See, to me HT's looks more like a real person than the one pictured above. The sculpt looks rougher to me, even with the better paint job. That's not to say it's BAD. It's just very different stylistically and maybe looks more like him because it's a bit more caricaturized. I just prefer the more realistic look of the HT, which I totally see Alec McGuiness in, though I wouldn't call it PERFECT. But I respect other people's opinions on the matter. I just don't like when people act as though it is a fact that it's totally off when, clearly, it's debatable.
Yeah, what I was saying earlier is that the repaints (even gorgeous $200 ones) tend to look a bit like oil paintings of Ben, whereas the HT sculpt/apps combo (with the pores, translucence etc.) looks like a shrunken-down living person.
It's frustrating that the likeness is nailed on a slightly oversized head lacking in finer sculpt detail with terrible factory paint (necessitating a $150-200 repaint, because the headsculpt's 3/4's of a Ben figure) while the gorgeous life-like fine detail sculpt and ultra-real paint is used on a sculpt with only a 7/10 likeness.
For me, by the time I buy a SSC Ben, pay for the repaint, replace body, hands, boots and possibly saber (and maybe even grab the HT stand) I'm looking at close to $350 and a 3-9 month wait - and even then, I have a great oil painting of Ben. HT Ben will be $200 with coupon and will be in-hand in a month. Best of a bad situation.
Small pic with hood up FTW!
Yeah, what I was saying earlier is that the repaints (even gorgeous $200 ones) tend to look a bit like oil paintings of Ben, whereas the HT sculpt/apps combo (with the pores, translucence etc.) looks like a shrunken-down living person.
It's frustrating that the likeness is nailed on a slightly oversized head lacking in finer sculpt detail with terrible factory paint (necessitating a $150-200 repaint, because the headsculpt's 3/4's of a Ben figure) while the gorgeous life-like fine detail sculpt and ultra-real paint is used on a sculpt with only a 7/10 likeness.
For me, by the time I buy a SSC Ben, pay for the repaint, replace body, hands, boots and possibly saber (and maybe even grab the HT stand) I'm looking at close to $350 and a 3-9 month wait - and even then, I have a great oil painting of Ben. HT Ben will be $200 with coupon and will be in-hand in a month. Best of a bad situation.
Watch HT nail the PT Obi-Wan.
Just enjoy the figure which you choose to have in your own collection. As long as you like it, it doesn't really matter what anyone else thinks.
I agree with each and every word in this post.
I had a SSC 12" Obi-Wan. Didn't care for it too much and I never had the funds to invest to make it any better. So when it was announced that Hot Toys secured the SW license, I sold it thinking that, in time, they would release a far superior figure. It's frustrating to see that I'll be getting another Obi-Wan that will be flawed for altogether different reasons.
Thats after his morning coffee
Don't want to derail the thread any further, but just take a look at this figure:
New from 3R-“LSSAH”—SS-Oberstgruppenführer Joseph Dietrich - OSW: One Sixth Warrior Forum
IMHO, the quality in sculpt, tailoring, paint apps and details is simply amazing.
Now, back to SW and old Ben...
Small pic with hood up FTW!
Just enjoy the figure which you choose to have in your own collection. As long as you like it, it doesn't really matter what anyone else thinks.
yea, bit of a fish eye thing going on in that oneNice lens distortion.
Head looks good in the second last pic.
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