NGL, I really thought people were more in tune with details and accuracy and whatnot in this hobby. That’s one of the primary reasons why I collect. Disappointed to see INART consider the request to add blue eyes and that it was perhaps an “issue” not including them. It objectively wasn’t/isn’t.
I anticipated this happening though, given the timing of Dune: Part Two release. I knew people would be demanding the more definitive Paul Atreides, but I didn’t realize how ignorant the requests would be though.
Oh well, INART has yet to indicate to me that they don’t care for screen accuracy so we’ll see if this request actually comes to fruition. It also depends on licensing and whatnot so it may not be as likely as people on Facebook are taking these “good news.”
Take a chill pill.
If blue eyes are an optional extra or part of an accessory pack, you can choose not to use them.
The brown eyes aren’t going anywhere and IA would have a hard time increasing the price of an already solicited figure to include more accessories.
The part 1 set you’ve ordered and money you’ve committed to spend isn’t changing.
Others may be perfectly content to add blue eyes, alternate robes, and a little diy weathering in order to save themselves a 4 year wait and additional $515 spend to have the part 2 Paul represented almost perfectly.
You don’t need to continually denigrate other collector’s supposed lack of principles due to a willingness to overlook the accuracy of the suit’s weathering details, which can easily be achieved by the most novice of painters.
If IA announce a part 2 Paul now, it will most likely hurt sales for the part 1.
They could have their cake and eat it by offering the part 2 accessory pack containing just eyes, robes, and water bottle now to appease the impatient, and still do a full part 2 Paul figure with a new sculpt and diorama base after this figure releases.
They’re already quite stretched producing a minimal number of figures and we just keep asking for more. Give us all the Fellowship, the BVS trinity, more GOT, more Harry Potter, more Dune, more licenses etc.
They can only make so much and sometimes you need to strike while the iron is hot, hence Paul’s solicitation in line with Dune 2s cinema release.
However, Dune’s longevity is far from guaranteed. There’s hype right now, partly because the movie industry is in a pitiful state, but will the current desire for a part 2 Paul sustain until it makes sense for IA to announce that figure or will collectors just consider that ship to have sailed as they would then prefer to wait for Dune: Messiah Paul?
There’s more to consider here than just how much sand on the Stillsuit makes this an accurate option.
