The wings do look small in that photo. Despite the 41 inch wingspan, they just look less bulky.
That said, its a fantastic looking picture and pose.
That said, its a fantastic looking picture and pose.
1/6 Eternal - Air Predator (Vulture from Spider-Man: Homecoming) Collectible Figure
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They look totally fine to me. I actually prefer them a bit smaller scaled like a comics Vulture to their gigantic mechanical monstrosity movie appearance.
There must be a line in the film about space metal being lighter than paper to justify his bones not crumbling under the weight of those things.
There must be a line in the film about space metal being lighter than paper to justify his bones not crumbling under the weight of those things.
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That review actually sold me on this version over Toys-Era, even with the technical difficulty.
Toys-Era I think offers the overall better figure, as both the tailoring and the likeness are pretty phenomenal. However, the wings just look really flat and kinda cheap? There's not a whole lot of depth to them and I don't believe you can move them up and down, so there's not many display options either. Also, someone had reported a technical difficulty with their Toys-Era wings.
By itself, the Eternal toys figure is not as good, but I think the whole is more than the sum of its parts. The full display of Vulture with the wings just has a really powerful presence. I really, really dig it.
Hoping someone out there sells their Toys-Era Keaton sculpt, as I still really want that.
Toys-Era I think offers the overall better figure, as both the tailoring and the likeness are pretty phenomenal. However, the wings just look really flat and kinda cheap? There's not a whole lot of depth to them and I don't believe you can move them up and down, so there's not many display options either. Also, someone had reported a technical difficulty with their Toys-Era wings.
By itself, the Eternal toys figure is not as good, but I think the whole is more than the sum of its parts. The full display of Vulture with the wings just has a really powerful presence. I really, really dig it.
Hoping someone out there sells their Toys-Era Keaton sculpt, as I still really want that.
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would be neat to see them side by side. My toysera versiin shipped a couple of days ago but still curious.
I'm sure the joost version will still look the best.
I'm sure the joost version will still look the best.
After watching these reviews, it certainly seems like there is an abundance of options for a figure that HT left in the trash heap of history years ago. Three to choose from RIGHT NOW is crazy. Like someone said, Yellowjacket please. And psst, you can build a whole business around what HT left on the table.
The automatic rotors are truly a thing of beauty, but from the video, they may be hard to scale. That said, I don’t begrudge anyone from trying this out! I’m a big fan of 1/6th electronics and applaud all efforts to innovate and push them forward! I wish I had the budget right now to supplement my JazzInc rig with one of these other offerings, but alas, inflation has curbed my 3rd party game and I can barely keep up with my HT and JazzInc orders! @Kit Chen can you ask them if they’d sell the plasma rifle separately. I would be so grateful if either company did so!
The automatic rotors are truly a thing of beauty, but from the video, they may be hard to scale. That said, I don’t begrudge anyone from trying this out! I’m a big fan of 1/6th electronics and applaud all efforts to innovate and push them forward! I wish I had the budget right now to supplement my JazzInc rig with one of these other offerings, but alas, inflation has curbed my 3rd party game and I can barely keep up with my HT and JazzInc orders! @Kit Chen can you ask them if they’d sell the plasma rifle separately. I would be so grateful if either company did so!
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I am sure the answer is no.. both 2 companies still have stock, they will not sell the sculpt or rifle that many are asking..
Really wish I knew what that guy in the above review was saying... anyway, here's my two cents...
PROS:
The wing shape looks better -- I like how they are raised and the "feather" tips up higher. Also like the added articulation (though it doesn't look like it will actually hold the wings up).
The fur collar
The magnet that holds the backpack light-up switch
The wings have great 'jagged' panels between rotors and pilot (totally missing on TE)
CONS:
The head sculpt
The helmet looks cheaper - weird black eyes sculpt inside
The rotors don't seem to work
TE vs Eternal:
The wing size looks to be about the same on both -- maybe even Toys Era looks a bit bigger but the Toys Era also has zero life to the wings (they just stick out straight)
The Eternal has a much better wing shape/pose -- but the TE has the more accurate wings overall (except for the lack of detail between rotor and pilot)
Keaton and helmet are much better, and more accurate, on the TE.
The one thing this Eternal had going for it was the working rotors... and they seems to be a fail.
PROS:
The wing shape looks better -- I like how they are raised and the "feather" tips up higher. Also like the added articulation (though it doesn't look like it will actually hold the wings up).
The fur collar
The magnet that holds the backpack light-up switch
The wings have great 'jagged' panels between rotors and pilot (totally missing on TE)
CONS:
The head sculpt
The helmet looks cheaper - weird black eyes sculpt inside
The rotors don't seem to work
TE vs Eternal:
The wing size looks to be about the same on both -- maybe even Toys Era looks a bit bigger but the Toys Era also has zero life to the wings (they just stick out straight)
The Eternal has a much better wing shape/pose -- but the TE has the more accurate wings overall (except for the lack of detail between rotor and pilot)
Keaton and helmet are much better, and more accurate, on the TE.
