I will post some pics (maybe here) of my 1/6 design tweak of the screen-used Dewback prop once it's painted. As with all things SW, the screen-used prop/design to me remains the gold standard, even in context of decent reinterpretations for collectibles. As I mentioned before, the 1976 Pearl Dewback creation just needs tweaks to make up for production issues.
I love the rhino feet/legs/torso, the protruding abdominal ribs, the long thinner tail with the prominent creases - these are non-negotiable to me, and don't like the 1997 CGI creation in design or execution (the CGI is poor in both movement and resolution, even the rider looking bad.)
For mine all I've done is fixed the leg proportions (partly to fix the prop's latex not adhering to the wooden structure,) made the scale pattern more uniform (Pearl's head scale pattern used to meld fine-scale iguana tail to the no-scales rhino body) and up-sized the creature to larger SE Dewback size (because it's clear in both the way it was filmed/photographed in 1976 and the 1997 SE Dewback size that the hope was to make the Dewback about 20% larger than the rhino body prop allowed.)
My 1/6 1976 Pearl Dewback will be displayed with Pearl's Art Models Ltd sign as nameplate with screen accurate Look Sir Droids trooper as rider along with a 1/6 production slate for the March 1976 Dewback shoot.
I'm more interested in this HT Mando Dewback for a Mando-as-rider display, with that beautiful Mando production art painting as nameplate. It's a very SW look that brings to mind both ANH and the Holiday Special Fett riding a beast, and S1 Mando to me has still come the closest to matching the quality/feel OT for me, even more so than RO.
