while standing.
I really don't like the smiling sculpt eitherThat type B sculpt is trash tbh it looks like he's going for a
The 1st sculpt is a winner though just personal opinion. Just wish they'd gone with a different expression even a laughing head would of been cool.
luckily i knew this was coming. gonna send the sculpted head to get rehauled
How so? Genuinely curious what you mean. Are you saying this b/c it's not a special one time use sculpt anymore with the reveal of the convention exclusive?
For sure. I don't think anyone is disputing that, especially with the reveal of the TDK Imposter version con exclusive. I was more curious as to the how HT screwed everyone who ordered the original DX33 Artisan
I said from the beginning that JNDs goal was to aim higher than their own prototype and got laughed out of the room, now that they seem to actually be keeping that promise there’s been a change in tune.
Well a one time use by Hot Toys is different than watering it down with every Ledger they decide to give us. Imagine being on that run, paying $300 for the sculpt then another $750 for paint + hair, then being practically permanently stuck with it because there’ll be a cheap $400 version of it everyone can get instead.
True, no one likes reuse, but it's HT - it's going to happen a lot of the time with their products. There's no guarantee with HT that a given sculpt won't get reused. Hair and paint apps may change but the base sculpt will probably remain the same. If anyone thought it wouldn't get reused and disappointed that it did, I feel that's more on them. Just like many are expecting the newer Anakin sculpt to get reused for a DarkSide version down the line. I'm pretty sure when/if they finally do a real 2.0 to any of the modern Cap figures, the same headsculpt (at least helmeted headsculpt) will get reused across all of them. Heck, even Hono's Brown suit Wolverine got a reused headsculpt already.
Yup, I've been saying the same as well but no one likes to hear it. I get it though-it's not a smart business practice to say "hold on-this is just the prototype, the final product will be better" and expecting your customers to order on blind faith that they'll actually come through. The prices being what they are definitely make it difficult to just believe that they really can't take good photos of their own products. But, I've seen enough in-hand pics of their pieces along with my own experience with one of their statues to see that JND's own photos really don't do their products justice. With the big productions they put on with each reveal, you'd think they'd be able to hire someone who knows how to photograph their stuff better.
Wish I could say the same but they’ve got me for both. You’d think I’d cancel the Artisan and just stick it out with JND Type B, although I could sell the Artisan if I really don’t like it to help pay off some of the JND.
But, isn't the fault not really with HT, but with the artist who let HT buy their sculpt? Please, correct me if I'm wrong, but the way I understood the chain of events was that it a "limited" custom made sculpt; but HT ends up buying it from said artists to use with the DX32/33 Artisan figure? Couldn't the artist who created the sculpt just said no instead of looking at the dollar signs? If that's the case, no one should be mad at HT for that, but more at the original artist IMO.
