Re: Hot Toys Snowtrooper Commander
You're missing out!
Well, I like to pose my figures with their clothes on,
You're missing out!
Well, I like to pose my figures with their clothes on,
Now that's a photo I haven't seen in a long time.
I love that if you just google "wor-gar sideshow kitchen shots" that those instantly come up.
I think a lot of people are forgetting that HT and SS COLLABORATED on the armored figures (at least as far back as the clone wars troops) so this could literally be a SS/HT hybrid.
They probably made the body that everybody hates. As HT as gotten bigger their quality control has suffered. Happens to a lot of companies unfortunately.
Because you have a new HT Snowtrooper in hand right? SS's effort is from 2012 - it's MUCH easier to make a product when you have something to base it on, and by all appearances, the HT version is directly based on the SS version. So much so that it wouldn't surprise me in the least if it had been the exact same staff to design it and assemble the prototype.
You're in Australia so I'l forgive you for not knowing what a large pair of fitting gloves look like.
Everyone thought the Commander prototype was HT and everything was all and good. Now it turns out it's probably a Sideshow piece and some folks are getting ready for panic mode.
The last couple of Sideshow figures, TOD Indy and Biker Scout, were fine as far as floppy joints. I think they have the plain male figure bodies fine at this point. I know the Jawas were a floppy mess, but that could be because they were new special bodies.
The problem I have with Sideshow bodies is proportions. While both my TOD Indy and Biker Scout are actually pretty good in that respect, you still get the odd ones like Fett and Tusken Raider that have super short forearms. The Sideshow bodies don't really hang/pose all that naturally either.
All that said, I think recently there have been HT figures with loose joints, haven't there?
Ok, thanks. As long as it looks like that initial pic, don't care who it's byNothing official yet. We might learn more from celebration floor.
Because you have a new HT Snowtrooper in hand right? SS's effort is from 2012 - it's MUCH easier to make a product when you have something to base it on, and by all appearances, the HT version is directly based on the SS version. So much so that it wouldn't surprise me in the least if it had been the exact same staff to design it and assemble the prototype. You're in Australia so I'l forgive you for not knowing what a large pair of fitting gloves look like. Anyway, I have one on my shopping list because it'll fit perfectly along side the SS version.
I've also bought every HT OT figure (except Vader) up until the end of last year and kept only the most impressive parts and figures - there are a few stand-outs and a number of duds - most are middling, with a few stand-out or salvageable pieces.
Everyone thought the Commander prototype was HT and everything was all and good. Now it turns out it's probably a Sideshow piece and some folks are getting ready for panic mode.
SW 1/6 requires mixing and matching to get the best. Can't stick with only one vendor.
Sideshow pretty much has made the black hexagon stands their standard it seems like. To me their bases are some of the most plain and boring by any sixth scale company. Even if they incorporate anything extra they usually still feel cheap or don't fit well. Hot Toys is much better at the environmental bases. The boxes aren't a huge deal but are part of the overall presentation of the figure and I definitely don't find them equivalent. They always feel flimsy and often are pretty damaged. My Jawa box was pretty messed up right out of the shipper (which somehow wasn't damaged).Glad it's Sideshow. It'll be a better figure overall, even if the base body might not be. If they do one of their special bases, it'll be much nicer than the HT rectangles and as far as I'm concerned, the boxes are equivalent (and something I absolutely don't care about at all).
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