Stryker2011
Super Freak
I wouldn’t put it past them; and if that were to happen we can kiss most of the other retailers goodbye.I wouldn't doubt that we end up there someday..."Sideshow: The EXCLUSIVE home of Hot Toys!"
I wouldn’t put it past them; and if that were to happen we can kiss most of the other retailers goodbye.I wouldn't doubt that we end up there someday..."Sideshow: The EXCLUSIVE home of Hot Toys!"
Received my ROTJ C-3PO yesterday. I've got some problems with mine, and was wondering if anyone has the same?
1. Right hand (open-handed) keeps feeling off of the rivet/peg. The other hands fit perfectly fine. There's not pop/snap when I attach it, very loose. I think the hole in the hand that the peg fits into is a too large.
2. He won't stand on his own at all, nor does he even stand very well with the crotch grabber. The left (silver) foot doesn't have much range compared to his right (not that either of them have any range), and both his feet just aren't sitting right no matter how I try and reposition them.
Update: I took his feet off the pegs and re-attached them, which has since given me more range and flexibility. He can stand a little better now, but still not great. He could easily fall over if someone bumped a shelf he might be standing on. Played a little bit more with the crotch grabber, and it's almost completely useless (plus I really don't care for the stand). I'm afraid it actually might start scratching the gold finish. So far, I'm kinda disappointed in the quality, not as solid as I had hoped from Hot Toys. Unless anyone has some tips?
You are not alone. I had a similar experience with the feet. The gold foot on mine has less range and the heel can't quite touch the ground. The hands fit ok and I'm not bothered about the fingers not being articulated as that can create other issues with floppy fingers. I was really looking forward to getting a C-3PO in the collection (been a ridiculously long wait) but now I'm feeling a bit underwhelmed.
* The range of motion is worse than anticipated.
* The gold is too saturated and not helped by the orange weathering.
* The eye spacing is wrong including the 3 black dots in the eyes which should be lighter.
* The 'nose groove' is too shallow and barely noticable.
* The base is fugly as hell and I wanted a standard name plate to put on a different base.
* I believe the foot is the wrong colour (as mention earlier in the thread). It's hard to get clear reference on that.
* The arm pistons could have been thinner but the mechanics work well as is.
* The top half of the body can pop off real easy at the waist if you are not careful.
* When looking at the back, a black square(ish) plastic thing can be visible between the upper torso and the waist unless you tilt the upper body right back. I don't know what that's for but it seems badly designed and not very well hidden.
Combine all that with R2D2 not having a base of equal height (so pairing them looks odd), it's all a bit of a mess.
Despite my small list of nits, I'm still glad I have something to represent the character and it's still a fairly good representation.![]()
The newer SSC Salacious may have been stupid-fragile and lacked real fur like this HT version, but at least it looked like it belonged in a high-end hundreds-of-dollars fig release.
I love the simple yet genius mods!Was able to tinker with this guy today a bit. Put together an combined acrylic stand for both C3-PO and the original trilogy R2-D2, since C3-PO definitely needs support, given how tippy he is. Added a touch of white acrylic paint to the led to diffuse his eyes a bit. Then widened his neck just a little by wrapping some cardstock with gold foil sticker paper. It still needs a little weathering to match the body, but it's a really simply mod to fix his pin thin neck.
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Can you tell us specifically what you used to mod the neck and where we can find it in the wild?Was able to tinker with this guy today a bit. Put together an combined acrylic stand for both C3-PO and the original trilogy R2-D2, since C3-PO definitely needs support, given how tippy he is. Added a touch of white acrylic paint to the led to diffuse his eyes a bit. Then widened his neck just a little by wrapping some cardstock with gold foil sticker paper. It still needs a little weathering to match the body, but it's a really simply mod to fix his pin thin neck.
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