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This is where i will review and discuss toys, video games and movies. I collect 3 3/4 inch to 12 inch Star Wars, Iron Man, Batman, Halo toys and other movie memoribillia that appeal to me! As of late i am into Hot Toys 12' inch figures. Thank you for visiting my page and I hope you enjoy browsing through my site as much as I enjoy sharing it with you!
Showing posts with label 12' inch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 12' inch. Show all posts

Monday, May 24, 2010

Hot Toys Announcements: Predators and Terminator T-1000/sarah connor disguise Figure Unveiled,



Lookin' real good so far, as Hot Toys recently unveiled over at Hot Toys Tokyo International Toyfair 2010.
The supposed ''Super Black Predator'' which was named/dubbed from the movie's casting, debuts itself as to how it would look like in 1/6th glory here. And it's giving me the itch to catch the film and building up every ounce of geek hype!
T-1000 disguised as Sarah Connor comes in a limited run of 300 pieces, as far as sources over at MEDIWORLD go... loving the realism of the free flowing hair, intense expression and liquid metal bullet hole battlescar....
Can't wait to see the full announcements for these figures!
Hot Toys June Announcements DO COME QUICKLY!!!!

Friday, April 16, 2010

Hot Toys: Iron Man 2 Mark IV - Full Pictures Revealed

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This figure's gonna sport a new Tony Stark Headsculpt! Red lensed sunglasses and A donut box and donut!! gonna be perfect to recreate that SDCC teaser released last year where Stark was sitting atop a donut store eating a donut!!! Hawt Damn, a donut with a donut box....

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Hot Toys – MMS123 - Iron Man 2: 1/6th scale Mark IV Limited Edition Collectible Figurine


~ Movie Masterpiece Series ~
Hot Toys is proud to present the 1/6th scale Mark IV Limited Edition Collectible Figurine from the Iron Man 2 movie. The movie-accurate Mark IV collectible is highly detailed and fully deployed, specially crafted based on the image of Robert Downey Jr. as the iconic character Mark IV in the movie, highlighting the well equipped armor and light-up functions.


The 1/6th scale Mark IV Limited Edition Collectible Figurine specially features:
- Authentic and detailed fully realized likeness as Mark IV in the movie Iron Man 2
- Newly developed alternate head with authentic likeness of Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark in the movie (photos coming soon)

- Approximately 30 cm tall
- Over 36 points of articulations
- Special features on armor:
- Newly developed movie-accurate helmet
- LED-lighted eyes and Micro ARC reactor on chest (white light, battery operated)
- One (1) piece of detachable chest armor
- Improved articulations on waist armor which allow flexible movement
- Detachable forearm rockets
- Four (4) pairs of interchangeable palms:
- + One (1) pair with improved articulations, movable fingers and light-up repulsors (white light, battery operated)
- + One (1) pair of open palms with light-up repulsors (white light, battery operated)
- + One (1) pair of relaxed palms with light-up repulsors (white light, battery operated)
- + One (1) pair of forceful fists
- Fully deployed air flaps at back of the armor with built-in metal flaps
- Retractable countermeasure dispenser
- Articulated flaps at the back of armor on left and right legs
- Metallic red and gold-colored painting on armor

Accessories:

- One (1) pair of red framed sunglasses

- One (1) donut box with one donut inside

- Extendable figure stand with Mark IV nameplate and movie logo

- One more additional square-shaped figure stand with LED light-up function, Mark IV nameplate and movie logo (white light, battery operated)



Artists:
- Head Sculpted by Kojun

- Head Painted by JC. Hong

- Head Art Directed by JC. Hong

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Sideshow Collectibles: 501st Vader's Fist Clone Trooper

We've been waiting for this for far too long, and hum-ho finally here comes the long anticipated 501st Vader's Fist Clone Trooper!!!

Lovin' the battle scarrings on the armor of this figure, even though its just a rehash/repaint of the standard trooper.

Friday, April 2, 2010

Hot Toys Clash of the Titans Preview: Perseus


Looking pretty good. Though i guess everyone's waiting on the full announcement to see the accessories this figure will be sporting. Seems like this figure will be sporting a somewhat similiar body to Comedian's, namely the hirsute* body, as opposed to a muscular rubber sheathed body.
Caught the film today, and i say it's been good enough to get my attention piqued for this line of figures!

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Hot Toys Iron Man 2: Whiplash Teaser

Hot Toys has released a teaser of their upcoming product. Need i say more?

Monday, March 15, 2010

Hot Toys Iron Man 2: War Machine (Pictures Released)

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And here we have it, in its full glory, War Machine, by Hot Toys.
Looking very impressive, and carrying a ton of heavy weaponry too.

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Whilst i'd say everything looks perfect, despite the film not being out yet,
I'd go as far as to say i find James Rhodes/Don cheadle likeness is totally off.
While the features are discernable, it still strikes me as a way miss in the features department.

And pardon me for being a wet blanket as to say that his head looks squashed to the top of the helmet too.

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Everything else looks mighty fine!

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Seems pretty apparent, Hot Toys invested a significant amount of time in R&D to come up with the nifty little details like movable fingers and abdomen pieces. Though i hope they dont' come around with a BD/DX version, though i guess we'd all see that coming around if its popularity is overwhelming.

Friday, March 12, 2010

Hot Toys Iron Man 2: War Machine Official Teaser Picture

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There we have it, War Machine in all its glory.

I wonder if a jim rhodes headsculpt would be included with a removable faceplate,
if not it'd be pretty highly likely that we'd be seeing another version of War Machine,
knowing Hot Toy's milk em' licences dry policies, we'd certainly be able to see a Battle Damage variant sometime down the road.

Geek cool nevertheless...

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Hot Toys Inglourious Basterds Aldo Raine Teaser


Kudos to the REBEL, from whom i found out this teaser...you can read the official post over at Hot Toy's Blog.

Whilst pleased to see this teaser of the highly anticipated and long awaited Aldo Raine, i do agree with the Rebel that it's still got some way before hitting it as a top notch sculpt. Nevertheless, its a pretty fine sculpt of Brad Pitt at his best in inglourious basterds, but i'd be patiently awaiting some tweaking, as per Hot Toy's usual standards.

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Missing Button on DX joker

this killjoy has mowed down any chance of me doing a photo review of the figure, but as far as i can see, my DX joker is missing a button from his green waistcoat, second from the top.


hopefully i can find some what to do something about it, mailing TFH about it, dont' know if i'd get a replacement in any way.

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Hot Toys: Terminator 2 Judgement Day Sneak Peek ( He's Back )

Nothing makes a man's day like flipping on the television and seeing good ol' Arnie whooping ass as his famous persona, the Terminator. So it should be no different when we see pictures and news of him in 1/6th form online.

1/6th the scale, no less in the sheer magnitude of coolness and awesomeness.










This is surely one helluva of piece to grace any collector's shelve. Though i'm pondering on the possibility of variants, and i'm pretty sure we'd get to see a battle damaged version arriving, shot up and bleeding out and exposing the full terror of the endoskeleton.

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Terminator 2: T800 more pictures

seems to be what we'd be getting for this MMS release by hot toys.