Minus the snow stand - that comes with the "basic" of each figure.
Normally I'd agree with you but these claws will be @1/4" long at the maximum (including the thimble part that goes over her finger tip) and having them separate metal pieces will just be 10 more parts to potentially fall off when posing her. At this scale having them part of the plastic hands and painted is the way to go, especially considering we're getting 9 different hands. If the metal claws were glued on that would be another story, but in that scenario Joost would have to give us 45 metal claws to provide the same level of flexibility, and I think we can agree that's not realistic from a cost standpoint. I have an old 3rd party version of her and I shudder at the idea of dealing with those as separate little metal parts. Maybe it's just me, but I don't consider a massive headache as accentuating the premium feel of a figure lol.
Yep - another reason why the claws should remain diecast.
When did Joost say the hands with claws would be 3D printed? I don't think that's the case. Regardless, if the magnetic base seems sketchy (which I think is unlikely given Joost's engineering acumen) I'll just use a crotch grabber or waist grabber.
So much for Joost saying he wanted to keep it under $300.
Base figures are $310 (Clean) and $340 (BD), so he didn't miss by that much.
Wasn’t his aim early on like $250-$275? I’m sure he wanted to go lower but the prices are pretty high. He makes it out like these are a lot less than Hot Toys Artisan or InArt, but really that’s only if you get the basic versions.
