The time has come - People's Picks 2014 voting is now open!

[EVILFACE]

I was salivating at all dem Hot Toys categories.

And I agree with the 'Dev. FOTY should require no out of the box changes.

 

[PopCollector]

Indeed. Indeed.

 

[a-dev]

That guy still freaks me out. In both his forms.

 

[Michael Crawford]

Just a bump to remind everyone to get their vote in!

 

[screamingmetal]

I voted. Not having Mega Bloks Call of Duty or their Assassin's Creed in the building sets category is a major oversight. Also including the truly terrible McFarlane Walking Dead build stuff instead has got to be a joke. At least with the Mega Bloks you could actually build other interesting things with them as you should with any block build system, the McFarlane build sets are just poorly conceived model kits.

 

[momaw]

Can't believe the Hellboy Premium Format didn't make the list.

 

[Michael Crawford]

He was on the initial list, but sadly didn't make the final cut.

The statue category is one of the toughest to choose this year, at least for me.

 

[Michael Crawford]

Reminder - voting ends Monday!

 

[Michael Crawford]

Voting ends today - and I'm wrapping up my Best/Worst of 2014 article as well, so expect that later this week!

 

[Mr Walker]

Hot Toys Robocop Outstanding Paint?

It's the wrong bloody colour!

 

[Plastic Bateman]

Hot Toys Robocop Outstanding Paint?

It's the wrong bloody colour!

As the thread over in Aliens and Robots has demonstrated, that's open to (lively, heated) debate. Two things are for sure though - one is that the finish is uniformly flawless across the entire figure to an extent I've never seen before on anything else, the other is that most colour problems disappear once you get it into a cabinet and out of a lightbox, away from white backdrops and out of harsh, direct lighting.

 

[Michael Crawford]

It's interesting - my choices for the Hot Toys nominations and theirs were very different on a couple of the categories. But they were very adamant about which figures they felt belonged in each category, and really wanted Robocop nominated for the Eddie Wires award. Personally, I preferred the Iron Patriot, but in the end I deferred to them, since they are judges as well.

 

[Plastic Bateman]

It's interesting - my choices for the Hot Toys nominations and theirs were very different on a couple of the categories. But they were very adamant about which figures they felt belonged in each category, and really wanted Robocop nominated for the Eddie Wires award. Personally, I preferred the Iron Patriot, but in the end I deferred to them, since they are judges as well.

I don't own an Iron Patriot (yet), but having seen one in the flesh at a local shop, I think that would have been a great choice. Pictures don't really prepare you for how amazingly real the metallic finish is.

 

[a-dev]

Hot Toys Robocop Outstanding Paint?

It's the wrong bloody colour!

Agreed. Even the 18'' NECA figure got the colour more accurate even if the execution and finish was decidedly low-end.