Rubber is cheaper than plastic. Other than that, I don't get it either. A hard plastic dome would look just as good, if not better than this rubber crap. If you look closely at the edges on the seam of the dome of these new HD pics, you can see it's just an accident waiting to happen. I'd imagine the shape and curves won't do the rubber any favors considering it's stretched and mounted over that and has to conform to that stressing shape.
Would it have been so hard to put a plastic dome on the thing? Surely they received and saw all the complaints about the rubber deterioration on the last one? I mean, it's like using rubber is crucial like it is for a Batman suit or something, the wire mesh look of ED's "face"/head can still be achieved with plastic. Makes no sense.
It's also pretty bad that the NECA toy has better sound effects than this. Sure, you can hear the board members screaming, but atleast ED sounds like ED loud and clear.
