Woh, nevermind
Great for those close by though.
Shipping is only around $18 though
Woh, nevermind
Great for those close by though.
Thanks for the heads up, just bought this from PC for $186.
Congrats on the purchase, saw this figure in person at midtown comics and it's pretty stunning, not to mention everyone's awesome pics in this thread. I'm struggling to not buy stuff from PC, nothing I'm dying for ... but those deals!
yeah yeah.I've been a pretty vocal critic of the clean headsculpt
yeah yeah.
To be fair, he is only buying it now - at a discount. Whereas I bought it full price as soon as it became available.
ha! now i see what you two meanTo be fair, he is only buying it now - at a discount. Whereas I bought it full price as soon as it became available.
it's a great character and a long waited figure. somebody simply doesn't read the middle of the sentence.And yet the consensus seems to be that it's a great figure.
And yet the consensus seems to be that it's a great figure. To me, it's probably a notch, maybe two, but no higher than that above the Commando release.
it's a great character and a long waited figure. somebody simply doesn't read the middle of the sentence.
Well sure, most people don't care about the list of problems I mentioned. A passable resemblance to a great character = Awesome figure to most people. There's no other way to put it really than their standards are lower.
My standards are lower when it comes to Marvel characters, DC characters and most everything else that Hot Toys makes but not Terminator. For Terminator I'm comparable to those Ledger Joker obsessives minus the willingness to spend thousands on single custom heads and outfits. Perhaps some of the same people who are perfectly happy with a stock MMS238 are unhappy with a stock Captain America or DX12 Batman and need to mod the **** out of them - simply because they are more fans of Captain America and Batman than they are Terminator. It can be very dependant on the hardcoreness of one's fandom.
Then there's another category of people who feel above criticising any figure on any level (I'm sure a name or two springs to mind)
However I think most people, across all categories, would admit that DX13 was a superior release and that Hot Toys dropped their game a bit on this one.
by somebody i meant majority.Speak for yourself. Just go back a page.
shoulders/neck mod really helps. best done by vodoun (right?). neckmod alone doesn't. futzing the close is extremely helpful, too. after many attempts you can make a nice statue and put it in a dark place. i started working on full bd version, and it begins to look nice.I only picked one up due to a huge discount. Plus, I doubt HT will ever do an improved 2.0 down the line. I figure with some mods here and there it'll look passable.
I was referring specifically to most of the reviews I saw on YouTube
by somebody i meant majority.
but a-dev explained what it is with people who just aren't into a character too much. for example, i don't even understand why all those comics characters are different figures. if they just made one iron man with detatchable armor, three different heads and three clothes sets, it would cover everything that has "marvel" or "DC" lable on it.
shoulders/neck mod really helps. best done by vodoun (right?). neckmod alone doesn't. futzing the close is extremely helpful, too. after many attempts you can make a nice statue and put it in a dark place. i started working on full bd version, and it begins to look nice.
Youtube reviewers love everything (especially if it's a figure they just got) or even if they see a problem they immediately excuse it for one reason or another. I almost don't blame them either, youtube is a wretched hive of scum and villainy. I would disable comments if I did videos.
You're right though, this is the only Police Shootout T-800 we're going to get, our choice is to buy it such as it is or don't have one at all.
It's kinda sad that the DX13, with a face half-blown to hell, is the best Terminator HT has ever done. Maybe that has something to do with it?
DX10 looks alright from certain angles, I won't even touch MMS117. I used to think Tech Noir had a great likeness but to be honest, it could be a lot better.
Though I wouldn't have minded if MMS238 was as lean and taut in the face.
that's because EB didn't make a good full face sculpt yet, and HT had nothing to copy fromThe best one is the full BD DX13 sculpt. For whatever reason, when asked to sculpt Arnie's complete face it falls apart with Hot Toys. They mess the shape right up, same with the shape of his head generally.
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