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[Roivas_Alenko]

Kaidan plz, need merch for him, I think every one else have at least an action figure ;o;

[MattFini]

I hope it is Kaidan in the next wave...my wallet needs a break.

Modifié par MattFini, 10 janvier 2013 - 10:16 .

[Silrian]

roivasff14 wrote...

Kaidan plz, need merch for him, I think every one else have at least an action figure ;o;

Nope, Liara doesn't have one! *tear*

God damnit my PAK Garrus feels lonely right now.

[ZeCollectorDestroya]

^She has a Bishoujo statue.



The face is screwed up. The Bishoujo statues are pretty decent.

Femshep:



They have more of an anime look than the Playarts figures. Here is one for JayCee from Tekken:



Which ones look better? Bushoujo figures or Playart figures?

[RR1107]

The whole point of the Bishoujo statues is to have an anime appearance. I personally really like my Liara statue, and think that the face is fine. By comparison, the faces on he PAK figures, while perhaps shaped more like the character in the game, suffer from a far poorer paint job than the Bishoujo statue. As to the bodies, I would say they are actually pretty close in quality. The biggest difference obviously is that the the statues are not articulated while you can pose the PAK figures for display. As a note, the picture displayed above is NOT the final Bishoujo Liara, the chesticles were reduced and the face changed SLIGHTLY from that image.

Modifié par RR1107, 11 janvier 2013 - 06:27 .

[Brownfinger]

The anime aesthetic bores me, but I rather like that Liara statue.
Personally, I prefer figures to statues, so I'd rather have a Liara toy. But I won't deny that for people who like such things, the statues do have their appeal.

[Silrian]

Yeah I also don't really care for anime versions of non-anime things. I love anime, but only when it's anime by original design. Also, the statues, at least Liara's, is a little to borderline hentai for me. I see little in it that reminds me of Liara, the real character, and that's basically the goal of any merchandise to me. Also, the guy said action figure explicitly: there is no Liara action figure.... "Not yet..."

It's weird, I mainly play as male Sheppard, but I'm actually seriously considering buying PAK Femshep, that figure looks stellar to me.

Does anybody know of a board/topic/thread that has lots of normal (as in not press or artsy) photos of the ME PAK's? (Or other PAK lines.) I don't know if it exists yet on this site. I'm surprised how few pictures I'm able to find yet.

[Brownfinger]

Yup! I have a zillion pictures that I've taken, but I'm sure people are tired of me posting them. XD So, here's a site with some reviews and pictures:

http://www.tomopop.c...ams-27663.phtml

http://www.tomopop.c...ard-27662.phtml

http://www.tomopop.c...ian-27664.phtml

As you can see, Femshep is a MASSIVE improvement, paint-wise, from the first series humans. I still want that Ashley, though. And I'm not even much of an Ashley fan.

Modifié par Brownfinger, 11 janvier 2013 - 11:08 .

[Burneye Is God]

anyone know well the liara statue and pak figures look together in terms of scale?

[Silrian]

Brownfinger wrote...

Yup! I have a zillion pictures that I've taken, but I'm sure people are tired of me posting them. XD So, here's a site with some reviews and pictures:

http://www.tomopop.c...ams-27663.phtml

http://www.tomopop.c...ard-27662.phtml

http://www.tomopop.c...ian-27664.phtml

As you can see, Femshep is a MASSIVE improvement, paint-wise, from the first series humans. I still want that Ashley, though. And I'm not even much of an Ashley fan.

Could you link me yours? Sorry if this goes too much off topic, but I've never used direct messages, if they at all even exist here.

[TagiDoll]

Click on his profile, then click send message. I'm wondering if there is a fan out there with all the PAK, Big Fish and Bushoujo statues released and has comparison photos with all.

[Burneye Is God]

yeah of anyone could post comparison pics of the pak figures and liara statue that would be amazing

[Brownfinger]

Silrian wrote...

Could you link me yours? Sorry if this goes too much off topic, but I've never used direct messages, if they at all even exist here.

Not totally sure what you're looking for, what do you want to see that isn't present in the links I posted?
I've posted a few in this thread, but you're going to get a better idea of the paint and overall quality of the toy from someone's pictures that utilize a light tent, rather than some dude who snapped a picture on a desk with his crappy flip phone.
I'm happy to oblige if there's anything you want to see, though.

As for the size difference between the DC Direct and Play Arts toys...



... it's distinct. XD

Modifié par Brownfinger, 14 janvier 2013 - 04:21 .

[Silrian]

 @Brownfinger My problem is that though you may get to see every detail on white background lit photos/videos, you don't get an accurate everyday feel for how it's gonna look in natural conditions. My display spot doesn't have a mini floodlight on it and nor would I, no matter how good the detail or quality of a figure, because it doesn't add atmosphere to it. It's actually a well balanced amount of shadow that truly makes it look natural and tasteful imo.

