JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:Emerje wrote:I don't think Hasbro really cares if they're specifically decapitated or just have their faces removed in the movies. By making the faces removable it spares the ball joint from wearing out, or worse, breaking. Leaving the eyes behind just makes them easier to paint, and they don't really look like eyes on their own anyway and it makes the faces look properly lifeless.
Emerje
I agree, the only way we'll ever know for sure is if the question was put to the studio series designers.
@Deadput it's okay to say that there's other ways to do it, but it doesn't change the point that this method is an inefficient way to construct a head. There's no point I can see, no benefit, to having the head built this way compared to normal style
Lightpiping maybe? If it wasn't for just the pupils being translucent (in addition to other parts that may impact other modes), I'd say that's a possibility.
I would like to think that sometime during production these experienced designers would have noticed that the part with the eyes on it is right up against they're hunchbacked body and there's no possible way for it to draw light and never would have let it go that far into the process. Plus it's not like any other light piped figures have readily removable faces, they're always screwed or glued on. The two guys that have their heads removed in the movies have their faces removable on their figures, that can't be a coincidence.
Emerje