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Originally Posted by Luminous
After all that initial debate regarding his pose it turns out to be the least of this guy's problems. Wondering how many of those staunch defenders are still going through with this purchase.
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I was likely never going to purchase this new one.
No matter how much I may have liked aspects of this new one more, selling the old and shipping it out would have been a huge PITA.
Even with the underwhelming reveal, there are still things I like much more about this new one vs the previous. And only a few things I'd rate weaker (for my taste).
I've seen several people comment on how stubby he looks and how the proportions are better on the OG.
That's one area that has always bugged me about the first and where I honestly see a huge improvement here. This is actually much closer to the proportions of the Galactus
I grew up reading.
From Kirby to Buscema to Byrne and everyone in between- they all drew him as stout and stubby in mass, despite (or because of?) his extravagent size.
I also think the head (face
and helemt) look much more like a silver/bronze age G than the previous guy.
The helmet on the first always looked more like a purple stovepipe hat to me. The new one looks more whacked out- but I think it hits the
spirit of source material more.
In addition I like the raised elements on the kilt, versus the flat, smooth design on the first. Flat was true to the early source material, but giving the design a little more dimension provides more visual interest while not being that radical a revision.
About the only thing I really don't like about this one is the mid-section of the costume. As someone else pointed out, too many organic, french curves.
I don't know that those would have been a deal killer, because there's too much else about it I like.
A burning husk of a city that he's just destroyed as the base? Totally appropriate. It also makes sense that he wouldn't be looking down on it.
He's feasted, he's re-energized. He has the power now to move on through the rest of the cosmos. Who cares about the table scraps?
And the yellows and oranges are complimentary colors to the blues and purples on his costume. I think the color choices work fine.
About the only things I still like better on the original are the overall size and the light up features. The black/blue UV light employed are wonderfully otherworldly/ atmospheric compared to the usual white/soft white LEDs most often used for this stuff.
Had this new one been at least 28-29" for $1K, I think it would have gone over a little better. Even though that 26" is mostly figure compared to other PFs and Maquettes that are elevating characters to get that height, it should have clearly had at least a few more inches over everything else.
It's bizarre that they would produce a Scarlet Witch that has an overall height of 3" more than a new Galactus, but that's Sideshow.
(apologies for the novel-length of this post)
