Blitzway - 1/6 Scale Ghostbusters - Collectible Figures

[Asta]

Re: Blitzway - 1/6 Scale Ghostbusters - Collectible Figures and ECTO-1

It's ironic that all the Ghostbusters got a suntan...apart from Winston who got sunburnt.

 

[SilverStar17]

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but everyone is polarized by something nowadays.

Even 1/6 figures it seems, which should be an easy one to all ultimately agree on. Even though everyone shares a common niche hobby which I think it's pretty inarguable to say that we're all here because we like collecting 1/6 figures, people will still find a way to make it polarizing.

Though I would agree with you regarding overly positive early responses being just as "bad" or quick to judge as overly negative early responses. Hence, why I can't wait until people start the "this looks so much better in hand" comments. Happens every time, as I mentioned.

Sounds like the moral of the story is just wait until you get the figure in hand to make a solid judgment and give an accurate assessment.

 

[shells075]

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How about that guy on here who does amazing repaints of HT figs, I cant remember his name but he has a thread on the Freaks showing off his work.


I think its lazy paint work which is the biggest problem here, a top notch paint app would probably make the figs look really great.

 

[davejames]

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Even 1/6 figures it seems, which should be an easy one to all ultimately agree on. Even though everyone shares a common niche hobby which I think it's pretty inarguable to say that we're all here because we like collecting 1/6 figures, people will still find a way to make it polarizing.

Though I would agree with you regarding overly positive early responses being just as "bad" or quick to judge as overly negative early responses. Hence, why I can't wait until people start the "this looks so much better in hand" comments. Happens every time, as I mentioned.

Sounds like the moral of the story is just wait until you get the figure in hand to make a solid judgment and give an accurate assessment.

Not sure how totally reliable that is either though. Just because you like it better in hand doesn't mean it's an objectively better sculpt. It could just be because you've gotten so used to it by then, or because of the money you've invested in it, or just the thrill of having a cool new figure to hold and play with.

After a lifetime of looking at faces, if a sculpt looks a little bit weird or off to me from the very start, then I tend to trust that reaction a bit more.

 

[xipotec]

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Looks to my like typical drop off from any Proto to production....

HT has has some real winners lately.....and some total failures also....So not being a HT fanboy helps put this in perspective. Over half my figures are from other producers. I think we got a great set, and as usual, they look better when NOT shot at a close angle, and in real life. (see the 4K video.) If you were expecting Proto copies you were in for a dissapointment.

These are hands down the BEST Ghost busters figures to date...and possibly for every. I doubt highly Soldiers Story will come anywhere close. Are they the best figures ever produced? I doubt that.....

After these get into a few more hands we will see what falls out....I for one am happy I could treat myself to them, and really happy with the results.

Not sure what more you can ask for here>>>

 

[SilverStar17]

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Not sure how totally reliable that is either though. Just because you like it better in hand doesn't mean it's an objectively better sculpt. It could just be because you've gotten so used to it by then, or because of the money you've invested in it, or just the thrill of having a cool new figure to hold and play with.

After a lifetime of looking at faces, if a sculpt looks a little bit weird or off to me from the very start, then I tend to trust that reaction a bit more.

No, I realize that. My point wasn't saying that just because you think it's a good sculpt in hand doesn't ultimately mean that it's therefore, objectively a good sculpt. The point was that simply seeing it and actually having it in hand would warrant a more accurate judgment. Hence, why you get so many of these "it looks so much better in hand" comments. On the same token though, what causes you to want to make a decision to invest or not invest in a figure in the first place? You obviously don't have it in hand, so images are the only thing to go by. So that's why I can see why you wouldn't necessarily let just the first few released images of a product be the determining factor on whether you do or don't make a purchase if you're overly concerned about the sculpt looking 100% accurate and not necessarily just having the character, even if the sculpt is close to being accurate. People's in hand pictures I think are usually the best images on which to make a judgment for that. These figures in I Am Toys's in hand pictures look miles better in my opinion than what they do in the ToysArk pictures. People's in hand pictures I think are the closest thing to what you're going to be looking at in hand if you were to have the figure.

