I’m happy to own this punisher, one of my all time favorite characters from what I thought was a solid portrayal from an appropriately casted yet somewhat suprising as a choice jon berenthal. This figure, which is nothing more than a solid B effort from hot toys, has many issues though.
I will say Vimals head beats it by a large margin in likeness but the hot toys obviously wins in paint, overall quality and color, which is less tanned than Vimals so there will be a difference when you pop it on. My recommendation, get the short haired clean vimal sculpt for variety and to match his look from the new series which I’m excited about for on Nov 17th.
I like the portrait from hot toys, but vimal nailed his features better. I found by accentuating his brow and the lines in his forehead and the upper lip, with brown paint, the likeness popped a lot.
But accuracy nitpick, his blood was on his left cheek not his right. So this sculpt is not accurate and it bothers the hell out of me.
The outfit is good except the coat. What’s going on here? It’s thick and awkward and too small. It’s something that feels like it’s from 2007. I hate it to be honest. Popping his collar, which is what you are supposed to do because he did it in the show, helps it be less bulky around his neck.
The wolverine body they used makes sense, I like the build and I’m not one to complain about articulation but it annoys me he can’t bend his elbows more for some essential poses. I shaved down his lats a lot so his arms can go flatter to his sides.
Question... where is his knife holster supposed to loop onto?
Lastly I too replaced the shirt with a long sleeved one from the parts bin. I love it. In fact am I crazy but was he never even shown in daredevil wearing a t shirt? Didn’t he always have his trench coat on? Where did they get the t shirt idea from anyways?