JND Studios: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 1:3 Harrison Ford and Sean Connery

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I wonder what JND think about the overwhelming negativity to this release and the cancellations that have followed? (I know of 5 people who have cancelled already and that's just in my tiny group of contacts).

I get the impression that JND actually don't care, which is sad considering how "on board" I was with their claims about taking customer feedback into consideration and aiming to surpass the prototype with their final production versions.

This should have and COULD have been their greatest release yet. There's such a massive abundance of reference images and material available for them to use and they still screwed it up. So disappointing.

 

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Allow me to correct myself.. "I'll wait for collector unboxing's..."

...that know how to futz the damn thing correctly, can use a camera without obscene lens adoration, and have some idea about color balance

Rest assured, I will be doing everything I can to try and improve how this piece looks overall. Futzing the jacket collar for starters and replacing the hat will help a little, but the pants are beyond saving I think.
In that video I posted, you can see that the Connery head must be wider than the Ford head (when the guy puts Henry's glasses onto Junior's head). I am convinced that JND have made Indy's head smaller than it should be in an attempt to try and get the hat to fit without looking too over-sized. They didn't do a very good job of that. Grrrrrr!

 

[SAB]

Looks decent enough in this pic.

 

[cking]

It would be great if people could put a little bit of thought into setting these statues up correctly. Not sure what this collector was thinking when they put Indy's shoulder bag on so it's half way up his torso!

That's probably the most Harrison Ford-like I've seen this statue looking so far though.

 

[Mandible]

Just went back and watched the reveal video and that's still the best it's looked (and the pre-order photos). I'm not saying it's amazing or perfect - but simply the best it's looked in any video/photos so far.

After that last collector video I'm thinking I'd, either get the left hand recast into a fist, or anything that looks better with the stance than the Kenner look.
The whip can be replaced. And everything else I can almost deal with except those ******* pants!

I've got no idea how to deal with that color. It's so obviously wrong...

 

[OzzyAndyHam]

A more in depth unboxing. Liking what i see here more than other first looks. Can't wait to have him in hand, but I'll likely be weathering the shirt, and perhaps commissioning new pants.

 

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Well, I will be the first to say that it DOES look a lot better in Wiki's review.