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The sculpt looks to be way off to me too. Being a complete Superman Dork I'd like to have one but not if the Hot Toys one is going to be more authentic.
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i'm going to wait for hot toys as well. they got master sculptor arnie kim working on it!Comment
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Reeves wasnt that bulky. He was kinda graceful. You know what I mean.Comment
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The packaging is nice and the suit looks good, but this is just one of those things where the toy is made or broken on the quality of the head sculpt. It's a shame that Mattel doesn't seem to care to strive for the kind of quality we get with Hot Toys. And for those who would argue that Hot Toys is a $200 doll, I'd point you to Zica, who has nowhere near the resources Mattel has yet has managed some incredibly impressive sculpts at a $35 price point.Comment
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It looks Nothing Like Reeves. The Boots are Hidious. If your gonna market a character after a particular likeness, then that figure better Damn Well look as Such, When you promote a Figure with that persons Name or Idea. Thats Where the Ball is Dropped. If this was just Superman ...., I still couldn't Buy it at that Price.... The Original Knight ..., Often Imitated, However Never Duplicated. The 1st Knight in Customs.
always trading for Hot Toys Figures .
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the one they had at sdcc this year looked so much better then the one thats going to be for sale
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It depends on the skill of the sculptor. They may have hired the wrong person to sculpt this. I have dabbled in sculpting and I can tell you young people & women's faces are really hard to sculpt because they don't have all the lines older people have to use as reference. Chris Reeve had a very smooth face and it's tough to re-create that. I tried sculpting Dirk Bennedicts face and it just wouldn't come together. He has no wrinkles and it's hard to re-create his face in sculpey. A better sculptor could nail it no-problem, like maybe Brian's friend Sean.
In this sculpt, which I think is better, the artist nailed it via the muscles & tendons which give Chris's face it's shape and identity. You can see the layers were built up one on top the other. I'd say this was %85-%90 Chris compared to the other.
This one, not so much:
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The figure might just need a new paint job.If a Mego figure of God did not exist, it would be necessary for EMCE to invent him.Comment
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Maybe it's just me, but I believe both of those are the same sculpt. The smaller photo is lit much better, and shows off the planes and contours of the face, while the flatly lit bottom photo doesn't really show anything. Also, the top one is obviously hand-painted while the bottom is the factory paint. The shape of the eyebrows is critical. That's where they messed up the factory paint IMO. I think a solid repaint will bring out a very impressive Reeve face under there.It depends on the skill of the sculptor. They may have hired the wrong person to sculpt this. I have dabbled in sculpting and I can tell you young people & women's faces are really hard to sculpt because they don't have all the lines older people have to use as reference. Chris Reeve had a very smooth face and it's tough to re-create that. I tried sculpting Dirk Bennedicts face and it just wouldn't come together. He has no wrinkles and it's hard to re-create his face in sculpey. A better sculptor could nail it no-problem, like maybe Brian's friend Sean.
In this sculpt, which I think is better, the artist nailed it via the muscles & tendons which give Chris's face it's shape and identity. You can see the layers were built up one on top the other. I'd say this was %85-%90 Chris compared to the other.
This one, not so much:
http://cooltoyreview.com/SDCC09/03-Mattel/IMG_3819.JPGComment
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I believe you are right! But Hot Toys will likely knock this one right out of there, so why customize?Last edited by MIB41; Nov 24, '10, 11:52 AM.Comment
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Yup feel the same if it was 20-25$ I'd give in but 60+? Hell noooooo!
I'd rather pay a little extra knowing full well that Hot Toys will hit a homerun with it and knowing that the articulation on the figure will also be outstanding....cause that bad boy is coming out of that box.....
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I don't care for the body either
The arms look too big and muscular
Reeve never looked like thatComment
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