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Originally Posted by evilekim

It's just extremely noticeable when you take a picture of him lol
I hope this isn't used on any other face sculpts. Count me out!

It is. It's used on Gamora and Nebula as well. Nebula is able to escape some of the cons thanks to her eyes being solid black, but Gamora experiences the same kind of fuzziness up close. I have a couple of close up shots over on the Marvel Legends thread. None as clear as these, but you can see the how they came out in general.

Mantis, and the rest of the figures in the wave seem to have the traditional painted faces. So far, as Destro said, it looks like this practice will only be reserved for characters with intricate details on their face, such as Gamora and Nebula, or characters with heavy sculptwork or paint shading, such as Rocket. It would not surprise me if this becomes the standard practice on at least MCU Legends figures going forward, while traditional comic based characters will continue to have their faces painted.