1/2 Prime 1 Studio - The Dark Knight - Joker (Adam Gu + Kato)

[Gipetto0812]

body and clothing look great but he just looks so sad. Not that I could afford it anyway but was really hoping to be "wowed" regardless

 

[Asdf]

Stick with HT version. Cheaper n yet looks as nice if not better.

 

[sarakawa]

He looked pretty good at SDCC. Not my cup of tea but I'm sure dark knight joker fans will love it.

 

[batfan08]

I feel like they made the same mistake I've seen most Adam customers make. They asked for his "typical" Joker, and his "typical" Joker is basically just Heath Ledger with scars. You see it in his sculpting process. He does Ledger first, then adds the scars, and it just doesn't capture the essence of the character.

He creates sculpts with likenesses like no other, but they're completely lacking in personality. It's a shame, too, because, on paper, they've done everything right. My ideal Joker would be tailored by Kato, with a sculpt by Adam, and it'd be torn straight from the Mob scene. Joker smiling while he taunts everyone with his grenade rig. Those yellow teeth grinning at everyone who walked by.

I could never afford something like this, but I was looking forward to seeing how it turned out for people, and, so far, it seems like it hasn't even come close to taking the crown from their Arkham Knight Batman.

 

[Platty]

I think this looks incredible. Wow, that sculpt. Best I've ever seen.

 

[bunnyfreakz]

Sculpt shoes? Thats quite bad for something this big and expensive

 

[INFECDEAD]

If this doesn't come with a switch out smiling portrait is a no sale for me

 

[67L88Stingray]

If this doesn't come with a switch out smiling portrait is a no sale for me

That would be the only thing to save it IMO

 

[EVILFACE]

Nice work, but there is no character there. Ledger was so animated as the Joker and this just looks soulless.

 

[DiFabio]

Best thing about this is the clothes. They look like the real thing, really nice work. It would be nice if some company had him smile or show some teeth or something. I'm so sick of all these serious portraits.


Hate the bent over pose though. Looks like he's about to twerk or some ****.

 

[krec9]

I'm all burned out on this joker looks nice though.

 

[Darkavatar]

Body looks fine to me. Sideshow's PF looks too skinny.

The body is the least of problems on the Sideshow PF. The Sideshow PF looks like the DX11 head sculpt with the same duck shape jaw. The likeness on this is dead on but I agree it lacks expression. The Sideshow PF has the Joker expression but I can't see any likeness to Ledger as it just looks like a more realistic DX11 sculpt, since it doesn't have plastic toy eyes (PERS).

 

[Ljaat]

I was hoping at least one (this or the PF) would turn out decent.. but looks like I'm going to pass on both and stick with my dx11. The sculpt and clothes look great but that expression and pose make it an easy pass (especially at the price it's going to be).

 

[Hologram AI]

The sculpt looks like the best on the market. Aside from obvious customs out there I think this is the best licensed sculpt there is. The expression is on the more boring side for sure but I don't see anything else beating it's likeness.

 

[Chad Man]

The sculpt looks like the best on the market. Aside from obvious customs out there I think this is the best licensed sculpt there is. The expression is on the more boring side for sure but I don't see anything else beating it's likeness.

Agreed and with a fully tailored Kato suit it can't be beat .


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[Brent72]

Got in late on the Bobby C. vs. Adam vs. Howard debate, but I'll just throw my .02 in the mix. I still believe my 1:1 sculpt by Bobby is the best representation of Ledger's Joker I've seen yet....and if it's true Adam got $7k for a 1/4 head I feel even better about what I paid for my life-size now.

 

[Darkavatar]

The sculpt looks like the best on the market. Aside from obvious customs out there I think this is the best licensed sculpt there is. The expression is on the more boring side for sure but I don't see anything else beating it's likeness.

Neither do I, either customs or mass produced by other artist. Sideshow's one captures the character but doesn't look a thing like Ledger.

 

[GalaxySupreme]

I'm guessing Prime 1 studio is reading this thread. I love the sculpt. And re sculpting it would be a big undertaking.

Here is my own suggestion:

When you showed the teaser pic of the side profile of the joker, people were VERY excited. The likeness to ledger was incredible. But the eyes were blackened out/shadowed by his brow in that teaser pic. But after we got sdcc pics and saw the eyes, there was disappointment. So i think the eye placement is may be what is causing some of the issue. I would suggest changing the eye placement and definitely changing the pose of the figure, so he doesn't look like he just woke up the morning after and hung over. But I am definitely loving the sculpt. Personally, if this statue contains ONLY a crazy smiling teeth sculpt I won't buy it myself. I really just want an incredible likeness, similar to Adam Gu's 1/4 headsculpt. If it contains this current headsculpt AND a crazy smiling teeth sculpt, it would be an instant-buy for me.

 

[mattman6886]

I love it. Easily the best licensed Ledger likeness out there, and the tailoring is great! Thinking the lean might be a tad much and it could maybe use a slightly more messed up make-up look, but I think it has a good Bruce's penthouse scene look to it.

 

[Hydeous]

If the dx11 could give us suede like shoes at 1;6 scale, prime 1 oughta be able to pull of something similar, if not better, at 1:2 scale.

If this is at $1k range, I'm in. if not, i'll just enjoy it from photos here