On display at Secret Base. I also like how better scaled the glider is on Hot Toys. I know they're not the same glider but I feel like TE's is underscaled.
Not to come off as a case of early sour grapes, but... does it look kind of underwhelming to anyone else? It looks more like a toy, and less like a scaled down replica of a real person. The body's a bit too thin, the suit looks like a onesie, the all-green colour looks too... simple? I know that the trousers and sleeves looking like that instead of seamless is screen-accurate, but looking at it I can't help but feel underwhelmed. The head looks great, but the more my eyes wander down, the more I feel like nearly half a grand is too much for a literal plastic toy that'll get creases in no time. The molded hands just throw me off completely.
I got into the scale and hobby because of the great tailoring and headsculpts, and this is sort of lacking in both. Don't get me wrong, I have more toyetic figures such as Thanos and Iron Man, but those still manage to come off as lifelike and of high quality. This looks like a high quality toy, but still, it looks like a toy. I can't unsee it and be immersed. As it stands, I'm more interested because I like Dafoe, plus my nostalgia, rather than being impressed with it. It's supposed to be a form of power armour, but it looks like a onesie made out of foam. It lacks the punch of a real world replica. Which isn't really HT's fault, as even in NWH it still looked flimsy and plasticy.
I don't know, I want a Dafoe on my shelf, but 400 is a tough pill to swallow, not to mention everything else that's coming. I'm a big Gyllenhaal fan too, but I didn't get a Mysterio either. I might just end up POing only a Tobey-Man. I guess he'll be alone, but chances are Insomniac SM2 will feature the Superior skin, so I could pose the two together down the line. Maybe add a 2099 too if a proper Batman Beyond is too far away.
Anyway, I'm not trying to be a debie downer, but I wondered if anyone else sees what I see. I have a feeling the Final Battle version will look fuller, more realistic, due to all the exposed whiring and parts making the suit look more like actual armour. Maybe I'll wait till that and see where I go from there. But I suppose by then I'll already have other POs taking its place. We'll see, I'm still undecided. But I paid nearly the same for Thanos, and while he's an imposing display piece that feels worth its cash, this one just looks like a really, really good action figure instead of a high quality collectible meant for displaying.