It's difficult to describe, but one thing that sort of irks me is that it just seems like people who think a sculpt is bad, tell other people that they're looking at it through "rose colored glasses" and that they essentially like a bad sculpt, but that there's nothing wrong with liking it if they like it. If those people or even one person genuinely thinks it's a good sculpt, then how exactly are they simply looking at it through "rose colored glasses"? Same goes for people who dislike it and others tell them that they're "blind". If they think it's a bad sculpt, they think it's a bad sculpt.

People like to think their opinions are objective and that everyone else is "wrong", but that there's nothing wrong with those people liking something that is "bad".

 

[shells075]

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I think a lot of people put money down for these figs on the strength of the promotional pics.

 

[shells075]

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Oh btw NightT47 is the username of the Freak who does amazing repaints.

 

[Bo Shrek]

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I think a lot of people put money down for these figs on the strength of the promotional pics.

Thats pretty much everything!

 

[jal76]

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The only true "winners" with this release will ultimately be collectors who ordered the figures and think that they look good based upon what has been shown so far...I am happy to be in that category so the rest is just fun back and forth.

 

[SilverStar17]

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The only true "winners" with this release will ultimately be collectors who ordered the figures and think that they look good based upon what has been shown so far...I am happy to be in that category so the rest is just fun back and forth.

After watching I Am Toys's reviews, there hasn't been a figure that I have that he had also, where I disagreed with his assessment on it. His reviews generally give me the best look at a figure, and what I got in hand looked pretty much exactly like what he showed.

 

[jal76]

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After watching I Am Toys's reviews, there hasn't been a figure that I have that he had also, where I disagreed with his assessment on it. His reviews generally give me the best look at a figure, and what I got in hand looked pretty much exactly like what he showed.

Yep...I think a lot of folks on this thread are holding Blitzway to a higher standard than any other company for some reason...I love Hot Toys but can anyone truly say that the Batman v Superman Wonder Woman looks more like her than any of these Ghostbusters figures???

 

[SilverStar17]

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Yep...I think a lot of folks on this thread are holding Blitzway to a higher standard than any other company for some reason...I love Hot Toys but can anyone truly say that the Batman v Superman Wonder Woman looks more like her than any of these Ghostbusters figures???

My sentiments also.

I personally think the BvS WW production sculpt is pretty good, as you can see Gal in it a lot better than the proto, but I do think these bear a better likeness to their respective actors than what that sculpt does based on what I see in IAT's pictures and review. Just like any other figure, I didn't expect these to be utterly flawless and perfect, but just like many other figures, I knew they wouldn't be downright horrible either and I want a 1/6 representation of the GB, so that's why I PO'd these without waiting to see what the final product looked like in people's in hand pictures.

With the exception of Venkman's seemingly shorter neck and Winston's slightly too reddish paint app and arguably smaller head on the production sculpts, the production sculpts really don't look all that different than the prototype sculpts to me in terms of quality and likeness. In fact, I'd venture to say that Egon and Ray's production sculpts actually look better than the prototypes from what I see in pictures. Even if all four of them did slightly suffer in quality though during production, is this phenomenon really anything new to anyone to where they're utterly surprised? It's rare for a sculpt to make it from proto to final product unscathed without losing at least some quality. I thought the prototype sculpts looked good and I figured if there would be a slight dip in quality from those (which I expected there to be) with the production sculpts, I can live with that.

 

[TaliBane]

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Yeah to me the biggest issue with Venkman is how short his neck appears to be now (which is the same problem the Ripley figure has). It's throwing off the proportions and making his head look wider and fatter than it probably really is.

Good point - I hope that turns out to be the case. As I mentioned, I'm hoping that having such a stunningly accurate headsculpt as the Ray one next to Peter will improve it by association (along with walkie-talkie partly covering Peter's face). But if it's as simple as unzipping the top a bit to show more neck then I'll be ecstatic.

