Got it! No pics today but I'll post my usual.
The Fiend's small review.
Packaging:
Understated and direct. Just like DX10 packaging but with the appropriate battle damage theme and quote from the end. I think the little 'gift' ( is that what we're calling it?) is kinds lame this time around but it takes nothing away from the packaging. I think DX01 still was the best with the cards, I liked DX09 too.
Accessories:
Overall, very good with some niggles. All the hands look great and I like the choice to include the thumbs up. The bandolier has the appropriate weathering and seems realistic. The pistol, like the one included with the DX10, has a cheap plasticy finish. Which, like I said in the DX10 review, is weird considering it looked great with the MMS version. Don't know what happened there. Same goes for the thumper. Like the DX10 version is looks toyish, but this one looks worse because the broken end looks super cheap. The barrel of the thumper looks fine though. By contrast the machine gun looks great. Lots of small detail with a dull finish. I think the metal rod may be my favorite accessory ,ironic for such a simple accessory. The stand is cool and actually has some rust on it, I didn't know that. One this is different with this DX stand, they included the movie logo.
Outfit:
Good stuff. Looks just like the MMS 'leathers' but with the DX10 cut. People are switching these out for the MMS stuff? Don't know why. The DX10 stuff had no weathering at all and had this soft shiny look to them so I'm glad they went a different route with this one. I love all the bullet holes and tears, they looks really good and natural. I'm curious to see all the differences we'll see with the battle damages parts on peoples figures. The tear on the leg looks too big to me but it's no biggie. The boots....have no weathering. WTF.
As far as the boots go they've received less weathering with each release when it should be the opposite, if that is the way it was going to be. In reality there should be weathering on all the releases including the 'clean' look.
Body: I usually don't have an area for the body but this is a special case. I'm really happy they made this a double jointed body so we can pull off more natural poses with the arms. Are the wounds a bit 'chunky'? Yeah, but I like it. Look realistic. The endo parts look very good and I especially like the broken arm. For some reason when I first saw the prototype I thought the endo leg would either hinder articulation or there wouldn't be any.
I don't know why I thought that but obviously the range of motion is as good as any other TT.
Sculpts:
Now the main attraction. The likeness is excellent if you ask me and they don't have that soft look that hindered the DX10. Within about a minute I knew I was going with the full BD look over the semi. I know the sculpts are the same but for some reason the full BD
screams Arnie. The semi does too though but the full has the edge for some reason. I have no answer for this. I do think the semi BD has a slightly wide look to it so it may be that the full BD hides this because he has half a face? IDK. Either way both of these sculpts do not disappoint and easily the best Arnie HT has done. The blood is nowhere near as prominent as I've seen in pics. Now I don't know if this is just the differences in paint apps we'll see throughout this run or just the regular old 'looks better in hand'.
I'm very happy with the exposed endo parts. Again, mine don't seem as bronze. As for now I don't think any modding is in order. In fact, I don't see anything on this release that I want to modify. The endo eye looks awesome when lit up and it's hard not to want to keep him like that all the time. Im not a fan of light up feature etc. but this one was a must and had to be included without saying. Didn't someone need to replace the battery? I hope that is whats up with mine. The eye starts to dim drastically only after a minute or so. I can't imagine me using the light up eye a lot but still want it to work.
Overall: This figure is ****ing awesome. The niggles I have are easily overlooked due to the sheer awesomeness of this set. I don't make proclamations like this with new figures but this is one of my favorite pieces. It usually takes a couple weeks to know if something is truly up there with the best of the best. This is a figure that's been desired for a long time.T2 is a movie from my childhood so like Batman 89 and Star Wars it will always have a place in my collection. This is what it's all about for me; iconic, epic and nostalgic.
. Hes gone back to the national hub to get resorted and should be at preston tommorow for me to pay my charges and get him delivered weds.
. i hate parcel force with a passion, annoys me they handle most parcels coming into the UK.
