Chunk’s face on that replica is way too square-ish. It’s a clear rectangle in the movie, but it’s a much shorter rectangle on the toy, which loses it big marks for accuracy. It makes the whole character look different.
I think Sparks looks a little cheap compared to the other too. He looks like a toy you find in the cheap and nasty shops. Maybe that’s the intention, I don’t know. He looks far better in the trailers though.
kyle,seeing as you wasn’t going to mention it but did anyway. A replica is a copy of an original regardless of size. Everything that follows that first original painting, figure whatever, is a copy, replica. Therefore even buddys are replicas because they have an original cast of which all others follow. For replicas of the movie you would have to use either prop or exact as a prefix. Pedantic I know but there you have it.
I know this thread was set up for scale Copies or props but the odd toy here and there doesn’t hurt. I would rather it appear here or the tsc thread than have yet another new thread started. It was nice when all was contained in the one spot. Two is quite enough I think.
Replica meaning a doppleganger.
If the Toy Story collection buzz lightyear was used as a prop in a movie, (unmodified) those of us who have him would own a prop replica.
Master Replicas makes Prop Replicas of lightsabers from star wars.
In the star wars films, the lightsabers were mostly constructed off found objects such as flash handles, bubble lenses from old calculators, etc. If you have all those parts, and assemble. You have a Replica, from Found Items.
Things like buddy packs, while extremely cool, are caleld Stylized versions of characters, and they are what they are.
I know we’re just debating semantics here, but with that logic, literally every everything that has been manufactured is a replica, which makes even using the term pointless. size isn’t even what I was getting when I say the buddy pack line arent replicas. Its the proportions. There are a such thing as scaled replicas, they are often even marketed as such, but you’ll never see something like the buddy packs labeled as a replica. unless maybe someone made a new cast of the toys themselves, then I guess you could say they were replicas of that particular toy. But in the context of this thread, the point of reference has always been the movies. screen used props, or in this case characters.
Edit: Tyler here probably put it better than I did.
In the definition of the word we are all right. It’s about the context in which it is used. Used in some ways your right, the word is pointless.That’s why I chose the word pedantic.Now that’s over with…
Edit: upon re-reading my previous post I come over as rather aggressive and rude to you kyle. That was not my intention. So just let me say sorry if you took it that way.
wampar i think you should draw the Buzz from TS1 on your Etch a Sketch.
Finding the three new TS3 guys yesterday inspired me, and I spent last night finally modifying my Zurg sippy cup, which I have had since 2000-2001. I had previously turned the cup portion upside down and put a spool of black thread between, then displayed him behind other things to hide his body.
I had decided awhile ago to sculpt a new body for the cup topper. Last night I started doing the sculpt, then came to the realization that I didn’t want to dedicate too much time or energy because I have a very strong feeling that we will have a TSC Zurg by the end of the year (just a gut feeling.) So I decided instead to try and find a somewhat accurately sized cup or vase. What I found was a tupperware pitcher. The black middle part is a blob of sculpey with a thin clear hose glued around the outside then painted black. The base is a tupperware pitcher with about two inches cut off of the lip, then painted purple. I had to repaint Zurg’s upper body as well to match the base color.
I’m pretty happy with how he turned out, especially in comparison to how little I had to do to make him passable. He is just a hair small, but much larger than anything that has been sold to date.
Also, I started work on my Troikas. If you look on the blocks in the group shot, there is a preview of the two small ones completed.
A Zurg! Now your just showing off. lol. Great work as always Wampar. Are you making the Troikas yourself? I tried but found them to hard to shape on a larger scale. I tried to source some but just came up with the nesting dolls or single ornamental eggs. Always nice to see your work. Keep it coming.
Oh no, no sculpting with them. I found a set of blank wooden nesting eggs on ebay. Someone much earlier in this thread found and posted a picture of the same set. I had already ordered mine by then, but the person I ordered from had them on backorder and claimed to not be able to get more from Russia because of the Iceland volcano. Well, they finally came in about two weeks ago, and have been sitting on the shelf waiting for me to find inspriation.
The tallest one will be approximately 4.5 inches…which should be pretty close to the right size. And this picture is not the exact set I got, just simliar. The ones I have have the little base, but not nearly as tall of a base.
Excellent. Thanks for the info. I tried ebay and came up a blank. I will have to try again.
Nice Zurg, only prob is his bottom is a bit too fat.
That came out wrong.
Oh, I know…trust me…like I said, he is just to tide me over until we get final and official word from Thinkway about Wave 3 of the Toy Story Collection…is he is not a part of it I will revisit the lower body. But I can’t imagine them doing a third wave and not having Zurg be a part of it. And I didn’t want to wait because the collection doesn’t feel complete without Zurg. It is why I also broke out my old crappy Bullseye. He is taking the space that my TSC Bullseye will go into when the time comes, but it was just feeling incomplete without him being represented.
Zurg actually looks perfect to me. I don;t think he’s too small at all. I figured he was supposed to be about the same size as Buzz, since they look like they share the same arm molds. -Omar
That old Bullseye looks kinda like a donkey. Donkeys ftw!
I have seen a ts3 Ken and Barbie gift set online. In one picture Ken looks pretty close to the movie version. Yet in another online store the head sculpt is not even close. So far I have seen three types of head online. Does anyone own this set here? I dont want to order one without being sure what head sculpt Ken has.
Thats some kickass work Tommy.
Pay no attention to the kid who posted rude crap.
The Zurg looks amazing, and is truly the most accurate Zurg. The “ball stickers” look GOOD and give a ton of depth. The whole thing looks awesome, and looks VERY well done for a cup topper, lots of crisp details.
The Troikas Look awesome!
Kids won’t get that. Besides it’s pretty funny.
TheClaw, the Ken and Barbie are both VERY off. Ken does have the 1983 headsculpt, but the paint is very off- it looks nothing like the real Animal Lovin Ken. You’re far far better off in finding a real ALK or any other brown haired 1983 headmold Ken and redressing him in one of the outfits seen in the film. I went with the 1991 Rock Star outfit (still have to find the pants).
Personally, I would never waste my time with the garbage Mattel is pushing -Omar
Thanks for the heads up. I have my eye on an 83 Ken on eBay. Wrong costume of course but I can work on that.
In fairness Mattel kinda have to make the toys more appealing for girls nowadays. The 70’s style dolls won’t appeal to them anymore. It’s the collectors who want them.