Thank you so much for posting these pics, matrix69! Incredibly helpful reference material here. Outstanding!!
If I could only choose one helmet, I'd take the new HT one since it has the most going for it. But, I think what the Medicom sculptor(s) understood better than the others is the arch of the visor. It affects the entire front half of the helmet, and how it looks from most angles. The shots you took from a bit overhead are the most helpful ones I've seen yet that best illustrate my point.
The visor "eye" part has a curve that extends too far and makes it too rounded on every helmet except the Medicom. That makes the whole helmet shape look wrong, especially from the profile angle. I took a couple of the HT helmet shots from your photo and put them next to similar shots from movie Fett pics. If you pay attention to the arch of the visor in the top (overhead) comparison, you'll see why the whole front half of the helmet looks off in the bottom (profile) comparison. It affects the shape by extending the front half too far forward. That changes the "cheeks" too.
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And, yeah, that range finder is still too damn long.
Thanks again, matrix!!
View attachment 422319Anyone got a HT Rogue One Vader they can take a pic with this HT ESB Boba?
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Love the way you pose these figures, matrix! Great photo, as always.
But if that's the stock Vader body, then it reinforces for me that HT really needs to start doing something to shorten the height on their future Vader releases.
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Considering how many different characters/figures people would want to pose Vader with, having him properly scaled would be nice. Should be interesting to see if they addressed that with their new ESB Vader. It seems we'll be finding out within days.
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