissued Kiss figures from CTVT. I am not, however, completely satisfied with them. A few things. The first series ALL have screwed up, cheap *** bodies that have a permanent twist. It is so bad that I honestly cannot believe that this company is actually putting them out, much less selling them at $25! But, I did choose to buy them knowing this was in fact the case. It is easily fixed, but I am ****ed that I have to do this to an expensive product. F-U CTVT!!! You SUCK!. OK WHEW. Sorry... I needed to get that off my chest. In all fairness, Series 2 of the Kiss figures is much much better. That is... all except for Paul Stanley!!! What the HELL did they do to his Makeup?!?!?!? How did Kiss actually sign off on such a bad looking figure? It looks nothing like the original Mego or Paul Stanley!?!?!?! Here is what I am talking about:
Here we have a direct comparison between the new CTVT figure and the original Mego. Notice how the new figure looks much more like Boy George than it does Paul Stanley. Why is this? Lets look closely at the paint design. The Star is much too small, making the right side look strange. The eyebrow is also too small. The pupils are also way too small giving him a wide open stare. Below is a composite image of the original Mego face with the new make up design in PINK over the top. Notice the massive differences:
I will also point out that my Paul Stanley figure arrived with extremely poor face painting. It had dust/hair in the face paint, smudges and was poorly re-touched as mentioned in the other threads. CTVT really really screwed this one up. I should have sent him back. But, being the person I am, I decided to fix him myself. First, I cut his rubber bands and restrung him. He can now stand up straight and rock and roll! Next, I fixed his face paint trying to make it as close as I could to the original. This included the white base, Black Star and Eyebrow, Pupils and Lips. A nice Med Cadmium Red will match the lips. I'll post a better pic later, but here is one in the meantime:
Paul no longer has the coked out Boy George look.... he does still have straight, weird hair... which I may end up redoing. Does anyone know anything about getting curly hair on these guys?
Another note: I built him a PS-10 Ibanez Iceman out of Balsa wood. He looked sort of naked without it! I am certainly glad that CTVT made some improvements with their second line, but boy did they drop the ball on the first series.
Here we have a direct comparison between the new CTVT figure and the original Mego. Notice how the new figure looks much more like Boy George than it does Paul Stanley. Why is this? Lets look closely at the paint design. The Star is much too small, making the right side look strange. The eyebrow is also too small. The pupils are also way too small giving him a wide open stare. Below is a composite image of the original Mego face with the new make up design in PINK over the top. Notice the massive differences:
I will also point out that my Paul Stanley figure arrived with extremely poor face painting. It had dust/hair in the face paint, smudges and was poorly re-touched as mentioned in the other threads. CTVT really really screwed this one up. I should have sent him back. But, being the person I am, I decided to fix him myself. First, I cut his rubber bands and restrung him. He can now stand up straight and rock and roll! Next, I fixed his face paint trying to make it as close as I could to the original. This included the white base, Black Star and Eyebrow, Pupils and Lips. A nice Med Cadmium Red will match the lips. I'll post a better pic later, but here is one in the meantime:
Paul no longer has the coked out Boy George look.... he does still have straight, weird hair... which I may end up redoing. Does anyone know anything about getting curly hair on these guys?
Another note: I built him a PS-10 Ibanez Iceman out of Balsa wood. He looked sort of naked without it! I am certainly glad that CTVT made some improvements with their second line, but boy did they drop the ball on the first series.
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