I've been wanting Shaun (and Ed) in the collection for a long time. Sideshows old releases were dated and honestly never really looked all that great. And I know there was a custom set done of these two, but some characters, while I want in the collection, just don't justify the custom price tag so this was a sweet spot deal in my opinion!
Having him in hand, it's a decent release, but definitely room for some improvements....sculpt/Paint is really soft, but likeness of Simon Pegg is there. I think with a repaint this would be an amazing sculpt. The clothing, also could be tighter, stitching etc. But for the price I can work with it. I'll be doing some more futzing and modding to the clothes to get them to lay more natural.
The elbows are the biggest eyesore, for me 1:6 standards are to push towards realism and what worse way to lose that by having exposed elbow joints like these. If you can Swap the arms to seamless then it would look x10 better.
Finally the accessories are where this guy shines! He's loaded with them! And they are pretty great!
Overall he's maybe lower than average. Figure if
you are graded him based on Hot Toys standards. Maybe even a bit weaker than Sideshow standards. BUT if you are a fan of this ZomCom there's not many options out there available. Three that I've mentioned. One is dated (SS) one is Expensive (Custom Set) and this happy medium, which with work could potentially shine.
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