I unpacked this figure and I really like it. I'm no Paramore or Rory, but I hope the pics suffice.
First up, the thing bothering most is the waist. It does seem a little tiny. The belt, as mentioned earlier, is designed so it can't be extended. As you can see from the below pic it is one long piece with a notch at the other end to clip the buckle onto. If you moved the notch, the other hole would be visible.
You can also see from this pic, the suit itself seems to have some inner elastic around the waist also pulling it in.
The body itself seem to have bigger thighs and a small waist too.
But all is not lost. The belt is pretty pliable. I gently stretched it until it had a little more give and then I put some tissue around the waist of the figure to give a bit more thickness to the waist (and a very slight paunch
). I think it turned out ok.
The eyes get lost in the pics as the gloss on the helmet is pretty high, but they look ok in hand. Tinted instead of painted would be better, but it's not the end of the world. I really like the tailoring on the suit and the gloves and boots, while rubber, have a nice look of weathered and worn leather. The logo's look good and there is a little communicator on the wrist.
Now, bucket comparisons. Below is the tie bucket against the Sideshow Sandtrooper and the Hot Toys Stormtrooper.
Normally I like to do some macro shots of the heads but unfortunatley mine has some paint QC issues (chipped in quite a few spots) so I'm not posting any of those. I've already shot some pics off to Sideshow. It did have an "inspected by customs" sticker from one of it's stops (Singapore I think) and looked to have been roughly put back together so I'm not sure if they knocked it around or it was damaged from the start. Regardless, I know sideshow will help me out.
Lastly a full body shot alongside those other 2 troopers.