NEW PRODUCT: GACTOYS: 1/6 European beauty star head carving [A, B, C, D, 4 models] [GC034]

The following 4 photos are taken with the phone






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She looks familiar but I'm blanking out... Gal Gadot? Not bad, but maybe not the best either -- the expression is just specific enough to either work or get in the way. But it is always nice to have options.

The scalpless profile is definitely Gadot.
Can't believe they didn't offer a version with long, wavy black hair. They already have those with their Asian heads!

The sculpt itself is nicely crafted, but... I dunno, what is it with these Gal Gadot heads? The face just seems... oversized, somehow, none of those hairstyles look right with it. Her face just seems to loom large out from under the hair. I don't want to sound like I'm picking on her, but it isn't that it's this particular model, either - I've got another, different 'big-faced'    GG sculpt.


DISCLAIMER: Of course here it could just be a bit of awful photoshopping. If they offered the face part on it's own then I'd happily scout around for some suitable voluminous hair.

Some faces are just really hard to capture in 1/6 scale, I think. Note the gazillions of Polaris sculpts, none of which seem to accurately reflect the actress. ;p

Yeah true, it's hard enough to define what makes a face attractive in the flesh to each individual eye, never mind try and capture it in a sculpt.

this is the best Gal we have had yet IMHO, and that says alot about the others. we will have to see if the in hand is any good. might get one if it's good enough.

There's a beautiful Gal Gadot Wonder Woman sculpt by Sean Dabbs, which is made specifically to accommodate rooted hair being added to it. Though of course that is a custom and not really fair to compare to mass produced ones, but I thought I'd mention as it's prob one of the better sculpts of her that I've encountered, at least.

GeeWillikers wrote:The sculpt itself is nicely crafted, but... I dunno, what is it with these Gal Gadot heads? The face just seems... oversized, somehow, none of those hairstyles look right with it. Her face just seems to loom large out from under the hair. I don't want to sound like I'm picking on her, but it isn't that it's this particular model, either - I've got another, different 'big-faced'    GG sculpt.


DISCLAIMER: Of course here it could just be a bit of awful photoshopping. If they offered the face part on it's own then I'd happily scout around for some suitable voluminous hair.

I agree the face looks oversized with those hairstyles. Maybe the sculptor designed it to be proportioned to the larger HT WW bodies, to be a suitable replacement to the unflattering HT sculpt.

I received the GAC-024C (Anne Hathaway) and the hair scalp came off as it wasn't glued to the head and I had to use adhesive putty.
Not sure its just a fluke but i'm pretty sure you won't have any difficulty prying off the haired scalp from GAC heads.

rollotomasi wrote:

GeeWillikers wrote:The sculpt itself is nicely crafted, but... I dunno, what is it with these Gal Gadot heads? The face just seems... oversized, somehow, none of those hairstyles look right with it. Her face just seems to loom large out from under the hair. I don't want to sound like I'm picking on her, but it isn't that it's this particular model, either - I've got another, different 'big-faced'    GG sculpt.


DISCLAIMER: Of course here it could just be a bit of awful photoshopping. If they offered the face part on it's own then I'd happily scout around for some suitable voluminous hair.

I agree the face looks oversized with those hairstyles. Maybe the sculptor designed it to be proportioned to the larger HT WW bodies, to be a suitable replacement to the unflattering HT sculpt.

I received the GAC-024C (Anne Hathaway) and the hair scalp came off as it wasn't glued to the head and I had to use adhesive putty.
Not sure its just a fluke but i'm pretty sure you won't have any difficulty prying off the haired scalp from GAC heads.

Looking at the pics again, it looks more and more like badly-proportioned cut'n' paste photoshop - the hairstyles are common to other GAC sculpts, so it seems they just 'shopped the pics of the face onto some other older promo shots they already had lying around, without getting the size ratios exactly right.

That makes this one definitely one to wait for in-hand photos of before buying, I think.

I'm not entirely put off, because I like the actual face itself and I quite like GAC's products usually, so I'll wait and see.

I'm not sure if this is Gal Gadot or lady Gaga

rollotomasi wrote:I received the GAC-024C (Anne Hathaway) and the hair scalp came off as it wasn't glued to the head and I had to use adhesive putty.
Not sure its just a fluke but i'm pretty sure you won't have any difficulty prying off the haired scalp from GAC heads.

I think I received the same Anne head, and I can confirm that the haired scalp is quite easily removable, I imagine on purpose.

Yeah, I can see Gal there now she's mentioned, but I was stumped at first sight.

There's a seller's own pic of one of these up on Ebay and it looks much better than the promo pic.





Definitely poorly-scaled photoshopping in those promo pics above, if you ask me.

Wow, that does look gorgeous. Very real. Great find!

Oh wow, that's reallly nice looking in-hand. I'm super tempted, now!

That seller's pics tend to make sculpts look a little washed-out and overly-yellowish if I remember rightly, and GAC sculpts tend to be more on the pink-ish side in the 'flesh', so take that into consideration.

Yeah, good point to bear in mind. Though for me, skintone is very rarely an issue since more often than not I tend to be scouting for potential SW alien ladies, so most heads I pick up will end up (drastically) repainted in some way. ;p

The hardest thing for me when it comes to choosing heads for my projects seems to be finding heads that not only have the right face shape for what I want, but that also have at least some slight ‘expression’ to the eyes and mouth that will give them a bit of character. But not *too* specific (or silly) an expression to limit versatility, either. So whenever I see something that has that, it definitely piques my interest.

She does look good, maybe good for a Diana Prince more than a full on WW though.

GeeWillikers wrote:There's a seller's own pic of one of these up on Ebay and it looks much better than the promo pic.

Definitely poorly-scaled photoshopping in those promo pics above, if you ask me.

GORGEOUS!!!
Question now is what hair style best complements the resemblance... B or D?
I wish D's hair was much darker.

Here's a couple more in-hand pics where it looks 100 times better than Gac's promo pics, this time from GianToy:





Looks different again, but it's definitely the same model.

That's odd... squarer jaws on those pics.
I hope the previous ebay pic you posted is the one we'll be receiving.

Yes, it's odd how different it looks again, isn't it?

I've had no reason to distrust the ebay seller concerned before, but GianToy are equally (if not more) trustworthy. Although I've noticed that 'elongated' quality to the ebay seller's pics before with other sculpts. GianToy have it listed as in stock at a reasonable price, so I'll probably order one from them soon.

When I'll receive it though is anyone's guess - the UK postal system seems to have gone haywire in the last few months with overseas items taking as much as two months to reach me now where previously it would take two or three weeks at the most. I know what I blame for that, but I won't drag us into the cesspit of UK politics.

Both images show a nice sculpt, but yeah, oddly different. Curious to see more in-hand pics for sure.

I’m guessing the elongated effect of the eBay seller has to do with foreshortening. The photo was taken too close to the subject.