Somehow I missed this. Interesting. It's a good price for a base Indy, although I don't think they should have used Hot Toys's jacket as the template--I always thought the collar especially didn't fit well. Not crazy about the sculpt they chose to steal, either! I might have considered it if it was a step up from the HT version, which I think there is definitely room for.
And I will reiterate that I think it's great that this other company is giving Indy a try. I hope others join in.
Still love Raiders best of all 4. The practical effects and dangerous "real" stunts they did set it apart even back then. I remember a big talking point was them saying how they were going back to the westerns and serials for inspiration on the stunts as well, that real people were being dragged behind stagecoaches, and jumping from horse to horse, etc. They should have played that up with Crystal Skull. And I hope they take that into account with the new Indy too.
I also think the Ark effects still hold up extremely well, and are better than all their successors too. I thought the effects of TOD were weak (terrible projected backgrounds like when they are sliding down the mountain in the raft, and terrible blue screen like Indy hanging off the cliffside and the water jetting out), and downright terrible in LC, which puzzled me even back when they first came out!