Currently, the Venkman sculpt looks very What About Bob, Scrooged or maybe - being very generous - GB2. Older, chubbier. There's a decent dose of Murray, but it's a very round/chubby look, not his leaner GB1 look. I do think a key issue is the 5 o'clock shadow - which shows on Murray clearly - isn't very noticeable on the BW head, along with his pockmarks.

I think I'll always wish it had been nailed like the 1/4 scale Venkman, which is a really great likeness (albeit slightly caricatured)...

Not sure how totally reliable that is either though. Just because you like it better in hand doesn't mean it's an objectively better sculpt. It could just be because you've gotten so used to it by then, or because of the money you've invested in it, or just the thrill of having a cool new figure to hold and play with.

After a lifetime of looking at faces, if a sculpt looks a little bit weird or off to me from the very start, then I tend to trust that reaction a bit more.

Yeah, it's like getting used to a spouse's face - doesn't mean it's objectively more attractive.

 

[sj2106]

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I still don't understand some of the hate these are getting after I Am Toys review. It would appear some are determined to ignore that and still use those initial Toyark pics to put the figures down.

The sculpts look as good or better than most of the Hot Toys I own. They are not without a few issues, Winston's paint app being the biggest one but this is probably the wrong hobby if you expect perfection. Maybe I'm easy to please but I'd rather focus on all the the awesome things about this set.

 

[Thainitty]

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I'm not worried, toyarks pics are over saturated and just not well done, I am toys review showed these figures as they actually are and they look dang good.

 

[jal76]

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I still don't understand some of the hate these are getting after I Am Toys review. It would appear some are determined to ignore that and still use those initial Toyark pics to put the figures down.

The sculpts look as good or better than most of the Hot Toys I own. They are not without a few issues, Winston's paint app being the biggest one but this is probably the wrong hobby if you expect perfection. Maybe I'm easy to please but I'd rather focus on all the the awesome things about this set.

The fact that the Toyark pictures were obviously inferior to the IATs pictures and the critics are still using the Toyark pictures for reference is all the proof one needs that the folks picking these apart were looking for trouble...or really extreme sour grapes to justify an already made decision not to order the set...

 

[davejames]

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Good point - I hope that turns out to be the case. As I mentioned, I'm hoping that having such a stunningly accurate headsculpt as the Ray one next to Peter will improve it by association (along with walkie-talkie partly covering Peter's face). But if it's as simple as unzipping the top a bit to show more neck then I'll be ecstatic.

Currently, the Venkman sculpt looks very What About Bob, Scrooged or maybe - being very generous - GB2. Older, chubbier. There's a decent dose of Murray, but it's a very round/chubby look, not his leaner GB1 look. I do think a key issue is the 5 o'clock shadow - which shows on Murray clearly - isn't very noticeable on the BW head, along with his pockmarks.

I think I'll always wish it had been nailed like the 1/4 scale Venkman, which is a really great likeness (albeit slightly caricatured)...

Yeah not only does that capture his thinner look in the movie, but the really pale and almost sickly pallor he had too.

I still have Snyderman's sculpt, so I think I might try painting it up and see how it compares. Venkman is the only one I'm getting so I won't have to worry about having an inconsistent look between figures.

 

[I Am Toys]

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I think we all discussed this earlier, however believe or not, Winston‘s head was small in the prototype as well. Someone also posted this same film shot of them together a while back, and Ernie had a small head compared to all of them as well. Plus the fact that most of these guys have a full head of hair, again makes it look small. For me, it’s actually pretty accurate. And in hand, when they are all next to each other, everything looks fine. Just like in the film shot, and in the proto shots. I’ll be posting more pics this weekend, so you guys can get some better clarification of some issues. From my point of view, there is nothing wrong with Winston other than the paint application.

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[Creighton]

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off topic but- Are you charged a NRD with SS of you cancel a WAIT LISTED item?
I may pic these up separately.