My only problem with them doing Baylan and Shin is that I don’t think his beard or her hair will look good.
I have a lot of faith in Hot Toys sculpted hair and how it has improved over the years, but I do think her hair could be a unique challenge for them, but one I think they could be up to the task on because of their advancements with it. I don’t fear that as much as what you said about Baylan because beards have been major struggle for them. I’d hope they could finally nail one here.
I guess that’s just me though.
I just kind of am blindly holding out some hope they make them. This year has really taken a real hit on my interest in the hobby. Other than ROTJ Vader, there has not been one announcement that has gotten me to even consider a purchase from a Star Wars perspective all year and Marvel/DC are completely uninteresting to me when I look to the future of those properties.
These two characters have awakened an excitement in me as a Star Wars fan that I haven’t felt since Disney took over. So I guess I foolishly have kind of been hoping that they could be brought to life as sixth scale action figures and they’d bring my excitement for that back in the same way.
But as has been laid out here it’s probably far more likely they won’t. Hot Toys have been the Trooper/Mandalorian company in a lot of ways with Star Wars recently, and that’s the exact reason why I’ve been so dejected with their announcements lately. It’ll continue here for sure. Just wish an exception would be made for the two most interesting (in my opinion) characters Star Wars under Disney has created. Especially considering Ray Stevenson’s passing. Even if the characters live on, this is our only shot at getting the two of them in this way.