Hot Toys - MMS173 - Predator 2: 1/6th scale City Hunter Predator Collectible Figure

[xenowolf]

My Classic is good enough to represent the original P1, standing beside the new P2 they're gonna look awesome together.

Good enough hell that figure is awesome, but they will look awesome together i cant wait

 

[mosaicsquare]

anyone having trouble sticking the netgun into the leg armor? the old p2 slot was waay too wide now this version is too tight.

 

[Spanbauer]

anyone having trouble sticking the netgun into the leg armor? the old p2 slot was waay too wide now this version is too tight.

If you've got him in hand, I think you're only one of three people here who do, and OMG really only posts to share photos. Might want to check with xenom0rph.

 

[mosaicsquare]

I thought I was late to the party. picked him up from Toys2 as soon as I saw that someone had it in hand. BTW he's taller than Berserker...

 

[xenowolf]

I thought I was late to the party. picked him up from Toys2 as soon as I saw that someone had it in hand. BTW he's taller than Berserker...

How is he taller then berserker, show pics, this one shows he is the same size as classic

 

[ah_t00t]

How does he vary while standing next to shadow pred? Anyone care to share? Many thanks!!

 

[Yoshi]

Come on guys, you few who have him already should be spamming pics in here. Let's gooooo!!!

 

[xenowolf]

Come on guys, you few who have him already should be spamming pics in here. Let's gooooo!!!

 

[BadMuthaDude]

I think it's a completely fair comparison; after all, Hot Toys substituted one character's face with a completely different character's face. The fact that most people couldn't tell one Predator from another in a line-up is beside the point. That's like saying it would be ok for Hot Toys to repurpose a headsculpt if it were a lesser-known actor people wouldn't recognize anyhow. Like, if they reused their Sam Flynn headsculpt for Hawkeye by putting on a pair of sunglasses and painting his hair brown.

I disagree. Reusing monster parts for a different monster of the same kind is not nearly equal to using one actor's face to represent a different actor. I understand that the p2 head is different and therefore should not share the same parts, however the comparison is still unequal.

 

[Spanbauer]

I disagree. Reusing monster parts for a different monster of the same kind is not nearly equal to using one actor's face to represent a different actor. I understand that the p2 head is different and therefore should not share the same parts, however the comparison is still unequal.

Agree to disagree

However, I can't help but feel this thread would be overflowing with joy had Hot Toys given City Hunter the same love and attention they gave Scar Predator (that is to say, treating him as his own unique character instead of a retooled repaint of someone else).

 

[xenowolf]

Agree to disagree

However, I can't help but feel this thread would be overflowing with joy had Hot Toys given City Hunter the same love and attention they gave Scar Predator (that is to say, treating him as his own unique character instead of a retooled repaint of someone else).

Dont bring up scar, i get to excited

 

[P.]

I disagree. Reusing monster parts for a different monster of the same kind is not nearly equal to using one actor's face to represent a different actor. I understand that the p2 head is different and therefore should not share the same parts, however the comparison is still unequal.

when you listen to audiocomments to P2 special editions, you can meet the words from designers (if not Stan Winston himself): the goal was to make predators differ from each other like people differ.
it means that the mentioned comparison would be equal for them.
well i don't know who would have more rights to have an opinion about predators if not their creators
(about how they were meant to be, i mean. of course those are we, users, who have an opinion about how predators actually turned out.)

 

[Silasya77]

You have too much time on your hands...thanks for taking me to Predator nerd school 101.

You guys should be detectives or forensic analysts with eyes for exactness like that! But realistically, this is a 1/6 (not 1/4, not 1:1) TOYYYYYYY!!!!! A TOYYYYY!!!! Do you want me to say that again? I would never notice this if not for some of you peeps bringing it to light.

With that being said, I still don't like those references, because it shows the Pred in 2 times of either extreme pain, or anger, both of which would cause exaggerations in his face. The toy doesn't capture those moments, and to me it is not a fair comparison (to those pics in question).

I do appreciate the attention to detail, but it just seems to me some get carried away and blast HT, even though they still are going to buy it. I don't get that..

First off, we 'blast' HT because their figure is inaccurate. None of their figures are perfect, and thusly all have inaccuracies, some more than others. Would that stop someone-who-desperately-wants-a-figure-of-their-beloved-movie-character-yet-recognizes-that-the-best-representation-out-there-is-flawed to get said figure?

If you indeed did not notice the flaws in the figure like every other P2 lover out there, then how did you 'get' that he was in pain during those times, or any other detail you processed. The Pred 2 unmasked was always in pain and anger, both of which the figure is SPECIFICALLY MEANT to capture.

Now it's not as if I don't think this figure is awesome. It is. It has wonderful paint apps and a aesthetically pleasing new body, but I'm not going to pretend as if the flaws aren't there just because it has some wonderful positives, and vice versa.

 

[Solarsailor]

Not really digging this. How come the visor is jet black???

Holding my cash for a predator PF one day...

I'll stick with my masked NECA city hunter for now. One of my favourite figures.

 

[Predator1221]

Hey guys here is Neny Dee's review!

[ame="https://youtu.be/7KmqAZllwlo"]https://youtu.be/7KmqAZllwlo[/ame]

 

[BadMuthaDude]

^ I'm surprised he gave it an 8/10. He is not very impressed with the box, paint, and accessories.

 

[Spanbauer]

Hey guys here is Neny Dee's review!

https://youtu.be/7KmqAZllwlo

Thanks for the link, but a video review AFTER he's already custom-painted the figure kind of defeats the purpose for the viewers, no?

 

[tommyh84]

IIRC when the Classic came out wasn't there a case then of the early batch having a different paint job to later ones? Wonder if that could be the case here?

Two video reviews I've seen though both criticising the paint job isn't a good, might pass on this after all which would be a shame because he's got so many more posing possibilities than the boring Classic Pred

 

[Spanbauer]

IIRC when the Classic came out wasn't there a case then of the early batch having a different paint job to later ones? Wonder if that could be the case here?

Yes but in that case the early batch were a pre-release from a toy show; the version received by Hot Toys photography "bloggers" like OMG has always been the final version shipped to the masses. In fact it seems that scenario was what triggered Hot Toys to start providing figures to photography buffs like OMG so that the first photos to hit the web would be great ones.

 

[tommyh84]

Yes but in that case the early batch were a pre-release from a toy show; the version received by Hot Toys photography "bloggers" like OMG has always been the final version shipped to the masses. In fact it seems that scenario was what triggered Hot Toys to start providing figures to photography buffs like OMG so that the first photos to hit the web would be great ones.

Except it hasn't been shipped to the masses, not yet anyway