frogboy4
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Thanks Ryan. I really wish they'd open these up to more than just one artist, but I have a feeling that this guy is the one who got these made in the first place. That's a good thing.I already emailed you, Jamie... but you never, ever cease to amaze me. Your Pepe is 100 times better than the one actually being produced.
I will agree with you though that I'm not disappointed with all of them at all. The selection alone is enough to please me and the designs are very well done... they could obviously use some improvement though, as Jamie's design shows.
And by the by... that Waldo chaser is fantastic! SO wonderful.
My grades on S2 one by one:
Janice: B- Near perfect fusion of character, likeness and form
Dr. Teeth: C Fair likeness, face should rest lower on the form, problematic hat should either be accessory or hat on one Mickey ear with the feather on the other.
Floyd: B- Nice fusion of character, likeness and form. Cool hat.
Lew: C- Cool fish, weird lips, face should rest lower on form with mustache at the nose ridge.
Penguin: C+ Difficult solutions, but approximately what I would have done.
Pepe: F This thing, from likeness to implementation, is unattractive. I'd want it as a completist only.
FM Piggy:C+ Better likeness than S1. I like how the nose is closer to the eyes, but I'd pull the face and hair down so that the nose ridges lined up. Otherwise, it's beautiful.
Strangepork: C+ Same as FM Piggy
Link: C+ Same as Strangepork and FM Piggy
Scooter: D I'd pull the whole face down, paint the ears on the head and paint some hair in the Mickey ears.
Zoot: D The whole likeness is off and the sunglasses don't rest on the nose. Nice hat.
Waldo: C- It's just weird, but still cool that they tackled it at all! I like the clear sculpt (that adds expense) yet I'd retrofit the face with more finesse.
I'm thankful for this and all Muppet product. I critique because I've been there and understand this at every level of production. Some items will never get a better grade than a C+ because of issues inherent with form and likeness, but as I've demonstrated with Pepe - it can be done with polish.
I'm thinking Crazy Harry, Lips and Suggs will be in Series Three. Let's just hope that's not another year away!