Hey everybody BAM Collectibles here back for another version of authentic versus recast.
Jumping straight in I will tell you this box got wrecked.
It physically looked like somebody looked at this box and said "You know what...this would be
great to sit down on while eating my lunch." By the way thank you all for the
unexpected overwhelming success of Zabuza Death Scene recast versus authentic video that I did last.
My goal with these videos is to give you an up close and
personal experience on when you spend the money to get an authentic statue
made of resin, what it looks like, and when you spend the fraction of the cost
to buy a PVC recasted version what that looks like. This figure that you see actually took 3 months to ship.
After I saw the momentum with the Zabuza Death
scene video I went ahead and pulled the trigger on buying another one and it took that long for this to arrive.
My guess is the delay in
shipment had to do with what's going on all throughout the world currently but it
was a bit disappointing for it to arrive in the condition that it did.
If you can tell inside of the plastic packaging everything is rather loose and it shakes
a little bit when you move it around so that's not gonna be good for the shipping process.
Let me know in the comments below if you have any
experience buying recasted versions of statues and what it was like..Was it good? Was it bad? Did you like it?
We will get into the details later but unfortunately
initially taking this out of the packaging I am a bit concerned.
First let's go ahead and take a look at Ma and Pa's. We'll pop them out of packaging...SORRY take two haha!
Right off the bat here we can see that the right version is the recast
and the left is the authentic they look pretty dang good next to each
other so good job on the recast part for making it look somewhat similar to the original.
You can see how the paint application looks different on these.
The right is more of a flat look while the left has kind of a glossier look to it.
I think that might have to do with my lights but it's also just a way that the
paint sits on top of resin is different from the way that it sits on top of plastic or PVC.
With Ma out of the way we'll go ahead and take a look at Pa.
He has very similar quality. For some reason the left authentic is actually larger
than the right recast. If you look closely the one thing I will say is Pa's
shading and overall coloring is better and you can see here on the right recast
version that is made of PVC plastic so it's bendable while this is made of resin so it has a
harder stone feel to it. Before somebody bust me
up in the comments down below I do know that Pa is Fukasaku and ma is Shima. I'm
I'm just saying Ma and Pa because it is overall easier and that's what they were
referred to in the show when they talked to each other. With these two out of the way
let's go ahead and bring in the base and take a closer look. This is where things
are gonna start to go down hill a little bit. First impressions is they
don't look too bad next to each other. The left authentic dusting or cloud next
to it looks more white which is realistic while the right one does look yellow-ish
The left has the serial code or authentic information
on the bottom there as well as the artwork while the right recast is kind
of hollow on the bottom very lightweight. As expected on the authentic the paint
job is perfect for the rocks. On the Left you'll see a hole that's where a steel
rod in Naruto's foot will go and there's also a magnet impacted in here that's on
Naruto's other foot that will allow him to connect to the base nice and secure.
The dusting part is the exact color that I would imagine in being both white and
grayish and the front Naruto logo on there is made of steel.
Overall which you can 100% rely on being consistent is the quality throughout the resin statues.
Because the base is made of resin it has some more weight to it which allows it
to support such a character standing on it so vertically.
Upon looking at the grooves inside where Naruto's feet are eventually going to go I don't know what
that black piece is that's hanging in there it almost looks like it was ripped
off of something for some reason. You can see the dust effect has a yellowish tint
to it as well as there are some black markings on there my guess is just poor quality control.
This piece does stand behind
Naruto so I'm sure if there's any area for them to skimp details on it would be that part.
Overall this one feels exactly like it costs, it's cheap. I'm not sure
this is gonna even be able to support the weight of Naruto but I guess we will go ahead and find out soon.
For those wondering I did pick up the recasted
version off of eBay for $45 plus $10 shipping
So far though is it worth the price difference between the two not yet I
don't think so but the devil's gonna be in the details as we dive into the face
sculpt of the actual character Naruto in Sage Mode included.
One thing I did forget to mention before is the recasted base does have a huge wobble to it.
While the authentic version is solid not moving at all.
This statue is actually supposed to represent that moment when Naruto returns to the village after his
training and sees the whole village just wrecked by Pain.
First we're gonna be setting the bar high by taking a look at the authentic version of him.
As you can see the pose exactly captures how he looked like when he was standing on top
of Gamakichi when he returned to the village.
The look on his face mixed with the crossing of the arms really captures that serious tone in that moment.
As I mentioned before the foot here does have that
steel rod and over here is a magnet that will help him attach and stay secure to the base.
I really love the sculpting of the scroll. It's really cool on the back
they shaded some of the painting into the leather so it looks real as well as
that metallic looking buckle.
The headband on this one was sculpted
separately so I did have to insert that into the back of his head. For a statue
of a character that is standing still I love the fact that they still were able
to capture how dynamic it is with both the way that his cloak is moving and also his headband.
Buckle up because here is where we will be able to see how the difference in
quality is so vast between the two. First off I don't know if it's his head,
headband or hair but something is making his head look awfully large.
That mixed with the fact that the eyes are just off for some reason.
Moving down to the crossed arms if you look at the hands and it just looks like one large blob.
This one's kind of hovering above the hand not even resting completely on the arm.
I'm not sure if my camera is capturing it but there's actually two
different skin tones used here as well as the paint application is so sloppy.
There's also a molding line there on the shoulder.
Just like the dusting cloud there's a little bit of black marking on his leg for some reason.
Unlike the authentic to attach them to the base you just have these two small plastic pegs. This one's mutilated.
Again the paint job for the skin tone is just so sloppy.
As I mentioned before these are some molding lines that happen when you're casting a
statue and then there's also some paint issues on the black part of his cloak.
The leather strap on this one doesn't even look like leather it's just all one
color and then the outside of the scrolls there's just kind of pink look
to it it's just again just extremely sloppy paint jobs on both sides.
To get them both in focus to showcase them side-by-side it's gonna be a little bit difficult but I'll do my best to show them off
Putting these both side-by-side you can really see how the difference in quality is so severe.
I really really hope that this kind of video does help to inform you on what
you're getting into when you're buying a recasted version of something.
Jeez it's not even connecting to the base properly.
Well there you have it one stands tall the other falls hard.
Let's take a look and see why this isn't exactly holding into place. The left peg on the foot the
one that was it mutilated does fit perfectly fine but it's like I have to
stretch the legs all the way over to the right for it to hold into place and it still doesn't want to hold.
At this point I think the only feasible way that I'll
get him to stand up straight and attach to the base is to use some super glue on his feet.
Gamakichi does not approve of this recast. I do want to be transparent
with you in the thumbnail and the title of the video I said $450 versus $45.
It's $450 for everything you see here. Gamakichi, Ma, Pa, Sage Mode Naruto, the seperate base.
He also, if you remove these two little parts on top of Gamakichi's head we
can mount Naruto on top of there so it looks exactly like the scene from the
show when he arrived back to Konoha village. Please let me know in the
comments below if this video was helpful for you and also if you want to see a part 3 of authentic vs. recast.
As always everybody do what you love and love what you do!
BAM out haha!