yep he had the smallest head (and the BD MMS136 head).
I was just happy that someone posted that particular pic, and giving credit for it.
i'm saying it now for the third or fourth part - "that particular pic" doesn't fit the toy's (will use this word to be clear) proportions. i posted that pic of an actor to show it fitting the toy's shape
after adding neck, trapezius and chest (and back, but it isn't seen on that particular photo.
so, you see, you saying "that photo shows the toy is ok" is another way around, because it specifically shows how not ok is the toy. and that is the photo with opctical illusion. others don't even give that effect.
but i cannot show it in a row (almost don't have unmodded bodies), only by comparing in pairs. i'll get a set to make a new terminator in several weeks and will make such row for myself.
for now:
modded toy versus actor:
another photo of the same actor at the same time but from the front and without shoulder pads, showing the size of the torso/trapezius:
(they have different camera angle, different arms-to-torso angle and different position of shirt's sleeves on shoulders)
behind the scenes with other crew including Columbu:
stock body/head proportions:
i hope you don't inform me now that Arnold used male push-ups in first movie.
you should (or shouldn't?) also check the "Guardians of the galaxy" thread where people are very disappointed with first attempts for a Drax body - and i understand them (though the only way i know about who that is is because everybody named him in Ripley thread as another example of wanted figure, and i had to check what it is about). and the starting body there wasn't even normal, it was already huge. but it missed certain groups of muscles - size & shape - which led to a very wrong representation of the movie character. same here.
of course it means that people became more demanding. but i don't think they are wrong. they are right. we pay fair money for a good movie model - but when it is not good, money is not fair. prices of HT let the buyers be demanding. everybody who says "look how far they went since 200*s" should also remember prices being 3-5 times smaller.
so long story short, somebody says that the figure demands fixing
and can be fixed - you pay attention only to the first part, seeing it as talking people out of buying it, while it's the second part that is important: help for everybody who thinks about getting it but is disappointed with how it is made.
there are problems that can be fixed only by professionals: tailors, sculpters, painters.
there are problems that can be fixed by everybody.
but they don't stop being problems. accepting everything as it is is a little... well, let's just say that i live in a country where it is people's credo (doing nothing and often saying that we live like everybody should, and all others simply envy us) - and it brings very stinky results.
as for the "bobblehead" people often say, including me - it's not that the head is big. it's that the head/body proportions are
wrong. not simpler than that. not the small body. not the big head. it's more complex - the torso shape and size is wrong.
i tried to compare head to arms and boots once, the ratio seemed ok.
No argument from me if that's what you're referring to.
