Upcoming SHF Avengers figures

I've started noticing some upcoming S.H. Figuarts Avengers figures are showing up on Instagram. It looks like we'll be getting some more of the characters to help finish making up the team.

I was hoping that they would do a Captain Marvel, but now that I'm seeing photos, my excitement has lessened. This figure does NOT look like Brie Larson to me. In classic SHF style, sometimes they get the face sculpt right, other times it's just off. This one looks very off to me:

Looking at the comparison photo with her actual face and the figure, yes, it's definitely off. The eyebrows need to be brought in more, colored darker, the lips seem to have this odd gap in the front, and it could benefit from some shading. That sucks because otherwise, the body looks great!

Ok, next one. Nebula. This one looks GREAT IMO. The face sculpt absolutely looks like Karen Gillan to me. This may be one I'd consider getting. I always liked Nebula, she was a fun anti-hero.

Next up is Winter Soldier's Bucky. I had just read on a forum somewhere, a few days ago, that a poster had hoped they'd release a Winter Soldier Bucky. Well looks like we're getting one. I think it looks decent. I like this MUCH better than the Infinity War Bucky we got, the face on that one was just bad! This one looks more like Sebastian Stan, right down to his longer hair and stubble from his part in that flick. And Captain America also looks good. Since he's wearing a mask, it seems that they have less room to mess up his face (which was just weird on the Infinity War figure).

Loki. He looks GREAT! That face sculpt is absolutely Tom Hiddleston! And the details on his suit look great as well. I can't tell from this photo if his cape will be cloth or plastic. I'm really hoping for cloth. Their plastic capes tend to look nice but mostly just get in the way of the sculpt.

The last figure I've seen is Scarlett Witch. This one is also pretty decent. The face sculpt isn't bad. It looks a lot like Elizabeth Olsen to me. They could make her eyes a little bigger to really nail the look, but from what I see on this, it's passable.

But really, with Figuarts, you can't always judge the photos from the actual figure, and in some cases, the final product tends to be different than the promo pics. Sometimes improved, sometimes not (e.g. Gamera 99, the promo pics had his face sculpt and paint looking flawless, the actual figures I've seen others get have sloppy paint on the bottom row of teeth that make it stand out). We'll have to see how these Avengers end up coming out. There's a few I might pick up.

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