Otter wrote:I have a question that relates to sculpting.
At teh announcement of ReAction (beyond the Alien line) I was really excited. But was turned off by some of the images I'd seen online, because the sculpts were, as some have said, a little "soft", and more '77 Star Wars inspired. My favourite vintage Star Wars figures are from the Return of the Jedi era because they are a bit more detailed. Some of the Jabba's palace goons hold their own against Hasbro's modern efforts in my opinion.
Having read that you are moving towards a bit more detail, my question is: is the Goonies more recently sculpted, than say Firefly? I feel like I am picking up on more accurate likenesses in Goonies (which has caused me to come back around and start collecting ReAction), or it could just be I'm too big a fan of that movie, and more forgiving. And if so... is this the kind of direction we will be seeing into wave 2?
Great question!
Yeah, we originally shot for "soft" likenesses, like the first run of Kenner's Star Wars figures. But we started to notice that people seemed to prefer the faces to be pushed a little more towards likeness, and it was the Goonies figures that sort of showed that "sweet spot" between likeness and "vintage looking". So we used the Goonies as a great example of what we'd like to hit.
We also noticed that we lost more detail than we would have liked in final plastic, so in the sculpting stage, we now push the details further, that way, after the figure is produced in final plastic and paint, the details calm down (while still being visible) and really hit that sweet spot. The Universal Monsters are a perfect example of this. We think we've really got it down, now.
You'll definitely being seeing better likenesses and finer details going forward, while still maintaining that vintage look.
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