My first thought on 1:2 scale is its really different. It is MASSIVE and will completely dwarf any collectibles you have near it and make them look completely irrelevant lol.
This piece in hand has in my opinion the best likeness of any actor from any license I have ever seen.
The paint app on this thing is insane! I have never seen anything like it. I really wish I had a better camera because it looks even better in person. The likeness is dead-on, the camera distorts the shape a bit. I have never seen any company capable of doing shading like this for their flesh tones. It is made out of resin so parts of it look semi-translucent under certain condition which makes it look even more life-like.
When you get in close and hit the piece with a camera flash, you can actually see they even painted beard stubble on it!
At $2K there are certain details that I think a piece should have in the facial detail department and this piece has all of them! Sideshow could never pull off something like this.
The suit itself is really awesome, and really has a shiny effect to it under lighting. I think they achieved this by painting the body itself silver like Hot Toys did with theirs, when light penetrates the suit it just shoots the light back giving it the shimmering effect like is seen on screen. Unfortunately my camera doesn't really pick it up.
The hands themselves are almost as awesome as the face. There is detail like I've never seen before, including veins and wrinkles. The knuckles also have a slightly reddish hue added to them like real human hands.
The only thing I feel slightly disappointed with is the base, which after seeing all of the amazing detail of the figure feels kind of plain. The paint quality is phenomenal like I would expect from Prime 1, but I just wish they would have picked something a little more exciting.
At $2K I definitely have more thoughts and opinions about this than I would a normal $400-$500 statue. My favorite viewing distance from this is about 5-6 feet away. It really gives you a sense of the sheer size of this thing. The only slight negative I would say is when you get closer to it that somehow diminishes the size of this and it becomes more apparent that it is a little over 3 feet tall. Although, I do see that as a slight negative, when you get really close the details of the face and suit also become much more apparent and your focus changes from the size of it to the details. When you get in really close you can even see they sculpted pores in his face!!!
I literally have never seen details like that from any company ever! Its so amazing!
But the big question is, is this worth $2K? Hmm... I don't know. I think its worth far more than anything I've ever seen from SS, but deep down I think a PF is really only worth $250-$300 max. I'll pay more for certain characters I like, or for characters I really like from a license that I want to collect more of, but I really don't think they are worth anywhere near what they are charging. So what do I think this is worth, I really can't say after such a short period of time. I've stared at this more than any other piece I've ever received, and I'm discovering new details daily. I do absolutely love it though!
1:2 Batman will be arriving next week Friday as long as I don't run into any hiccups along the way.