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Dake · 12-08-2019, 09:50 AM

I have to admit, these are a bit disappointing to me as well.

Super 7 is not NECA, but I really expected near NECA levels of accuracy for this line. I like what S7 has continued to do with MOTU, but I think they missed the mark here. I don't really want "Classics" Conan. Ironically, Arnold "fattened" up for Conan coming off his previous Mr Olympia win because he didn't think it was right for the character to be quite so ripped. So it's even less correct to use such a jacked buck for his figure.

I don't know if this is a situation where the only way this could happen was if they used existing tooling, but at $45 a pop I don't think it's the right route.

It's too bad because the costume sculpting is phenomenal. But all the faces do look a little off, and since these are full-protos, I would expect the production faces to look stranger still. The weapons look true to scale to me. That hammer and Conan's sword really was huge in the movie, so that doesn't bother me much.

I would probably suck it up and bite on these at $30 or even $35 and consider them "close enough". But at $180 for the first wave, I would then be signing up for the next wave at another $180 and I wouldn't feel good about either.

Ultimately, this particular license probably does need to go to NECA, where we'd get a 7" movie likeness for $25.

12-08-2019, 09:50 AM	#17
Dake Join Date: Nov 2017 Posts: 51	I have to admit, these are a bit disappointing to me as well. Super 7 is not NECA, but I really expected near NECA levels of accuracy for this line. I like what S7 has continued to do with MOTU, but I think they missed the mark here. I don't really want "Classics" Conan. Ironically, Arnold "fattened" up for Conan coming off his previous Mr Olympia win because he didn't think it was right for the character to be quite so ripped. So it's even less correct to use such a jacked buck for his figure. I don't know if this is a situation where the only way this could happen was if they used existing tooling, but at $45 a pop I don't think it's the right route. It's too bad because the costume sculpting is phenomenal. But all the faces do look a little off, and since these are full-protos, I would expect the production faces to look stranger still. The weapons look true to scale to me. That hammer and Conan's sword really was huge in the movie, so that doesn't bother me much. I would probably suck it up and bite on these at $30 or even $35 and consider them "close enough". But at $180 for the first wave, I would then be signing up for the next wave at another $180 and I wouldn't feel good about either. Ultimately, this particular license probably does need to go to NECA, where we'd get a 7" movie likeness for $25. Last edited by Dake; 12-08-2019 at 10:01 AM..