Penny Dreadful figures

My Dorian and Vanessa figures arrived today, and I immediately took Dorian out of the box to get a look. There are a couple flaws in the existing paint job, particularly around the hair:



Here you can see a flesh-colored spot in the hair that would suggest an ear if it weren't so far down. It's also more chippy-looking in real life than my cellphone could capture.



Here you can see a little better that the paint is less than perfect around the wispy bits around the face. There's also a streak in the fringe near the part line where you can still see the skin color through the hair, creating the illusion of a white or grey streak.



Better shot of the pale streak.

For articulation, I'm actually surprised by how many points there are. The head is on a ball-jointed neck, so it can go up and down and tilt side to side. It does not swivel very well, though, and you can't really turn the head to, say, look over the shoulder. Both shoulders are ball joints, and when they first came out of the box, they were so stiff that all you could really do was swivel the arm. When I tried to raise the arm out to the side, the whole arm popped right off from the shoulder socket.

HOWEVER: it popped right back in, and once I did that, I got a much better range of motion. I suspect that the joints are gummy and if I were to disassemble him, clean him thoroughly and reassemble him, all of the joints would work better.

The elbows are nicely articulated and can be bent in and out, as well as swiveled 360 degrees. There are swivel joints at the solar plex, waist, and both thighs. Knees are as articulated as the elbows, and there are joints in each ankle, allowing the feet to be raised, lowered, turned in, and turned out. It took very little effort to pose him sitting in a half-lotus pose.

Which may be the pose I have to keep him in, because there was no base included and his coat tails are so heavy, he can barely stand.

All in all, I'm not really disappointed with my purchase. I'd give him a 7/10. It'd be more if they had made the coat less heavy or included a base.

I just bought the Dorian Grey and Vanessa Ives figures, and am planning to use Vanessa to make myself a 6" Madame Vastra from Doctor Who. I can post some pictures and my first impression when they arrive if you like. ?

Cool! Pics would be great! I went ahead and picked up a Dorian Grey fig and my first impression is they aren't Marvel Legends or anything but they're not bad. No plans at the moment for him but he looked to be the most normal/sorta modern looking one. He might work for a good western custom. Thanks for the response!

my friend said that he bought for a custom but as oon as he started to pose it the arm broke off like t

Aww man that sux! Nothing like a figure that you can only order online being damaged and you have to jump through all those hoops to replace it as opposed to just walking into a store. But thanks for the response!