Stallone line - First Blood Rambo released

[dabas]

Kaustic Plastik were confirmed as the company behind these Stallone figures, weren't they?

Nick and Sly must've been impressed by KP's unlicensed Rocky.


That explains why Dean got a figure to review. KP send him early samples because he's duty bound to gush about them.

Yes you are correct, Fabio Varesi told me in messenger months ago that he would be sending the figure out to Dean Knight to review. I understand why because Dean has been fawning all over Kaustic Plastik the last year or so in his videos as he wants them to send him free figures!

 

[dabas]

Well Dean didn't like the honesty of my comment on his video so he hid it from viewers

 

[Asta]

Well Dean didn't like the honesty of my comment on his video so he hid it from viewers

 

[sparkstron73]

Dont hold back say what you really mean
To be fair you are taking the urine putting that on his comments.
I agree whole hearted but come on, mans gotta eat.
I would probably stick on the old rose tinted aviators for this one aswell.
Do think the figure is ok, could be better.
If he had of paid for this and didnt have a relationship with the company, the review would be very different.
Look at the asmus review that WAS pretty fair and unbiased.

If you had rambo endorsing your channel you could not help being a little starstruck and complimentary and ignore some quite glaring flaws.
The knife is bad, really poor.
The boots look odd, should have gone moulded plastic.
The jacket is ok but again not as shown previous.
The sculpt and paint is 8 and 6 out of 10
Most of this can be skimmed over but to not address any flaws is biased.
He said he would be honest and show any good or bad points and to be fair he has, but has chose not to talk about the bad points.
You wouldnt sell a car by saying it looks nice but gives shi$ty mileage, well in robocop you would

 

[ScoobyDoo]

I’ll still trust Dean’s opinion over any other reviewer but I do disagree that this is a 10/10. Maybe a 7. It’s the first figure from Sly Stallone shop and it’s still better than most third party crap out there.
It’s not a perfect figure but it’s still nice to have a representation of this look for Rambo in our collections. I think thereezero’s Rambo 3 figure is awesome
At least Dean’s reviews are nice to watch, especially true light videos (which is where I got my inspiration to do outdoor only photography). I’m so tired of those awful light boxes. Besides Justin, as he has been reviewing since 2018 and I’ll still like watching his reviews, I’m so freaking tired of lightboxes for reviews. That’s what I’m happy Dean’s review is the first out there (that I know of).

 

[sparkstron73]

I’ll still trust Dean’s opinion over any other reviewer but I do disagree that this is a 10/10. Maybe a 7. It’s the first figure from Sly Stallone shop and it’s still better than most third party crap out there.
It’s not a perfect figure but it’s still nice to have a representation of this look for Rambo in our collections. I think thereezero’s Rambo 3 figure is awesome
At least Dean’s reviews are nice to watch

Ok first how can you trust an opinion that has been bought?
By saying the figure is a 7 you are contradicting his rating of 10.
3rd party companies are generally pretty good.
Vts toys dam toys, mars toys even present toys seem to be trying harder.
Dark toys are smashing it.
Yes there are exceptions like asmus with poor quality control and present toys are on the lower end but people are snapping up indys.
These figures are all made in the same factories. Just some cut a few more corners.
For the price of this, its on the high side.
Threezero are on the right track with quality and price.
Yes dean does nice videos thats why they chose him.
Since the freebie from molecule 8 its been a slippery slope.

 

[dominishin]

What the hell, the eyes look ridiculous. Sculpt looks like a caricature and paint apps are star ace level.

Think I'll stick with 3Z.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Im curious to see how the 3Zero First Blood figure looks next to this one. Overall, the Slyshop figure looks like a custom figure, or at least it has that "handmade" feel and look to it. It's overpriced, but it's not bad at all.

The only disappointing thing about it for me is the knife. For a 1/6 scale figure, that knife lacks detail and accuracy. The one from 3Zero is a lot better.

If I had to rate this figure from 1 to 10

Head sculpt 7 -10
Paint 7-10 (He looks a bit pale, imo)
Outfit 8-10
Accessories 5-10 (That knife...)
Box/Presentation 8

A total avg of 7/10 (That box really helped the score ) Otherwise, 6.7/10

 

[jimbean]

 

[Mogli]

Looks ok at 0:53 and 4:34, the natural light seems to help it a lot.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

It looks alright in natural lighting. Not a single shot of the knife because it sucks.

 

[Mike86]

This particular figure doesn’t exactly need the knife though. It’s more just an accessory to have in his sheath.

 

[HMC117]

Why does the knife have all that weathering? It was clean in the movie, especially in the opening segment which this figure is based on

 

[JacktheRipper]

It's a decent figure that needs some work. The question for me, as it was with Asmus' Ash, is; how much more money will be needed to get it to a point I'm happy with? Aside from the knife, which I do think is important when you claim your product is the end all be all, it seems it needs some paint work .ie weathering, hands, redness around the eyes, etc. Everything else seems serviceable. This does seem on par with Threezero's TWD line; $180 or so. But, we know this is through Stallone's hands ,so I would have been okay with $200-220. $260 with some work will be the debate I will have within me. The positive is no extra cash spent.

 

[MGS_OldBoy57]

Sheath appears to be on the wrong leg as well. Rambo has always put it on his left hip correct? Dog tags, knife and boots definitely don’t look great. Everything else is serviceable and on par with what you’d see from 3rd party companies

 

[BANE.]

Overall I'm pleased with this, looks decent with the hands in pockets, but the knife is the worst accessory I have ever seen to the point of being unacceptable.

 

[dabas]

Is this supposed to be an arty type video or does our Deano take his figures with him when he goes dogging

 

[Collector57]

I usually don't like to be too hard on figures because I want to be respectful to the artists that work on them, but that sculpt never should have passed. The chin and lips are waaaaaay too big and the hair bangs are just entirely too thick. This head is fine for a custom cast you might find on Ebay, but there's NO WAY this should pass for the kind of money being asked here.

And what's with all that pink around his eyelids that is perfectly symmetrical on both sides?! Does he have bad allergies? They also needed to drybrush more detail on the hair. I really like the outfit and the accessories, but the sculpt likeness and paints are just well off. All due respect to the artists involved, but that should have been looked at closer and the facial details lined up on computer to ensure they were in proper alignment to capture a more authentic look.

 

[JacktheRipper]

Is this supposed to be an arty type video or does our Deano take his figures with him when he goes dogging

This feels like he is really trying to sell this figure. Has he done this before with a figure? He doesn't than why here?

 

[Rotfish]

I usually don't like to be too hard on figures because I want to be respectful to the artists that work on them, but that sculpt never should have passed. The chin and lips are waaaaaay too big and the hair bangs are just entirely too thick. This head is fine for a custom cast you might find on Ebay, but there's NO WAY this should pass for the kind of money being asked here.

And what's with all that pink around his eyelids that is perfectly symmetrical on both sides?! Does he have bad allergies? They also needed to drybrush more detail on the hair. I really like the outfit and the accessories, but the sculpt likeness and paints are just well off. All due respect to the artists involved, but that should have been looked at closer and the facial details lined up on computer to ensure they were in proper alignment to capture a more authentic look.

Disagree, this will be the figure that makes 1/6 great again.

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