[Poison Shadow]

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Originally Posted by evilekim

That face scanning is the biggest joke in this industry I swear. It almost goes with the term "waterproof " or "scratch proof" lol Companies like to say "exact likeness" such bull crap! McFarlane, Funko, and Gentle Giant are notorious for that. Diamond, words of advice, ditch this technology! Look at high res photos of the subject, then sculpt it. Stay old school, the results are more rewarding. Pick good photos too, with expression. Ever notice that all the scanned faces have no expression? or mouth open? It's a weird blank face lol

McFarlane Toys seems to make the best use of the technology. Right from the beginning, those Walking Dead sculpts were great. It's the paintwork that has always dragged those items down. When customizers took it upon themselves to repaint series 1 Daryl's face, it was amazing how accurate the sculpt actually was compared to how the retail version looked.

But yeah, in most cases these companies should stop using it. I have to wonder if DCC uses it for their Arrow and Flash figures. Flash looks exactly like Grant Gustin - but he also has the extremely blank, lifeless kind of expression like you mentioned. If any character should have had a smile, it's him.

But yeah, now that attention was brought to Penguin's chin, it doesn't seem like a purchase to me. It was "meh" enough at first glance. I don't know. If Gordon and Catgirl's display bases are good, I'll probably buy them for that reason and try to sell the figures.