I picked this up from Sideshow during the Black Friday sale and finally opened it up yesterday. Long post ahead, but the short version- I have mixed feelings about this figure, though for now, I'm mostly happy with it.
Since this is my first 1/4 scale figure, I spent the first couple hours reading the instructions and figuring out how the articulation/features work. I broke off a couple pieces trying to get parts to articulate (I'm generally pretty careful, but it's harder to get a grip on a giant 1/4 scale figure with delicate parts all over the place), which had me pretty frustrated. As my first foray into this scale, it didn't feel worth all the hassle, and I was about ready to just pack it up and return it.
But once I started posing it, I was able to bring some life to the figure, and it looks pretty amazing when it's posed (like many of the pictures in this thread). I have the 1/6 scale diecast Mark III, and this easily beats it in terms of shelf presence, especially with the lights on.
However, the more I look at it, I'm not convinced it has better proportions than what the 1/6 diecast figure has. It definitely has better articulation (ab crunch, how I missed thee) and a (much) better paint job, plus battle damaged swap-out pieces. But other than that, it looks like a blown-up version of the 1/6 figure. I don't have plans to collect further in the 1/4 scale line (though now I understand why people like the larger scale), so it doesn't quite fit in with the larger collection. I'm not sure if I'll be keeping this long-term, but for now, it's a really good-looking representation of the Mark III (which I wish the 1/6 figure had been).
And a quick picture to add to the thread (apologies for the phone picture and desk clutter):
Since this is my first 1/4 scale figure, I spent the first couple hours reading the instructions and figuring out how the articulation/features work. I broke off a couple pieces trying to get parts to articulate (I'm generally pretty careful, but it's harder to get a grip on a giant 1/4 scale figure with delicate parts all over the place), which had me pretty frustrated. As my first foray into this scale, it didn't feel worth all the hassle, and I was about ready to just pack it up and return it.
But once I started posing it, I was able to bring some life to the figure, and it looks pretty amazing when it's posed (like many of the pictures in this thread). I have the 1/6 scale diecast Mark III, and this easily beats it in terms of shelf presence, especially with the lights on.
However, the more I look at it, I'm not convinced it has better proportions than what the 1/6 diecast figure has. It definitely has better articulation (ab crunch, how I missed thee) and a (much) better paint job, plus battle damaged swap-out pieces. But other than that, it looks like a blown-up version of the 1/6 figure. I don't have plans to collect further in the 1/4 scale line (though now I understand why people like the larger scale), so it doesn't quite fit in with the larger collection. I'm not sure if I'll be keeping this long-term, but for now, it's a really good-looking representation of the Mark III (which I wish the 1/6 figure had been).
And a quick picture to add to the thread (apologies for the phone picture and desk clutter):
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