I like it overall. The sculpt (from what can be seen) is very nice. I love the pose. I'm sure the accessories will also be of the same good quality as the last PF...but once again SS has screwed up the colors and there is no excuse.
The jacket in CS was a lighter brown than in any of the other films and SS chose to make it a dark brown. Why? Dunno.
The bag strap in CS was a dark brown (almost black) as it was in Last Crusade and SS chose to make it a very medium brown. Why? Dunno.
The holster in CS is again, almost black and SS chose to do it (again) in more of a brick-red/brown. Why? No freakin idea.
The web belt also looks to be a bit darker than it should but it may just be the lighting.
The jacket is seriously too short this time around. I had no problem with the Raiders PF jacket length as so many did but this one is too short...period. The Crystal Skull jacket is the longest of all the Indy jackets and gives that particular movie costume a distinct look.
Why do they continue to have such a problem with this?
Now, many of you simply don't care and thats just fine. You just want another cool Indy on your shelf, but to the hardcore fan who's been waiting for something like this it could be a deal-breaker. Once again we'll have fans who purchase this looking for custom this and that just to get it looking as it did in the film - the way SS should have and damn well could have from the beginning. Sad.
I too am glad the line is progressing but I'm not sure how they'll do attempting to sell this from the absolute least favorite of all the Indy films. In fact, they missed the window and should have put this out first when the film was in theaters. Why they went backwards is again, a mystery. Although I won't ever in my life pickl one of these up I do hope it does well because I want to see more of these, especially from Raiders, although I think they're done with Raiders in the PF dept.
Just because it's Indy doesn't mean the fans should automatically like it. Most hardcore fans don't look at it as "Oh, it's Indy so I'll buy it". When spending this kind of money it's gotta be good. Times are tight right now and SS needs to put more effort into getting these issues right or people will pass, even the hardocre fans. I guarantee you that the fact that they dropped the ball again on the color scheme once again will piss off the Indy fans just as it did last time. Now, I'm talking about the hardcore fans, not the passerbys who just want a nice statue. I hope thats clear. I'm sure the hardcore SW fans wouldn't sit still if the Han in Carbonite came out in bright pink. They surely wouldn't be all calm and say, "No big deal, it's Han." They'd be like...WTF? Same thing here.
Many of you on another thread have said that SS's bread and butter are their PF figures. If that's the case then why don't they put more energy and love into getting it right right out of the gate? Why go 80% when you can go 100%? I soooooo wish I could ask some of the upper management at Sideshow this and get a straight answer.
But I hope a 1/6th version comes out at the same time.
