She looks good to me! Eyes and mouth could be scaled up a smidge, but on balance I think she looks good. If Gimli is an A+, I'd say she's a solid B. I'd prefer ankle articulation, a slightly better likeness and fully rooted hair, but I have no hesitation ordering this. Good looking figure!
The one TINY quibble that does kind of irritate me though ... is that she seems to have loose sword-gripping hands. This seems to be a recurring issue with Asmus. Thranduil had this same issue for me (as did several others, but I'm at work so I can't get to my display cabinet at the moment to be specific).
It makes sense when you have a figure that uses generic hands -- your standard Hot Toys TrueType hands aren't likely to grip unique accessories properly because they weren't designed to. Sure. I get that.
But in the case where you have a figure like this, with unique hands, sculpted specifically for this release, it's weird that they don't grip their accessory properly. Now, I know there are tips and tricks to alter the hands once you get them home, but it still bugs me that you have to do that. Since they make the hands out of the more flexible, rubbery plastic, it seems like it would be easy just to design them in a slightly more closed position in the first place.
Okay, that was WAY more words than such a microscopic complaint called for! It's honestly not that big a deal!
Anyhow, back to Arwen!
PRE-ORDERED!
