1/6 Hot Toys BvS: Dawn of Justice-Wonder Woman

[Vortex]

You should call them. ^

 

[SilverStar17]

I bet in hand the teeth won't even be noticeable unless you get right up close to the sculpt. I can barely make out the Tux Joker's metal teeth from more than a few feet away.

My sentiments as well. The teeth really don't bother me at all. The teeth on many sculpts, as you said, when the mouth is only slightly open are barely noticeable in hand; TFA Rey, for instance. I personally prefer detail in the teeth as opposed to the solid white strip.

When people start receiving these in hand, it'll be a "great looking" figure with an "awesome" sculpt. Happens every time on here like clockwork after the knee jerk reaction when the prototype and initial final product pictures are shown.

 

[Mike86]

I see this thread has turned from the everyone is antsy for the release stage to the everyone feels the need to complain about something stage.

Personally I think she looks great. Glad I have her on pre-order and can't wait for it to arrive.

 

[sj2106]

My sentiments as well. The teeth really don't bother me at all. The teeth on many sculpts, as you said, when the mouth is only slightly open are barely noticeable in hand; TFA Rey, for instance. I personally prefer detail in the teeth as opposed to the solid white strip.

When people start receiving these in hand, it'll be a "great looking" figure with an "awesome" sculpt. Happens every time on here like clockwork after the knee jerk reaction when the prototype and initial final product pictures are shown.

I've yet to see a figure released that doesn't get complaints here, even sculpts I consider near flawless. Not suggesting this one is in that category but it's still very good. The sculpting on the upper body looks especially impressive. Looking forward to I Am Toy's and Dean Knight's reviews then finally getting her in hand a few weeks from now.

 

[medicomsucks]

I think it looks great. If you want to wait until 2020 for the next version, I'm sure it will be worth the wait.

 

[SilverStar17]

I see this thread has turned from the everyone is antsy for the release stage to the everyone feels the need to complain about something stage.

Personally I think she looks great. Glad I have her on pre-order and can't wait for it to arrive.

I've yet to see a figure released that doesn't get complaints here, even sculpts I consider near flawless. Not suggesting this one is in that category but it's still very good. The sculpting on the upper body looks especially impressive. Looking forward to I Am Toy's and Dean Knight's reviews then finally getting her in hand a few weeks from now.

 

[Remy]

I think the Proto was already nice, and was hoping for an improvement which they did, so I'm a happy camper here.
I'm glad she's finally here.
My trinity would be complete soon.

 

[SilverStar17]

I think the Proto was already nice, and was hoping for an improvement which they did, so I'm a happy camper here.
I'm glad she's finally here.
My trinity would be complete soon.

I was already happy with the proto myself as well. Could have used some tweaking (which happened), but I thought it was decent and would have been happy with it. The final revised sculpt I think is miles better, so I was quite pleased to what I woke up to this morning and saw as being the final product; not perfect (TA WW is perfect I think, proto at least), but much closer to Gadot than the proto. Can't wait to complete my BvS trinity as well and my full BvS collection/display in general.

 

[guyver1]

So I did some close ups with some of what I thought were the best blogger pics and with a little editing ..To say that this looks nothing like Gal is a misconception










I think it pans down to the expression and what HT did with her mouth

 

[OneSixthFanTex]

I see a lot of unwarranted negativity on this release. Facebook is even worse when the non-collectors chime in.

This is not a perfect release - none of them ever are. But it's the most realistic version if the Gal Gadot Wonder Woman in a posable figure format currently available. For that reason, I'll take it. There's always a culture of not good enough this or not good enough that. People are living in the reality of what's currently available and not some fantasy standard of a character that is ultimately unattainable (because everyone has different ideas about what works for them for that particular character).

This was probably the best that Hot Toys was capable of given the materials and current demands for this release. I agree it's not a perfect likeness and maybe even that the Training Version has a better likeness...however, this is still a strong likeness. The complaints on the teeth sticking out are also pretty silly and overly exaggerated.

When will these figures ever be good enough? Several years back, Sideshow was the standard. Now, it's Hot Toys. The demands for heightened realism/photorealism in the sculpt/clothing/paintwork of figures seems to grow day by day, but when will that ever be enough?

