Facepalm: There are many very spectacular, and really costly, statues based mostly on online game characters that can be purchased. One such figurine that falls into the latter class however not the previous is the Tekken 8 ‘Fist Meets Destiny’ figurine, which does not look very like the rendered photographs proven on the web site.
A Tekken 8 fan going by the deal with Chaolan_Enjoyer posted pictures of the statue (as highlighted by PC Gamer) on Reddit, asking if it constitutes false promoting. The $220 determine depicts Jin Kazama dealing with off in opposition to Kazuya Mishima on a rubble-strewn avenue.
Evaluating the statue to the pictures on the field and the web site, there’s fairly a discrepancy between them.
The shop web page boasts of the figurine being “extremely detailed,” and it does look that approach, particularly Kazuya’s face. It actually seems just like the sort of merchandise any Tekken fan would respect.
Sadly, the precise product seems extra like a kind of ‘If you order from Want’ memes. Poor Jin seems as if he is overdone it with an Instagram smoothing/de-aging filter. There’s additionally an obvious lack of eyebrows, giving him an eerily related look to King of the Hill’s Boomhauer.
Kazuya is not significantly better, sporting a complexion that appears like he is been sandblasted. The actual fact they really painted his widow’s peak onto his forehead like some sort of bizarre tattoo is one other spotlight.
The finer particulars of the garments are additionally absent. It is all actually a disappointment, particularly at this value.
A commenter confirmed that this is not some sort of one-off manufacturing defect, both. They posted a photograph of the identical statue in all its shoddiness. Considerably cheekily, the Bandai Namco retailer warns that it is a restricted run of solely 888 models, so greatest transfer quick if you wish to safe one.
The Japanese gaming big will probably level to a disclaimer on the shop web page that confirms what’s proven are 3D renders of the statue and never contractual photographs. Most individuals would probably take into account that warning fairly obscure, or a minimum of assume that the render is a good illustration of the ultimate product. Caveat emptor, it appears.
