1/6 Threezero - Breaking Bad - Heisenberg Collectible Figure

[mattdorris]

Im excited for the figure. While there may be some improvements that can be made, if it comes out like it looks in the proto I will be happy for $150 shipped. I think that will be the cheapest I've paid for a licensed figure.


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[SurlyJ]

I enjoyed the show, don't think its amazing as every one makes it. Cool figure, i think it looks great but doesn't really have a place in my collection. I am curious as to what the exclusive could be though.

3zero. Said on their Facebook page that there will not be an exclusive for this one.

 

[Hologram AI]

You can see that the problem with the sculpt is indeed the eyes. They're too close together.

Spreading them apart brings out the likeness a bit. Everything else looks spot on, even the wrinkles.

 

[SurlyJ]

I think that often when people talk about the likeness of us a sculpt they're really talking about its personality.

To me, there is absolutely no question that the likeness to Walter White/Heisenberg is there in the sculpt. No one is going to confuse this for some generic bald guy or for anyone other than the character it represents. However, it doesn't ooze personality the way some sculpts do. That is what IMIMINE does very well, he captures just a hint of intense personality. Now I happen to think this sculpt does have some personality but it's subdued and not quite the personality I would ideally want out of a Walter White figure, but that's because this is Heisenberg and I actually want Walter White. It does capture that serious, pissed off attitude. But these are also Fake toys and dolls we are talking about here. Capturing personality in them is extremely difficult and out of all the figures I own and all the figures I've seen very few really capture a ton of personality. The first avengers Loki figure is one of the best in that regard for me. As is the DX 08.

. I think people's vocabularies fail them when discussing things like this.

 

[galactiboy]

I would agree about the personality... the sculpt is very accurate to the promo image, but that promo image is not a great representation of the often conflicted/insecure nature of the character. Whereas the original TG sculpt with the slightly open mouth really nailed it.

But having said all that this sculpt looks pretty spot-on and for the total price seems like a heck of a deal.

 

[Snake Plissken]

Sculpt is fine to me, but the frames of the glasses could be slimmer.

 

[Sidewinder]

So did Iminime pay for the license to make their figure? These custom comparisons annoy me to no end. We get an official Sherlock figure and all people could to in that thread was compare it to the Iminime's sculpt and saying how much better that one was. It just really takes the enjoyment out of a new figure when it has to be compared with a $500 custom at all times.

Even if this sculpt was better than Iminime's, who wants to really admit that? You pay $500 for a figure and something better comes along at $150? Honestly, I would never want to accept that.

I'm glad we're finally seeing a company pick up this license. We all know it is something HT would ever do and this proto looks better than anything SSC would produce imo.

I really hope ThreeZero can stick with the TV licenses because there are a lot of great characters that could be made.


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[Sideyank14]

Looks awesome !

 

[Raymond F.]

I've put more money into customs, Leon the professional, Star Wars etc that I gladly trashed when the superior official versions were released. Marty McCfly and ripley to come, etc.

The best is the best. Period, regardless of how little or how much it costs. It's a moot point.

 

[Pixelpiper]

It's a moot point.

So it's not worth discussing then?

In terms of discussion, this is the ThreeZero Heisenberg thread, not the Unlicensed Chemical Man thread, so I can understand why some people, including anyone from 3Z, might get tired or even upset reading some of the posts here.

 

[Raymond F.]

My argument is thst it's percisely worth discussing.

Using iminime as an example denny was literally driven off of the boards due to the constant complaining of the peanut gallery but look how far the product had come because of it. It's good that threzero is reading the comments and of they're stressed about it even better! It means they will be pushed to make improvements to the product.

I make a living off of commercial creative work and having my work trashed on a daily basis if it doesn't make the work better it at least makes it better suited to the needs of the customer and the client. Sometimes the feedback is ******** and everyone's a critic and everything is subjective at the end of the day but if you're in the industry of making money you listen to the feedback of your customer base and you make your product more desirable. You have to learn to seperate yourself from the creation and think objectively... It's not easy and feedback rarely comes gently unfortunately.

 

[Pixelpiper]

Mentioning and promoting unlicensed products is not constructive feedback. That was my only point. In fact it's a slap in the face of the license holder.

Talking about this product and how it compares to promo and program images of the character and the actor is constructive.

 

[BadMuthaDude]

This looks excellent and the price is great! I have only one concern now, how do Threezero's final products look compared to their promo pics?

 

[Pixelpiper]

I have only one concern now, how do Threezero's final products look compared to their promo pics?

Tyrion looks great - he's sitting 2 feet away from me right now. Pets from Walking Dead awesome. All the ThreeA figures look great - lots of in-hand photos and video around. Their robots and others also look fantastic as seen in photos and videos.

IMO, they have a solid manufacturing record, they just don't have much in the way of human likenesses available yet.

 

[Chockles]

This looks excellent and the price is great! I have only one concern now, how do Threezero's final products look compared to their promo pics?

