Re: Hot Toys - MMS152 - Superman: 1/6th scale Superman Collectible Figure
It is of course a matter of taste but frankly the Sosa sculpt, while skillful, gives us a fugly Superman.
He picked up on the worst Chris Reeve features, just as a caricaturist would do.
IMO these characters and their interpretations as statues or figures are meant to accomplish two paradoxical things, look like their models and transcend them at the same time.
The Hot toys sculpt does just that.
A 100% movie accurate figure would look like an actor with a suit when what you want on your shelf is the character the actor plays.
There is a difference.
It is of course a matter of taste but frankly the Sosa sculpt, while skillful, gives us a fugly Superman.
He picked up on the worst Chris Reeve features, just as a caricaturist would do.
IMO these characters and their interpretations as statues or figures are meant to accomplish two paradoxical things, look like their models and transcend them at the same time.
The Hot toys sculpt does just that.
A 100% movie accurate figure would look like an actor with a suit when what you want on your shelf is the character the actor plays.
There is a difference.
I think it also applies to the various "improvements" people are doing with other HT figs. New mouthpiece, different cape fabric, better paint -- spending more $ when it does little to no improvement. At least nothing anyone else would really notice without close scrutiny. But of course as you say, it is indeed a matter of taste.