Back when I was a kid, the small Star Wars figures were good enough. Today, there's a certain stylization they're known for which gives them a kind of charm that feeds our nostalgia. I think that, ultimately, is more important than any blatant display of the kind of generic realism/accuracy that's so common these days in the 1/6 scale figures.

 

[Cicada17]

I'm in love.


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[Star-Crunch]

Compared to the training outfit version, the likeness is seriously lacking.

 

[imaI2EAPEi2]

microsoft seems to disagree from certain angles.

 

[darthkush]

I'm in love.


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Me too! lol.

I showed this to a couple of my non toy collecting buds at work and they thought it was really her in the couple shots I showed them. Then I told them it was a figure and they were floored. I honestly can't wait to get this. If I weren't in a crunch with money(I always am to some small extent lol), I'd pay her off at sideshow early. I really can't wait to get her here. I mean, since she is really the only Wonder Woman of this sort, you could even pose her with Reeve's Superman, and Keaton and West's Batmans. Hell....Captain America with the patriotic red/white/blue theme. The setups are plentiful with this thing!

 

[davejames]

I see a lot of unwarranted negativity on this release. Facebook is even worse when the non-collectors chime in.

This is not a perfect release - none of them ever are. But it's the most realistic version if the Gal Gadot Wonder Woman in a posable figure format currently available. For that reason, I'll take it. There's always a culture of not good enough this or not good enough that. People are living in the reality of what's currently available and not some fantasy standard of a character that is ultimately unattainable (because everyone has different ideas about what works for them for that particular character).

Agreed. I've got over 50 figures by this point, and there isn't one that I can't find some small issue with (HT figs included). But that doesn't mean I don't still love having them on display anyway. It's just a matter of whether the pluses outweigh the negatives, and in this case I think they more than do.

 

[SilverStar17]

I see a lot of unwarranted negativity on this release. Facebook is even worse when the non-collectors chime in.

This is not a perfect release - none of them ever are. But it's the most realistic version if the Gal Gadot Wonder Woman in a posable figure format currently available. For that reason, I'll take it. There's always a culture of not good enough this or not good enough that. People are living in the reality of what's currently available and not some fantasy standard of a character that is ultimately unattainable (because everyone has different ideas about what works for them for that particular character).

This was probably the best that Hot Toys was capable of given the materials and current demands for this release. I agree it's not a perfect likeness and maybe even that the Training Version has a better likeness...however, this is still a strong likeness. The complaints on the teeth sticking out are also pretty silly and overly exaggerated.

When will these figures ever be good enough? Several years back, Sideshow was the standard. Now, it's Hot Toys. The demands for heightened realism/photorealism in the sculpt/clothing/paintwork of figures seems to grow day by day, but when will that ever be enough?

Back when I was a kid, the small Star Wars figures were good enough. Today, there's a certain stylization they're known for which gives them a kind of charm that feeds our nostalgia. I think that, ultimately, is more important than any blatant display of the kind of generic realism/accuracy that's so common these days in the 1/6 scale figures.

In those close up photos guyver posted, I see nothing wrong with the teeth personally. While people are entitled to their opinion of course, not everyone is going to like it, I think some are being a bit hyperbolic with their criticisms of this piece.

 

[nikgrid]

You have to put the subtitles on to see what they are saying.

Thanks Man

 

[karamazov80]

Looks like the prototype, so I don't think anyone has much room to be upset if they preordered. But doesn't look great from a likeness pov. And that hair leaves something to be desired.

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[Captain Clown]

I see a lot of unwarranted negativity on this release. Facebook is even worse when the non-collectors chime in.

This is not a perfect release - none of them ever are. But it's the most realistic version if the Gal Gadot Wonder Woman in a posable figure format currently available.


This was probably the best that Hot Toys was capable of given the materials and current demands for this release.



and maybe even that the Training Version has a better likeness...

 

[Darkavatar]

Looks like the prototype, so I don't think anyone has much room to be upset if they preordered.

Hmm looks a lot different to the original proto, that one had smaller eyes and a flat smooth oval face. This looks like it is a cross between the original proto and the training version since the mouth is more open and the eyes are larger with prominent cheek bones.

But doesn't look great from a likeness pov. And that hair leaves something to be desired.

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Looks better than the original proto did, at least you can tell this is Gal, the original proto looked nothing like her IMO.