![]() It looks unnatural, and that kind of thingīecomes the focus of your attention, making it almost impossible to see the good. In hand, it's even more obvious than in photos, and is extremely distracting. ![]() Because none of his basic clothes, including the rough jacket, haveĪ high collar, you can't cover it up easily. Neck is skinnier than Frodo's, and doesn't line up well with any part of the jawline, front or back. They got the slight double chin just right, but didn't follow up with any sort of extra meat on the neck. Pooched out upper lip really sell it, and capture the actor and character really well.īut something bizarre happened with the neck. As I mentioned earlier, the eyes, nose, lips, and shape of the face are great. Hair detail seems softer, but the situation with the hair is already such a mess that it isn't as much of a problem.Īnd then we get to accuracy of the portrait. The skin texture is a little more appropriate with Sam, and there's some nice soft wrinkling around the eyes that looks great. The helmet hair is even more obvious in person, and hard to over look. Sam's hair has a big, annoying gap around the face, thanks to a poorįit on the head. There is a big problem when it comes to the realism, however, a problem that Frodo doesn't have. There's enough life in the eyes and the look He's not acting extreme, but he's not a mannequin either. When it comes to the emotive nature of the expression, I'm good. And yet, he scores worse thanks to the final overall impression he gives. Here's the irony - the actual portrait, from the forehead down to the bottom of the chubby chin, is actually muchīetter than Frodo. Then we have Sam, who unfortunately fairs worse. Combine this with a harsherĬut to the bone structure in the jawline and cheeks, and you end up with miss. He looks older than he should, certainly more than he looked even in ROTK. I think the work they did on the skin texture doesn't help here. Lots of things are close - theĮyes, the nose, the lips, but none of them nail their respective look, leaving the overall result a mish mash of 'close but no cigar'. While I know exactly who this is, even off the body, it's still much more of a 'great cosplayer' look than an accurate portrait. I went with three stills for comparison: this one, with someĮxpression to the figure and this one, when he's fresh Rather than one of his more weakened or scared looks.īut then we get to accuracy, and things start to fall apart. I'm glad they went with this sort of expression, ![]() He has a stoic, determined look, ready for the trials ahead. The emotive property of the portrait is solid as well. It means there's no break at the jaw line, and the skin The head and neck are all one piece too, which is a negative for articulation, but a big plus in this category. The hair is a separate piece, but it is fit tightly to the head, leaving little gap around The fine work on eyebrows and lips is right up their with their best work. They have come a long way with realism, and the detail work on the hair and skin texture is great. They should fit in just fine with the previous two Hobbits, although I'm sure some folks will complain that there's notįrodo is the better of the two. Worst in the high end biz right now either.īoth figures are between 6 and 6 1/4" tall. Neither is at the level of Asmus best work, but they aren't at the level of the Right out of the gate, we get at the one major problem for both figures - the portrait. This set is also limited to just 1000 produced. As per usual with this sort of exclusive, there's an extra accessory. There's an exclusive version available through the Asmus website which Potentially the least exciting, but the old Sideshow version simply won't do. C'mon, Gimli! My greatest concern is them stopping at that point, and leaving us without a matching Boromir. but we'veĪlready seen the Legolas sculpt in progress. They'veĪdded in a number of secondary players as well, and now with the release of Frodo and Sam, we're at 6 of the 9! The next scheduled release is Thranduil. It looks like we'llįinally get our Fellowship in this scale all in one style from one company - hallelujah! We now have an excellent Gandalf,Ī serviceable Merry and Pippen, and an underrated Aragorn. Consider this an endorsement of those two shows, on the off chance you haven't watchedĪsmus Toys has been producing the latest series of sixth scale action figures based on the LOTR property, and it's also the most encompassing. Elijah Wood will be forever known as Frodo, and while I love him in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, I have to admit that it's his comedic timing in shows like WilfredĪnd Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency that I appreciate the most.
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