Ultimate Kane shipped

Listen bro...I like you and I think you are getting hit too harshly for a lot of your opinions (you're opinionated, so what? That's ok) but if a really small area of paint app is going to completely crush your OCD when it comes to these I'd suggest another hobby maybe. Thankfully it's not on the mask or the head sculpt. Remember the Daniel Bryan figures with the weird, painted on skin tone that made him look embalmed? I don't have any Daniel Bryans and will be waiting instead for a Bryan Danielson for exactly that reason. So in other words...I can be pretty nuts with this.

We all have weird stuff like that...I am extremely particular with height/scale, especially with arm sizes and figures with inaccurate body types drive me bonkers. But in many cases I just have to let it go. The latest nWo X-Pac I think is a great figure and it's one of my all time favorites, both figure and wrestler, but I hate the Kane mask accessory. It may have seemed like the best idea during production but its big, bulky and weird looking when it's on X-Pac's head. It didn't stop me from getting that one. I have a Mr. Perfect that is too skinny to be Mr. Perfect but he's on display until another one possibly comes out. If not, oh well. That's a BIG change that I think is more likely to be fixed than seeing this version of Kane again with paint applied more correctly in a later release. You might get lucky with a 'running change' since it is paint but who's to say for sure? Do you want to risk waiting for that? Fair enough if you do, but it's sometimes easier to just roll with it.


I also can't stand paint discrepancies but it's really just not enough, especially in the case of this Kane, for me to not want the figure. That's really low on the list for me personally. With the studs on the ring gear, the most realistic looking masked headscan so far, etc., the paint app on the elbow joint when bent for me is a minor price to pay for some of the other things that make it as good as it is. I am a 'one character, one figure' kind of collector otherwise I would be swimming in these and absolutely lose my mind and this Kane hits that for me. This is probably the last one I'll ever willingly keep.

I'd suggest, if it drives you that nuts compared to the rest of it, to check out the customization boards and see if you can get the paint tone matching and fill it in! If I was going crazy enough I'd try to customize the Kane mask that came with X-Pac to have a strap and stretch around his head. There are ways around it if we don't get exactly what we might expect in most cases.

Sure when you pay for something you are spending your money and want it to be exact but take it from me, these kinds of adjustments if you're at least giving it a shot add character to your collections and can be cool. Especially simple ones like that...not saying you should customize a brand new figure - very few of us are good enough to do that, I sure as hell am not. But a small adjustment for accuracies sake can solve it for you and still look factory fresh. Otherwise, if you want everything to only look like the factory version and come to you that way in a hobby filled with so much specific detail, this is what we have and we kind of have to take the good with the bad. I'm not going to be the 'they're just toys' guy but both directions can be ok in the end. Keep it how it is and accept it or have some fun messing with it.

TL;DR - don't be sad!

Bro I bought 2 and I am happy to add him in the collection but I fear of paint chipping as I do photography alot. Nothing major over here I love Kane and I will buy him anyways very happily as taker and Kane are my high school favorites. Thanks for replying brother, I really appreciate that.

Definitely going to be on all figures unfortunately, since the arm is cast in skin tone and painted red.

Thoughts after the RSC unboxing:

Taker looks better in certain angles than others. I think posed up he'll be killer, and the main head still looks better than the initial protos. Makes sense the top part of his tunic would be a soft material for the butterfly joints, which might explain why it looks a little off. Still don't get the thumb gesture, IIRC he didn't do the throat-slit gesture in the Attitude Era, but nice bonus for another Taker.

Kane still looks beautiful as ever, but what's the deal with the right arm flesh tone peeking through on the elbow? I thought they would've cast the part in red? Other than that, I love the gestural hands he comes with, about time a Kane came with them. As neat and obscure as the cape is, part of me would've preferred some kind of pyro effects, like ring post flames, something like what came with the Deluxe Boba Fett from the Black Series.

Overall, I'm happy I preordered these guys, both have some good and bad but we'll see what's what when I get mine in hand

Taker is available to be ordered again as a PO2.

Okay, what about next to Crow Sting? At this point, I might just sell off my elite 12 flashback.

Just watched the video. I actually like the slicked back Undertaker head best of the three, it's accurate enough for the timeframe IMO. The body type is still a little strange, but in person I feel like it'll work better. Kane looks great, the head sculpts are killer and the gear is awesome. The elbow? Sure, it sucks that it's unpainted for some reason, but I got paint.

"We shouldn't have to paint a figure we paid for" yes, I know. At this point? Paint it, or don't. It's up to you.

They both have great looking boots, too. I never liked how previous versions had the laced up variety. The entrance gear and cape look nice, but I don't think I'll really ever use mine unless I do a stop motion or something.

I LOVE the classic Elite Kane, and the Network Spotlight Undertaker with the Summerslam '98 basic head that I had to fill these looks in my collection. I think I like both of these a little better than those Elites.

Wait, is Kane smaller than both Taker & Hogan?!

From my eye test, Undertaker is just smidge taller than Kane. Kane is taller than Hollywood Hogan.