Re: SSC BATMAN Gotham Knight
It's funny that some people are like:
"Well the face looks not that great, but if I get this figure I can still get a custom face!"
Guys, the face is the ONLY thing we see on the picture so far and you are already not happy with that. Even if there was a decent body under that cape, I can not understand how you are willing to spend so much money on doll that you are not 100% satisfied with.
If you want to make SS do more traditional Batmen, then stop buying their artistic interpretations. Obviously the first release sold really well and based on that they concluded that people like their take on Batman. Now they are taking even more artistic freedom with this figure since they are seeing a market for this stuff.
Long story short:
Don't consider buying a 200 bucks figure with a face sculpt you can't stand.
EDIT:
Personally I think they are doing the right thing. Comic accurate figures do not lend them to this scale in my opinion. The reason why someone would design a figure in 1/6 opposed to 1/12 is so that hey can get more detail in there. For likenesses of real human beings like actors this makes sense. There is a lot of detail in faces that is difficult to capture in a smaller scale. Also as humans we are super good at telling when a human face is 'off' so getting the details right is super important.
Upping the scale up on a comic character makes not so much sense since the characters have much less detail when compared to humans. in order to make these figures still look good they had to add details - and you can't argue that there is not a ton of detail in the face of this particular batman. They are trying to strike a balance between comic accuracy and realism. However, this is really difficult since - as a said - we are really good in telling when a face looks off.
Conclusion: SS tries do to the right thing. However the balance between comic book style and realism is hard to find.
