I just received mine and, I am not only blown away I am "Blow Me Down!". Mezco really did something with this figure that I wasn't sure they could pull off. This is one of those figures that only happens once in a little while. A fully realized toy that just so happens to turn out to be close to perfect in a 1:12 inch scale environment, without compromising the original vision. When they released the initial pics they were so blown up and scrutinized that everyone and their dog came out to rampage on them. But for the die hard Popeye fan, it was a must own. This figure may not just be the best Popeye toy of all time, it may be the best Mezco figure of 2018.
Now having said that, if someone were to scrutinize the realization of the facial tones of the eyes... one could simply paint the small 1:12 scale eyeballs black as well as the eyebrows to get that cartoon Popeye look.