To me they are separate. In theory, the HT sculpt was probably in NECA shape at some point while Yulli made it, an early, roughing out the forms stage, then taken steps further to refine and polish it up. However, the NECA stage is essential to likeness. Now, NECA doesn't go past that point, HT does, but doesn't mean that NECA can't get more right in the raw capturing of the facial structure than a polished portrait. If HT's head has Harrison Ford's nose and Stallone's eyes and The Rock's mouth, just because it's all nice and refined doesn't mean it succeeded in looking like Arnie. There are basic structural details to capture for a portrait to resemble Arnie, and there is room to question if NECA or HT captured those better or worse than the other. Thinking NECA looks all chiseled and rough in its finish is not relevant to anatomical comparison, it's an opinion on the finished quality of the two companies, and like I said, of course there's no comparison, HT strives to capture every little pore and wrinkle there, NECA leaves rough edges and cuts that look like it was carved in stone.
