Re: EVILFACE's Custom GIJOE • Ranger - Code Name: Stalker •
Glad to see the whole conversation has been wrapped up here and now must move to another thread on a issue that was brought up to something I said before I could respond.
Just wanted to respond.
i totally agree, awesome work, seriously awesome.
while i am loving seeing so many RAH faithful customs... the whole "if only sideshow were so faithfull" thing confuses the hell out of me! if they were, would there be any need for such awesome work? Sideshow have a totally different agenda... to sell ****... to EVERYONE... not just people who want RAH 12".
seriously, i would rather see amazing work like this than a bunch of mass produced RAH that doesnt surprise anyone coz we all know what to expect... who next? Scarlet? oh i wonder what she will look like... oh, she looks just like the card art. where would the challenge be? for individuals there is a real skill/challenge to create awesome custom figures, for companies like Sideshow i see the challenge in being the artistic license they can put into it.
just to clarify... i would rather see work from Evil, Mando, Scifi67, ultra, SF Officer (to name but a few) that is this amazingly awesome than a company like Sideshow churn them out...
so yeah... AMAZING work guys... that is all that should matter... not amazing work... wish sideshow did this... coz then EVERYONE would have RAH perfect figures... not just the lucky few!
All I care about is having awesome representations of the RAH characters on my shelf, if that means Sideshow releases more faithful representations that I don't have to do any work on or spend any extra money to make it more faithful, then who would complain.
Many of the original Joes are under detailed, a little ridiculous, and unrealistic but to me that's part of the charm. If you want ultra badass uber detailed realistic modernized Joes, it's easier to start from the quirky original and add more and change things to be realistic and modern then it is to go in reverse because so much of that modern gear has been done by other companies already. The weird Joe stuff done in a more realistic scale and higher quality doesn't exist anywhere so it must be made from scratch as Mando is doing with the Joe packs or the SB Helmets. Who the hell wants a realistic version of Wetsuit in a Black dive suit looking like a SEAL UDT which has been done by everyone many times over when it doesn't represent what I think of as Wetsuit. He's in a light green and white dive suit which has never been made anywhere and would be a real pain in the arse to make from scratch and would look like crap with most people's limited resources. Hasbro did make a similar dive helmet but it's under detailed and I believe too out of correct scale. It would be so much easier if Sideshow with it's vast resources just tried to make a faithful representation of Wetsuit and the others that want it more realistic to just look elsewhere or modify it.
I love Evil's Greenshirt interpretations and I would be happy if Sideshow gave us figures that looked the same with a few additional things to modernize them, but it's not too difficult for Sideshow to step up their game and include a more faithful Joe Helmet, backpack, and weapon, and for those that want it more realistic, to pick up a Pasgt helmet, modern backpack, and modern weapon from other manufactures if they want it modernized.
Or Sideshow could just throw in the modern stuff with our beloved oddball Joes and cover both interpretations.
Don't like goofy disco jumpsuit large red collar macho man chest chrome head Destro? That's easy, all Sideshow has to do is throw in a modern T-shirt and jacket to cover up the jumpsuit, make the red collar removable, and throw in a second more realistic looking masked head and everyone is happy!
I'm done, back to Evil's awesome show!
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