>>9279846He couldn't have been chromed/vac metal because the body isn't designed for it. Without extra space between the joints to account for the thickness of the chrome, it would have shredded off as soon as you moved him.
He does appear to look more silver in hand than in the render, so that's good, but it's not nearly as shiny as the Walgreen Surfer and I think going less was definitely not the right play. It feels like Hasbro made him different just for the sake of it, kind of like they do with Iron Man, even though they nailed the colours with the 80th anniversary figure.
I new board would have been nice too, now that I think about it.