I’ve just unboxed it. And I’m pretty happy with it. This is straight out of the box, and I haven’t done anything with the hair yet.
The silicone reminds me of the 1/2 scale cap, where instead of being a tad oily, it’s more or less completely dry. I’m guessing they’ve applied some sort of topical powder.
This is my first life size MCU bust of a human character with an unmasked portrait, and I’m quite impressed with the skin paint application. It looks like every natural colour you can think of has been used to create the tones and layers of the skin.
Though I knew this from the prototype, I wish there was at least a bit of natural hairs around the chin and upper lip area. Because as it is now, it’s like he’s gone for a wax or something.
The nameplate is half the size of the previous busts. People who hate nameplates will like that it connects via magnet, without a peg hole into the base.
This has got to be the hardest silicone piece that I have, as all the others I have (5), have a bit more give or flex in the silicone when you press into it.
The base imo is probably weighted a bit too much, but it does the job.
The light up is powered by two AA batteries, and it’s switched on by an easy to access button. BUT, in order to access the battery compartment, you have to lift the bust off of the base! What makes it more annoying, is that if you leave off the battery cover, you can access one of the batteries while it’s on the base, but probably not the other. They should’ve thought that one through. I’ll probably never use the light up on a ongoing basis, but it’ll be easy enough to wire it up with a battery eliminator,
