Well its make or break time for Sideshow to improve their production paint apps.
Hot Toys 1/4 Avengers Announcement!
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And I'm not thinking about a return to the status quo prior to their previous series of snafus, but genuine improvement. I am a big fan of Sideshow's licenses, sculpts, and overall design choices. But the paint apps really can't hang with HT.
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A 1:4 Iron Man, I am ____ing in!
Interestingly enough a 1:4 figure with cloth is essentially a poseable PF just with no poly. If it comes underneath the prices of PFs of the film for examples it'll be a no brainer to go this route. So while they are doing this to kill off Enterbay they've created an alternative to Sideshow as well. If they could scale up their Captain America for example I'd definitely go with that over Sideshow's option.
Interestingly enough a 1:4 figure with cloth is essentially a poseable PF just with no poly. If it comes underneath the prices of PFs of the film for examples it'll be a no brainer to go this route. So while they are doing this to kill off Enterbay they've created an alternative to Sideshow as well. If they could scale up their Captain America for example I'd definitely go with that over Sideshow's option.
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1/4 Black widow, that's all.
jayveeeusebio
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Whoah?! Well, this is surprising..but come to think of the history bet. HT & EB & their competiton, this won't come in surprise as HT really wants to monopolize this hobby. 
Anyway, I'm not sure if I can still handle the price of a 1/4th scale figure assuming that the price will be similar to EB's 1/4th figures (I hope not) since right now, I'm already having a hard time keeping up w/ the releases in 1/6th format.
I just hope, like many of the guys here that their QC in 1/6th is still on top of the game & won't changed cause of this added format. 
Anyway, I'm not sure if I can still handle the price of a 1/4th scale figure assuming that the price will be similar to EB's 1/4th figures (I hope not) since right now, I'm already having a hard time keeping up w/ the releases in 1/6th format.
I just hope, like many of the guys here that their QC in 1/6th is still on top of the game & won't changed cause of this added format. jayveeeusebio
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That's what I've been thinking, too. Characters with exposed joints might still be preferable if done by Sideshow, but if you've got a choice between exposed joints and sub-par paint apps. . .
I just hope this provides some competition that Sideshow can use to up its game. I do want to see both companies succeed, and frankly, I would rather support Sideshow over HT in their 1/4 scale efforts if possible.
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1/4th figures? oh snap!
Well I hope HT takes a 1/4 scale crack at Cap in his First Avenger suit. It'd be nice to see how that compares to SSC's PF.
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Only an issue though for some figures, ones like Cap in FA or Spider-Man the exposed joints would be a non-issue because you wouldn't see them. Interesting move indeed.
intothevoid
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It'll destroy the PF
Sideshow higher ups must really be pissed right about now
Sideshow higher ups must really be pissed right about now
Or the choice between a nice PF with a crappy pose (Jedi Luke) or a nice 1/4 figure you can pose however you want....
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People think that their 1/6 figures are getting crazy expensive, I can't even imagine how much their 1/4 figs will be.
Shropt
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Do we really need $500 1/4 scale dollies???
Nevertheless I bet they'd find a way to make a 1/4 scale Na'vi less than 1600 bucks....
darren1228
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Avengers and TDKR 1/4 announcement? More like 1/4 Iron Man, Batman, and Joker announcement 
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Indeed, that's the one I'm most interested in. The rest of the Avengers are fine in 1/6 for me.
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