Just got my figure today from KG Hobby and I gotta say, I'm really impressed. Took a few quick photos below. Mine stands on his own with no problem, but still need to find a stand to use before I set him up in my detolf. Some likes/dislikes:
- The paint is quite good actually, and whatever sloppiness/dullness there is compared to the Hot Toys version I think works for the grimy/sludgy look of the character anyway.
- At the same time, the paint job is what gives it away to me as being a knock-off figure. There was some paint rub on the black plastic tray from the coat arms, and both are both pretty sticky/tacky to the touch.
- At first I couldn't figure out how to get the pipe in his mouth, then I realized you can just stick it in there wherever and it will stay since the mouth is a bit flexible like the tentacles are. Pretty easy.
- The solid plastic coat is really hard to futz into looking like it sits on his left shoulder. Maybe some double-sided tape would work to keep it in place better, I dunno. Also, the loose coat arm on mine won't stay attached very well, I may just add a little glue to keep it in place.
- There's a visible seam running down his arm claw, but really not too noticeable in person.
- The chest is pretty nice, I think, having never seen the original one in person. I'm happy with the detail and the slightly grimy nature of it.
- I liked the little detail of the seaweed on the hat being a transparent bit of plastic.
- Last thing, my major nitpick is the lack of a wire in his tentacle finger. That just plain sucks.
Overall he's an awesome figure and I definitely recommend picking him up if you have any interest at all. I had mostly stopped buying non-Hot Toys figures since I started to feel like the details from other companies just didn't hold up when on display near my Hot Toys, but I have no regrets at all about picking this one up!
