Just received my 1:1 bust, and it was below my already low expectations.
First thing I noticed is that it barely weighs anything, if not for the dimensions you could easily carry it with one hand/arm (okay, maybe not that light) Will weigh it at a later date.
I know weight shouldn't matter, at least too much, but truthfully it felt that it weighed not too much more than my Mark 6 1/2 scale bust. The only pieces with any heft for their size were the shoulder pieces.
The head and upper chest felt completely hollow, and the head in particular felt that it was made out of plastic. If put together right it could almost be used for cosplay!
Like the Mark 6 the eye pieces are painted with a white paint (sprays and streaks are present upon very close close ups) which upon close ups do not look all that great at all (when lit it's worse). Should've used the same method as was used for the chest RT, which even though its got no proper design, it is smooth and clean, and looks great lit up.
The head, on mine at least had a few scuff marks. Which again can only be seen on very close inspection. But given that it is 1:1 its not too hard to see.
Haven't inspected it fully as it's getting dark here, but there are other scuff marks on the body, but hey maybe SS were going for authenticity of the armour as shown in the movie. So any paint issues etc, I'll just treat as battle slight battle damage.
The paint app, isn't perfect but was more or less within my expectations. I'll go into more indepth on the paint apps tomorrow after I've had a longer time to appreciate it.
This might be unexpected from my comments but I will be keeping the piece as I've wanted it for so long and I've long had a empty position for it in my display, and the hell that my courier put me through I just can't be bothered returning it.
I was hoping it would be the stand out piece of my collection, but that honour remains with my Prime 1 Optimus Prime. (Which happens to be right next to the bust).
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