I can't stand how small the hat looks and where it sits on the head with the present toys. It honestly counter acts any positive aspects over the sideshow for me.
How anyone thinks the Present Toys, including the sculpt, is better than the SST one is beyond me.
that kinda makes both of us the minority in here...How anyone thinks the Present Toys, including the sculpt, is better than the SST one is beyond me.
It's odd, I always see a lot of Van Cleef in that PT sculpt.I don’t think anyone with the Present Toys version has been anything but realistic in this thread about the fact that there are deficiencies, we’re all just excited to share our Blondies since there’s no thread for the PT! If you don’t care for it, just be glad you got yourself the “real” one! While I think some of the criticism of the Present Toys sculpt(s) is a bit hyperbolic, it definitely has issues. All that matters is what we’re happy with in our own collections.
The proportions and tailoring are 100% better on the SS version, rest assured. You can tell who it is by the silhouette alone, and that’s an awesome achievement by SS. Present Toys products from my experience should almost exclusively be seen as starter kits to then mix and match, and at a $120 price difference that works for me. Everyone prioritizes different elements of these figures, part of the fun of the hobby! For myself, disliking the painted neckbeard body, the face, and then seeing so many talk about having to tilt the head down to be happy with their purchase in-hand, I personally was not prepared to pay that premium for the clothes, especially if I can pick up loose bits along the way.
Warning: Present Toys pictures ahead!
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I reckon so.OK, so I mostly hang out in the "monsters" section of these forums. I grew up on Eastwood films though. I always thought "one day I will nab a nice custom". I always assumed it would be The Man With No Name, because that is his most immediately identifiable western character, having played him three times. Also due to the fact that customs of the character in question seem easily obtainable to some degree.
My favorite Eastwood Westerns though are Hang 'Em High, High Plains Drifter, and Pale Rider (being my absolute favorite). I watched the film in school in English class. My teacher was looking for people to make sense of things that didn't. For instance, why a gang of men would shoot up an empty room until running out of ammunition, or how his hat was left in the street. The fact that my young mind was able to put together that this was a "ghost story", without any special effects at all, was a mental wallop. They shot up an empty room, because they were seeing something we weren't. Then he waltzed around the corner and wasted them. Yet the director didn't feel the need to explain it to us fully.
So...I have Preacher on the way. He looks to be amazing.
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