The best pictures are for me those that come closest to the situation the figure is gonna be in on my actual shelf.
That usually includes daylight for instance, as the room has windows. It also doesn't invole overly lit situations, because I never apply that. It's boring and inaccurate to the (in this case) game counterpart, where natural shadows occur all the time.

So while I fully understand press photos being as they are, they're not really that useful for me without any photos of "natural" conditions. Many defects spotted on press photos are completely unnoticed to me at home in my everyday situation. 

If you have a picture of the PAK's side by side in normal office-like daylight and one in low atmospheric light, those are actually the most helpful. That'd be the best. Something like this for example informs me much more personally...^_^webkit-fake-url://F5ECD650-6729-4F13-A4A7-96C1E65325B8/imagejpeg

[Silrian]

@Brownfinger Btw friggin funny picture! It's like a toddler Grunt, lol. And thanks for the links.

[Silrian]

Also: why do they keep releasing Tali with a pink visor? Assuming I'm not apparantly color blind, isn't her standard outfit visor blue? The pink makes her appear a softer character than she is imo. Kinda annoyed by it.

[Asch Lavigne]

Saw someone posted pictures with the FemShep one, I thought it wasn't out yet.

[Silrian]

Asch Lavigne wrote...

Saw someone posted pictures with the FemShep one, I thought it wasn't out yet.

It's most definitely released, though some vendors might recieve it later. Not my picture, but voila:

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Modifié par Silrian, 15 janvier 2013 - 12:35 .

[Brownfinger]

None of your URL's work for me. I can't even highlight them.

Asch Lavigne wrote...

Saw someone posted pictures with the FemShep one, I thought it wasn't out yet.

If only someone had posted in a thread somewhere pictorial proof and testimonial that she has been, in fact, released!
Oh, wait.

Okay, I've tried my very best to simulate the poor lighting and generally terrible picture conditions that you have requested. I dunno if this gives you a better idea of how it looks in a more "natural" setting, but I did my best. Probably too bright and not enough shadows for your liking, but really - if you've seen one picture of the toy in any conditions, it's not going to change too dramatically in another picture. The paint and the sculpted detail remain the same.



I understand the need to know what you're getting, though. The paint wash on Garrus is actually kind of ugly, but the sculpt is very much true to the character. I can't recommend these toys enough, if you're willing to stomach the brutal 60-70 dollar price tag for a friggin' action figure.

The top of my computer desk at the moment:

Modifié par Brownfinger, 15 janvier 2013 - 10:19 .

[Dieb]

Thank you for posting those reviews.
I almost got me the Ash & Garrus figures, but hell, they're actually hideous...

Ash looks like... someone else in her clothes. Even in ME3, she still had kind of an hispanic touch, and her body, though massively sexed-up, was still not downright hilarious.
Garrus... well it's just the head, really. The Turian exo-skeleton is supposed to be metal-ish, even a bit shiny. Not like the concrete wall of a parking lot.

Are there some photos of Tali's (with no ambient lightning and whatnot) availible somewhere? Hate to rule her out as well.

Modifié par Baelrahn, 15 janvier 2013 - 03:38 .

[Brownfinger]

The only pictures I've seen are these:

unicron9.deviantart.com/art/Play-Arts-Tali-347858620



Looks awesome, to me. Series 2 overall is a massive step up in quality from the first series.

Modifié par Brownfinger, 15 janvier 2013 - 04:31 .

[Silrian]

@Brownfinger Sorry something went wrong. When I made the post the pictures were there but they vanished somehow. Editing them doesn't seem to help.

Funny picture, that actually does inform me more than most press photos, thanks. I don't get how a picture can inform you if it's never gonna look like that in real life. Also: HK-47! Awesome, I got HK-50.XD

I'm so so annoyed they didn't just add a helmet to Shepard's figure. It basically excludes anyone who isn't into their default design from having an accurate Shepard (ironically I actually am into the default design, but they messed the male version up, sadly).

[Silrian]

Btw for everyone: search on tumblr! Couple of huge batches of photos of all the five ME PAK's released so far.

Brilliant shot:
http://wei723.tumblr...age/40004376973

[Silrian]

Also: look at the custom helmet somebody made for Shep. Looks so friggin awesome.
Was it so hard to include a swappable head or helmet like with Batman and Catwoman PAK!?

http://fc01.devianta...1c5-d5ridq6.jpg

[WyattMeg]

I adore the Garrus and Ashley I picked up from the first wave and really hope there is a wave 3. The only real miss with these as I see it is the lack of helmets. I'd gladly trade one of the weapons for a helmet if that was part of the trade-off. But for that price, they should be included.