what i generally mean is the difference between "the sculpt is well done" and "the sculpt is spot on".
for example, P1 armor was well done, though not spot on - many mistakes in shape and sizes.
Classic's armor was terribly done, thus making the question about "spot on" not so interesting.
this head is "well done".
but it's sometimes called "spot on".
doing so means not ignoring details but missing details.
in Robocop case i ignore the mistakes of color and miss mistakes of shape (don't know if there are any because didn't study the suit).
in Terminator cases (all of them) i (try to) ignore the mistakes in shape though see at least half of them (compared to you).
MMS238 is the best sculpt of some unknown person i've ever seen!
Good post. I agree that something can be well done but nevertheless be incorrect. And I know that people, me included, can allow ''well done'' to influence us so much that we actually miss something that is wrong, even so wrong as to later make us wonder how in the hell we didn't see it before. I'm sure I was blown away by MMS117 when it was first shown - it was of a quality not seen before on a Terminator toy, the first of the Hot Toys line when they officially got the license and thus the excitement factor was huge. Years later I see that figure as a mess - terribly inaccurate proportions, the toadface etc etc. And although I replaced all those bodies and heads with DX10 bodies and heads, I still wish I could replace
those because there's all kinds of things wrong with them too.
DX13, likewise, I have various issues with that now that I would have overlooked when it was brand new. MMS238 - I'm definitely not as harsh on it as you are but I agree those sculpts should have been better - overly large heads, overly round, overly soft, no resemblance in the eyes (err...eye) etc etc. I don't think I really committed to those views until
after I had the figure though. The proportions being wrong was as much as I was willing to say based on early pics alone. The rest came to me later.
This Guardian T-800 will probably follow that pattern. So far
mainly I'm excited to get a new figure and I'm giving it some benefit of the doubt because I'm far less used to looking at old Arnie than T2 era Arnie. I don't feel so qualified to say ''nope, that's not him'' or ''WTF is with his hair again?!'' and I'm running with the proven general recognition factor that it has.
I guess what I'm saying is I'm a great one to have around to point out flaws when it's too late and nothing can be done. Captain hindsight at your service.