Prime 1: Predator 2 - City Hunter 1:3 - Page 11

The SHOGUN · 04-26-2022, 03:22 PM

This new P2 Museum Masterline is awesome, but similar to the Predator 1 vs Predator 2 "creature" P2 has a "guy-in-a-suit" feel and it's apparent here in statue form...well at least from this still. Meanwhile the P1 suit & creature and statue just feels totally alive. That P1 Museum Masterline is just unbelievable. even the base design was outrageous...classier than the CM which i didn't think was possible.

azurepred · 04-26-2022, 08:26 PM

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Well you're right about the legs on this being similar to the CM. Although that whole statue has a more relaxed look so it kind of suits it. This looks like three people had different ideas and they used them all. Hence it's ended up relaxed, tense, twisted and contorted all at the same time.

I don't think the legs are the real issue though for me. It's the head and shoulder area. It's all squashed together as if he's had that log fall on his head. I'm really happy he's kind of looking up, I'd take that even further and make him look up even more, the P2 always looked nice looking up. But the weird thing is that they have made him look up but still managed to make his head look sunk in to the body, that shouldn't be the case and I think that's why it all looks off to me.

I'm not sure it's even a sculpt issue, I think it is purely a pose choice that really hasn't worked out for me. The City hunter has beautiful and large armour on his right shoulder, Prime 1 have decided to make this so that he is twisted and looking right into this armour, I think this is where a lot of my issue with it lay. Not only does this hide the nice lines and shapes, but it simultaneously makes him look stumpy.

I don't like the pose at all and I'd redo it entirely personally, but realistically that isn't going to happen. So being more realistic and constructive, I really thing that they could improve this existing pose immensely by simply twisting his entire position on the base clockwise slightly so that he's pointing more forward, and then twisting the head so that it's looking more straight. This would unclutter that area and show off the lines of that wonderful armour more.

this could possibly be due to him looking more into his armor from that angle. If you turn the piece to the right more where his chest is facing us, I think it will look less squished.

Blade3327 · 04-26-2022, 08:37 PM

In the promo video, he does look better from the front. JH also looks pretty squat from a 3/4 view, but I think that one gets away with it more easily.

VILE GUILE · 04-26-2022, 09:21 PM

Is it just me, or does his shin armor look painted silverish?

Goonsack Steve · 04-26-2022, 11:36 PM

Pre order starts tomorrow.. what's everyone's predictions with the price? Im guessing $2300 for standard and $2700 for the DX

azurepred · 04-27-2022, 12:18 AM

no idea on price, but 100% waiting to order until I have JH in hand unless Prime pulls a Giger Alien situation and throws up a crazy low ES.

Exorcist · 04-27-2022, 05:32 AM

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no idea on price, but 100% waiting to order until I have JH in hand unless Prime pulls a Giger Alien situation and throws up a crazy low ES.

This!

The SHOGUN · 04-27-2022, 09:22 AM

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Pre order starts tomorrow.. what's everyone's predictions with the price? Im guessing $2300 for standard and $2700 for the DX

I think the regular will be $2299, the DX/DXS will $2999 and the super-DXS

with the trophy wall base with all the monster skulls will be $3499 (or $499 for the way and skulls as a separate offering) and the separate closed mouth bust will be $899.

I think the DXS will include all the extras like the sword, separate arm holding King Willie Head, Separate arm to display Predator using breather, the severed arm...ect.

what's your opinion on seeing the Ram Mask? I think its cool to see, but it doesn't make a whole lotta sense to me. its not the P2's mask, it's another Predator all together. More options are always better, but it's not like the Gert Mask. The Ram mask is however my favorite of the NECA 1/4 Predators that aren't the main title character. Those NECA Predators are unbelievable still to this day. What a treat they gave us.

Yojimbo · 04-27-2022, 10:11 AM

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what's your opinion on seeing the Ram Mask? I think its cool to see, but it doesn't make a whole lotta sense to me. its not the P2's mask, it's another Predator all together. More options are always better, but it's not like the Gert Mask. The Ram mask is however my favorite of the NECA 1/4 Predators that aren't the main title character. Those NECA Predators are unbelievable still to this day. What a treat they gave us.

They did it so someone will have to pay $1k extra for a normal head that should have been there from the beginning (ie closed mouth )

The SHOGUN · 04-27-2022, 10:40 AM

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They did it so someone will have to pay $1k extra for a normal head that should have been there from the beginning (ie closed mouth )

why does this situation seem so familiar

in all seriousness the closed mouth heads should be included with the product. and it's a bad joke on us they weren't. Price aside, the extra display bust stand is a really nice feature for this special statue.