Asmus Toys: Escape From New York Snake Plissken

[batsheva]

Wow. Yeah there's no Kurt in those sculpts at all. Seems to be Asmus m.o. though: Release a Figure with a half-ass sculpt only to have them release a better one later where people will thank them for providing the option to "upgrade" for an extra $100. What a ******* joke. Starting to see through and tire of these tactics with this company. Thankfully this isn't a figure I'm dying to have on the shelf, so it's an easy pass for me. (SS was also an easy pass) Hopefully Asmus will stop playing these games and just get it right the first time for you guys. Maybe some day a quality company will tackle as release a quality Snake. But this ain't it.

Well said, Rzeznikk.

They always have trouble with likeness. I mean, they have the official license for Escape from New York.. I think they should stop trying to cut cost and start hiring A list sculptor like KA Kim for their official licensed figures. This would be a game changer, imagine Kim's sculpt on Snake, Ash, and Ace!

To this day, I think asmus had their best likeness on their ringwraiths.
Otherwise they should just stick to figures that don't require good likeness, such as their anime figures like Yuyu Hakusho (they look amazing).. I even have their Girl Crush Kibitsu Momoko figure and it's a fantastic figure. Credit where credit is due.

In the case of LOTR, they should focus on characters that don't need good likeness like the orcs, Uruk Hai, Sauron, and the Oathbreakers. They made fantastic Grisnakh and Mouth of Sauron. They should keep doing those monsters.

Aside from likeness, as you said, asmus should stop playing those games, stop cutting corners and other shady practices, and they will be a decent company.

 

[Ramman81]

Hopefully when they re-sculpt that they wear a pair of glasses in doing so.

 

[Johnny Utah]

Yi Xie would do a great sculpt Asmus. Contact her on Instagram.

 

[jal76]

The figure itself looks really good. The head sculpt is even good, but as others have pointed out it unfortunately bears no resemblance to Kurt Russell.

 

[1981DeLorean]

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What a fantastic Sam Worthington sculpt! Oh, hang on...

 

[magpie9]

Stole the pictures from an earlier version,
is this a better likness?

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Much better.

 

[Evil_Deadite]

Escape from Days of Our Lives?

 

[Mr.E]

Something tells me asmus is going to just settle for their first try head on this one, which honestly doesn't look better (or worse) than the finished prototype version. Take away the eye patch and test the likeness that way.

 

[JustinMP]

Escape from Days of Our Lives?

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Truly uncanny

 

[Asmus]

We have a newly updated head,
resculpted, repainted and rooted haired from sratch.
Againg, any comment is welcome.
thank you

 

[robbiethepainter]

We have a newly updated head,
resculpted, repainted and rooted haired from sratch.
Againg, any comment is welcome.
thank you

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WOW...Huge change. Looks so much better

 

[MGS_OldBoy57]

Wow, big improvement. I do think the eye is too low and close to the nose. Slightly up and away from the nose and it’ll be just right.

 

[Gipetto0812]

We have a newly updated head,
resculpted, repainted and rooted haired from sratch.
Againg, any comment is welcome.
thank you

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This is MUCH better @Asmus

 

[OmarColeccionador]

We have a newly updated head,
resculpted, repainted and rooted haired from sratch.
Againg, any comment is welcome.
thank you

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That its an amazing prototype I'll be happy if you really can deliver something similar to this

 

[Marine Boy]

That looks awesome! I have the Sideshow one, but would still get this. I would actually buy a L.A. version as well. The movie sucked, but his long coat and dual pistols was a cool look.

 

[PizzaCake]

We have a newly updated head,
resculpted, repainted and rooted haired from sratch.
Againg, any comment is welcome.
thank you

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Huge improvement, thanks Asmus!

 

[p3ss3ssod]

Made some eye and mouth adjustments. Looks more accurate to me, but more fine tuning would get it even better.

 

[thedarkknight]

It looks much better but can we please get a sculpted hair option?

 

[Itzthabat]

We have a newly updated head,
resculpted, repainted and rooted haired from sratch.
Againg, any comment is welcome.
thank you

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Huge improvement, love it. Would like it even more with sculpted hair. Otherwise, can’t wait for this release.

 

[Johnny Utah]

Definitely an improvement but I prefer sculpted hair. Rooted is too much of a lottery, you could end up with what looks like Kurt or a lion's mane to maintain.