Really Can't Bring Myself To Like This

Hot Toys revealed their next MMS offering last Friday and it is a non-surprising Loki based on Thor The Dark World movie. Given the popularity of Tom Hiddleston for his portrayal of the character, this figure release is already in the list of Hot Toys MMS line even if the new costume design doesn't have any significant difference in comparison to the one in the Avengers.

What's should be interesting and something look forward to in this release is the improved headsculpt. But looking on these photos, it turns out to be a total disappointment for us who have high expectations on it. Look, is that Tom Hiddleston to you? Looks like somebody cosplaying Loki. It really doesn't even  look close. I would even say that the previously released Avengers Loki headsculpt is much better. That one is a bit closer to Tom's likeness. Sure this new one got that nice realistic wrinkles and texture details, but you can't really say that it supposed to be the actor.

My expectations are based on what we've seen in their recent announcements, like The Wolverine MMS, Alfred Pennyworth, or Thor from The Dark World. Those figures have satisfying headsculpts, which means they can do a lot better than this. It's really hard to imagine this one next to the Thor TDW MMS, cause it would seem like the actor Tom Hiddleston was replaced in the 2nd Thor movie due to budget constraint.

And more, the costume design itself isn't movie accurate here and there. So it's really frustrating, especially to those like me who doesn't have the Avengers version and waiting for a better release. I would really love to get me one Loki MMS and still convincing myself that this is good enough. But no matter how I look at the photos, I really can't bring myself to like this. Turns out that the Avengers version is a lot better. I am actually thinking of hunting that one, instead of getting this.

The 1/6th scale Loki Collectible Figure specially features:

• Authentic and detailed fully realized likeness of Tom Hiddleston as Loki in Thor: The Dark World 
• Movie-accurate facial expression with detailed wrinkles and skin texture
• Black hair sculpture
• Body with over 30 points of articulations 
• Approximately 32 cm tall 
• Six (6) pieces of interchangeable palms including: 
• One (1) pair of partially clenched palms
• One (1) pair of relaxed palms
• One (1) right palm for holding dagger
• One (1) left open palm
• Each piece of head sculpt is specially hand-painted 

Costume:

• One (1) black long vest with leather-like materials and bronze-colored armor
• One (1) long-sleeve leather-like black and green long coat with bronze-colored armor and strap
• One (1) leather-like pants with patterns
• One (1) pair of black boots

Weapon:

• One (1) dagger

Accessories:

• One (1) pair of handcuffs with chains
• One (1) pair of legcuffs with chains
• One (1) neck collar with chains
• Figure stand with Loki nameplate and the movie logo

Special Version – Bonus Accessory (for selected markets only):

• One (1) 1/6th scale Aether

This is just the prototype and I'm still hoping that Hot Toys would later redo the headsculpt. And if they did the likeness to Tom correctly, it doesn't matter if there are some inaccuracy on the costume, my money will be on them. But right now, this is a no-no for me.

For those who are interested, Hot Toys Thor The Dark World - 1/6th Scale Loki Movie Masterpiece is scheduled to be released on Q2-Q3 of 2014. Hot Toys Japan listed it as September 2014 release and retails for 25,000 yen. Sideshow has it for 239.99 USD. You may also check out these online shops for preorder - Figmation | HLJ | Hobby Search | Amiami

Below are the official photos (by Hot Toys)