Not really seeing it being a completely different figure. Aside from the usual 10-20% downgrade we usually get, it looks pretty close to me, clothing included. It was never going to exceed the prototype. They were fooling themselves and anyone who thought that was happening. That was impossible from the start unless if they made 30 custom one off figures. This is a mass produced figure at the end of the day.
Not really seeing it being a completely different figure. Aside from the usual 10-20% downgrade we usually get, it looks pretty close to me, clothing included. It was never going to exceed the prototype. They were fooling themselves and anyone who thought that was happening. That was impossible from the start unless if they made 30 custom one off figures. This is a mass produced figure at the end of the day.
Only thing I was worried about was how bad the drop in quality would be seeing as no other company who mass produces figures at this scale has been able to match Hot Toys in that department. Hot Toys has always been the best when it comes to prototype -> production quality and it seems Inart has matched that, if not, better in some departments considering the quality of the rooted hair here that they're dealing with. I was worried that the thin lapel on the purple jacket would end up looking thick in the production version but they actually were able to match the thinness of the prototype.
Taking this production piece + futzing it properly (unlike Justin) will result in it looking pretty damn close from what I can see.
I like Justin and his videos, but I'm not sure he was really the best choice for something like this. I think Inart would have been better off just releasing some new pics and videos of their own, with some proper lighting and futzing.
Futzing, lighting and camera set up makes all the difference in the world.
Yup! How he looks in InArt’s own production video properly futzed and what not looks miles better than what Justin showed usNot really seeing it being a completely different figure. Aside from the usual 10-20% downgrade we usually get, it looks pretty close to me, clothing included. It was never going to exceed the prototype. They were fooling themselves and anyone who thought that was happening. That was impossible from the start unless if they made 30 custom one off figures. This is a mass produced figure at the end of the day.
Only thing I was worried about was how bad the drop in quality would be seeing as no other company who mass produces figures at this scale has been able to match Hot Toys in that department. Hot Toys has always been the best when it comes to prototype -> production quality and it seems Inart has matched that, if not, better in some departments considering the quality of the rooted hair here that they're dealing with. I was worried that the thin lapel on the purple jacket would end up looking thick in the production version but they actually were able to match the thinness of the prototype.
Taking this production piece + futzing it properly (unlike Justin) will result in it looking pretty damn close from what I can see.
Again, Justins lighting really isn't doing it any favours here. It's so blown out that everything looks worse. Plus the angle has something to do with it too
Agreed, the hair needs some futzing, justin didn't do anything with it so it looks poofy and bad
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I mean Justin's image is cellphone-quality video and the promo photos were high quality DSLR so it'll certainly look better in-hand in terms of sharpness and details. But no amount of futzing is going to overcome the way they've cheaply tampo-applied the face make-up and left hard edges where the prototype looked legitimately hand-applied and smeared. Or the way the waves in the hair on top the head are just non-existent in the production piece.
You're telling me that's supposed to be the same green vest? Fabric looks much thicker and doesn't lay well on the left.
You can water treat clothes? Huh, didn't know that.
With a camera you get huge distortion not just resolution. It is really hurting how the proportions are looking in that video I think. The paint is a different story but the hair I suppose can be styled. The question is how do you style a dolls hair?
