Yeah - this isn't worth the insanely high price SS are charging.
The hands look good, as does the tie and I love the outer packaging.
But the likeness has weakened considerably from the prototype and the hair is a mess and not in a good way.
The furrow of the brow has all but disappeared as have the face wrinkles and creases which combined with a flat and amateurish paint application has completely ruined the likeness around the eyes, forehead and upper part of the face.
I will say the sculpt on the teeth still looks good.
The paintwork on the face and neck has worsened significantly - more than I was expecting even with fairly low expectations if I am being honest.
The clothes also seem to lack the grossness/weathering/discolouration of the proto, with only a slight grey smudge replacing it.
The hair has major problems, the biggest of which seems to be they got the rooting the wrong way around, the hair appears to be longer and thicker on top and shorter/thinner of the sides instead of the other way around.
I am not stylist but that seems like it would be harder to correct than the inaccurate colour.
The handbook looks odd and weirdly discolored with the lettering turning yellow and the image looking fuzzy - I dont believe this effect to be intentional and it certainly isn't screen-accurate.
Which would be bad enough but given this is the figure's ONLY ACCESSORY its pretty awful and especially at this price point.
This is one I would wait until it reaches the bargain bin or just get the hands when its parted out.
The sculpt could maybe be salvaged if it was re-rooted and painted, but sadly the missing sculpted details you see on the proto are never coming back.
Honestly - best case scenario another company takes the sculpt of the teeth from this head [or better yet acquire the master mold of the original proto sculpt] and make their own likeness.
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