Looking good. Wonder how much these beauties will cost? Hoping the sabers do light up.
Even though it might not appear as a major distinction, i think it is in the mind of manufacturers like HT and SSC. Why bother releasing different versions in the first place if they don't believe every one of them deserve to be.This release sorta completely messes up my sense of how they're doing this. They JUST released the SSC Vader! I know it wasn't the ANH version, but is that really an important distinction when we're talking about $300 figures? Doesn't the HT one kinda cut into sales of the SSC one?
The HT Luke is clearly out of scale JUST SLIGHTLY with the entire SSC line. It's been remarked upon before, and for people like me, it's a real frustrating part about HT's greater profile in the 1:6 line. I passed on Medicom because I didn't need a very expensive line of figures that didn't fit in with my 1:6 collection. When I compare SSC Bespin Luke with the HT version, the HT one looks like a human being and the SSC one looks like a doll -- the proportions are all off. But while I recognize that, I still wish HT were consistent with SSC. Having a Han Solo who can't stand anywhere near ANH Luke without looking dwarfed is going to be frustrating. And having a Vader that seems tiny next to Boba Fett will be, as well. And so on.I have both the Hot Toys Luke and the ROTJ deluxe Vader. I can tell you that they are not in the exact same scale when it comes to the Height & weapons. The Luke's HT lightsaber handle is slightly thinner and the blade gets thinner toward the tip. The Vader seems bit too tall next to Luke and I fear will be the same if not slightly taller then the HT Chewy when released! IMO the Chewy should have been a least a half a head taller then the protoype shown. So if you go with all HT versions instead of the SS versions they will be much closer in overall scale. To me the Droids can be slightly off if you stick with the SS versions cause they aren't human so to compare wouldn't be as noticeable IMO.
Be prepared to be annoyed in the near future. Hot Toys will focus on the figures that sell, especially popular characters that SS released years ago that need updates. I think they will try not to overlap characters within reason, but we could see the droids since they're uber popular. Either way SS will make money, either on pre-orders or NRDs cancellations with HT preorders. They will coordinate releases to maximize profits, that's it. After HT runs through 3 or 4 versions of Vader, Han and Luke..it'll be interesting to see what will come OT wise. But then there are years of sequel trilogy stuff to produce in the meantime as well...So first it was ANH Han/Chewie, and then the pair of Stormtroopers, and now Vader/Obi-Wan. Looks like Hot Toys is going for an ANH theme so far with their line (perhaps at the request of Disney?). I'm betting ANH Luke/Leia will be the next pair revealed.
Sure would be nice if they'd offer up something soon that Sideshow HASN'T already done. Yeah, I know Chewbacca was new, but so far the ratio between new characters and remakes is heavily tilted in favor of remakes. I'm not really interested in an updated Obi-Wan, and I just got the removable helmet Vader from Sideshow, which suits me just fine. So if Hot Toys wants to just focus on ANH-themed characters for now, then how about a Grand Moff Tarkin? Or R5-D4 and some Jawas? Or some cantina aliens (Ponda Baba and Dr. Evazan would make a real nice pair!).
So Luke and Leia are probably coming next, and then maybe a non-weathered C-3PO/R2-D2 to round out the main ANH cast. But I'm going to be real annoyed if we don't have any more NEW characters coming in 2015 besides Chewbacca.
It won't be long before I have to declare bankruptcy either.At the speed Hot Toy's is chewing these out, it won't be long before they start with characters from ESB... :wub:
So this will be all next year to allow breathing room for TFA?According to a very reliable source on Sideshow Freaks, we can indeed expect another couple figures from ANH in the (very) near future. Luke and Leia seem like a good bet. This same source hinted at two more figures from ESB and three from ROTJ (Luke Jedi being one of them) before HT starts focusing on TFA.
So this will be all next year to allow breathing room for TFA?
As for the figures, it only makes sense for Luke and Leia to complete the ANH heroes line up.
Sandtrooper, and then there's ANH Vader and Obi-Wan.
For ESB, well obviously one will be Boba with the other a likely Snowspeeder Luke... or dare I say... Lando or Rebel Hoth trooper?
For ROTJ... Hmmmm... Luke Jedi, Royal Gaurd and obviously the Emperor...
I think for ESB the obvious choices are Bespin Han and Hoth Leia. Bespin Han is a badly needed upgrade and Hoth Leia--which can easily be converted to Bespin Escape Leia with a different portrait, hands, and shoes--hasn't been done by Sideshow.So this will be all next year to allow breathing room for TFA?
As for the figures, it only makes sense for Luke and Leia to complete the ANH heroes line up.
Sandtrooper, and then there's ANH Vader and Obi-Wan.
For ESB, well obviously one will be Boba with the other a likely Snowspeeder Luke... or dare I say... Lando or Rebel Hoth trooper?
For ROTJ... Hmmmm... Luke Jedi, Royal Gaurd and obviously the Emperor...
If these sabers light up I'm probably going to have to get them; otherwise I will stick to new never made figures just can't justify all the added expense of a new license like so many others. But I did need some extra stromtroopers though; so those I didn't mind.
I'm curious -- how do you consider it fragile? Mine seems basically fine.I can tell you if they do light up they will be fragile. The Luke Bespin I have is fragile as hell.
I actually just got this set...agreed on most counts. I haven't tried posing him in any lightsaber-wielding poses yet, but there are articulation points in the shoulders that need attention for a natural look...the sleeves on the jacket are maybe a touch short but a quick tug when re-positioning the arms fixes it and brings the shoulders on the jacket down to a more natural contour. I think it may be more a limitation of 1/6 tailoring rather than an actual flaw as I can get him looking really natural.I'm curious -- how do you consider it fragile? Mine seems basically fine.
I fret a little about the belt, but I wouldn't call it "fragile" -- I can't picture how to do it in a way that would be more secure. And posing the figure doesn't make worry.
I do try to take care with the PERS system, but that's more common sense than a feeling that it's fragile. It's just a delicate piece of equipment is all.
That said, it can be frustrating to pose. He has trouble raising his arms straight out and forward -- they tend to want to go out to the side instead. And there's a padding on the inside of his jacket that bunches up oddly in some poses (with his arms together out in front, holding his lightsaber). Plus it rides up a lot -- feels like it's maybe the tiniest bit too small. It's possible to compensate for these things by fussing with him when you pose him, but it's a little frustrating to HAVE to fuss with him like that, I'd have preferred a jacket that fit a little better and didn't have these issues.