1/6 INART (Queen Studio) - The Dark Knight - Joker Collectible Figure

[Wor-Gar]

You guys need to start practicing, now... otherwise you'll be too intimidated by your $1K Joker.

Seriously. Start by completely undressing and re-dressing a figure. NOT an armored figure, that's a cheat. You'll see just by doing that how much better you can get it to look.

Then, get some of the clothing parts damp as you go. Use a spray bottle. Don't soak -- wet. If you're concerned about dye leak, then soaking to wring out the dye can work (like Jedi cloaks for example). Then shape. And let it air dry.

Get confident with doing these two small steps, and you'll make your Joker look just great.

 

[iqubal]

Lol. Justin videos have always been the same. Mark 85, DX 19, Boba fett etc. List goes on. Those figures were excellent and no one had issues with the lighting etc.

Now the inart has been reviewed and it’s not good as the prototype , people think it’s Justin’s fault. I have the sculpted one on preorder but debating on cancelling.

The head is big , eyes too small and the purple jacket looks like a towel. Cool weapons and magnet system though.

It’s not Justin, it’s the figure peeps.

 

[Nick D]

Lol. Justin videos have always been the same. Mark 85, DX 19, Boba fett etc. List goes on. Those figures were excellent and no one had issues with the lighting etc.

Now the inart has been reviewed and it’s not good as the prototype , people think it’s Justin’s fault. I have the sculpted one on preorder but debating on cancelling.

The head is big , eyes too small and the purple jacket looks like a towel. Cool weapons and magnet system though.

It’s not Justin, it’s the figure peeps.

thank you!

 

[Cap'n Cook]

Lol. Justin videos have always been the same. Mark 85, DX 19, Boba fett etc. List goes on. Those figures were excellent and no one had issues with the lighting etc.

Now the inart has been reviewed and it’s not good as the prototype , people think it’s Justin’s fault. I have the sculpted one on preorder but debating on cancelling.

The head is big , eyes too small and the purple jacket looks like a towel. Cool weapons and magnet system though.

It’s not Justin, it’s the figure peeps.

But the production pieces look good in the InArt photos?

 

[Gowithasmile!]

You guys need to start practicing, now... otherwise you'll be too intimidated by your $1K Joker.

Seriously. Start by completely undressing and re-dressing a figure. NOT an armored figure, that's a cheat. You'll see just by doing that how much better you can get it to look.

Then, get some of the clothing parts damp as you go. Use a spray bottle. Don't soak -- wet. Then shape. And let it air dry.

Get confident with doing these two small steps, and you'll make your Joker look just great.

I did undress and redress a figure but i haven't done the water treatment yet. I'll have to give it a shot.

 

[Nick D]

the hair has changed a few times that’s for sure.

 

[Nick D]

Will some people get the green roots and some the dirty blonde?

 

[Wor-Gar]

the hair has changed a few times that’s for sure.

I do like the face paint in that 2nd photo best... but not the Oomp-Loompa green uniform hair.

The actual hair color in-hand is what I'm most curious about. I'm hoping I get one more brown than green but I'm guessing that's unlikely.

The jail Joker should have much less green in his hair than, say, the 'Here's-my-card' mob Joker.

 

[davejames]

Those two InArt photos of Joker that Nick D posted happen to be my favorite pictures... perfectly lit and posed... but to compare those to screengrabs of Justin's overlit review is a great disservice.

Here's a fast comp, I brightened the proto pic up to better match Justin's... colors are still off and obviously the proto is still better, but a 'different figure entirely' seems harsh. The "make-up" is smeared in the same incorrect places on both, the color of the hair is very close once you adjust lighting, proto has a better hair style... but we haven't yet seen what we're really getting.

I'm pretty sure I can get Justin's Joker to look very close to the other with a little work


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Agreed we're not talking about a massive difference here, and the makeup looked a bit caked on even with the proto. Although I can see now how the hair isn't styled nearly as well on top.

I'm also starting to wonder if the eyes are centered properly in the sockets. Kinda looks like there's some gaps on either side, which is contributing even more to the cross eyed look it has.

 

[Cap'n Cook]

It’s so strange, the one in the case looks nothing like the one Justin reviewed, to me at least.

I do agree that’s like night and day. Hopefully just the lighting.

The fact the eyes are looking to the side helps I feel, otherwise looks a bit cross eyed. Think this dual eyeball system is going to annoy a lot of collectors. Singular control would have been better.

 

[iqubal]

I do agree that’s like night and day. Hopefully just the lighting.

The fact the eyes are looking to the side helps I feel, otherwise looks a bit cross eyes. Think this dual eyeball system is going to annoy a lot of collectors. Singular control would have been better.

Yeah for sure. Singular controls would have fixed the eyeballs to close together issue. For me anyways as I’m a bit of a Diva.

 

[Wor-Gar]

It’s so strange, the one in the case looks nothing like the one Justin reviewed, to me at least.

Are you talking about the sculpt primarily or the whole thing?

 

[Wor-Gar]

The sculpt, they didn’t futz the figures in the glass case at all which is odd given it’s an event showcasing their hard work.

It doesn't sound like they were very present (InArt that is). The whole Vegas thing was a terrible event for InArt I think overall. Hopefully they learned a good lesson.


Anyway, here's another COMP of that display pic you posed with the horrible Justin pic... again, I don't see 'two completely different figures' here... unless of course you were being totally literal.

 

[Nick D]

I wish that first batch would go ahead and get out in a few collectors hands so we can get a better idea on what’s to come.

 

[Wor-Gar]

What I mean is, so far, pretty much every photo and video we’ve gotten of this set looks different than the previous.

Well, I suppose that's one of the reasons I have NOT ordered anything other than Joker from InArt -- I do want to see what I ultimately get in hand.

 

[Wor-Gar]

I wish that first batch would go ahead and get out in a few collectors hands so we can get a better idea on what’s to come.

Absolutely.

 

[Hando]

You guys need to start practicing, now... otherwise you'll be too intimidated by your $1K Joker.

Seriously. Start by completely undressing and re-dressing a figure. NOT an armored figure, that's a cheat. You'll see just by doing that how much better you can get it to look.

My alfred that has been in the corner for 5 years without attention: my time has come

 

[Hando]

@Wor-Gar any tips on soaking Jedi cloaks? I know some people use warm water and others use room temperature. Some only use water but others add more substances. What works in your experience?

 

[agonistes86]

Yeah Justin's video did more harm than good imo. Overblown lighting, not knowing how to futz the figure, weird camera lens distortion. They should have just stuck with the production Joker video that they released and called it a day.

Agreed. It's the same rinse and repeat cycle we see on this board with nearly every single figure upon release, only that InArt managed to start the process even before the actual release.
Anybody remember the first in hand pics of the DX13 BD Terminator? Washed out, lense distortion, etc. People were going crazy how bad it was, only for it to end up being viewed as one of HT's best works to this day.

I'm not saying this figure will be perfect upon release, I just think Justin's review does very little in actually showing what this figure will be like once in hand.

 

[Cap'n Cook]

@Wor-Gar any tips on soaking Jedi cloaks? I know some people use warm water and others use room temperature. Some only use water but others add more substances. What works in your experience?

I’ll take my leave….