Apart from the thong trunks I think both Wolverine figures turned out pretty great.A well done Neal Adams or Frank Miller Bat would be great. HONO's track record though...none of them have wowed me so far.
I need a great comic-inspired Wally West. All the Flash figures on the horizon are Barry… and none exactly hit that sweet spot for me.Apart from the thong trunks I think both Wolverine figures turned out pretty great.
Would be happy to get figures like that for Batman, Superman, Flash, Green lantern etc rather than paying twice as much for SSR figures that have plenty of issues of their own.
As much as I love Dark Knight Returns, I really hope it’s not a Miller Batman. Lots of 3rd party options on that one. Would LOVE an Adams (or Breyfogle, or Rogers) classic/ Bronze Age Batman though.A well done Neal Adams or Frank Miller Bat would be great. HONO's track record though...none of them have wowed me so far.
I love everything about this statementI still maintain that Hot Toys and Hoño should take note of what Prime1, Iron Studios, Gong, and SSR are doing with Alex Ross’ stuff. His style is literally a perfect fit for Hot Toys with how much they like to deliver heightened realism with a trend toward idealized imagery. A Justice and Kingdom Come line would be a veritable license to print money. Low introductory costs and few accessories with an emphasis on quantity over quality. They make one male and one female buck based on his designs and they’re golden because, if there’s one I’ve noticed about his work, it’s that every single hero has the exact same body. Batman, Superman, Aquaman; Flash; I suspect it stems from the fact that he uses actual models and friends to inform his art, but, for a toymaker who wants to keep costs down as much as possible? It’s a dream come true.
To this point, with all the options I’ve seen, none have really wowed me in any scale and I feel like, if Hot Toys/Hoño went all-in on Ross and gave people a 1/6th scale counterpart to the extensive DC Direct line from years ago, they’d have a winner on their hands. Outside of that, I echo the sentiments about Neal Adams; I’d also take a Super Powers inspired José Luis-Garcia López line based on his style guide from the ‘80s (still hoping MAFEX comes in clutch with that in 1/12th), but I really want a Mazzuchelli/Year One-based Batman. Give me a removal tourniquet for his leg, some swappable face plates; it’d be such a beautiful figure and I feel like his art style is actually best suited to mixed media, be it from a 1/6th company like Hot Toys or a 1/12th company like Mezco. The way he drew Batman was very undefined; very European, and completely grounded. This wasn’t a painted on suit showing rippling muscles and chiseled features; it draped like fabric would over a human body. It felt real…and frankly? It doesn’t get enough attention in the collectibles realm for something as influential as it is should.
Leave it to MARS TOYS
That Poison Ivy would be my dream 1/6 figure with the robe and plant as accessories. Mars Toys would be cool but having a licensed figure just hits more.
That Poison Ivy would be my dream 1/6 figure with the robe and plant as accessories. Mars Toys would be cool but having a licensed figure just hits more.
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