XM Studios Deathstroke - KNIGHT of the RISING SUN 1/4 Premium Statue

[Asgard]

Bald or not bald.
Is a unmasked portrait in the box it remains in the box.

[nearmint]

Originally Posted by Asgard

Bald or not bald.
Is a unmasked portrait in the box it remains in the box.

Nah, if it's nice, I'll display it sometimes.

[rcls]

I've been on the fence on pre-orderding this one as I feel it doesn't have enough options for display.

Don't get me wrong, the body and base of this statue looks great from all angles with amazing details that I'm sure XM can match on production pieces but the heads have me worried.

The bald head lacks an intensity that I'm expecting.

The proto demon head is very detailed but I also own the XM Batgirl where the proto heads looked great but the production pieces, 2 of the 4 heads (for whatever reason) were not matching to what was shown.

XM should produce 3 heads for this exclusive statue.

To me each head should represent a different interpretation of the villain.

Bald head with eyepatch - old worn out warrior, battle tested
Half-demon mask - all business, cold & efficient

The 3rd head I'd like for them to show the 'smug' side of the character. A smirk or something

In the FB post they used Jubei as an example but what if they used a head sculpt like Genjuro instead from the same Samurai Shodown game.

Also, a missed opportunity in my books is that this is an XM Samuari line.....why do all the heads of the figures need to be Caucasian??

Could XM try to get licensor approval for a more Asiatic looking face on some of the head sculpts?

That alone might drive sales....

[goto]

For this high price they can do three heads,what is the problem?
Look at XM Batgirl 4 heads and a much lower price!
Why is it not possible to give us a third head to make everyone happy?
One masked,bald and with hair.

[Mister H]

Originally Posted by goto

For this high price they can do three heads,what is the problem?
Look at XM Batgirl 4 heads and a much lower price!
Why is it not possible to give us a third head to make everyone happy,masked,bald and with hair.

Bingo.

[Asgard]

The masked portrait is cool but i miss a masked portrait with samurai/japanese details.
I want a samurai portrait which fits to the samurai series.

[rcls]

Originally Posted by Asgard

The masked portrait is cool but i miss a masked portrait with samurai/japanese details.
I want a samurai portrait which fits to the samurai series.

The masked demon portrait on the statue looks stylistically good but if XM tries to force a more Japanese mask on Deathstroke you might run into the possibility of reusing masks that have already been done on Batman or other characters in this series.

The Batman on the horse has 3 samurai heads, Robin in the teaser has a Tengu nosed mask, Bane has some Oni like mask that looks similar to the Batgirl portrait minus the ears.

The only Japanese mask that I can think would work well could be an evil looking Kitsune fox mask.

.... the sly fox slays the demon (demons head - Ra's Al Ghul, head of the League of Assassins)....

[AC_808]

If they can't give us a third portrait, then I'd vote for hair on the unmasked portrait.

[Asgard]

Originally Posted by rcls

The only Japanese mask that I can think would work well could be an evil looking Kitsune fox mask.

A badass fox mask, why not.

[goto]

Does it interest XM for that what we want for our money?
Read so often that XM does know what their customers want.