Shadow is another major improvement.
Like Sonic, his face is LOADS better than any other Shadow they've done. His body is a better sculpt, not that flat triangle thing, his shoes are much more decent, and this one has a nicer paint job, which is important in painting on an all-black figure.
This guy is actually a BIT lighter black than the other, it's not just the camera. He still looks fine though.
Size comparison for the new Emeralds. These are a better quality than before, with smoother surfaces and better transparency to the plastic. Very nice!
FE Shadow lacks the red border coming down the side of his eye, but oh well.Look at MegaBot Shadow! Nasty over-spray on his eyes, horrible expression, bad body, goofy lower face...no contest here!
Even the FEET are better. Look at the rounded more realistic shoes to the right, the fists are also larger, which is a more accurate to the game look.
As you can also see, the spikes were good before, and remain so on this guy. They still havn't bothered with his hover shoe-soles though, and none of the Toy Island ones ever did.
Photo by JSHedgehog.The sculpt for him does have an error in it. Did you notice it before? It's that the 2nd middle spike turns up instead of down. On all other Shadows the 2 spikes in the middle of his head always turn down. Having it turn up instead is a mistake, however, it's difficult to notice as it doesn't really look out of place here. All the spikes are well sculpted and normally colored so it's something that can easily be over-looked.
Photo by JSHedgehog.
This is what the Chaos Emerald line looks like in the box.