Ive pre-ordered this, and yes I dislike the vinyl. But those saying the designs are locked on seem to be under the impression that the release date is set in stone. How many delays have we had on recent figs...well all the ones I ordered have had considerable push backs. From what I see, they rushed this to get it to co-inside with the film release. Vinyl can be really easy and quick to work with. I imagine they designed the patterns, printed the bricks and webs onto it, laser cut it out and just sewed it to the blue. Quick and easy ready for the release. The body looks to be the same as the ASM 1 fig minus the hands and feet, hence the neck join. With the MOS fig they completely re-built the body, I dont see why we wont get a new style one with out the weird neck connector designed for the Garfield head, meaning we wont have a neck seam line. Which the only reason they have it, is that vinyl can be hard to sew (hence the hideous head seam) and to create a one piece unitard style costume, you generally need a slit running down the throat, something that will look terrible on this vinyl stuff without the join.
I will be very surprised if this hits its release date, and that it arrives looking how it does in the promo shots. And if it does, he can sit proudly on in my display...on the bottom at the back where he cant be seen.
