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shells075 said:
DX13 is still the best representation of Arnie in 1/6 form. Not bad for a 12 year old figure! :impatient:
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I agree. 12 years...should't be...but until Hot toys does a new one or Mars steps out....it is. The Headsculpt really holds up today.

I am someone without the DX13, and very honest as an be about these things, it's still the best out there.

The heads make or break characters.
 
agonistes86 said:
Do you have insider knowledge that you base this on? From our point of view, Hot Toys also had Batman/DC "locked down" until InArt came along. And Asmus had LOTR locked down, beating ACI years ago when there could be only one.
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It makes total sense when you think about it. Even if Hot Toys, at one time, had a worldwide exclusive license for a given property, that license wouldn't be forever. They wouldn't be able to just sit on it in perpetuity. While it's possible they just continuously outbid other companies for such a license every time the term expires, therefore "locking it down," ultimately it is at the discretion of the IP holder who they sell a license to and what the terms are (such as length and exclusivity). So if HT has truly been sitting on a worldwide exclusive license for Terminator for years without creating any product, it would seem the IP holders are the ones to blame for issuing such a license.

At the end of the day, the "HT buys up licenses to prevent other companies from having them" thing is pure speculation.
 
Saintv1 said:
It makes total sense when you think about it. Even if Hot Toys, at one time, had a worldwide exclusive license for a given property, that license wouldn't be forever. They wouldn't be able to just sit on it in perpetuity. While it's possible they just continuously outbid other companies for such a license every time the term expires, therefore "locking it down," ultimately it is at the discretion of the IP holder who they sell a license to and what the terms are (such as length and exclusivity). So if HT has truly been sitting on a worldwide exclusive license for Terminator for years without creating any product, it would seem the IP holders are the ones to blame for issuing such a license.

At the end of the day, the "HT buys up licenses to prevent other companies from having them" thing is pure speculation.
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Exactly. Licensing out your IP is just a business like anything else.
If a company, say InArt, comes along with a strong business case and/or the person or team in charge likes what they are aiming to do, things can change quickly.
And aside from the monetary gain of a contract, actually getting products out there and the resulting continued exposure to your IP, potentially even to newer and younger audiences, has brand and marketing value that HT hasn't given them in a long time (assuming they even still have the license).
 
agonistes86 said:
If a 3rd party company makes a Galleria T-800 that actually improves on the DX10, I'll happily buy one. But so far I haven't seen any improvements over HT's efforts by these companies.
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Same. Terminator third party of late has just been ''make a thing available again'' releases. Whereas DC fans are getting - also unlicensed - but legitimately original and high quality figures with great likenesses from Mars Toys....at least for however long they can get away with doing so.

agonistes86 said:
Aside from the headsculpt, a proper Arnie neck is just as important. And the body proportions need a serious upgrade as well.
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Agreed. Those old Hot Toys muscle bodies with their awkwardly rigid and under-detailed barrel necks just don't cut it anymore. And any custom Arnie head I ever see is hampered by having to be plopped on top of those necks. Something always looks off - the head posture looks unnatural, there's gaps and/or the jaw of the sculpt has to be cut in an ugly, likeness-reducing way to fit on the neck.

I would not be content if Hot Toys brought out new figures but were just using those same old bodies. Arnie's neck and body size and shape are important. I think his figures deserve the obsessive attention that fecking Ledger Joker keeps getting. He's been an icon for much longer.
 
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a-dev said:
I would not be content if Hot Toys brought out new figures but were just using those same old bodies. Arnie's neck and body size and shape are important. I think his figures deserve the obsessive attention that fecking Ledger Joker keeps getting. He's been an icon for much longer.
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Fully agreed. I feel InArt (and recently JND, but they are out of my spending comfort zone) pay more attention to details like this than HT do, so I really hope they get the license.
 
Meh... Just checked my spare body for this one and the belt has started to fall apart. The others are in good condition. Whats people go to replacement?
 
Kayak has a new semi-BD sculpt for sale for anyone interested in upgrading their HT figure.

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The semi BD is definitely the weaker of the 2 DX13 heads, its fatheadedness and overly round hair silhouette is that bit more apparent. Might look into this one.
 
a-dev said:
Oh wait, hmm, was just reminded, he kind of undersizes these heads. That's one reason I let the other heads pass me by.
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The clean 1.0 that you’ve previously seen and posted about was definitely on the smaller side.
He resized it and improved some details for the clean 2.0, BD and semi-BD sculpts. They definitely are as big or even a tiny bit bigger than the dx13 original heads…

But… what should get our attention now, is the fact Hot Toys has chose to reuses the dx13 heads…
The fact that they are their best Arnold sculpts, does not mean that they were “the greatest” Arnold sculpts… as much as I love them, they are starting to feel dated…
But… I’m sure many will be happy with the gas grenade launcher being included
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While it would be nice to see a remake instead of a re-release, I'll still be over the moon if they actually put this back up for sale. I missed out on all the older Alien, Predator, and Terminator stuff and am dying for HT representation of them more than any other property. Now just have to keep the excitement in check until we see some actual preview pictures for it on some random Thursday in a year and a half.
 
zxTASKMASTERxz said:
The clean 1.0 that you’ve previously seen and posted about was definitely on the smaller side.
He resized it and improved some details for the clean 2.0, BD and semi-BD sculpts. They definitely are as big or even a tiny bit bigger than the dx13 original heads…

But… what should get our attention now, is the fact Hot Toys has chose to reuses the dx13 heads…
The fact that they are their best Arnold sculpts, does not mean that they were “the greatest” Arnold sculpts… as much as I love them, they are starting to feel dated…
But… I’m sure many will be happy with the gas grenade launcher being included
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Correct me if I'm wrong but that literally just looks like the DX13 just plopped on display similar to how the Batman 89 2.0 was just a DX09 on display a couple years back.
 

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