Hot Toys HBII Hellboy and Abe Sapien 12-inch Figures

[The Mike]

As did I....just in case

 

[nash]

Hot Toys NEEDS to pick up the LOTR license. They could do orcs, lurtz, and everyone else more justice.

 

[Memnoch]

Hot Toys NEEDS to pick up the LOTR license. They could do orcs, lurtz, and everyone else more justice.

They wont though as it's my understanding that LotR doesn't have a big following in Asia, and I can see why.

 

[Devil_666]

Sick!!!!

 

[The Tuggernaut]

That Hellboy is amazing. Easy contender for 1/6 fig of the year (2009).

 

[The ill Jedi]

HB and Abe are just sickeningly awesome, easy purchase!!

 

[William Shatners Toupee]

I have very mixed feelings about these. First off, they're gorgeous as hell and HT continues to impress in that department again and again.

I haven't looked through all the previous pages, so sorry if this has been complained about ad nauseum, but the shirtless pics of Red shows he must have a rubber body like Aliens Drake since he shows no arms joints. My Drake tore almost immediately at the wrist from repeatedly having to put his weapon in his hand from falling.

Red looks like his hands are seperate pieces here, unlike Drakes so hopefully that can't happen here, but it still worries the hell out of me.

Then the prices: $164 for Hellboy is understandable, particularly when you compare him against the price of a HT Predator. The price seems comparable. Look at all of that!
But $164 for Abe as well is just INSANE and really irks the living crap out of me. All I'm seeing is a new head and hands, not a whole new body to justify that hight price. This price gouging is getting out of control!

 

[Blackhole]

Any chance of a HT Nazi Kroenen? Please? That'd be schweet...

 

[icruise]

Abe is not just on normal Truetype -- he has special "muscle" arms that hide the articulation. But Hellboy does seem like the better deal at that price, it's true. I'm still not sure if I will get Abe or not.

As I've mentioned before, Hellboy does not seem to have exactly the same muscle body that Hot Toys has used before. For example, the Rambo figure (which is the only HT muscle figure I could find that lists the number of points of articulation) is said to have 22 points of articulation. Hellboy is listed as having "over 28." The weird thing is that Abe is listed as having only "over 25" (are they counting Hellboy's tail, for example?). What we don't know is if articulation will be improved in practice over the previous efforts.

Blackhole -- I don't see them doing Nazi Kroenen since these are figures from HB2.

 

[King Darkness]

ordered

 

[wookster]

There are so many other figures I would rather see, Johann, Nuada, Liz, Nualla, Dr Broom, Mr Wink, Angel of Death, young Hellboy and the Leprachaun/Troll fella on a trolly!

 

[Blackhole]

Blackhole -- I don't see them doing Nazi Kroenen since these are figures from HB2.

Nooooo!!! I hope they get the license for the first Hellboy then...Or I find $300 for a SS one...

Or Kroenen appears in HBIII...???

 

[screamingmetal]

I had to order both. I do think Abe should be cheaper then Hellboy, his costume is much less detailed and comes with fewer accessories. But I really want them both.

Too bad they didn't include a Barry Manilow CD jewel case or a six pack of beer with Hellboy.

 

[Odowankenobi]

It may just be me, but the angle of Abe's breathing apparatus looks off in those pics. I remember it being more in line with his jaw.

 

[dhampir46]

So far I have HB in order but I am seriously thinking about adding abe too.

Can't decide!

 

[The Mike]

Any chance of a HT Nazi Kroenen? Please? That'd be schweet...

Well Del Toro said there is a Johann/Kroenen connection he'd like to explore in HB III if it gets made. So its possible we see him again even for a brief cameo in the future.

 

[The Josh]

Hot Toys NEEDS to pick up the LOTR license. They could do orcs, lurtz, and everyone else more justice.

If they did that would be awesome! I just want more LOTR figures and HT is doing some absolutley amazing work. These two Hellboy figures, Iron Man, Batman, Spirit are all amazing examples.

 

[Buttmunch]

Any chance of a HT Nazi Kroenen? Please? That'd be schweet...

I'd love to see one of those too! One of my favorite Sideshow figures, but I imagine Hot Toys would blow it out of the water!

I'd love to see a Kraus as well! I just hope they wouldn't make him a rubber suit like the Alien Nostromo crew figures.

 

[Fremen]

So far I have HB in order but I am seriously thinking about adding abe too.

Can't decide!

Same here.

 

[8th wonder]

abc-express is slow on this one.