I for one was very interested in this piece since day 1 being that Indiana Jones next to Chris Reeve's Superman are my two favorite actors in two of my favorite movie franchises of all time. So having both of these figures released by Hot Toys at the same time should have been like Christmas morning. However when both sculpts were revealed, I could not justify the cost when the sculpts were so off. I did pre-order anyways and was very happy to see Arnie fixed the Reeve sculpt so I am keeping that pre-order. I was very disappointed that no changes were made to the Indy sculpt which to me looked even worse than the original Reeve attempt.
So I come on here and side with the vast majority of those who agree the sculpt needed tweaking in three areas to make it better. I would have purchased this figure if two out of the three areas would have been addressed. The nose and the jaw line were the biggest flaws and still are and the PERS simply looks unnatural when compared to how it was done with the Ledger Joker and Bruce Lee.
Now I have no problems with anybody's opinions whether or not they love or hate the piece.
I just wanted to get down to the facts and a couple of us here discovered exactly what was wrong and how it could be fixed. This is what these forums are for, so telling us we are trolls and calling us names is really childish. Now most of us here are adults, who happen to have enough money to fund this expensive hobby. I have 5 figures on pre-order now Supes, Bats, Joker, Captain A, Skaar. I would have kept this Indy in the lineup for sure had the nose been fixed alone and the other two kept the same. That is by far the biggest problem with this piece.
Like I said before, Hot Toys will probably come out with a V2 of this piece with multiple sculpts etc and everyone will soon forget about this "off sculpt".
I am eagerly anticipating a Temple of Doom 1/6 to display next to my Sideshow TOD PF which is an amazing piece and the best likeness of Indy so far in my collection.
For those that missed the last thread, I believe it is important to know exactly what the main problems with this sculpt are so that it can be fixed for future Hot Toys Indy sculpts.
Original Sculpt
Slight changes to the left nostril and left jawline
This pic below is the best
IN HAND of the bunch at hiding the flaws.
I have no need to continue in this thread. I hope all of you enjoy your Indy.