god forbid they add "filler" by throwing in "props and backgrounds" its cheap of them to do that instead of offering something actually substantial other than maybe trash cans and a LED light posts lol whatever artist team they have, make them do the hair and paint to warrant the price tag and closely and precise tailoring. some people might be priced out, if not most, especially if its just for 1 figure. ideally, id hope for a 2 pack with arthur and joker, if it means they are able to bulk the price or offer multiple rooted, sculpts
even with custom work, you're still stuck with a $1k head sculpt with the options that exist if not more, varying artists. tailoring, i would say, most have yet to even get it right besides iris and that's only limited to like 20-25 max afaik. looking forward to seeing what IA does because so far. tianhao's nor gesus's joker is looking promising in terms of custom work due to the tailoring choice that was picked, though can't deny the good work that was put into the sculpts
IA is probably anyone's only chance to getting a high end and high quality phoenix joker without hitting the $1500-2000 price mark