I WILL NOT BASH ANTI-VENOM PRICE

I guess bashing Anti-Venom is what you guys are already doing all over the web. I come here today to comment about the failed attempts from Sideshow of make portraits of actors and actresses. Even though Loki looked promising. It’s infamous to compare the 1/4 renditions of Star Wars female characters Rey and Jyn Erso, with the supreme 1/6 Hot Toys versions. They look like unfinished prototypes when compared with the smaller versions. Stop. I’m being hyperbolic and untrue here. I have to admit that Sideshow Rey bears more resemblance with the actress than the Hot Toy’s version, but the lack of detail in comparison with the smaller version is what strikes me. I don’t know if it is the limitation of resin as raw material that impedes more detail in the molding or is simply that Sideshow don’t go that extra-mile to achieve what is possible in a much smaller figure. Jyn Erso is an absolute failure. When one compares the head sculpt with Hot Toys version is laughable. I don’t know how this statue will ever sell. Strangely, when Sideshow goes with their fictional faces this looks less apparent. I don’t know if it is because we don’t have no one to compare the face with or they just excel on their own creations. Take Captain Marvel, per example, it’s a superb face sculpt, more lifelike than Jyn Erso. Even Dark Phoenix has more personality and a more humane face than Rogue One protagonist. Superman The Man of Steel PF resembles the actor also but also looks too blocky, squared. This blocky face fits to fictional characters but in a market that have Hot Toys as plateau of comparison, Sideshow’s actor-based characters fall short. The last Captain America is another tremendous failure with its cockeye and almost no resemblance to the actor at all. I think the best effort so far is the Heath Ledger Joker but the makeup facilitates things a lot. Anyway, the point of the matter is that Sideshow should not stick its nose in this realm. Or if does, does it right. Joker and Rey are two steps in the right direction but about the rest, they are still miles away of what one expect of a fourth-scale representation of a beloved movie character should be.

And no I wouldn’t pay 860 bucks on Anti-Venom statue. It’s abusive, it’s unjustifiable, it’s just too expensive for what the figure is and the character it represents. Total pass. As Jyn Erso.