i think in terms of the raw likeness, aside from the paint and ****** hair. the sculpt itself is quite nice. his face is a lot rounder than people think or remember, inart went really narrow to try to emulate what a skinny person might look like
tailoring wise, inart is better but its not saying much when youre comparing hot toys when it looks like a crap 3rd party set
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my expectations are naturally higher for this figure because this is *my* character that i gravitate towards. from top to bottom, i know everything. the likes of say inart superman or some others, i dont really give a **** about and just write it off as a meh figure with bad design choices and call it a day. at the end of the day the 4 pack is just fodder to me to fill space because i like the character. im set to have a total of about 6-8 ledgers and even more phoenix jokers/arthurs
customs, mass produced whether its licensed or 3rd party i hold to the same accord. theyre all not different from each other. some companies, obviously carry a reputation for putting out ****** products and that's what they are at the end of the day like why studios for example.
if its wrong, its wrong and thats final to me. that's how I run and others are less invested in this hobby and want to just enjoy it for face value (and that's okay), but that's not what makes this hobby enjoyable for me. people may think its a very miserable style to collect instead of enjoying it or being grateful (because wow first world problems), but I enjoy diving deep and studying characters I love and it just happens to be jokers specifically. I've done it for others but I hold jokers to a higher standard.
and people might be wondering why I own hot toys, inart, etc. when I crap on them so much. its stops becoming a want or like. I have my personal customs that are the real deal and ones I truly cherish because it has history behind them. inart's set is just because I like the character, not because I enjoy the figures and their construction/design
I'm not lashing out at people's figures, but the companies when they hire these crap researchers. limitations exists to an extent but c'mon, you're getting paid to look at characters all day and I'm only doing it for a few days out of like a month or two and get **** right but that stems from passion
ill crap on ropa clothes any day, the same with inart and hot toys. just because the price is higher doesn't exclude it from being critiqued.
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original kraken shoes,
awful and i paid almost 200 just to go back and pay an additional 200 to send to someone else to fix up and make it better. shame on the runner for not telling ahead of time that the body needed modifications.
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at the end of the day i can fix the figures but I want to avoid the habit of buying stuff over 1 grand just to go back and pour more money to fix, I've done it too many times and it adds up an awful lot.
start doing your own **** because people are just gonna disappoint you when you start setting high standards, but that's to be expected. i usually keep quiet or only speak to a selected few and they know I am far harsher on custom stuff than mass produced stuff
