Painted flames when painted well do look good, but the transparent plastic that hot toys used was the right choice as it's the only way they could give it a light up feature ..and going by the pics so far the light up feature gives a very realistic impression of actual fire imo but not so much on the skull going by the current inhand pics but those wheels look like there actually on fire!!
Hot Toys-MMS 133-Ghost Rider Limited Edition Collectible Figurine with Bike Set
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EVILFACE
Super Freak
Painted would have looked cheap. What HT did looks awesome!
dominishin
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It wouldn't have been that difficult to make the head light-up... don't know why they didn't.
This guy looks surprisingly good. Especially that light up bike.
This guy looks surprisingly good. Especially that light up bike.
The difference is--you can't make translucent orange look any better or worse than what it is. It looks precisely the same on a $5 Hasbro toy as a $250 Hot Toys figure. With Hot Toys' painting abilities, I would bet the bank that it would look significantly better than Hasbro's $5 flame paint job.
For example:
Does that look like a Hasbro toy to you? Like the Johnny Storm pictured above?
Moot point because it is what it is, but as I've said before, I'm not a fan of the light-up gimmicks in general. This is worse than the Iron Man figures, though, because you can't hide it.
The difference is--you can't make translucent orange look any better or worse than what it is. It looks precisely the same on a $5 Hasbro toy as a $250 Hot Toys figure. With Hot Toys' painting abilities, I would bet the bank that it would look significantly better than Hasbro's $5 flame paint job.
For example:
Does that look like a Hasbro toy to you? Like the Johnny Storm pictured above?
Moot point because it is what it is, but as I've said before, I'm not a fan of the light-up gimmicks in general. This is worse than the Iron Man figures, though, because you can't hide it.
You can actually make it look better or worse. HT version or SS version on their Balrog pieces look better. Just like a painted version of the Balrog (a piece which I have owned do look better) than the Hasbro versions posted. Now, I will say I would love to see a Balrog maquette from Sideshow or Weta with flames going in the translucent. It just looks real (more real I guess) and gives these pieces a really cool look.
I know. You want things to be boring.
No, I just don't want them to look like a $5 Hasbro toy 
No, I just don't want them to look like a $5 Hasbro toy
Wish granted. None of my HT Iron Man figures do nor does this.
But the translucent plastic does. . .
EVILFACE
Super Freak
That is just your opinion, not fact.
Nope. Wrong again.
Everyone has opinions but this doesn't look cheap IMO.
It's his opinion Josh..i like yourself don't share it, but let him have it.
Oh I know. It just reminds me why I'm glad companies ignore some collectors wishes.
I'm probably the only one here who has taken real issue with this, so I'm not sure that there was much to be afraid of. I wasn't stating a petition or anything.
I'm probably the only one here who has taken real issue with this, so I'm not sure that there was much to be afraid of. I wasn't stating a petition or anything.
..on another note anyone plan on bulking this guy up a bit?,look's a little skinny to me ...or is that because he is a burning skeleton!I'm probably the only one here who has taken real issue with this, so I'm not sure that there was much to be afraid of. I wasn't stating a petition or anything.
Thats true. Wasn't something I was worried about though.
Guess you can paint yours when you get it.
It would be handy for those who would want to do that if the flames could be removed so they could be sent of to a pro painter if they can't paint themselves.
I was considering hunting down someone to repaint it (or rather, to paint it for the first time).
