Re: My PF Phantom
What's nice:
I was very pleasantly surprised to see the contrasting tie and jacket lapels, something that was on the PF LAM prototype but missing from the production figure. The tuxedo jacket and tails is lined in the same brown satin-like fabric.
The rest of the costume is very well-tailored and, I'm tempted to display him without the cape to show it off.
The sculpt and paint is very faithful to the proto pics, so no surprises, there. He has a nice, sickly pallor that's not evident in my photos.
What's not-so-nice:
The rassafrassin' cape. The cape has slits for his arms to fit through but, I lost patience trying to finesse it on, and I'm a very patient man. I ultimately just draped the cape over his shoulders. If anyone else has had success in getting the cape on the way it was made to fit, I'd love to know how you did it. It would have been a nice touch to line the cape with the same color fabric as the tie, lapels, and jacket lining but, no big whoop.
The arms are the padded, semi-poseable wire armatures but, they don't quite line up into the arms-folded position as seen on the prototype and the box art.