Thread 'Asmus Toys: Escape From New York Snake Plissken'
Asmus Toys: Escape From New York Snake Plissken
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Found the thread where I’d seen it mentioned. Doesn’t look like there have been any recent updates on their Thranduil, so if that was going to come first it’s a ways out I guess if it ends up happening at all.
The varied opinions on sculpt likenesses are one of the more interesting things about the hobby to me, so always cool to see where everyone falls - happy you like it! I hope they make some tweaks. It’s certainly better than the first showing which looked like a dated Sideshow figure, so we’re moving in the right direction. To me, it’s just not reading as Kurt on the MacReady figure, particularly in the eyes. Nada is definitely superior. I like the monstrosities that come with MacReady. I don’t know enough about the technical aspects to know if it’s the sculpt itself or a weak paint application, but when I look at a Hot Toys sculpt like the new Modern Suit Keaton or Star Lord, or InArt’s prototypes, the likeness is striking, unquestionable, and looks like a shrunken down version of the screen counterpart. Considering this is the prototype and it usually downgrades from there, was hoping to be excited and just feel disappointed. Tailoring plays a big part in selling the likeness too, and that also looks weak here to me, perhaps it was bad futzing but that’s on them haha. If this is priced like a Present Toys figure, it would be less disappointing, but my guess is it won’t be and who knows when we’ll get another licensed option for these.
