I've seen it repainted, still looks like he's sucking on a lemon. Terrible sculpt.Collector Freak said:The face sculpt on Jack Bauer is fine. It's the paint that's bad.
Medicom Sparrow is a much smaller edition and an import which is why the price is so much higher. I'm neither an import nor Medicom snob so I don't automatically equate either with making a figure better.MrBlisterfists said:so, what makes this figure worth the extra $130?
the Zizzle one comes with the belts and stuff, the Medicom one isn't even from DMC, since he never wore that outfit in the sequel.......
the baldric is the one from the first film, and he doesn't have Annamaria's belt.....
that's a "Curse of the Black Pearl" Jack in a "DMC" Box.....
it's still nice, but I don't see the point in paying $130 more, just because it came from Japan.......
TheObsoleteMan said:I've seen it repainted, still looks like he's sucking on a lemon. Terrible sculpt.
Medicom Sparrow is a much smaller edition and an import which is why the price is so much higher. I'm neither an import nor Medicom snob so I don't automatically equate either with making a figure better.
I think the Zizzle figure is decent for what it is, a mass market toy, but I'll take the beautifully tailored Medicom version.
Josette said:I don't mind that Medicom's Jack isn't from DMC....I loved him in both films.
TheObsoleteMan said:I've seen it repainted, still looks like he's sucking on a lemon. Terrible sculpt.
Collector Freak said:He is. The box has the DMC poster on it.
MrBlisterfists said:Smaller Edition and Import in today's day and age is no excuse to jack the price to four times what it should be......
and my Zizzle will be 'beautifully tailored' when I'm done, and, if I did my job right, should rock just about every other Jack Sparrow figure on earth........
I don't think the Medicom Jack is worth $130 more, aside from the poseability, I can't see anything that makes it better than Zizzle's.......
the Zizzle Jack has bigger hands, yes, but the face sculpts are comparable, and with a little paint, Zizzle's is just as good........
I'm not trying to sound like sour grapes or "Oh, I can't afford it so I'll bash it", I simply can't see anything that makes it worth $130 more than a similar figure offered at a cheaper price.......
it seems to me, to be a case of "It's Japanese, it must be good"........
Duckgoo said:Pretty much all of Medicom's 12 inch figures are around $150 as a rule. So there really is no "jacking" up, no pun intended, of the price.
If you count all the hours involved in painting and sewing the Zizzle figure, and count that as $, you might be better off buying the Medicom version.
Besides, the Medicom pistol, sword, scabbard, and compass are all far superior than Zizzle's. I don't see how anyone can make these at a reasonable price and beat Medicom's quality.
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