I've been pretty detached from the hobby the last few weeks, and just realized a couple days ago that this was bound to go live soon, so I logged-in in time to catch all the VIP stuff open. I've been looking forward to this but after going through the pics over and over I found it hard to pull the trigger. I thought like the last few releases, this would stick around for a few days and I'd have a little time to mull it over. Was surprised to see everything sold out today, especially with so little chatter in here.
A DX shook loose early afternoon and has been available all day. I've been resisting all day but finally gave in. Didn't pay yet and still really undecided if I'm going to keep it. Does anyone who has been keeping closer tabs on this know more about how much of a tweek the sculpt is getting? I think comatoast's PS manip shows it's mostly the eyes and brows that are throwing the sculpt off.
A couple other things held me back aside from the likeness. The unpainted arms & pegs and the pants don't seem to have that baggy, ill-fitting 50's style cut (hopefully those are easy enough fixes). Two more nits that I'd love to see addressed but are less likely (but really shouldn't be for a barebones figure of this price); for Norman's regular outfit his blazer would be a nice addition to spruce up the overall look. Also, it would've been cool if he had mothers shoes on to go with the dress instead of just putting it over his regular outfit.
The shoes are probably out of the question but maybe someone who has been in touch with Lee through this project can throw the blazer, pants fit and painting the arms/pegs past him?
