Mattel's headscans....

I think Jakks did an awesome job with the scans, no doubt honestly. If you look at CS Ric Flair and that R3 Jeff Hardy, and definitely their CS Diesel/Nash scan, I mean spot on. I honestly think Jakks did an awesome job with a ton of their paint detail too if you look at guys like Ultimate Warrior and Shawn Michaels. Had Jakks done any kind of scale with their figures, I think there would be a much smaller divide in the Jakks vs Mattel battle. I do agree the balloon features are overwhelming, but that is more so in retrospect now that we've seen what the figures can be with Mattel.

Jakks is a smaller company than Mattel, and they didn't have the budget to give us what Mattel has provided. However, they both have their strengths and weaknesses imo. Scans are really important to me on figures and I think Mattel could benefit from improving in that department. I mean some of the Divas in particular are horrendous. I look at Kevin Nash/Diesel from Mattel though and it's not great, and it's likely not something we will get another shot at. So I think that's a specific comparison where Jakks did a way better job with a guy than Mattel.

I couldn't disagree with you anymore about Triple H scan or Rhodes. Mattel hasn't released a bad scan for Triple H yet. Every scan was spot on site the paint applications on a couple could have been better, but if you stripped the paint off and just showed an unpainted head you could tell without a shadow of doubt it is Triple H. So the scans are there. And all 3 or 4 Mattel's Cody scans were all 100x better than the Jakks Cody scan.

The DM 3 Triple H scan is perfect. once the fixed the hairline so it didn't look like a toupee the B1 Triple H scan is d@mn near perfect. And the last two modern long haired scans were perfect.

I was the first one to put the R3 head om a Mattel body. I had gotten the B1 Triple H the week before Christmas in 09 when my TRU put the Mattel out early.

And the skin tones don't match up. I had to mix Apple Barrel's red, carmel candy and medium blush numerous times before I got a color to repaint the head that matched the Mattel body...

Let's see if these work... Here are the basic and Elites I made after repainting the head.





As for Bryan only the latest scan (full beard) doesn't look anything like him. But the first 2 or 3(?) the release of him very much looked like him.

But the point is they are all made by Gentle Giant Studios and most are sculpted by the same sculptures. So scan/sculpt wise they should all have the same degree of likenesses and flaws. Where Jakks was better than Mattel is in the paint applications. And even then both companies have had their share of hits and misses. and with Jakks while there were some great scans they were ruined by being to large for the RA bodies. Here's a few that come to mind rught off the bat...

BoWCW Jericho
BOwCW Benoit
Hall
Backlund
Graham
Storm

All great scans ruined by their scale.

We can't really bring price into this as a factor, all action figures across the board have shot up with six inch scale going from 10-14 dollars in 2010 to 18-23 dollars in 2014. That's all toy lines.

I will agree that I liked certain little details on Jakks figures better, and I still have and love my Ruthless collection, but the stylized look works like a charms for Mattel. I agree that some scams would pop a little better with highlights in the hair and a deeper color selection. I also think that jeans would look like jeans instead of crayola blue tights with a wash like Jakks.

When I see the prices increase soo astronomically, I think is corporations being corporations. The day will come soon where, the 3D printing will change everything. We saw the wars with movies and mp3's. Probably similar issues are coming. The way it seems many of these corporations seem to deal with these issues is increasing prices and slap their own fan base in the face.

Hasbro has increased their Legends line to 20 bucks. While retailers already charge 20-30 for them, I could see them further increasing it and passing those costs to the consumers. I am not an economist by any means, but figures less than 5 years ago(Legends) cost 10 bucks, now have more than doubled in price at retail. Mattel and Hasbro is simply doing what the music.movie studios did, and it backfired. They should become more consumer friendly, not the opposite. I know it is frowned upon talking about bootlegs, soon to be 3D printed figures...but it is reality.

Okay Jakks had way better head scans. Comparing Jakks Taker with Mattel, Jakks wins every time. Even the Ultimate Warrior sculpts, Jakks faces were mind blowing. Lashley was great. I cannot understand why Mattel is so bad? They are a bigger company and should have better methods. Only issue with Jakks, to many Yelling faces.

BTW, why can't Mattel include interchangeable heads? The no emotion Warrior needs it.

Again it is the same company and most of the same sculptors that both conpanies use. They both use Gentle Giant Studios to scan the wrestlers and both companies hire the same sculptors to make them. We had a member here who showed us the work she did for both companies until they made her remove the pics.

So the scans and scupts should have the same style and flaws to them because it is the same people producing them. It's the paint applications that throw a figure off. And as I stated before both companies have hits and misses on paint applications and head scaling.
Mattel has had more issues with their paint pallet where Jakks has had more issues with head scaling especially when they started DA, because the DA head scale is larger than the RA scale. Yet many heads were put on RA bodies that were meant for DA's.

Personally, you can't beat Mattel's accuracy on height and body builds. That makes up for the headscans to me.

And yes, a few of Mattel's headscans really suck. But some are pinpoint. But they nail the bodies and attires and that's enough for this guy!

Man....I think you may be the only one on the "The faces are terrible" boat

They're not THAT bad. No one is making you spend anything on an elite. That's all in your choosing. If you don't like the scan, save your money. But if you buy it, you'll just have to roll with it like the rest of us

sadly, the mattel crush is one that they dropped the ball on IMO...I want an evil crush incredibly bad, but now -- I'd be worried that it'd look as terrible as the demolition one seems to be from the proto picture

I love the Jakks Demo & Kona Crush