Re: The Hot Toys and other 1/6 figures thread (sideshow, dragon, etc...)

[edstuff]

Check this out
https://www.facebook.com/Hottoysed209
Post your pics there if you're having issues.

[CankleBreaker]

Yep, I no longer have a FB but this is getting way out of hand...

[edstuff]

I have the elder predator on PO but before that the last thing I bought was shadow predator. Luckily the only rubber is the dreds   

[CankleBreaker]

Lets hope it doesn't deteriorate and fall out making him a bald Predator.   

[edstuff]

Ha something tells me it'll be fine since it doesn't get stretched.   
I'm done with hot toys after the elder tho. I don't think they deserve collector's money any more.

[el_payaso_loco]

Ha something tells me it'll be fine since it doesn't get stretched.   
I'm done with hot toys after the elder tho.  I don't think they deserve collector's money any more.  

haha agreed!! I haven't gotten the elder yet but I will. Its too bad ass to pass up....but the hot toys prices are getting out of hand. Last thing I got was the midas iron man. love that thing

[edstuff]

Oh that do look like a cool figure too

[CankleBreaker]

Returned my HT ED-209, pretty sad to let it go but didn't wanna risk it rotting on me even tho I got it at a good price.

[edstuff]

You were right to return it no matter what the price.
If HT is going to make the same dumb mistake again but worse they don't deserve to sell toys any more.

[CankleBreaker]

You were right to return it no matter what the price.  
If HT is going to make the same dumb mistake again but worse they don't deserve to sell toys any more.

Thats for sure Ed. Welps, I can hope for a better release one day. For now I'll focus on Squadts.   

[niskio]

are beautiful, impressive!

[CankleBreaker]

Picked up the exclusive Mondo 1/6 TMNT Leonardo today. Subscription option for the rest of the turtles was a mess tho.
Their Iron Giant figure looks pretty awesome too.

[InebriatedGnome]

Oh god I really want that Iron Giant! I loved that movie to death. My first thought was: 'OH MY GOD I NEED THIS! I NEED THREE OF THEM!'

And my second thought was: 'Oh. Not at that price, I don't.' It's $300 without shipping and Mondo has a reputation for high shipping rates, so it will probably run collectors closer to $350. For that much you can order this beast from Threezero:



More accessories, likely better articulation, definitely better paint apps, and a super-detailed 1/12-scale pilot that fits inside the mech. I know which one I'd get.

Good on you ordering Leo though; he looks like an excellent figure. Did you end up subscribing?

[CankleBreaker]

Whoa, that's a neat figure. Dunno much about it tho but I sure do love robots! Speaking of robots, anyone remember a movie called Robojocks from waaay back in the day?!?

There was a mess with the subscription so I wasn't able to score one unfortunately, even tho I jumped on immediately after receiving the tweet about the release. I'll have to buy individually at each drop and hope I can score the exclusives. Couple things I dislike about Mondo, no combined shipping... $20/figure for the turtles, so you'll end up paying $80 alone for shipping not to mention for those who missed out on the subscription won't receive the extra $10 discount on each piece so that's another $40! Adds up...
After seeing a follow-up pic regarding the size of the turtles, I'm kinda questioning my order and am unsure if I wanna get the rest or even keep my current order. I wanted them bigger than the NECA release but damn I didn't realize 1/6 would be THAT big. Seems a bit odd having such a big turtle lol. Hopefully it'll grow on me.

[itsa_mia]

synthetic human open preorder coming in about a week, $150
anyone else?  

[mazdevilz]

I might get one. I've been wanting to buy one for a while now.

[InebriatedGnome]

I want to get at least two. Financial situation is a little uncertain at the moment, though, so I might hold off. Still, actually getting several for a reasonable price would let me experiment with customs without fear of ruining an expensive figure I can never replace.

[Reks36]

I'll take one of their 1/12 scale when they drop!

[itsa_mia]

1/12 be nice too, but i really want to see the articulation on these 1/6
are they all its cracked up to be?

[Reks36]

I keep hearing they are hands down the best articulation on a 1/6 body, but I'm not digging their style

[InebriatedGnome]

Copied and pasted from a long post I made on the Sideshow forums:

The body is very well-made. All the joints are firm but not stiff, and everything has a large range of motion, especially without any clothing to inhibit it. The arm, for example, is attached at the shoulder to another joint that moves up and downward, so you have the normal ball-jointed shoulder articulation PLUS up/down motion that mimics the natural extension of your back muscles when you lift your arm up high. And that joint is embedded in a horizontal swivel in the chest, so a cut-out section of the figure's chest can also swing in and out. Because the original Synth and the CaRB are naked, engineering like that actually improves the aesthetics of the toy. The bodies look like very believable androids because they actually do move like real people..

The excellent articulation is part of what gives the figures such great balance. When you're moving around, your core will bend and flex to facilitate that movement and the Synths work the same way: my CaRB's abs are split into three individual segments that I can tweak around to help the figure balance. The rest is probably down to weight distribution, which I don't have any specialist knowledge of. That's it; for me it boils down to each figure being able to achieve a huge range of really expressive poses, and the marriage of function and form in the joint engineering.

All that^^ is why I'm going to be buying these. Most poses are totally viable without a stand, and that ab section really is awesome. The only figure from the line I've actually played with a lot is the CaRB (black one with the mask), and it can do a stable handstand despite having super-freaky twisted hands. The one fault I can think of is that these are a little shorter than normal 1/6-scale figures, so all accessories bought online might not work.

[itsa_mia]

thanks for that, nice review
ill be in for one for sure, id like two but i doubt i can afford

[niskio]

synthetic human open preorder coming in about a week, $150
anyone else?  

When I saw this yesterday on Spankystokes or do not remember another blog, I was going to buy LIGHBLACK ZACK ANDERSON,
buy before this spectacular SyN73tic, and then hopefully next mont buy ZACK.

150$ ship is perfect!!!
How many pieces it is limited?PLEASE
500 or more....? Given that it is limited to 3pcs per person.
Ceers

[itsa_mia]

stephano it is open release but 3 maximum per person

i just realized its $150 shipped, thats such good news

[niskio]

thanx for the answear Itsa_mia

But this is limited to!?

Thanx a lot

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