[evilekim]

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Originally Posted by Poison Shadow

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.

Yeah, McFarlane makes some good use of it. "Exact likeness is too far though" It should be an illegal term IMO.

Glad you see my point about the blank faces.
If you look at figures that NECA has made, they're likenesses are sometimes spot on. None of that "facial scan" technology is used, trust me. They look at high res pictures, and trust the sculptor to create there vision. Look at that Bill paxton Aliens figure for example. He has this really scared expression. That's what he looked like most of the time! His expression makes the likeness that much better. With a blank face he would've looked weird.
These blank face figures are turning into something out of "Invasion of the Body snatchers" lol.