MAFEX The Terminator

[Dave_W]

Has a tech noir version been ruled out?

 

[DiFabio]

Has a tech noir version been ruled out?

I hope not. Tech Noir is my favorite look and they already have the head, torso, weapons and legs made for him.

 

[Otomofan]

Endosekeleton is out in Japan. From twitter:

 

[Otomofan]

Another twitter pic:

And our own kaiju-daddy's youtube review:



Looks awesome but looks extremely fragile!! Not a lot of range of movement either.

Kind of reminds of that stupid Keaton Batman I got suckered into buying from Mezco. Looks great, but you can't even touch it for fear of breakage.

Maybe I should track down an old Techno Punch Terminator from Kenner on ebay instead. That thing was awesome.

 

[a-dev]

I prefer that old McFarlane headsculpt to be honest. Never did preorder this one on the basis of that Hot Toys 1/4 esque head. Not sure I'll get it. But let me watch that review anyhow

 

[a-dev]

Yeah, I think it's a pass. I even see a broken part in the torso that kaiju daddy didn't seem to notice. There's suddenly a missing piston when he started doing the comparisons with other figures. It was there earlier in the review.

Breakages aside I think that headsculpt would just irritate me every time I saw it.

 

[Rotfish]

Yeah, I think it's a pass. I even see a broken part in the torso that kaiju daddy didn't seem to notice. There's suddenly a missing piston when he started doing the comparisons with other figures. It was there earlier in the review.

That's disappointing, I expected better engineering from Mafex. Hopefully these issues aren't widespread.

It's a nice-looking figure overall, details are sharper and cleaner than other Endos of similar size.

 

[Otomofan]

After a-dev mentioned it, I went back and rewatched, and now that missing piston is all I see.

I wonder if timing plays any role in the QC of expensive figures like these. They're mostly made in China, and we all know the factories shut down for Chinese New Year. That's basically the most important (only?) break of the year for the workers.

It's entirely possible that any figures that get produced in the last few weeks before the holiday are all essentially rush jobs with a lot less care put into the production. And Medicom probably can't afford to wait til after the break cause they're already months behind schedule.

 

[Rogerbee]

That Endo is far too fragile for my liking. I still have my McFarlane one and that can take whatever I throw at it. It's taken several shelf dives and survived intact. That Mafex looks like it'd only take one and it would look like Threepio after the stormtroopers scored their only hit after it landed. Just not worth the risk, particularly if you can only get one.

 

[Cryoguns]

Heads up for anyone who needs one, BBTS has the MAFEX T1 figure on sale at 1/2 off today:

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/193194?o=1

 

[EndoSickness]

I prefer that old McFarlane headsculpt to be honest. Never did preorder this one on the basis of that Hot Toys 1/4 esque head. Not sure I'll get it. But let me watch that review anyhow

Which is also EXACTLY why I won't order it.
I know my nick, kinda should every Endo there is to pull it off competently, but HT, Hatchet and now Mafex all use the wrong sculpt.
Just no.
My hope lies with Present, or PT.

 

[Otomofan]

I don't know the differences. Is there a handy way for me to see?

 

[EndoSickness]

Left is one skull by FB page "Terminator full metal T-800 skull build", which are the most accurate out there and on the right is the sculpt of the 1/4, which is also used on the Hatchet 1/2 and, now, on the Mafex.

The 1/4 sculpt is just evil, which is just wrong.

 

[Otomofan]

So it' s mostly the shape of the eye sockets? They've narrowed them and given them a sinister look?

It my mind, the evil look is "right" to me without looking at the movie or a prop, just cause they're such terrifying things. Especially in that opening sequence to the movie.

 

[EndoSickness]

So it' s mostly the shape of the eye sockets? They've narrowed them and given them a sinister look?

It my mind, the evil look is "right" to me without looking at the movie or a prop, just cause they're such terrifying things. Especially in that opening sequence to the movie.

The frightening thing is actually that they are "just" steel skeletons.
The new, sinister, sculpts negate that and just make them look evil.
Big nono.

And not only that:
teeth are wrong, overall headshape to elongated.
Not starting to analyze more, but the head is just wrong.

 

[spaceghost2000]

The one on the left looks odd to me, prefer the intimidating look of the T2 redo.

 

[a-dev]

I actually have a high tolerance for inaccuracy with the endoskeleton, I don't really look that deeply into details and probably couldn't point to the inaccuracies that, say, P. could if he were still here - but in a general way I can say what I definitely don't want to see with the Endoskull and that is what EndoSickness mentioned - the exaggerated ''evil'' eyes, particularly to do with the eye socket shape as popularized by Hot Toys with the 1/4. And yes the teeth look weird and overbitey and the head overall looks too small and narrow.

The rest of it is within acceptable parameters for me but the endoskull frankly sucks.