shazam Posted June 2 Posted June 2 (edited) Star Wars Ahsoka - 1:6 Shin Hati Blogger Photos Edited June 2 by shazam
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.
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?!
shazam Posted June 9 Posted June 9 (edited) Star Wars EP3 - 1:6 Kit Fisto Blogger Photos Edited June 9 by shazam
shazam Posted Thursday at 09:10 PM Posted Thursday at 09:10 PM (edited) Edited Saturday at 08:09 AM by shazam
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.
Scyla Posted Sunday at 09:36 PM Posted Sunday at 09:36 PM 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.
borgified Posted 12 hours ago Posted 12 hours ago @Scyla - I have Darth Raven in hand and honestly it can be done better than this honestly. The hood on the cloak is too stiff and the plastic links to hold the flowing fabric are too flat to the look. Lightsabers are decent, but there are 3rd party ones that are way better than the Hot Toys version. I have at least 15 1/6 figures in total with a good chunk of them are Hot Toys while others are from Mondo (MoTU), 3z, Star Ace (skip over honestly as it's not that good), and Pop Toys (with 2 more on the way in a few months and fully paid off) Big Influencers on the Tube hype up the HT craze especially with the two most disliked ones in the 1/6 community. Basically its a over glorified Barbie Doll at roughly $300 USD.
shazam Posted 11 hours ago Posted 11 hours ago (edited) 1 hour ago, borgified said: I have at least 15 1/6 figures in total with a good chunk of them are Hot Toys while others are from Mondo (MoTU), 3z, Star Ace (skip over honestly as it's not that good), and Pop Toys (with 2 more on the way in a few months and fully paid off) Big Influencers on the Tube hype up the HT craze especially with the two most disliked ones in the 1/6 community. Basically its a over glorified Barbie Doll at roughly $300 USD. I have around 130 + 1/6 scale figures with just over 90 Hot Toys figures in the collection. I have sold off at least 17 Hot Toys figures to accommodate other figures in the past. If you are not satisfied with buying a figure, just sell it off and get something else that is worth while. I don't need to have these figures as soon as they are released. Some are on pre-order and some I buy on special. If every 1/6 scale figure is a glorified Barbie doll, then every toy is just for kids. I learned long ago to appreciate 1/6 scale figures going all the way back to the original Kenner Star Wars figures and the Six Million Dollar Man. Edited 11 hours ago by shazam
Scyla Posted 10 hours ago Posted 10 hours ago 1 hour ago, borgified said: @Scyla - I have Darth Raven in hand and honestly it can be done better than this honestly. The hood on the cloak is too stiff and the plastic links to hold the flowing fabric are too flat to the look. Lightsabers are decent, but there are 3rd party ones that are way better than the Hot Toys version. I have at least 15 1/6 figures in total with a good chunk of them are Hot Toys while others are from Mondo (MoTU), 3z, Star Ace (skip over honestly as it's not that good), and Pop Toys (with 2 more on the way in a few months and fully paid off) Big Influencers on the Tube hype up the HT craze especially with the two most disliked ones in the 1/6 community. Basically its a over glorified Barbie Doll at roughly $300 USD. I just wanted to vent my disappointment with the figure. Hot Toys specifically have been hyped as the pinnacle of toy collecting by so many people so I was super excited to finally experience one myself and then I was like: "Wait, this is it???" And yes I could sell it but I wanted to give my impressions for people who think about buying one to have a counter point to all the praise these figures get. If you love those style of figures this is great but they are ultimately not for me.
derex3592 Posted 5 hours ago Posted 5 hours ago I've only got 3 1/6 Hot Toys figures, Vader ANH, Luke ROTJ, and the newest Vader ROTJ. I agree, they aren't perfect, BUT in the right lighting and pose, the new ROTJ Vader is definitely a great display piece! The pleather will crack and fade in time, but some of their newer stuff they are getting better with materials as well as the head sculpts are massively improving from the reviews I watch. I would love to get Baylon, but I'm OUT of display space. 6" Black Series figs will have to do! 😂
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