What was the source of the out of box photo to begin with? Was it not the same as the place the stock boxed photos came from?
Randomhero wrote:That is certainly not a stock image
Ejects thighs should be the same color as his arms. They’re on the same mold sheet. It also looks like whoever made that missed a spot on the left hand
Why would somebody photoshopping it not just turn all of the gray parts black since that's how the original figure did it? Strange to do such a tedious job and then only do the thighs black. Thighs could just be painted. The spot on the left hand is the bottom of Blaster's leg.
Jeddostotle7 wrote:That, plus as someone else pointed out the triangles on his hips in the packaged shot are black while in the "out of box" shot they're the same grey as the trapezoids they're sculpted on (on Blaster they were the same red as the trapezoids);
Stock photos often have slight difference from final figures, this doesn't mean anything.
in addition, the rectangles/trapezoids on his hips themselves in the actual boxed image are of a darker grey than the grey used on the body, while in the """out of box""" shot, they're both the same grey (just like how on Blaster both the rectangles/trapezoids on his hips and his upper body were the same shade of red).
They're the same color in the box, they're just catching different light since his crotch is sticking out further.
Add to that that it has that unmistakable look of having been color-edited (the shadowed areas on a given bit of the figure having incorrect shading/contrast for what you'd expect of that plastic color compared to other plastic colors on it), and I think we can be confident the ostensible "out of box" image is actually just a digibash someone did of Kingdom/Legacy Blaster mocking up what SG Blaster would look like.
Just looks like there's a very bright light over the top of it messing up the shadows.
Sure, it could be a photoshop, but if it is one it's a pretty great one and they have me fooled because I'm not seeing any of the usual telltale signs that can't be explained away. It's not like when Fun Pub would digibash their exclusives. The only thing that doesn't look quite right is Rewind's shoulder pads, but again that could just be wonky lighting.
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