EXO-6 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Figures

[afrog]

It also helps if folks stop taking pics with their crappy cell phones. Get a real camera, or don’t post your lousy photos.

Most people post perfectly decent photos with their "crappy" cell phones. At least for our comparison purposes. As with any camera all it takes is a little bit of care with lighting. We are fortunate to live in an age when cell phones are more than adequate cameras. Unless you're Ansel Adams.

 

[mediame]

Most people post perfectly decent photos with their "crappy" cell phones. At least for our comparison purposes. As with any camera all it takes is a little bit of care with lighting. We are fortunate to live in an age when cell phones are more than adequate cameras. Unless you're Ansel Adams.

I think the issue is with the focal length of the cell phone camera, how close the person taking the photo is to the figure, the person not understanding how the focal length and distance affects the photo of the figure, etc.

 

[jsgord58]

Has anyone asked George Takei what he thinks of the sculpt?

 

[Jgg1701]

Alright, I take it you disagree. That's fine.

No disagreement.
I thought QMX could have done much better for a $200.00 figure

 

[Reflector]

Obviously not scientific but how many of you are buying TUC SULU ? Or have second thoughts with the head ? This might very well be the first TOS I’m passing. Not feeling it . What about you?

I definitely considered it, but decided to pass. I'll just pick up the 1:12 version from Nacelle if I can't shake the Excelsior-related itch. Having a spare body in a maroon captain's uni would've been another motive, but not with the belt position in question.

Might've gone for Valeris if she'd been the first TUC drop instead (and complete the Vulcan Lady Bridge Officers Trifecta), but she's a we'll-see in the meantime. Timing is everything with so many competing POs in this hobby.

 

[Reflector]

How much have sculpts improved for other figures when he said that they were not final, and they would be improved?

Every Exo figure I've received (a total of 13 now) was an improvement over PO pics for me, with my reaction range being satisfaction to literal awe. I've been dabbling in 1:6 figures for ~15 years, and in my experience with most other companies the opposite is bankable more often than not, followed by what-you-see-is-what-you-get.

Apparently it's just a resource-frugality strategy for them and they save their true efforts for the actual production figures, so it's just something that has to be accounted for when investing in this line. The only safe bets are to set your expectation level to the proto shots and only order the ones that satisfy as-is, or wait for POs to ship and base your decision on actual in-hand reviews and hope there's enough left over when they're made available for immediate purchase.

Speaking of...

It also helps if folks stop taking pics with their crappy cell phones. Get a real camera, or don’t post your lousy photos.

I too get frustrated with haphazard/rushed first-arrival shots that usually make the figures look worse than the prototypes (especially when I'm trying to decide whether to smash the immediate order button on a PO I wasn't confident in), but I doubt it's the camera's fault in most cases. Photography 101 is always going to be more valuable than the most expensive camera you can get

 

[Pauln6a]

Ordered mine.

 

[afrog]

Ok, momentum and FOMO are pushing me towards preordering Captain Sulu, but he’s got some serious issues that need to be addressed. The sculpt is just barely passable in my judgment and as @davejames pointed out, that low belt MUST be fixed or he’ll look discordant with the rest of the TWOK style crew! This is another seemingly unforced error as it stands at the moment. I guess they’ll have to come through AGAIN with production improvements. So do I take a chance with a preorder?

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Another issue which plagues almost all EXO-6s is that the heads tend to be too small.

 

[ymba]

Another issue which plagues almost all EXO-6s is that the heads tend to be too small.

Which figure are you referring to?

 

[StarDude]

Which figure are you referring to?

I have no idea because I'm comparing pics side by side with my EXO and if anything, they're still a tiny bit bigger than real life...
Maybe they're really into anime Chibi style stuff!

 

[Pauln6a]

I think QMX heads were fractionally oversized so Exo-6 heads look smaller. Annoying that my custom heads were sized per QMX.

 

[afrog]

Which figure are you referring to?

I think it's a tendency with mostly male figures partly but not entirely due to body to head proportions. Not a big deal in most instances but with some figures, like with Bones (especially TMP Bones) who should also have a much narrower torso it's very noticeable. Sulu's head is just too small and the body is too big.

 

[QuiGonFishing]

I think the issue is with the focal length of the cell phone camera, how close the person taking the photo is to the figure, the person not understanding how the focal length and distance affects the photo of the figure, etc.

Completely agree with this. People often try to capture skin detail with their cell phones and get very close to the figure, and that will almost always lead to some level of lens distortion.

Thinking back to those first few images of Dr Bashir that we were posted on social media where his head looked so long and narrow that it looked like the figure was unsalvageable. But when we finally got some shots taken with a higher degree of care, he looked pretty great.

 

[QuiGonFishing]

In other disappointing news, it looks like Captain Sulu’s belt height will NOT be getting altered despite the evidence we can all see with our lying eyes.

You know, as long as you have Capital E experts around, there’s no way that belt could have slid down the fabric a bit and no longer accurately represents what we ALL saw on the screen

Plus, even though I don’t qualify as a Capital E expert, my eyes can usually discern the color yellow/gold from white which means his example below is from TWOK Commander Sulu and not TUC Captain Sulu.

 

[ymba]

I can’t understand why TUC Sulu is just not quite up to par. Forget about just screen accuracy of the belt but From certain angle, UDC Sulu headsculpt look sadly like he is not well . He briefly showed the TOS prototype before he immediately took it down and it was one of his best. The Sulu TOS he showed in the LV show was still not quite as good as his original prototype but I think better than TUC Sulu And from even an angle, the first TOS head was a winner! His first TOS SULU would have been one of the best ST figures

 

[Kebron]

I can’t understand why TUC Sulu is just not quite up to par. Forget about just screen accuracy of the belt but From certain angle, UDC Sulu headsculpt look sadly like he is not well . He briefly showed the TOS prototype before he immediately took it down and it was one of his best. The Sulu TOS he showed in the LV show was still not quite as good as his original prototype but I think better than TUC Sulu And from even an angle, the first TOS head was a winner! His first TOS SULU would have been one of the best ST figures

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Don't stress over the prototype pics, they always get better by the time we get them in hand.

 

[QuiGonFishing]

Aaaaaand, despite all my reservations, ordered the B***H! Just couldn't say no to Sulu in the TWOK era uniform. Here's hoping he receives the standard EXO improvements. And if they refuse to move that belt, maybe I'll do it for them! (for me)

 

[davejames]

Aaaaaand, despite all my reservations, ordered the B***H! Just couldn't say no to Sulu in the TWOK era uniform. Here's hoping he receives the standard EXO improvements. And if they refuse to move that belt, maybe I'll do it for them! (for me)

Yeah shouldn't be too hard to remove the belt loops and stitch them up higher.

Of course now that I said that, he'll probably glue them down as well so we can't. Lol

 

[DParga21]

Aaaaaand, despite all my reservations, ordered the B***H! Just couldn't say no to Sulu in the TWOK era uniform. Here's hoping he receives the standard EXO improvements. And if they refuse to move that belt, maybe I'll do it for them! (for me)

I just want the teacup.
All my captains have a drink. Except Archer. He has the dog. Hair of the dog I guess?

 

[Lee in MI]

Man...so on the fence about this one. I really want TFF team...not TUC.

Is Nanjin not making TFF version? He's gotta right?