Shark arrived today...pics

Shark arrived!




Little SHARK that came with Gijoe Sharks surprise set...

Going to need a bigger knife

Wolf_Soldier64 wrote:

Going to need a bigger knife

Now that's the shark the 'Joe set SHOULD have had!

Thanks guys!

Does anyone else think that shark looks a bit "friendly" in the face?
I think it's that smiley mouth.

Wolf_Soldier64 wrote:

Going to need a bigger knife

Good one, Wolfie!!!


I dunno, I don't think he looks all that friendly... I think he makes a nice looking shark and definitely has the size you were looking for, sadly (for your frogmen).

I think Kev has the right idea. A little paint work could make him a lot more fearsome.

Glad he arrived safely, Jim, nice pics!!!

In the first pic the shark looks like it's come up to receive a little McHappy Meal treat from the diver rather than a sharp knife to the face.
GWS are NOT noted for their delicate eating style, nor their adaption to hand-feeding as in orcas. They are supposed to be SCARY!  
It would be a shame to get such a good shark body-wise and size-wise only to have the face "Disney-fied".
Notice how much better it looks in the shot where the mouth is all but hidden by the unfortunate wetsuited figures body?

I had the exact same problem with a proper 1/6 scale horse I bought that had a body that was perfect in every way but the dumbest cutesie-poo expression on its face and female glamour eyes complete with eye-shadow and long curled lashes. Took me a little while but I remodelled it to something more approximating a real horse.
I think the fixing the shark would be far easier, just using paint....and give a very scary result.

I also did some work on my own shark to make it more realistic.
(Coincidentally mine took so long to get here I had to remind the seller (in China) several times that he still owed me a shark. It went over the "open a case" time frame so I was getting a little worried. Eventually though it did arrive.)

THIS is the one I bought, although it may not be the cheapest place to buy it from. Prices vary hugely!

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/EDAGE-1-12-Scale-Great-58cm-White-Shark-Figure-Dinosaurs-Model-Art-IN-STOCK/273082617556?

Great addition and pics Jim A skj said, Joe should have had that size when first released

LeStryge wrote:

In the first pic the shark looks like it's come up to receive a little McHappy Meal treat from the diver rather than a sharp knife to the face.
GWS are NOT noted for their delicate eating style, nor their adaption to hand-feeding as in orcas. They are supposed to be SCARY!  
It would be a shame to get such a good shark body-wise and size-wise only to have the face "Disney-fied".
Notice how much better it looks in the shot where the mouth is all but hidden by the unfortunate wetsuited figures body?

I had the exact same problem with a proper 1/6 scale horse I bought that had a body that was perfect in every way but the dumbest cutesie-poo expression on its face and female glamour eyes complete with eye-shadow and long curled lashes. Took me a little while but I remodelled it to something more approximating a real horse.
I think the fixing the shark would be far easier, just using paint....and give a very scary result.

I also did some work on my own shark to make it more realistic.
(Coincidentally mine took so long to get here I had to remind the seller (in China) several times that he still owed me a shark. It went over the "open a case" time frame so I was getting a little worried. Eventually though it did arrive.)

THIS is the one I bought, although it may not be the cheapest place to buy it from. Prices vary hugely!

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/EDAGE-1-12-Scale-Great-58cm-White-Shark-Figure-Dinosaurs-Model-Art-IN-STOCK/273082617556?

Cool looking sharks you posted!
I know what your saying but for $13.77 I'm happy...

Blondeactionman wrote:

Great addition and pics Jim  A skj said, Joe should have had that size when first released

Thanks! Yep should of been that size for sure...

inntruderr61 wrote:

Shark arrived!




Little SHARK that came with Gijoe Sharks surprise set...

Shark-tastic pictures Jim.

Thanks Alex...

I'm thinking this shark was more geared toward young kids..With the
way the mouth and teeth are shaped there LeStryge...
I noticed the teeth are to close together for one...lol
But like I said, for $13.77 I'm happy...lol


Don't let those baby teeth fool ya this is  one hungry shark!

inntruderr61 wrote:

But like I said, for $13.77 I'm happy...lol

Yours was a WAY better deal than I had to pay for mine.
I wasn't meaning to be critical of your version as a whole, I think the rest of the body is good, and certainly a major improvement on that pathetic little tiddler from the original release.
What I was suggesting was some simple ways it could be made to appear more threatening and lifelike just around the mouth.
Sort of a kitbash really.
My own needed a few little tweaks with paint on mouth and pectoral fins to achieve an appearance more akin to the real thing.

Looks the business inntruderr !!!

Wouldn't worry bout the teeth too much.
Get the milliput and paints out and you'll easily sharpen that snarl.

For under 15 dollars that's a great prop to have.

Remove the teeth and make it a Basking Shark.

Because basking sharks are bigger than great whites.

LeStryge wrote:

inntruderr61 wrote:

But like I said, for $13.77 I'm happy...lol

Yours was a WAY better deal than I had to pay for mine.
I wasn't meaning to be critical of your version as a whole, I think the rest of the body is good, and certainly a major improvement on that pathetic little tiddler from the original release.
What I was suggesting was some simple ways it could be made to appear more threatening and lifelike just around the mouth.
Sort of a kitbash really.
My own needed a few little tweaks with paint on mouth and pectoral fins to achieve an appearance more akin to the real thing.

That's ok... ...No problem...
I'm not very creative with paints etc...lol
So afraid i'd mess it up instead of improving...lol

Thanks Dreadnought!
Thanks SCU_HQ..

No teeth shark... It would gum Gijoe to death...

I'd be okay with the Pygmy Shark Surprise, but I have to say what has really always bothered me about the Hasbro shark is the big groove cut around it from the twist-tie packaging.




So, have you thought of giving him a name?

gibri wrote:

So, have you thought of giving him a name?

How could it be anything but "BRUCE"?

gibri wrote:

I'd be okay with the Pygmy Shark Surprise, but I have to say what has really always bothered me about the Hasbro shark is the big groove cut around it from the twist-tie packaging.

Watch this footage of just such an incident you describe,.....in real life!
Notice that the mark seems to fade after the removal.
(Start at around .50 to avoid the talking heads.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_rEo7C3yUs

inntruderr61 wrote:

I'm not very creative with paints etc...
So afraid i'd mess it up instead of improving...

Nonsense Jim!
Have a go, ...never know what you can do until you try!
And truly, you CAN'T "mess it up"!

Use acrylic artist's paint ...(cheap!) and if you don't like the result just sit your shark with its head in water (no great problem for a shark!) for a while and the paint will all fall off back to the original.

gibri wrote:

I'd be okay with the Pygmy Shark Surprise, but I have to say what has really always bothered me about the Hasbro shark is the big groove cut around it from the twist-tie packaging.




So, have you thought of giving him a name?

Smiling Bruce...

inntruderr61 wrote:

Smiling Bruce...

Love it!

LeStryge wrote:

inntruderr61 wrote:

I'm not very creative with paints etc...
So afraid i'd mess it up instead of improving...

Nonsense Jim!
Have a go, ...never know what you can do until you try!
And truly, you CAN'T "mess it up"!

Use acrylic artist's paint ...(cheap!) and if you don't like the result just sit your shark with its head in water (no great problem for a shark!) for a while and the paint will all fall off back to the original.

I might try once I muster up some courage...




OPEN WIDE!

That diver Joe is one little brave man brushing a sharks teeth.

Prof Gangrene Fan wrote:

That diver Joe is one little brave man brushing a sharks teeth.

Yeppers Alex...

FANTASTIC shot (and idea!) Jim!