Got the Genisys wave 1 today. They're pretty good figures, the QC seems fine - I don't feel like the joints are going to break and the paint apps aren't bad at all.
The Guardian's hair does puff out more on one side than the other but it seems to be less noticeable in person. For some reason it photographs badly making his head look deformed but the figure overall is very solid, literally and otherwise. NECA, as always, have done a good job of capturing Arnie's silhouette - I very much see his 'old man' build here. It only loses points for not encompassing as much as it could based on the movie - no BD head or switch-out endo-forearm. And since the line is apparently going to be limited to the 3 figures we've seen these details won't be coming with a later figure.
The T-1000 is likewise pretty good. The likeness seems decent although I haven't spent years looking at this actor. They've done a reasonable job of making this one inclusive of various movie-based possibilities with a a BD torso and head and his throwing spear. I guess the biggest downer about this figure is that as it's another cop uniform he looks very similar to the T2 version AND he doesn't actually face off against the Guardian T-800 in the movie. His interactions are with Sarah and Reese, figures of whom are not going to be made. So it feels like we've got two pretty unrelated figures here.
I guess you could use your imagination and display Guardian facing off against a T1 Tech Noir T-800 figure - and that could have been movie accurate if only they'd have let him get his punk clothes in the movie. I guess not even a CGI bad-guy Arnold was allowed kill anyone. ''Not even off screen?'' 'Look we just really wanted to have Arnie say ''you won't be needing any clothes'''. Oh, I see.