Also check the threezero dead space 3 thread. There's pictures of the exclusive headsculpt in there as well for your own judgement.

Typically most if not all threeA and threezero products closely match their prototype or exceed their prototype. All the figures I bought from both companies turned out better than the prototype. That's my own opinion. Do your own research and make your own call.


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[davejames]

You can see that the problem with the sculpt is indeed the eyes. They're too close together.

Spreading them apart brings out the likeness a bit. Everything else looks spot on, even the wrinkles.

Moving the eyes apart helps, but I also think the upper lids are little too heavy on the sculpt as well.

Or maybe the skin tone just isn't pale enough...

 

[Pixelpiper]

Or maybe the skin tone just isn't pale enough...

I use a time-tested Costanza method. Squint my own eyes until it looks perfect. Or better.

 

[Raymond F.]

Mentioning and promoting unlicensed products is not constructive feedback. That was my only point. In fact it's a slap in the face of the license holder.

Talking about this product and how it compares to promo and program images of the character and the actor is constructive.

To be honest I think the real danger might be towards the party who does NOT hold the lisence. Especially when there is history with a certain John snow.

My opinion though is that if you do hold the lisence though you're all the more inclined to be heled up to the highest standard possible. Then of course you're beholden to the standard level of the lisence holder and when things get corporate there is all kinds of stupidity in the decision making. Sometimes unlisenced makers can actually get away with even more accuracy.

 

[PopCultKid]

ThreeZero will never make the most accurate-perfect-all-in-one figure, ever.

What they are making is licensed-affordable-decent.

If that's not your market you will be disappointed.

Very well said and you summed up the whole kit & kaboodle in 3 sentences.

I didn't mean to piss on anyone's parade by any means. I'm sure that this will fit the bill for a lot of collectors. I also think this will naturally be compared to the custom sets and bits that have been floating around for all of this time, especially for how long this line took to be brought to life by a licensed company, so I don't see why anyone is surprised by the comparisons.

I'm not interested in getting this but I guess I'm commenting because of my slight disappointment with what this company is producing. We need a company like this to give us the type of characters & licenses that they are working on, especially because as Ray said, Enterbay had some QC distaters and Blitzway doesn't even produce anything (a shame because EB is making some KILLER sculpts but have become way more interested in making B-ball players than movie/TV characters). I really want Threezero to be as ambitious as they are in securing good properties, but I'd like to see them deliver a product that's as good as Blitzway's Carlito. Really, I want them to be what I thought BW was going to be for us.

I can't speak about all of their products because I don't follow their threads (but at a glance from a non-fan, I think Tyrion looks great). I only own The Twins and I saw Ned at NYCC, but that paired with this reveal, I get the sense that they have more elements of the bootleg companies than I'd like to see in a high end figure set. I'm happy with The Twins, but I can say that there are aspects that lean more toward the bootleg/lower end quality than toward the HT/EB/BW type of high end quality. I would have happily spent $30-$40 more per Twin if it meant a product that's more in HT's league. I rather see them charge a little more and produce a product that contends with the top dogs a little better. I'm hoping that will be the case for TWD line but I'm starting to wonder if being in that league is their goal

but I have a large ish collection (230 figures)

I've not seen you lot argue too much on here yet, so cheers for the entertainment. Bear in mind though - like everything in life - collecting is subjective.

This is a definite buy for me.

GO THREEZERO!

Large-ish? That's fkin huge-ish

And yes, collecting is subjective

Looks like a lot of the dimensions are pretty spot on, and it's still hard to tell due to the lighting and glasses in the way, but I think the eyes could use some work. If that part isn't done right, then the full likeness just isn't going to come out of a sculpt.

My thoughts exactly when I first saw that OSR comparison. It really doesn't show anything that you can't see from looking straight at the proto pics. The sculpt and likeness are obviously great but I think a lot got lost in the eyes, and that's a big detraction. As SurlyJ stated, that's why it lacks personality and attitude

 

[SurlyJ]

To be honest I think the real danger might be towards the party who does NOT hold the lisence. Especially when there is history with a certain John snow.

My opinion though is that if you do hold the lisence though you're all the more inclined to be heled up to the highest standard possible. Then of course you're beholden to the standard level of the lisence holder and when things get corporate there is all kinds of stupidity in the decision making. Sometimes unlisenced makers can actually get away with even more accuracy.

Largely because unlicensed guys don't have to account for runs in the thousands and their materials costs are all they really need to account for as the rest of the cost is just profit for their own labor. So they can afford to take more time and care with their items and don't have the SLEW of other concerns a licensed, mass produced company has to deal with. That isn't any excuse for a licensed company to make a vastly inferior product, but to expect the two to be the same is kind of like expecting an artist doing individual panels for a hand drawn feature length animation to make each frame as good as an artist who spends the same amount of time making one frame from the movie.