I always liked the BAF figure of Ares. But, until the new batch of big Thor figures came out, he was to big.
I always wanted a shorter one to fit in with my WM Thor and Beta Ray Bill. WWE British Bulldog was a perfect height to match.
Lots of sculpting, painting and TLC and here he is. Fits perfect with the shorter ML's of the past!
anyway, as you probably already know, I'm pretty friggin particular about anatomy and figures, so I'll just tell you right now that yours here IS better. you needn't try to justify anything. again it's a perfect example of companies not being able to comprehend that fans would often prefer that they just do something this well - this accurately. its not about being bigger and getting more plastic.
nice work - definitely a betterment!
~phin
and you know what else, a lot of these new Thors are too big too, if we're being honest. they screw up the scale on everything else.
So much better than Hasbro's