Haven't really had much time to play with this and take photos but here's another pic I took yesterday.
Haven't really had much time to play with this and take photos but here's another pic I took yesterday.
So I thought I'd give some of my thoughts on this figure.
The Bale sculpt looks amazing, so much better in hand. It's not perfect but it's about 95% Bale, much better than any previous mass produced attempt. The cowl looks great, but it's not quite accurate as the Enterbay version. But I prefer the paint job on the HT version and the fact that the eyes are poseable. This gives so much life and pose options to the figure.
The body is very easy to pose and move around. It's not at all as stiff as the EB version. Feels more like a premium quality figure and makes the Enterbay version feel like a cheap toy. I'd be careful handling it though as it is made out of the same easily scratch-able material as the DX12. Gloves are recommended! The same goes for the accessories like the weapons, they scratch easily.
The cape is utter crap. The cape clips would go into the holes but it didn't look right at all so I removed them and forced the cape into the holes. It looks fine for now but I will be looking into custom capes. I'm not sure about Lance's custom cape yet as it isn't folded nicely around the area where you insert the cape into the holes and if you would try it it would look too thick on the shoulders with that kind of material. Perhaps Rory or someone who owns it could tell us if it's a thicker material than the stock cape?
The hands and gauntlets don't go well together, just as with the DX12. Cutting off the edges of the gloves might do the trick but I'm not about to start cutting up an expensive figure like this.I'll let someone else try it first.
The base isn't that bad as I said eariler, but it limits the poseability. When I first saw these stands I thought you were going to be able to swap out the top layer, which would have been a great idea. I'll be looking into buying another EB stand or modding this one. Possibly trying to remove the top layer and make a custom one. I have a reg QS001 on PO from the UK so I would have a spare stock stand in worst case scenario.
Overall, this is the best TDK figure made to date. No doubt about it. I prefer it over the EB version. It looks so life-like and realistic, lighting and posing plays a big part in this or otherwise it can look really bad. Lighting from underneath is a bad idea, better have the lighting source from above or from the sides.
About the scale issue with the Enterbay figures, I haven't had time to take them out of their display boxes and compare but I did put the HT version next to them and it didn't look way off. But the EB figures are slightly bigger.
So yeah, this figure receives a 9/10 from me! Best purchase so far this year! I really hope HT decides to make a QS Joker and a BB suit version some day. Judging by this figure they'd look awesome.
Haven't really had much time to play with this and take photos but here's another pic I took yesterday.
So I thought I'd give some of my thoughts on this figure.
The Bale sculpt looks amazing, so much better in hand. It's not perfect but it's about 95% Bale, much better than any previous mass produced attempt. The cowl looks great, but it's not quite accurate as the Enterbay version. But I prefer the paint job on the HT version and the fact that the eyes are poseable. This gives so much life and pose options to the figure.
The body is very easy to pose and move around. It's not at all as stiff as the EB version. Feels more like a premium quality figure and makes the Enterbay version feel like a cheap toy. I'd be careful handling it though as it is made out of the same easily scratch-able material as the DX12. Gloves are recommended! The same goes for the accessories like the weapons, they scratch easily.
The cape is utter crap. The cape clips would go into the holes but it didn't look right at all so I removed them and forced the cape into the holes. It looks fine for now but I will be looking into custom capes. I'm not sure about Lance's custom cape yet as it isn't folded nicely around the area where you insert the cape into the holes and if you would try it it would look too thick on the shoulders with that kind of material. Perhaps Rory or someone who owns it could tell us if it's a thicker material than the stock cape?
The hands and gauntlets don't go well together, just as with the DX12. Cutting off the edges of the gloves might do the trick but I'm not about to start cutting up an expensive figure like this.
The base isn't that bad as I said eariler, but it limits the poseability. When I first saw these stands I thought you were going to be able to swap out the top layer, which would have been a great idea. I'll be looking into buying another EB stand or modding this one. Possibly trying to remove the top layer and make a custom one. I have a reg QS001 on PO from the UK so I would have a spare stock stand in worst case scenario.
Overall, this is the best TDK figure made to date. No doubt about it. I prefer it over the EB version. It looks so life-like and realistic, lighting and posing plays a big part in this or otherwise it can look really bad. Lighting from underneath is a bad idea, better have the lighting source from above or from the sides.
About the scale issue with the Enterbay figures, I haven't had time to take them out of their display boxes and compare but I did put the HT version next to them and it didn't look way off. But the EB figures are slightly bigger.
So yeah, this figure receives a 9/10 from me! Best purchase so far this year! I really hope HT decides to make a QS Joker and a BB suit version some day. Judging by this figure they'd look awesome.
these pictures are torture lol going into hiding untill ****ty customs release mine 4 days and counting now.
Thanks everyone for the nice comments!
Here's a couple more pics of this amazing figure:
And a link to my previous pictures if anyone's interested.
https://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/showpost.php?p=6135536&postcount=9145
Loving your pics also, they're great!
Like your Anakin sig too, very cool.
Thanks for the postage info mate. Did yours ship from SS yet? I got charged but no tracking number
