Post by poindizzle on Jan 31, 2013 17:16:16 GMT -5
I've been rolling this around in my head ever since I got Mattel's Elite 19 Daniel Bryan. I think it could be a fun thread idea.
Name one current roster guy that Jakks never made that you would love to see if Jakks had the WWE license to make one more figure. You can be specific about the attire and everything if you'd like. And on the opposite end of things, what would be a figure you would shudder at if Jakks made it (again, based on the current roster guys that Jakks had never made.)
Well, I guess I already spoiled my pick in the first sentence. Daniel Bryan. Mattel has given us a rookie scan that looks nothing like him and three other scans which all gravitate to varying degrees of "okay". I dig the stylized approach that Mattel takes to making headsculpts, but it leaves too much room for variation and error. Far more often than Jakks ever did, Mattel has managed to make some figures that leave me shaking my head and saying "who the hell is this supposed to be?"
Daniel Bryan is a guy that I think would benefit from a Jakks scan. Mattel doesn't do facial hair nearly as well as Jakks, if sometimes not even at all, like John Morrison or Justin Gabriel where they just paint the beard on. Also, I am positive that Jakks could nail down his likeness on the first try. Lastly, I hate how skinny Mattel has made him. They continue to bulk up guys like R-Truth, Dolph Ziggler, Cody Rhodes, and Kofi Kingston, but use old skinny molds for the Rock and Daniel Bryan, and CM Punk. Seriously, the new Ziggler is awesome, but he shouldn't have arms bigger than the Rock. Complain about "baloon arms" all you want on the Deluxe Aggression figures, I say better too bulky than scrawny. That Daniel Bryan looks like Colin Delany.
And my pick for one I would shudder at? Sheamus. I'm imaging his pasty skin in shiny Jakks plastic and his creepy head being too large. It's hard for me to imagine him looking good.
Name one current roster guy that Jakks never made that you would love to see if Jakks had the WWE license to make one more figure. You can be specific about the attire and everything if you'd like. And on the opposite end of things, what would be a figure you would shudder at if Jakks made it (again, based on the current roster guys that Jakks had never made.)
Well, I guess I already spoiled my pick in the first sentence. Daniel Bryan. Mattel has given us a rookie scan that looks nothing like him and three other scans which all gravitate to varying degrees of "okay". I dig the stylized approach that Mattel takes to making headsculpts, but it leaves too much room for variation and error. Far more often than Jakks ever did, Mattel has managed to make some figures that leave me shaking my head and saying "who the hell is this supposed to be?"
Daniel Bryan is a guy that I think would benefit from a Jakks scan. Mattel doesn't do facial hair nearly as well as Jakks, if sometimes not even at all, like John Morrison or Justin Gabriel where they just paint the beard on. Also, I am positive that Jakks could nail down his likeness on the first try. Lastly, I hate how skinny Mattel has made him. They continue to bulk up guys like R-Truth, Dolph Ziggler, Cody Rhodes, and Kofi Kingston, but use old skinny molds for the Rock and Daniel Bryan, and CM Punk. Seriously, the new Ziggler is awesome, but he shouldn't have arms bigger than the Rock. Complain about "baloon arms" all you want on the Deluxe Aggression figures, I say better too bulky than scrawny. That Daniel Bryan looks like Colin Delany.
And my pick for one I would shudder at? Sheamus. I'm imaging his pasty skin in shiny Jakks plastic and his creepy head being too large. It's hard for me to imagine him looking good.
