The results have been tabulated and our esteemed accountants from Ernest & Ernester have given me the envelopes for the winners of the coveted Freaky Awards. With no monologue or opening song from NPH here are the results:
Best 1:6 Figure
No surprise that all of our top 3 came from Hot Toys, although I thought maybe Tyrion, Harry Potter, or General Grievous would make a showing. And it was something of a surprise that with all the complaints about diecast being a fad or not worth the extra expense, our top 2 were both classified as “diecast” by Hot Toys.
In 3rd place we have a tie with 11% of the vote each – Hot Toys Batman ’66 and Hot Toys Battle damaged T-800.
In 2nd place with nearly 15% comes the diecast Hot Toys Robocop.
In 1st place with over 17% of the vote is Hot Toys Iron Man 3 – Mark XLII (diecast)
Best female 1:6
Not a lot of competition here, but no surprise that Hot Toys Black Widow from Captain America: Winter Solider took the top prize with 55% of voters.
For 2nd place Sideshow made a good showing with their first 1:6 DC character – Harley Quinn laughing up 28% of voters.
3rd place – Sideshow Baroness with 11%
Best 1:6 line in 2014
Perhaps I should have broken this down more, but Hot Toys Marvel was voted in by 55% of the those responding. Hot Toys Batman ’66 at 13% and nothing else broke 10%. I imagine if HT would put out more Batman ’66 figures it would give Marvel a run for their money.
Most anticipated 1:6.
This category surprised me a bit. I think everyone is looking forward to Hot Toys Chewbacca, but he only came in 2nd with 18% of the vote. In third place was Thanos with 16%. In top place was our HIGHLY anticipated teen time traveler – Hot Toys Marty McFly with 24% of the vote.
Best statue over 1:6 scale
This really shocked me mainly because of all the complaining about our top contender. All of the top 3 were Sideshow Premium Formats. In 3rd place – Mignola Hellboy at 16%. 2nd place was Gladiator Hulk at 17% and in top place with 20% of voters liking Sideshow Batman (comic version) Premium Format the best of the year.
Best prop replica
I know that this forum doesn't really attract a lot of prop collectors, but this category also surprised me a bit. The top winner wasn't even on my radar, but then I’m not a big game player. Also I’m not sure how many people actually own the top winner here, it’s a pretty expensive piece.
In 3rd place with 16% is the QMx Firefly cutaway model.
2nd place goes to the Sideshow Predator Biomask with 22% of the vote.
And in 1st place – Triforce’s Batman:Arkham City Batarang hitting its mark with 28% of the voters.
Best statue 1:6 scale or smaller
Not a small statue by any means, but still qualified for this category because the figures are smaller than 1:6 scale – in 3rd place ARH Conan the Sacrifice/Snake & Slave Girl with 17% of the vote.
In 2nd place – Weta’s Azog on Warg from The Hobbit.
And in 1st place – DC Collectibles Harley Quinn from the Batman Black & White series with 27%.
Thanks to everyone who voted and this will grow next year with more categories, and perhaps an actual trophy for the winners.
