[Joe Moore]

What If...? - Captain Carter Figure by Hot Toys

[ShabbyBlue]

They should have gone with a realistic Hayley Atwell likeness headsculpt instead of a cartoony face, despite it being based on an animated series. The Bad Batch clones have realistic sculpts, so why can't this? I wonder if it's some kind of mandate from Disney since the Marvel Legends versions of the What If characters are also cartoony looking compared to the rest of the Marvel Legends line.

[Recon734]

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Originally Posted by ShabbyBlue

They should have gone with a realistic Hayley Atwell likeness headsculpt instead of a cartoony face, despite it being based on an animated series. The Bad Batch clones have realistic sculpts, so why can't this? I wonder if it's some kind of mandate from Disney since the Marvel Legends versions of the What If characters are also cartoony looking compared to the rest of the Marvel Legends line.

I have exactly the opposite problem. If they can provide accurate, animated sculpts for these, despite the rest of the Marvel line being realistic, why couldn't they have done the same for the Clone Wars figures?

[dukefett]

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Originally Posted by Recon734

I have exactly the opposite problem. If they can provide accurate, animated sculpts for these, despite the rest of the Marvel line being realistic, why couldn't they have done the same for the Clone Wars figures?

I'm going to guess it isn't their decision to an extent and maybe Marvel wanted everything animated looking?

[ShabbyBlue]

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Originally Posted by Recon734

I have exactly the opposite problem. If they can provide accurate, animated sculpts for these, despite the rest of the Marvel line being realistic, why couldn't they have done the same for the Clone Wars figures?

I agree. I was hoping Hot Toys had the sense to not use Temeura Morrison's face on all of them. The whole point of the Bad Batch was that they were mutated/enhanced versions of clones, each with more unique faces (especially Tech and Wrecker), so it's frustrating that Hot Toys didn't mimic that with realistic sculpts. I dread seeing what their Tech figure will look like.

But in contrast I stand by my point that the What If figures should have realistic actors likenesses. There's no excuse not to do it other than some ridiculous Disney mandate that required it to match the animation style instead.

[RamenRider]

I really like this headsculpt, it looks great. Wish there was a second, more expressive one included though.

Yet I can perfectly understand collectors who want a more realistic sculpt to fit into their collection or wanted previous animated inspired figures to be more like this.

[goliathfasa]

Nice rosy cheeks. Got a nice Disney Princess feel to it.

[Jason Abbadon]

The likeness thing might be a money thing- actors get paid for such things as toys with their actual likeness.
As to Bad Batch- they already pay for the actor's likeness, so I guess they'll milk it?

[Jeddostotle7]

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Originally Posted by Recon734

I have exactly the opposite problem. If they can provide accurate, animated sculpts for these, despite the rest of the Marvel line being realistic, why couldn't they have done the same for the Clone Wars figures?

I think it can really boil down to:

The specific people managing the Star Wars license, particularly as it pertains to populated lines of collector-oriented stuff like Black Series or Hot Toys, seem to want all the characters from live-action, animation, games, etc. to be able to cohesively fit together in a collection and not have stylistic clashes, thus animated characters getting realistic likeness in Hot Toys and Black Series.

Meanwhile, the people managing the Marvel license, particularly as it pertains to collector-oriented stuff, seem to want to have the animated stuff looking like the animation and representing it accurately and being its own collection separate from the MCU or comics etc. stuff, and not particularly worrying about them fitting in with other Marvel stuff, thus having Marvel Legends and Hot Toys figures for not only the What If...? series, but also Into The Spider-Verse, actually stylized like in their respective animations.

Basically, the Star Wars licensors seem to have a "one cohesive large collection that can interact with each other without stylistic clashes" mindset, while the Marvel licensors seem to have a "multiple separate small collections within the same larger lines, no need to make them stylistically consistent" mindset.

[icematta]

To all of you complaining about the head sculpt, remember that if the do an Atwell likeness they will have to pay royalties to her... So they went for the easy road.

And about the Bad Batch, they have already a Temura contract, so a couple more figures aren't much of a difference, that and the Bad Batch will eventually show up in other live action series or movies, at least that's the rumor...

[Skoob]

Also, the outfit could be more feminine and flattering.

And the sword doesn't even look like a sword, more like a tapered club. And what does she do with it when she's not using it? Is there a scabbard?