Hot Toys Terminator 2: Judgment Day: T-800 (Galleria version) 2.0

[Cap'n Cook]

HT have some stiff competition:

 

[PolyPutty]

That face looks a little off. I’m sorry. Jawline and mouth look off. If you cover the lower portion of the face and only see eyes and hair, it’s accurate. Everything else is nicely done, tho.

 

[agonistes86]

That face looks a little off. I’m sorry. Jawline and mouth look off. If you cover the lower portion of the face and only see eyes and hair, it’s accurate. Everything else is nicely done, tho.

Agreed.

It looks better than anything HT has offered so far, including the new prototype shown at conventions, but it's still off to me.
Same with the body and clothing. Again, better than other offerings, but for what I assume amounts to something around $800-1000 for everything shown here, it's not quite there.

 

[a-dev]

I think it's the mouth primarily - excessively pouty maybe. As for the jawline - I dunno, I think it might be accurate - Arnie has an asymmetrical jawline (angular on one side, smoother on the other) and asymmetrically shaped ears, which I think I'm seeing in that sculpt. Hair is maybe a smidge too neat and the silhouette too rounded for my liking but there's been worse.

 

[MaulFan]

I'm sure some creativity could probably help to get the shoulder slope more accurate, but any 1/6 figure, especially using real leather, is going to look off because the leather can only get so thin, and it's still going to be too thick and look different from Arnold in the actual coat.

I will say, the overall tailoring on the custom jacket surpasses the work on any HT jacket. HT always struggles with how it wraps around the neck and the opening flows down his torso. When I had the original MMS117, I had to use a paperclip under the collar and lapels to get the jacket to close around the figure to look right. And it's not a matter of holding HT to some accuracy standard of nitpicking mm and angles, it's just that the way in which their tailoring is off is not only inaccurate, but it makes the jacket look more like a "doll" coat. The custom jacket looks like a real jacket on a real person.

 

[dominishin]

The jacket has the same problem as the first T800.... it doesn't hug his neckline. Had to add your own wire in the collar to get it to sit better.

Honestly, the cyberdyne with glasses looks to have a better facial structure that this 2.0 proto.

 

[shells075]

Not really liking what weve seen from the HT Galleria 2.0 sculpt wise. Something is off about it. This has to be the definative Arnold T2 sculpt imo. I hope HT re-work it. The BD 2.0 sculpts look about on the money and The T-1000 2.0 Robert Patrick sculpt looks pretty bang on to.
I would rather they delay this release and give us a top notch sculpt then rush it with something that is underwhelming.

 

[Mr. Awesome]

I don't understand how the BD version with HALF a face can swing a better likeness than this sculpt. They cannot release it like that.

 

[shells075]

I'm sure some creativity could probably help to get the shoulder slope more accurate, but any 1/6 figure, especially using real leather, is going to look off because the leather can only get so thin, and it's still going to be too thick and look different from Arnold in the actual coat.

I will say, the overall tailoring on the custom jacket surpasses the work on any HT jacket. HT always struggles with how it wraps around the neck and the opening flows down his torso. When I had the original MMS117, I had to use a paperclip under the collar and lapels to get the jacket to close around the figure to look right. And it's not a matter of holding HT to some accuracy standard of nitpicking mm and angles, it's just that the way in which their tailoring is off is not only inaccurate, but it makes the jacket look more like a "doll" coat. The custom jacket looks like a real jacket on a real person.

Yeah this is a constant issue with 1/6 tailoring, getting thin enough fabric that looks good at such scale, especialy leather. I think they use calf leather for 1/6 products but even then it probably looks a bit too bulky.
Ive heard they are starting to produce lab grown leather, that might be an interesting development?

 

[choombaz]

I don't understand how the BD version with HALF a face can swing a better likeness than this sculpt. They cannot release it like that.

Because the more detail in a face the easier it is to sculpt a likeness.