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Re: Is 1/4 the new 1/6!
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1/4 vs 1/6 figures (not statues)
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Re: Is 1/4 the new 1/6!
Originally i was not too fussed about 1/4 but after seeing the Endo skeleton i think it looks great. I am gonna be extremely tempted when more are revealed.
I think ultimatley though its the price. 1/6 are expensive enough especially when you consider whether they might re-issue or bring out different versions of 1/4 pieces a year or 2 down the line.
Originally i was not too fussed about 1/4 but after seeing the Endo skeleton i think it looks great. I am gonna be extremely tempted when more are revealed.
I think ultimatley though its the price. 1/6 are expensive enough especially when you consider whether they might re-issue or bring out different versions of 1/4 pieces a year or 2 down the line.
Uncanny Web-Slinger
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Re: Is 1/4 the new 1/6!
The 1/4 will be around double the price of a current $200 figure, i don't imagine HT getting people to build a collection with enough success as their 1/6
The 1/4 will be around double the price of a current $200 figure, i don't imagine HT getting people to build a collection with enough success as their 1/6
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Re: Is 1/4 the new 1/6!
Zero interest in 1/4th........
Zero interest in 1/4th........
Re: Is 1/4 the new 1/6!
All I know is if I'm going into 1/4 I'm going to have to cut back big-time on 1/6. These are going to be damned expensive.
I definitely want all the Terminator ones, Robocop, maybe some Predators and Aliens. No Aliens have been announced by either HT or EB but I'm sure they're inevitable.
All I know is if I'm going into 1/4 I'm going to have to cut back big-time on 1/6. These are going to be damned expensive.
I definitely want all the Terminator ones, Robocop, maybe some Predators and Aliens. No Aliens have been announced by either HT or EB but I'm sure they're inevitable.
uscmhicks
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Re: Is 1/4 the new 1/6!
Key visually impressive characters in 1/4 if any. The rest of my collection will stay 1/6.
Key visually impressive characters in 1/4 if any. The rest of my collection will stay 1/6.
Grange Wallis
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Re: Is 1/4 the new 1/6!
It is... Unfortunately.
It is... Unfortunately.
Re: Is 1/4 the new 1/6!
I don't see why anyone would have a problem with 1/4. As long as the 1/4 releases don't impede 1/6 releases, then who cares? I started buying 1/6 figures when Iron Man Mark II came out, but that wouldn't stop me from buying 1/4 figures as long as they look great and even better than there 1/6 counterparts. I would KILL for a 1/4 Chris Reeve Superman. The 1/6 was a grail for me but 1/4 would be even better.
I don't see why anyone would have a problem with 1/4. As long as the 1/4 releases don't impede 1/6 releases, then who cares? I started buying 1/6 figures when Iron Man Mark II came out, but that wouldn't stop me from buying 1/4 figures as long as they look great and even better than there 1/6 counterparts. I would KILL for a 1/4 Chris Reeve Superman. The 1/6 was a grail for me but 1/4 would be even better.
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Bustajesse
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Re: Is 1/4 the new 1/6!
I have no interest in 1/4 scale figures. Some of them look great but they are far too large to handle and display.
I have no interest in 1/4 scale figures. Some of them look great but they are far too large to handle and display.
ok it's 1/4 vs 1/6 now
jye4ever
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Re: 1/4 vs 1/6
I will continue to collect 1/6 even after jumping into 1/4.
But the reality is that one single 1/4 center piece will easily steal the attention away from all your 1/6 pieces.
Upon entering the room the eyes will just naturally gaze upon the tallest and the mind will easily proclaim it king.
I will continue to collect 1/6 even after jumping into 1/4.
But the reality is that one single 1/4 center piece will easily steal the attention away from all your 1/6 pieces.
Upon entering the room the eyes will just naturally gaze upon the tallest and the mind will easily proclaim it king.
Uncanny Web-Slinger
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Re: 1/4 vs 1/6
What about the price difference and itch to collect? Four 1/4 figures make up around eight 1/6 figures, so you'd have to order alot less each year or spend much more to scratch that itch.
What about the price difference and itch to collect? Four 1/4 figures make up around eight 1/6 figures, so you'd have to order alot less each year or spend much more to scratch that itch.
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Re: 1/4 vs 1/6
yeah, if the 1/4 is double the price of the 1/6, I will definitely get 2 1/6 instead
yeah, if the 1/4 is double the price of the 1/6, I will definitely get 2 1/6 instead
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Well I don't know. With this reasoning I actually feel like it makes the 1/4 seem like a much more appropriate and worthwhile purchase. They are absolutely massive and it looks like overall quality is much greater than the 1/6 counterparts. While not quite twice the height, they are somewhere around fifty percent taller I believe. In the end it might start to become the better choice especially if Hot Toys wants to charge well over $200 just for a 1/6 scale figure.
Well I don't know. With this reasoning I actually feel like it makes the 1/4 seem like a much more appropriate and worthwhile purchase. They are absolutely massive and it looks like overall quality is much greater than the 1/6 counterparts. While not quite twice the height, they are somewhere around fifty percent taller I believe. In the end it might start to become the better choice especially if Hot Toys wants to charge well over $200 just for a 1/6 scale figure.
Re: 1/4 vs 1/6
Yeah, but it won't be long until there's an even larger scale to grab the attention away from 1/4 scale figures, and so on, and so forth. By my estimates of the current trend:
1/6 ---> 1/4 ---> 1/2 ---> 1/1 ---> 2/1 ---> ????/asdf ---> wadaphoque/lolcats
Yeah, but it won't be long until there's an even larger scale to grab the attention away from 1/4 scale figures, and so on, and so forth. By my estimates of the current trend:
1/6 ---> 1/4 ---> 1/2 ---> 1/1 ---> 2/1 ---> ????/asdf ---> wadaphoque/lolcats
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RyanSD
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Re: 1/4 vs 1/6
To me it seems that if you're going to make something 1/4 scale, why not just make it a mixed-media statue? One of the selling points of 1/6, at least for me, is that is still a figure/doll/whatever. Its a scale that's been around since the original Joe's. It works. You can have great sculpts, great articulation, but still retain their functionality of being 'toys'.
To me it seems that if you're going to make something 1/4 scale, why not just make it a mixed-media statue? One of the selling points of 1/6, at least for me, is that is still a figure/doll/whatever. Its a scale that's been around since the original Joe's. It works. You can have great sculpts, great articulation, but still retain their functionality of being 'toys'.
Moriaman
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Re: 1/4 vs 1/6
1:1 is kind of weird to me (Human based anyway)
1/6 is affordable and getting better all the time,best for human representations imo
1/4 is my favorite though,mainly with statues,the only 1/4 scale figures i'd by are non human such as the Endo's and Robocop
1:1 is kind of weird to me (Human based anyway)
1/6 is affordable and getting better all the time,best for human representations imo
1/4 is my favorite though,mainly with statues,the only 1/4 scale figures i'd by are non human such as the Endo's and Robocop
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