MONDO - THE THING

[PizzaCake]

I would be tempted to get both (because Carpenter), but neither looks particularly polished unfortunately, and from Mondo pricing I have a real fear these will be priced closer to upper Hot Toys/InArt territory when we’re getting 3rd party quality lol.

Not seeing Kurt in the MacReady much at all. When 80% of a character’s face is covered in hair, you really wanna make sure you get the eyes right lol.

Roddy’s at least got the glasses to cover up sculpt shortcomings…let’s hope MacReady has his.

 

[MarkKing]

I find both look spot on. It looks like the actors. I see both Russel and Piper. It looks exactly like them.

 

[Hologram AI]

On one hand, it's probably the only official 1/6 Macready figure we'll see and it looks better than their old prototytpe. On the other hand, the outfit doesn't look sharp enough and the sculpt now makes him look a bit Asian. Wish some higher end company got the license.

 

[Joda]

Nope. Not giving my money to Funko. (Although it's helping that MacReady looks even worse than before.)

 

[snoop101]

I’m not sure how anyone can look at these and think they look passable, let alone “good.” Even if you’re happy with the head sculpts, look at how terrible the tailoring looks. Macreadys jacket looks like it was made for a 1/4 scale figure.

 

[PizzaCake]

I wonder how far away we are from seeing a prototype for Asmus’ Crown Series Snake Plissken.

 

[Johnny Utah]

Lol the state of Mac

 

[Mr.E]

Yeah, admittedly they don't look great by any means. More along the lines of something Matty Collector would have released back in 2009.

 

[Johnny Utah]

Stick with cartoons Mondo

 

[MarkKing]

I would be tempted to get both (because Carpenter), but neither looks particularly polished unfortunately, and from Mondo pricing I have a real fear these will be priced closer to upper Hot Toys/InArt territory when we’re getting 3rd party quality lol.

Not seeing Kurt in the MacReady much at all. When 80% of a character’s face is covered in hair, you really wanna make sure you get the eyes right lol.

Roddy’s at least got the glasses to cover up sculpt shortcomings…let’s hope MacReady has his.

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I just don't get it....what is wrong with the face. I am seeing Kurt Russel. It is the skin tone? The eyebrows. I am trying to understand what I am missing in terms of the complaints.

 

[MarkKing]

I wonder how far away we are from seeing a prototype for Asmus’ Crown Series Snake Plissken.

Are they doing a Plissken?

 

[snoop101]

I just don't get it....what is wrong with the face. I am seeing Kurt Russel. It is the skin tone? The eyebrows. I am trying to understand what I am missing in terms of the complaints.

Where have you been? Have you seen the type of realism these collectible companies are capable of now? Even a decade ago these would look dated.

 

[HMC117]

Definitley looks way better than the prototype, looks pretty awesome as a set

 

[PizzaCake]

Are they doing a Plissken?

Thread 'Asmus Toys: Escape From New York Snake Plissken'
Asmus Toys: Escape From New York Snake Plissken

Found the thread where I’d seen it mentioned. Doesn’t look like there have been any recent updates on their Thranduil, so if that was going to come first it’s a ways out I guess if it ends up happening at all.

I just don't get it....what is wrong with the face. I am seeing Kurt Russel. It is the skin tone? The eyebrows. I am trying to understand what I am missing in terms of the complaints.

The varied opinions on sculpt likenesses are one of the more interesting things about the hobby to me, so always cool to see where everyone falls - happy you like it! I hope they make some tweaks. It’s certainly better than the first showing which looked like a dated Sideshow figure, so we’re moving in the right direction. To me, it’s just not reading as Kurt on the MacReady figure, particularly in the eyes. Nada is definitely superior. I like the monstrosities that come with MacReady. I don’t know enough about the technical aspects to know if it’s the sculpt itself or a weak paint application, but when I look at a Hot Toys sculpt like the new Modern Suit Keaton or Star Lord, or InArt’s prototypes, the likeness is striking, unquestionable, and looks like a shrunken down version of the screen counterpart. Considering this is the prototype and it usually downgrades from there, was hoping to be excited and just feel disappointed. Tailoring plays a big part in selling the likeness too, and that also looks weak here to me, perhaps it was bad futzing but that’s on them haha. If this is priced like a Present Toys figure, it would be less disappointing, but my guess is it won’t be and who knows when we’ll get another licensed option for these.

 

[Johnny Utah]

They should have gotten a freelancer like Trevor Grove or Yi Xie to do it. Grove has sculpted Mac before as well as Jack Burton.

 

[MarkKing]

Thread 'Asmus Toys: Escape From New York Snake Plissken'
Asmus Toys: Escape From New York Snake Plissken

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Found the thread where I’d seen it mentioned. Doesn’t look like there have been any recent updates on their Thranduil, so if that was going to come first it’s a ways out I guess if it ends up happening at all.




The varied opinions on sculpt likenesses are one of the more interesting things about the hobby to me, so always cool to see where everyone falls - happy you like it! I hope they make some tweaks. It’s certainly better than the first showing which looked like a dated Sideshow figure, so we’re moving in the right direction. To me, it’s just not reading as Kurt on the MacReady figure, particularly in the eyes. Nada is definitely superior. I like the monstrosities that come with MacReady. I don’t know enough about the technical aspects to know if it’s the sculpt itself or a weak paint application, but when I look at a Hot Toys sculpt like the new Modern Suit Keaton or Star Lord, or InArt’s prototypes, the likeness is striking, unquestionable, and looks like a shrunken down version of the screen counterpart. Considering this is the prototype and it usually downgrades from there, was hoping to be excited and just feel disappointed. Tailoring plays a big part in selling the likeness too, and that also looks weak here to me, perhaps it was bad futzing but that’s on them haha. If this is priced like a Present Toys figure, it would be less disappointing, but my guess is it won’t be and who knows when we’ll get another licensed option for these.

Would love a Big Trouble China figure. I have the Sideshow and it's ehhh...okay.

I guess when you compare MacReady to Hot Toys, yes I see it. Hot Toys would have better skin tone and better likenesses, you are right.

I think what I SEE if I were to compare with Hot Toys is the sculpt is there, the skin tone paint can be better, the hair it self, can have a better sculpt details. I see 100% Kurt Russell otherwise.

 

[BANE.]

Both awful, RRP $30

 

[Mr.E]

If I remember correctly, Trevor Grove actually sculpted that 1/6 Mac that got cancelled several years back, along with Jurassic Park figures. Sadly.

 

[Johnny Utah]

Yep it was for Pop Culture Shock.

Then this was for NECA.

 

[Mr.E]

Yep, that's the one. He's still one of the best in my opinion.