Hot Toys - DX16 / DX17 - The Phantom Menace - Darth Maul and Sith Speeder

[svnmelter]

Headsculpt is 100% better on the HT

 

[Kylo Ren]

But SS also has sculpted lines, doesn't it? Looks like it in the pic above.

Where's the hole in his head to move the eyes?

The head is magnetic, head looks way better here.

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[davejames]

Looks like this turned out pretty well. The head seems to have a bit less of that darker red shading the proto had, but that should be easy enough to fix.

And yeah I probably won't use the second head either, but only because it's too extreme an expression for my SW collection, and not because I think it's a terrible sculpt or something.

 

[Wor-Gar]

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Darth Forky

 

[Wor-Gar]

The head is magnetic, head looks way better here.

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Thank you for that.

 

[guyver1]

The head is magnetic, head looks way better here.

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Love that eye movement design..Advanced PERS

 

[guyver1]

DAMN RIGHTS I'm defending my $54.99 + shipping purchase!!

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Now than I think of it, reminds me of Ben Meddleson or however you spell it as Maul in this pic

 

[KerotanFrog]

Yeah, I'm picking HT sculpt over SSC. One thing nobody has touched on is the horns. WAY more detail on the HT. The SSC horns look smooth, when they should have a rough texture.

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[guyver1]

Yeah, I'm picking HT sculpt over SSC. One thing nobody has touched on is the horns. WAY more detail on the HT. The SSC horns look smooth, when they should have a rough texture.

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Yup in SW Lore the horns were actually meant to have an origin

HT- Bone like texturing horns
SSC - painted spike horns

 

[TurdFurgusonsHat]

The head is magnetic, head looks way better here.

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This is actually pretty annoying, messes up my plan to swap the snarling sculpt on the original sideshow Maul that I swapped over to a standard HT body.

 

[guyver1]

Although Maul has shouted numerous and infinite times in the Dark Horse comics , I don’t remember once him yelling in TPM

 

[Hoody999]

The head is magnetic, head looks way better here.

Yeah totally agree. With no flash or forced lighting on the figure the tattoo grooves are not nearly as pronounced.

Really like the magnetic head. The one on Iron Spider is great. So many benefits. Easy to access for PERS, and slight head tilt or turned head movements are so easy and precise to get great natural looking poses.

 

[user 67922]

It even has the Ray Park earring haha

 

[agonistes86]

But SS also has sculpted lines, doesn't it? Looks like it in the pic above.

Where's the hole in his head to move the eyes?

It has very subtle lines yeah, though I'm not sure if they are everywhere. I just tried going over them with a fingernail, and I don't even feel them in most places.
The HT does look quite good in that last shot, but the lines in the frown/eyebrows and particularly those black spots above the eyes still annoy me. This of course comes down to personal preference to what extent it affects you.

 

[MaulFan]

On the shelf, you'll likely hardly notice the sculpted tats, it's photographers share close up shots that are going to be hindered by their appearance.

 

[slikkerias]

Why are photos of SSC Maul v1 posted? It’s not like that’s an option...
I just hope that everyone enjoys their purchase. I was pretty sure that I wanted to upgrade my SSC v2 to this, but now I don’t think that the sculpt is conniving enough to do so. If I didn’t have a good Maul already I would definitely choose the HT for the value, but not for the sculpt.

 

[agonistes86]

On the shelf, you'll likely hardly notice the sculpted tats, it's photographers share close up shots that are going to be hindered by their appearance.

Yeah that's a possibility. However, given that every picture of the HT sculpt so far shows the lines, whereas I've never seen a shot of the SS where I particularly noticed them - if they were visible at all - does lead me to believe that the grooves on the HT are noticeably deeper.

Why are photos of SSC Maul v1 posted? It’s not like that’s an option...
I just hope that everyone enjoys their purchase. I was pretty sure that I wanted to upgrade my SSC v2 to this, but now I don’t think that the sculpt is conniving enough to do so. If I didn’t have a good Maul already I would definitely choose the HT for the value, but not for the sculpt.

Well put.

 

[Bo Shrek]

Why are photos of SSC Maul v1 posted?

As a joke. For ****s and giggles!!

 

[slikkerias]

As a joke. For ****s and giggles!!

...yes I see, but can be confusing for some. I mean it’s not often that we actually have two good options for a character in this scale - and therefor the pros and cons are actually kind of unique and in place to discuss. We actually have two very good options for once.

 

[MaulFan]

Yeah that's a possibility. However, given that every picture of the HT sculpt so far shows the lines, whereas I've never seen a shot of the SS where I particularly noticed them - if they were visible at all - does lead me to believe that the grooves on the HT are noticeably deeper.



Well put.

No question the cuts are deeper on HT. Reminds me of Applause.

There is a question of canon though, as Park in Solo even has them.