I love both my Driver and Soldier figures, have them front and center on display. My only wish was that the paint app on the face wasn't as pale/washed out.
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So when torrence goes up, we will see a lot of people throwing Bill V2 up, Lakhota has a chance!
Personally, I had intentions of keeping these figures, because I love the film and performance. And as we all know, Rainman's figures are second to none in some departments. But the head sculpts just never really grew on me the way I kept hoping they would. Even as stylized interpretations, which I have accepted with some Rainman figures. Now, I see them on the shelf and just think, I'm not totally satisfied with it. I gave them a fair chance, but. . .too many other great figures in the pipeline that I don't think I'll have that concern with. So, I'm trying to sell my DX, basically at cost.
I get what you mean but to understand and truly appreciate these sets for what they are, you can't base the whole value on the level of likeness. Do you think HT always hits it out of the park? In reality if you tallied up all of HT hits compared to their misses you'd be look at around a 60/40 ratio. And when they do hit I don't really feel like it's ever a TOTAL grand slam. What did they ever give us that's pure perfection? DX08 Joker? Wayne? Stark? Their best IMO isn't better than Blitzway's Carlito or Enterbay's Jordan & Agent K. Likeness is very important, no doubt but you have to look past that at what the entire set is made of to properly judge.
A set like Bickle is the epitome of what customs are all about. Where on Earth are you going to find a 1/6 nickel-plated snub nose .38 with pearl grips on the market. Or how about that hand-cannon of a .44 beast? Those guns themselves are near impossible to find, much less top quality casts with top quality paint in the accurate colors. That arm-slide and those gun rigs are the very definition of custom. That belt buckle is a work of art in and of itself. Hand crafted, real silver and super accurate???!!! Come on man!!! What do you think HT's version of that would look like? That crappy thing that doesn't want to close that we got in the original Wolverine set? It goes without saying that the outfit & boots are completely custom and can't be found to the same level of accuracy nor quality anywhere on the market.
As far as comparing RM to Iminime... I think that you're basing your judgment primarily on pictures. Take it from someone who has a fair amount from each producer, Iminime pieces aren't on Rainman's level. I say that with the utmost respect to Denny; I have nothing but love for him and I've been an Iminime supporter from their very start (and of course I will continue to be) but quite honestly it's the truth. I won't make an item by item comparisons between the two products because there's no way for me to do that without sounding like I'm picking Iminime apart, but there are differences on multiple levels. The early Iminime stuff can’t even be compared to RM’s (and understandably so because they were just starting out), but now that they’ve gotten past their growing pains for the most part, the only set that I can say is somewhat close to RM’s quality is Bateman (and I’m not being biased ). As fantastic as Bateman is he’s extremely close, but still not 1000% on par with what we’ve come to expect from a RM set. I’d say Blondie is up there but the two parts of the set that make it most interesting didn’t even come from Iminime (Trev’s sculpt and Battlegear’s gun belt).
No one here is saying that RM is the best sculptor in the world, or he's a perfect person and can do no wrong, but he's earned his spot in the top tier of the customs world for very good reasons
Just need the right glasses.
Pop yeah it's confirmed .. The numbers are official
But the real ES is more than this
& as far as i know no one dropped out..
I agree 100%
Weeeelll, talk to us!
Sorry, I dont know what your talking about.
Just need the right glasses.
Dammit, Robbie! Stop teasing us and make them available!
I plead the 5th.
Hey! leave Robbie alone! He has to focus on Amsterdam right now ok!!! Thats more important to me... i mean to everyone.
Robbie sent me a pair of Bickle glasses..they look a bit different than in the pics he showed (head is a placeholder)
uh....no.
Yeah, that was something that gave me some pause, because if, say, bbkill or sdabbs comes along with some great alternative sculpts, and if I could purchase them painted without breaking the bank, then the ultimate Bickle would be ready to go.
Just messing with ya Robbie
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