hbkowns
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Post by hbkowns on May 9, 2020 0:42:31 GMT -5
I wanna love that figure. I really do. From neck down it’s perfect but that head sculpts it came with are atrocious. But I got my hands on a B100 HBK and my God did that head sculpt come out perfect. I plan on buying a few so I can swap some of my HBK elite heads. I think if you swap that onto the Ultimate HBK, you have a perfect figure. Has anyone done this?
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Post by shanieomaniac on May 9, 2020 0:47:47 GMT -5
TBH, the B100 line had some seriously epic head sculpts.
I have a chase HBK one, but I don't want to head swap him with anyone. The only other HBK figure I have is a custom, so I don't want to wreck it.
That said, the head sculpts on the UE figures overall are the opposite of the B100s. So many of them are trash. If you ask me, telling me to pay 30 dollars for an Ultimate figure, then packaging it with two or three different horrible head sculpts? Why, just why. Put the same love into the Ultimate head sculpts as the B100 figures. It's the kind thing to do.
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Post by crush on May 9, 2020 1:24:28 GMT -5
Eh, they’re not great by any means, but I they they look better in person. I was planning on using a different head for display, but now I think I’m gonna stick with the smirking UE scan.
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Post by Papi Joker on May 9, 2020 1:40:03 GMT -5
the B100 don't even have full 5 o'clock shadow though!!! better off using the long hair basic with beard DX 2009 style or the lost legends head IMO
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Post by GreyHaze:Big Bad Booty Daddy on May 9, 2020 2:03:16 GMT -5
I felt like that a few days ago when I got mine. The irony was I just observing the figure a few moments ago. Some of the things that I personally dislike are how the sides of the abdomen stick out, it just looks odd and the tooling could be better. The boots were slightly chunky as well. As far as the headscans go, I was not a fan of either. The open mouth version is slightly better, but a weird look. The smiling one I could kind of see a resemblance to Shawn, but something is off. It’s like Mattel captured his facial features, but the shape of his head, jawline just look weird. I wish we could of gotten a third head similar to the WM 14 Shawn or at least a different hair mold for the second head... Now fast forward, after observing them again I’m kind of warming up to them. I believe a hair repaint will fix them both. I’ll see if I could work something out tomorrow. Am I the only one who feels that the basic 100 looks too old for that era of Shawn?
Overall opinion: It’s a really nice figure and you have to look at all the details around. We got entrance gear, kneepads, detail on the back of his kneepads and boot trims.
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Post by ryanpelley on May 9, 2020 7:59:25 GMT -5
I still need to buy it, but I was really hoping the heads would have come out better, so I could swap one for that god awful DX RSC head.
Still an upgrade, but it's weird that they can absolutely nail most of the heads now but HBK still tends to look goofy.
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Post by MWFD on May 9, 2020 9:42:45 GMT -5
Am I the only one whose B100 Shawn head wont fit onto the UE peg?
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Post by marvelelite on May 9, 2020 12:34:52 GMT -5
I felt like that a few days ago when I got mine. The irony was I just observing the figure a few moments ago. Some of the things that I personally dislike are how the sides of the abdomen stick out, it just looks odd and the tooling could be better. The boots were slightly chunky as well. As far as the headscans go, I was not a fan of either. The open mouth version is slightly better, but a weird look. The smiling one I could kind of see a resemblance to Shawn, but something is off. It’s like Mattel captured his facial features, but the shape of his head, jawline just look weird. I wish we could of gotten a third head similar to the WM 14 Shawn or at least a different hair mold for the second head... Now fast forward, after observing them again I’m kind of warming up to them. I believe a hair repaint will fix them both. I’ll see if I could work something out tomorrow. Am I the only one who feels that the basic 100 looks too old for that era of Shawn? Overall opinion: It’s a really nice figure and you have to look at all the details around. We got entrance gear, kneepads, detail on the back of his kneepads and boot trims. Nope, basic 100 is definitely too old fine. To me the headsculps are fine and are better in person like the other UE figures.
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Post by Yambag Jones on May 9, 2020 12:43:49 GMT -5
It's ridiculous that to get the perfect version of HBK I need to buy a $30 special figure AND a $10 basic to head swap.
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Post by rKoNomad316 on May 9, 2020 12:53:33 GMT -5
What HBKen doll smile head isn’t great? WM 14 head is the best overall. Why that head has not been used again on previous released figures is shocking. The deer in headlights look head from the E19/Lost legends, BP, DX IYH is just as bad.
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Post by walkingturtles on May 9, 2020 15:33:03 GMT -5
I thought about switching that B100 Rock Head with the Store Exclusive, it looked so much better.
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Post by TheRockers on May 9, 2020 15:37:52 GMT -5
The head with his mouth open isn't too bad but overall its disappointing
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Post by WalterF on May 9, 2020 16:07:34 GMT -5
I like the fig w the open mouth sculpt. Def could be more refined but I do love this figure; even if I’m in the minority
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Post by marvelelite on May 9, 2020 16:31:50 GMT -5
It's not hard see to what they were going for with the "ken doll" sculpt if you watched Shawn's entrance at SS97.
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Post by AlexWestCollects on May 9, 2020 18:37:32 GMT -5
I like the UE head best. The basic 100 is the wrong era.
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Post by GreyHaze:Big Bad Booty Daddy on May 9, 2020 19:27:41 GMT -5
Btw, I remember seeing someone use a WM 14 Shawn head. I believe they modified the hairpiece from the UE to fit it. Anyone have pics???
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Post by crush on May 9, 2020 20:15:03 GMT -5
It's not hard see to what they were going for with the "ken doll" sculpt if you watched Shawn's entrance at SS97. Yup, and tbh I think they captured the face well. It's the hairline and color that's just a tad off IMO.
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Post by theungreatone on May 9, 2020 21:09:21 GMT -5
I like the UE head best. The basic 100 is the wrong era. I completely agree, it’s about time someone said it
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Post by GreyHaze:Big Bad Booty Daddy on May 10, 2020 15:44:04 GMT -5
For those interested to see what the UE Shawn looks like with repainted hair, I uploaded pics in the fixup thread.
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Post by PJ on May 10, 2020 16:22:41 GMT -5
I think the UE head looks like Shawn. I feel the b100 looks to old for the era it’s supposed to represent.
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