If you mean the blurry one, no, there's more eye white showing on the left eye than the right and it's just throwing it off.
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If you mean the blurry one, no, there's more eye white showing on the left eye than the right and it's just throwing it off.
You may still be a youngling to this whole thing... wait for some better pics. Don't make snap judgements based on a blurred out pic taken through the blister and with a flash bulb.
Do you think it's the old style or HT?
Ah, good call!
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Freakzoid
yeah, i guess i'm still really new at this. if you tell me to wait, then sure! i'm cool with that. after all, patience is a virtue. sorry to be so impatient.
Based on color, and possibly simplicity even in a sharp photo, I'm leaning toward HT style, the face has that cast flesh look, doesn't look like it's painted and the eyes seem a little simple, plus the whites on the HT styled from SSC have been more fleshy and less ivory. If I were to take my best guess, I'd say it's a cast head with eyes, hair and beard painted.
yeah, i guess i'm still really new at this. if you tell me to wait, then sure! i'm cool with that. after all, patience is a virtue. sorry to be so impatient.
I'm nervous as hell myself with that pic. But even that bad he looks ok, i've requested another pic but whether i'll get one or not is not up to me.
Yeah so it seems so far. I'm so nervous, if there's one fig i want to be good it's this one. I want him to look great with the hobbits. I take it those many strings are part of his outfit or hood or something? I'm not seeing the deep age lines around the bottom of the eyes like in the proto, but again that could be the pic. (and probably is) The nose looks the same for sure. He also looks less pale and more colorful in the pic but again....bad pic.
The picture's terrible though for detail, by that image he has no eyelids either. If this is an HT style head, all the details from the proto should be there.
I'm with you though, Gandalf and Aragorn are my favorites from LOTR, I've struck out once, hope to get a hit with this one.
I'm with you though, Gandalf and Aragorn are my favorites from LOTR, I've struck out once, hope to get a hit with this one.
quote from CSC
That’s all my phone will let me do. With the flip cover packaging, it’s hard to get a good angle to get enough light plus not get package reflection in the shot.
Seriously though, it looks really good."
That’s all my phone will let me do. With the flip cover packaging, it’s hard to get a good angle to get enough light plus not get package reflection in the shot.
Seriously though, it looks really good."
That's the thing. What if it's not? What if HT is just involved when it's stuff they're involved in like the hobbits and Clonobi?
/crosses fingers it's HT-ish HS!
That's the thing. What if it's not? What if HT is just involved when it's stuff they're involved in like the hobbits and Clonobi?
/crosses fingers it's HT-ish HS!
I don't think Hot Toys is involved with Sideshow's production. I think SSC basically took from Hot Toys how their head style works best with their body and neck joints, used those joints on their new bodies and have started using the method, but I'm not sure HT's part of getting the heads made, the quality of paint apps just isn't up to HT level yet.
Because of Gandalf's beard and hair being as it is, I'm thinking Sideshow opted for the softer material used for the HT-style heads beacuse it would give flexibility where it's a solid mass, unlike Qui-Gon who has a wig of sorts.
must... have... more... pics
Aragorn
Freakzoid
no kidding man. i need more!
Screw pics, must have ship notice
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Freakzoid
i mean, uh, patience is the answer! (sorry mr. pixle 
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Yeah that's what i meant. Like when a body HT helped with and then the HS usually followed that style Hobbits clonobi etc. Sorry i'm kinda in panic mode right now. (and probably unjustified) I need more pics. I just want this 90$ figure on the same level as my hobbits.
another quote from csc
"He looks pretty darn close to me.(to proto)
I’m happy with it, and I’m pretty stringent on my requirements "
So we shall see!
Gotcha, well like I said, given that they'd already started production with the softer heads on the Hobbits, I'm sure they gave some thought as to what material best suit Gandalf, to me it's the softer route to make his hair flexible for posing and easily adjusting his wardrobe, the resin or whatever they've used in the past just wouldn't have any give to it.
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