This figure needed to be a home run for Sideshow... and it is!
My car was struck by another and deemed a total loss. I was given a check for the amount of the car and through that, and as a result of positive reviews on this forum, I hit the "Buy Now" button and never looked back. I'm very glad I did!
Been a HUGE fan of Indy since the eighties, and have pretty much waited for a figure like this ever since. I never picked up Hot Toys' effort as I wasn't too thrilled with it. This... this is the figure I've always wanted.
The good:
Ford's likeness is spot on
The clothing is well tailored and sets/wrinkles nicely
Great attention to detail
Paint! I'm really impressed with the paintwork on everything, from head sculpt to accessories
"Illuminated" Sankara stones are a nifty extra
Sankara stones are different sculpts!
Metal machete
Numerous hands and properly scaled
Painted fingernails! (Go check!)
Very cool box and artwork
Accessories are very well done
True 1/6 scale at 12 1/4" (with boots)
Mostly a good body
The bad:
Hairpiece is obvious
Shoes appear slightly big
Whip could have been a better sculpt
No jacket
Hat is a little large and seems a slightly drab
Head is minutely undersized
Floppy right arm
The ugly:
Me before accutane
Getting back to the size of the head, wherein lies the bulk of criticism I've seen so far, I've taken full-body side and front view images of Ford as a young Han Solo and Indy and determined the ratios of his head to his body with that of the Indy figure's head and body. I found that the head sculpt is only one millimeter too small. At times it's noticeable, at others, not. This figure is just properly scaled with a tall body, making the head sculpt size somewhat noticeable to some.
Still, as a HUGE (all caps are necessary once again) Indy fan, I must say, the pluses outweigh the minuses. Sideshow apparently got tired of the criticism and said, "*****k it! Let's go for broke," with this figure. I absolutely love it!
When I was a boy I would make playsets for my figures out of cardboard and styrofoam. They were awful but kept my friends and I entertained. Now as a 42 year old man, I'm thinking just what I could make using high grade plastic and other expensive materials for my new TOD Indy.
