shazam Posted June 2 Posted June 2 (edited) Star Wars Ahsoka - 1:6 Shin Hati Blogger Photos Edited June 2 by shazam Quote
shazam Posted June 5 Posted June 5 4 hours ago, sh9000 said: Sitting Batman figure for the Tumbler. Batman looks set for the crash position. I would not buy it. Quote
borgified Posted June 7 Posted June 7 Argh!!! More 1/6 teases, but can we afford it due to the insane amount of additional taxes and making us go bankrupt in the process?! Quote
shazam Posted June 9 Posted June 9 (edited) Star Wars EP3 - 1:6 Kit Fisto Blogger Photos Edited June 9 by shazam Quote
shazam Posted Thursday at 09:10 PM Posted Thursday at 09:10 PM (edited) Edited Saturday at 08:09 AM by shazam Quote
shazam Posted Friday at 07:46 AM Posted Friday at 07:46 AM 3 hours ago, sh9000 said: Saesee Tiin. Are you getting this figure or just posting? For myself it will be getting Saesee Tiin like all the other figures. Quote
Scyla Posted 7 hours ago Posted 7 hours ago I’ve got my first Hot Toys figure in, and before I give you my thoughts I have to preface them so you won’t get the wrong impression: I’m probably not the target audience for these figures. I enjoy the intricate mechanical design of - mostly mecha - toys. Even for 1/12 scale action figures I am more intrigued by what engineering solutions the designer came up with to enable articulation rather than the accuracy of the likeness. I enjoy the plastic and variety of materials, intricate details and, neatly done paint apps (and I dislike weathering): I actually like the toy nature of my collectibles. I also don’t like figures that are overly large since they tend to become very simple and lose some of the intricacy that I enjoy. Plus they get difficult to handle. 1ft/30cm is usually the upper limit I’m also not sure, if the figure in question - Hot Toys Darth Revan - is indicative of what makes these figures feel special; their face is hidden behind a mask and the rest of the figure has no intricate material mix (like pleather mixed with armor panels, etc) That being said… The Hot Toys Darth Revan is utter, utter trash! It feels like I paid top dollar for an oversized knock-off of the Star Wars Black Series Darth Revan (which I own too). There is no pizzazz, no glamour, no sophistication in this figure; it is just big and has lots of soft goods. But even those are badly done. The cowl is laughably bad, won’t sit proper no matter what. Even the other soft goods feel too light and don’t have the right thickness; something that Hot Toys supposedly solved a long time ago. The light saber blades are equally terrible (is it a licensing requirement that they are made out of translucent plastic rather than have something more intricate?). And according to some reviews this is one of the better (if not great) Hot Toys releases. If this is good/great what are the bad ones like? There are some figures where you only get the full experience of their quality once you have them in hand. Pictures are unable to capture all the details/intricacies and don’t transport the overall presence of the toy (like Metal Build or Kuro Kara Kuri). I was blown away when I took my first Metal Build out of the box. This figure caused the opposite reaction. It looks good in all the promo material (especially with the photoshopped effects applied) but - to me - feels atrocious in hand. Definable one of my bottom 5 purchases for my collection. I might (MIGHT) be convinced to buy a Bastila Shan if they make one, so I can have a two figure display and try to make them somehow look good on display. I assume Bastia would have a couple of features that make Hot Toys supposedly great: a more varied material mix, a realistic sculpted and painted head and skin, etc. But on its own, I don’t understand where all the hubbub for Hot Toys is coming from. It is probably not my cup of tea which is a shame since I was really excited to experience a Hot Toys figure myself. Quote
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