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Got my haul in today. Didn't have time to take pictures on my lunch break, but man these new bootlegs are super weird. In some ways they are a straight improvement on the original mold, and in others they are a downgrade. Lets start with the positives. For one thing the plastic quality feels much better than the old pink, blue and yellow bootlegs. They are covered in transparent pieces and some really nicely done tampo work.They feature a balljoint at the front toes so it can actually utilize a nice little range of motion. The back headplate is redesigned with little fins on the side that give these fake DIOS a slightly different look and actually hook into the little toe pads when its transformed into cube mode. There is also some new molding on the tail with a few raised sections that differentiate it.
Now for some of the drawbacks. While the new balljoint on the foot is cool, the back part of foot is totally static and cannot move at all anymore somewhat limiting the foot anyways. The arms are a single piece and the little claw on the end cannot move or be posed at all, its just a static stick arm. While the plastic quality is pretty good, the manufacturing or assembly process leaves a lot to be desired with lots of obvious nub and gatemarks, and some general dirtiness from assembly. The eyes aren't nearly as big and expressive and are a bit thinly painted and much smaller, almost making these guys look tired or bored. They also have a weird cleft palate sort of thing going as the upper shell of the face is sort of slotted onto this head piece but always has this lip poking down even when the mouth is closed, giving them a weird overbite look.
All in all they were a total steal for the cost and I kinda love them, but they are pretty weird. I'll have a bunch of detailed pictures tonight when I whip out my camera. I was just so floored by these dudes that I wanted to write something first.
