STOP THE DOT!!!!

[onethousandmasks]

Yeah, and while you are at it, hire the artist that sculpted that Dutch.

 

[Memnoch]

Yeah, and while you are at it, hire the artist that sculpted that Dutch.

The sculptors SS has are fine, but STOP THE DOT!

 

[RollingJ]

C'mon Sideshow, leave the dots to Mattel.

 

[pixletwin]

C'mon Sideshow, leave the dots to Mattel.

 

[The Josh]

Yeah, its time to move past it.

 

[Kuzeh]

So, based on the comments on the last chat...
seems like the dot is here to stay....

 

[pixletwin]

So, based on the comments on the last chat...
seems like the dot is here to stay....

According to the CEO chat they are reevaluating the Doll Dot. So hopefully Brant was just joking around.

 

[Kuzeh]

Didn't Scott say that it was an "artistic decision" and that some people like it, some don't and SS happens to like it?...
What's there to re-evaluate, it sucks!! just get rid of it!!!

 

[pixletwin]

I can't think of one person I have ever talked to say they like it. I can't even imagine why anyone would (and I have a healthy imagination).

STOP THE DOT!!!!!!​

 

[galactiboy]

I think we are all in agreement on this one... if the eye is glossed the dot is completely unnecessary

 

[Cocoboloboy]

I think we are all in agreement on this one... if the eye is glossed the dot is completely unnecessary

Everybody but Sideshow is.

 

[orbitingx]

Eradicate the dot now!!
















Please

 

[MaulFan]

Adding it here just for the cause.

Ok, example time.

First, how the dot hurts the realism of Sideshow portraits. On the top of the right eye is a real light catch from the photo's light source, then there's the doll dot located in a place that wouldn't even catch light from that source, and it's in the shadow side too, where it shouldn't be.

Next, a side by side of a portrait with and without the light catch painted on.

And lastly, an example of Hot Toys eyes showing how just glossing the eyes allows true light catches on them. The picture on the left catches light because it has a clear path to the eyes, the one on the right is without a catch because the light doesn't reach them, and no dot is painted so the look is natural.

I understand tradition and all, but the painted light catch practice clashes with the incresing realism of Sideshow pieces, and Hot Toys has demonstrated a simple bit of gloss can go a long way.

 

[pixletwin]

 

[EVILFACE]

This DOT thing, stop it already. It is not needed and looks cheap on $100 "high end" figures and collectibles.

 

[IrishJedi]

Seriously, is there anyone (besides some at Sideshow... and, of course, Medicom) who actually likes the doll dot and think it looks high end or even good??

When asked in last week's chat, Brant said "he could see both sides". What side is there to see in favor of the silly dot??? I'm genuinely curious.

 

[Cocoboloboy]

Yeah, has anyone said that they love the dot since this thread has been started?

Get rid of it, SS.

 

[pixletwin]

Seriously, is there anyone (besides some at Sideshow... and, of course, Medicom) who actually likes the doll dot and think it looks high end or even good??

When asked in last week's chat, Brant said "he could see both sides". What side is there to see in favor of the silly dot??? I'm genuinely curious.

Me too. I can't find a single saving grace in it. Try as I might. I can usually see the good and bad side to any POV. But in this case I can't.

 

[BuffyGirl]

I've never really noticed. So I can't say it's an issue for me.

Ok so just a second before I read this I said: "Huh, I never really noticed before so I guess it doesn't bother me."

 

[pixletwin]

Well one my never notice a cancer until its pointed out. Would it not continue to not bother you?

One other question: Do you own any non-Sideshow 1:6 pieces?