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04-07-2020, 12:02 PM | #6801 |
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04-07-2020, 12:23 PM | #6802 |
Iron Grenadier
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I don't mean this as a dig, because I totally understand why JT has an appeal to people who prefer "real world" aesthetics, but personally, when I look at them I get a mix of the uncanny valley effect and flashbacks to some figures that were thrown in with a model jeep or something I lost when I was younger.
I also don't really agree with the heads. I like than they have a wider variety, but to me the MTF heads look more natural than the faces on the JT ones that were posted. I will give you though, Marauders lacks full sized mechas, so that's a criminal oversight. Anyway, agree to disagree, I suppose. |
04-07-2020, 01:17 PM | #6803 |
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Sorry, not gonna support a CCP company that makes PLA "Heroes." They could be an interesting part of Cobra I suppose. ToxoVipers out of uniform and all that.
Back to MTF!
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04-07-2020, 05:03 PM | #6804 |
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To each his own, but I’ve never seen Joy Toy advertise any of the PLA figures as ‘heroes’. Seems like specious reasoning to exclude a series of amazing figures. I don’t like Nazi’s, but I still buy MTF figures.
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04-07-2020, 08:38 PM | #6805 |
GI Joe Graffiti General
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I can see how MTF sort of looks cartoony, but JT also sort of looks cartoony. I mean come on its an action figure, it will always have a bit of a cartoony look because plastic does not look like skin, and the gear cannot be made to look fully realistic.
The only action figures I have come across that I will consider "realistic" are those 1/12 and 1/6 ones made of silicon skin over a steel support structure. Add some cloth gear, and steel weapons off of ebay, and I think you have as realistic as it gets.
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04-08-2020, 09:41 AM | #6806 |
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Christ, let's just redefine 'cartoony' to mean anything other than actual biological organisms standing in front of us just to evade the fact that a guy came running into the thread to insult an entire company's product line and community but doesn't have the integrity to admit it.
But sure, defend the guy shitting all over the rest of us and our collective favorite company *ever* because they don't put matte paints on their figures. |
04-08-2020, 09:46 AM | #6807 |
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Christ, let's just redefine 'cartoony' to mean anything other than actual biological organisms standing in front of us just to evade the fact that a guy came running into the thread to insult an entire company's product line and community but doesn't have the integrity to admit it.
But sure, defend the guy shitting all over the rest of us and our collective favorite company *ever* because they don't put matte paints on their figures. Just stop with your emotional rants. Get a grip. A question was asked from a customizers opinion. I like joy toy , am getting ready for build with MTFs and clearly you are in your feelings about it. I say JT got more realism , you say they don’t. Understood.
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04-08-2020, 11:22 AM | #6808 |
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04-08-2020, 01:10 PM | #6809 |
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Something about the aesthetics of many Japanese or Chinese-originated action figures (as opposed to Western ones made in Asia) seems to fall into the Uncanny Valley from my perspective. Dark Source and Planet Green Valley figures look "off" to me in a way that I can't quite put my finger on. ��
Well, buying anything made in China now really begs similar ethical questions. Last edited by CADPAT; 04-08-2020 at 01:12 PM.. |
04-08-2020, 02:11 PM | #6810 |
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Something about the aesthetics of many Japanese or Chinese-originated action figures (as opposed to Western ones made in Asia) seems to fall into the Uncanny Valley from my perspective. Dark Source and Planet Green Valley figures look "off" to me in a way that I can't quite put my finger on. ��
Well, buying anything made in China now really begs similar ethical questions. |
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