Exactly, it's one of the more cunning things George Lucas accomplished and revolutionized, most studios prior to star wars just gave away these rights and didn't care about merch, George has always had a mind for thinking outside of the box, truly brilliant dude
They only know because of context with the outfit and saber, that that head in isolation among a line up of other bald black head sculpts and very few would point him out imo
I can't believe how bad the sculpt is tbh, as of late HTs have really flattened the curve with their sculpts and I've found them to be very consistent, this is a big step backwards
It's because Marvel has dried right up, when you don't have that golden goose you need to make up for it with another, and star wars still has appeal beyond movie release hype
Is it a unique sculpt he made himself? That'd still be custom, just cause he was able to run it and bring costs down doesn't make it any less custom lol
He looks just about great, that cartoony arm armor really sucks though, the elbows and the bulbous ness of the armor reminds me of the Hasbro 12 inch clones. Head is great, and now that this is out hopefully they can throw EP 1 or 2 obi up