Boushh at least. They did a Bluurg and Dewback, they can do a Jabba. They did Kuiil and Cad Bane, so they can do the most popular aliens like Bib or Ackbar or more Ewoks. They could even do 2.0's with new bases.
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Ackbar
Maybe ewok village Leia
Would've been the prime time to do Jabba
"Hutt Slayer" Leia (yeah right)
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They didn't even do reissues. They could've easily reissued the Royal Guards or Palps.
There were options
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Again though alien/creature figures aren’t very common.
As much as a character like Ackbar is a fan favorite he really doesn’t do a whole ton and isn’t a main character. So not that surprising that he wouldn’t be made.
As far as reissues- like people wouldn’t have just complained about those too?
I’m not saying some of these I wouldn’t have liked to have seen but the fact we didn’t get them isn’t surprising and to me the core characters (minus Han) were covered.
As much as a character like Ackbar is a fan favorite he really doesn’t do a whole ton and isn’t a main character. So not that surprising that he wouldn’t be made.
As far as reissues- like people wouldn’t have just complained about those too?
I’m not saying some of these I wouldn’t have liked to have seen but the fact we didn’t get them isn’t surprising and to me the core characters (minus Han) were covered.
if sideshow can do it why not hot toys.
I would have liked a 2.0 of ROTJ Boba Fett. Or at least reissues of Jedi Luke with windy hair or Palpatine, fair chance to get them at retail.
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What are you referring to? Creatures? If that’s the case it’s not that Hot Toys can’t but by now we know they usually don’t.
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SS is doing a CW Mechano Maul from their animated line, I think's he's referring to that.
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So are they going to go all out like they did with 2 repaints for rotj? Expect a tan battle droid, stap, maybe a final duel maul repaint and maybe something else. I expect another disappointment from hot toys.
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What happened to the 3rd party Queen Amidala?
Must of preordered that a while ago, it came with a light up feature if I recall correctly.
I thought Jake Lloyd is still bitter about Stars Wars and the fandom for ruining his life. But Hasbro is still cranking out those young Anakin figures so he must be signing off on his likeness rights.
I’m surprised a 3rd party has not stepped up to provide a young Anakin. I can’t recall a Hot Toys figure based on a young child. Harry Potter is the only licensed child 1/6 figures I can think of, and those are StarAce and InArt.
Must of preordered that a while ago, it came with a light up feature if I recall correctly.
I thought Jake Lloyd is still bitter about Stars Wars and the fandom for ruining his life. But Hasbro is still cranking out those young Anakin figures so he must be signing off on his likeness rights.
I’m surprised a 3rd party has not stepped up to provide a young Anakin. I can’t recall a Hot Toys figure based on a young child. Harry Potter is the only licensed child 1/6 figures I can think of, and those are StarAce and InArt.
Yeah HT ROTJ Fett is a kinda weak fig overall, especially the helmet sculpt. A 2.0 would have been great.
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Very likely:
Padi-Wan
OG Battle Droid
Pit Droid two pack
Skeleton 3PO
Queen Amidala
Strong Maybes:
Maul 2.0
Maybe:
Jar Jar
Pod Racer Ani
Qui Gon Reissue
Padi-Wan
OG Battle Droid
Pit Droid two pack
Skeleton 3PO
Queen Amidala
Strong Maybes:
Maul 2.0
Maybe:
Jar Jar
Pod Racer Ani
Qui Gon Reissue
Skeleton 3PO would be awesome but pretty unlikely because it would be a one-time usage of an extremely complex sculpt. Be super complex to make it articulated also - his arms and legs are so skinny. It's not exactly an "iconic look" for 3PO either.
The TPM backlash must have really difficult at his age at the time, but I think sadly in the end the point more was that he apparently suffered from mental illness (schizophrenia) from his late teens.
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What information do you have to suggest these are “very likely”? Just that you want it to happen?
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ThreeZero has done some of the Stranger Things kids. But yeah, Hot Toys hasn't ever done one. And I don't think they're going to make an exception here for kid Ani. Especially considering all the Jake Lloyd stuff, as mentioned above.
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Asian markets LOVE cool complex mechanical designs from what I understand. I think they'd probably find justification in that alone.
A lot of mental illnesses are precipitated from traumatic experiences. I suspect that that the continual social stressors brought up on him by adults (ridiculous) and children alike significantly worsened/precipitated what he may have been able to reasonably contend with otherwise. You simply see it too often with child celebrities.
Just my hypotheticals. No insider knowledge, sorry.
I hope they make a Jake Lloyd Anakin. I would display him in a line with AOTC, ROTS Artisan, and Vader Kenobi versions. Also as someone mentioned, an Ewok village Leia would be great, maybe even as part of their Artisan line since she wears her hair down.
It really should have solely been GL who copped any flak over stuff like JarJar and lil' Ani.
Unlike nearly all film creatives, GL had 100% control of every single aspect of TFM (casting/script/direction/marketing,) so it was unfair to target performers, especially a kid actor.
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What's with the non-stop nonsense "reissue" thing tossing around lately?
Some poor folks must have been traumatized really that hard from that ESB anniversary experience or something.
Some poor folks must have been traumatized really that hard from that ESB anniversary experience or something.
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