Rogerbee
Super Freak
From what I've seen, a lot of so called poor HT figures were the product of poor photography. Alice turned out fine and most others that I haven't liked have been down to the subject rather than the quality of what HT, and indeed Hollywood, did with them. Yulli's portraits of Bruce are definite growers and Ahgnus showed you just needed the right hair to lift them to true greatness. Whether or not he can do the same with the BD GOD remains to be seen, though I have a feeling it'll take more than hair.
For the price you pay these days we should, perhaps wrongly sometimes, expect things to be as good as they can be, and again most nitpicks are more down to photography of the subject rather than what can be seen in hand. Blown up photos are never the best way to promote anything that has a specific scale as we just won't see it like that when the actual piece comes out. An actual sized pic will do just nicely.
Aside from overpriced 1/43 Ferraris EB doesn't have much else going for it now. The Leon sculpt is well detailed and painted, but, it falls down on the one thing it shouldn't and that is looking like Jean Reno. That is down to the moulding and casting and not the talent of the sculptor or the talents of any photographer. The RM-4's are decent enough, but, again there have been issues during manufacturing.
When you look at the production credits of an HT figure, you can see that the original artist has overseen each part of the process. Moulding, painting, tailoring..
If you look at EB's QC record you can see that it's out of the original artists' hands once it leaves their hands. (Hence Arnie's disappointment with their work on his sculpts.) A lot of dissatisfaction with HT figures seems to end when people have them in hand, with EB that's where it begins.
From personal experience, the feel and quality of the RM-4 gear left a lot to be desired next to even TTL clothing. Also, I don't like the chances of the RM-X's rubber holding up well over time. If production costs go up, the quality of the materials used will go down, which will lead to more poor QC and less product satisfaction. The increased prices we've seen are not due to increased quality, they are just to maintain any quality at all. Certain costs have to be cut and we're starting to see where. When Bruce production was at its peak they weren't making so many and costs were enough to provide quality where needed. Popularity and the rise of HT led to them wanting to do more and something had to give.
Arnie Kim and Bruce Lee were what built Enterbay, they lost one and will soon lose the other......
For the price you pay these days we should, perhaps wrongly sometimes, expect things to be as good as they can be, and again most nitpicks are more down to photography of the subject rather than what can be seen in hand. Blown up photos are never the best way to promote anything that has a specific scale as we just won't see it like that when the actual piece comes out. An actual sized pic will do just nicely.
Aside from overpriced 1/43 Ferraris EB doesn't have much else going for it now. The Leon sculpt is well detailed and painted, but, it falls down on the one thing it shouldn't and that is looking like Jean Reno. That is down to the moulding and casting and not the talent of the sculptor or the talents of any photographer. The RM-4's are decent enough, but, again there have been issues during manufacturing.
When you look at the production credits of an HT figure, you can see that the original artist has overseen each part of the process. Moulding, painting, tailoring..
If you look at EB's QC record you can see that it's out of the original artists' hands once it leaves their hands. (Hence Arnie's disappointment with their work on his sculpts.) A lot of dissatisfaction with HT figures seems to end when people have them in hand, with EB that's where it begins.
From personal experience, the feel and quality of the RM-4 gear left a lot to be desired next to even TTL clothing. Also, I don't like the chances of the RM-X's rubber holding up well over time. If production costs go up, the quality of the materials used will go down, which will lead to more poor QC and less product satisfaction. The increased prices we've seen are not due to increased quality, they are just to maintain any quality at all. Certain costs have to be cut and we're starting to see where. When Bruce production was at its peak they weren't making so many and costs were enough to provide quality where needed. Popularity and the rise of HT led to them wanting to do more and something had to give.
Arnie Kim and Bruce Lee were what built Enterbay, they lost one and will soon lose the other......
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..fingers crossed i await a reply.and i too await for future BL'S from either HT or EB.PRICEWISE LIKENESS ETC...GONNA BE INTERESTING 
