Because you can't. Every seamless body out there is just a plain silicone rubbery body, for a reason. There's none out there that holds paint, tattoo or scar details well. Even that Last of Us 2 Ellie figure with the tattoo paint on the seamless forearm had problems with it rubbing off and disappearing. Imagine trying to do Kratos body on one where you have to apply white ashan paint, tattoo on top of it and also a stomach scar. A QC nightmare. I rather they focus and do a good job on his jointed body where they match his proportion and size to the game.
A seamless body for Kratos would be impossible because of all the things you mention, with such a figure the focus should really be on the articulation itself and all the other details his body has, luckily the Ragnarok design has the sleeves and fur cloak that should cover all his joints but the likelyhood of the WorldBox version having double jointed elbows is slim since they will probably want to have the sleeveless look as well, the one thing I've seen that limits the articulation on all the Kratos releases is the shoulder pads and a lot of the outfit being sculpted, there should be a balance between both mediums but everyone goes for the easier sculpted route and I understand to a degree, it's much easier to mass produce but the final result will be more or less what we've seen in the past, a big 7 inch figure, but whatever I want a 1/6 Kratos and if the WorldBox one looks good I'll probably go for it despite some people in the industry telling me to not expect really high quality.Because you can't. Every seamless body out there is just a plain silicone rubbery body, for a reason. There's none out there that holds paint, tattoo or scar details well. Even that Last of Us 2 Ellie figure with the tattoo paint on the seamless forearm had problems with it rubbing off and disappearing. Imagine trying to do Kratos body on one where you have to apply white ashan paint, tattoo on top of it and also a stomach scar. A QC nightmare. I rather they focus and do a good job on his jointed body where they match his proportion and size to the game.
And honestly, if they're doing his Ragnorok look, you won't even see any joints besides his left shoulder. Why would you even do seamless for this?
I don't own it so I wouldn't know, the body on it looks really limiting so I'm not surprised, the thing is I'm not sure how happy collectors would be if you were to have more articulation points on the arms and even butterfly joints, sure articulation would increase a lot but then it would REALLY just look like a big toy, Kratos is a figure that needs a lot of R&D in order to achieve the perfect balance between articulation, aesthetics and materials, I hope someone gets it right in the future.
Hmm I heard those LIM guys put out quality work. Maybe they could take a crack
Ditto that!Hmm I heard those LIM guys put out quality work. Maybe they could take a crack
Hardly "obsessed" with seamless bodies. I just don't like large visible joints; it ruins the look of a figure for me and diminishes the realism factor.
It's totally fine if you'll pass on it. We still gonna buy it no worries.
I used to have first BvS Wonderwoman and haven even left her in any intense poses,when one day I discovered cracks on her armpits. So since then haven't got any. Most of the characters are dressed up so if u can have a seam at head u can have a seam at wrists as well lol I don't have a problem. I collect high end collector dolls as well, that's probably why I don't have issues with joints as they have always been there and it's very much normal thing for me.
Exactly jointed bodies if done right aren't really an issue. I'm more ok with having a good accurate body with joints then a seamless one that will tare and crack if left in a pose for to long. I know a lot of people complain about Drax's body but I think HT did the right thing they just should have made his upper half more muscular then what they did the first time. What's sad is we haven't gotten a new Drax since and the first one goes for a lot of money now. Lmao
Hmm I heard those LIM guys put out quality work. Maybe they could take a crack
I usually say "never say never" but I really doubt we'll make a figure of him, we still have to release our previous stuff and we're working on a bunch of other things, plus we have Mondo, SW and now WorldBox putting out figures of the same character, WorldBox might even make an Atreus too.
Personally I don't have high hopes for WB one, based on their track record I have never been impressed, I hope I'm wrong and we all gonna be surprised. Thank you and whole Limtoys team for your quality and hard work! If it was on me, I'd ask Limtoys to make everyone I love haha bc adore your high quality and beautiful work! (Still never say never... in the background my wish remains alive!)
Thanks for the support and kind words, just don't count on us making Kratos, as he once said "Keep your expectations low and you will never be disappointed".
You are welcome! It's okay,Nathan, Arthur and Joel are more than enough for me. Keep amazing figures coming,we are here for them!