The one thing this Eternal had going for it was the working rotors... and they seems to be a fail.
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Mine arrived on Wednesday morning and I still haven’t got around to opening it.
I thought there’d be pics galore by now. It’s so alien to me to be one of the first to receive a figure considering I’m always several months behind with every Hot Toys release.
I’ll have a play with him tomorrow.
I thought there’d be pics galore by now. It’s so alien to me to be one of the first to receive a figure considering I’m always several months behind with every Hot Toys release.
I’ll have a play with him tomorrow.
Yes, I would very much like to know your opinion of this figure... and to have a real review by a trusted source.
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I'm biased because i ordered Toys Era but I definitely think the toys era is superior in almost every aspect, although this one is a nice alternative if you can't get the toys era
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Well, what can I say. This thing is d0gsh£t!
Unless you really really prefer ET’s jacket fur, the shape and dry-brushing of the wings and you want to gamble on your wing rotors working, I’d recommend cancelling, giving up the NRD and grabbing the Toys Era before it’s too late.
It is possible to pose this dynamically so it looks somewhat impressive but the process is so infuriating, it’s almost not worth the hassle. Took me over 3 hours of fiddling to reach a point where I can put him aside and say- that looks ok.
The only things I like about it are as mentioned above; the fur and the wing shape plus their paint apps. The wings also have some up and down articulation so they are a smidge more poseable than Toys Era but those particular joints are very floppy, (zero) friction hinges that ultimately makes them useless unless you can set the stand arms up in a miraculous position that supports the particular pose.
Speaking of those flexible rods- as was my concern from the start, this stand structure is dreadful. Toys Era copied Hot Toys proto which was absolutely the way to go.
This comes with some cheap, black acrylic pieces that screw to the ends of the flexible rods to essentially just cup the wings- but there is no attempt to make any sort of a convenient or apparent connection point. The shape is awkward, the fit is terrible and fragile, the wings can only really be held in a bland, level, vertical pose and if you go for anything a little more dramatic, they will likely snap. Mine certainly did.
The way the wings attach to the body is also poor. The backpack part is quite loose and only fixed to the upper part of Vulture’s back so if you tilt the wings forwards for a pose, the body will flop out of the harness and still hang vertically.
You would probably need yet another rod to hold the figure up for a horizontal flight pose.
Not only is it difficult to conceal the flexible rods behind the figure, they are also far too short imo. If you slot the wings at the lowest point, thus giving Vulture the most height possible, he’s still only just off the floor so any tilting means you’re going to struggle.
Luckily, I have some longer spare rods that had the same diameter screws to swap in- and seeing as one of my acrylic holders snapped and holding the figure with just one was proving impossible, I used waist grabbers for the wings instead, which actually helped ease the posing process a lot.
Huffff.
Leather jacket looks better than Toys Era and is more accurate. I don’t know if it’s real leather but it feels kind of flimsy.
The harness is nowhere near the level that Toys Era achieved. The claw feet are cool but everything else sucks. The knee joint only articulates at the lower half and it’s only held together by a small single plastic peg so that part likes to pop off when you move the legs. There is barely any possibility of hip movement because the upper leg mechanical piece is fixed to the waist with no articulation.
The shoulders just do not move which is due to a combination of the mechanical frame and the jacket restricting them. So it’s elbow bend only really and sweet Jesus, the wrist pegs are trash. If you try to get him holding the blaster- which looks far worse than Toys Era’s- the hands will just keep falling out.
Also, the steering handle things he holds are locked permanently in place so you have to just sort of bend them out of the way if you want him holding the blaster or take his arms out of them and let them hang behind him. Of all the pieces on this thing that are just pegged in and fall out if you knock them wrong, the little pieces that would benefit from swivelling out of the way or detaching entirely are glued in place…
The lights in the eyes, Jet and blaster all work fine and look pretty good. However, it seems that the switches to operate my rotors and lights was not installed on either side on my piece. Maybe I’m missing something but I just appear to have empty holes where I assume a switch should be…
So, if that really is a production era, I’ll be looking for some money back. Unlikely, I know.
Oh, the Keaton sculpt is better than the proto and pretty passable. It actually looks quite good on the body and I wouldn’t say there’s that much of a difference in quality with TE’s.
This is just under the tv for now as I’ll need to work out exactly how I’ll get him into the ideal position behind my Spidey display.
Worst purchase of 2022 for me.
Unless you really really prefer ET’s jacket fur, the shape and dry-brushing of the wings and you want to gamble on your wing rotors working, I’d recommend cancelling, giving up the NRD and grabbing the Toys Era before it’s too late.
It is possible to pose this dynamically so it looks somewhat impressive but the process is so infuriating, it’s almost not worth the hassle. Took me over 3 hours of fiddling to reach a point where I can put him aside and say- that looks ok.
The only things I like about it are as mentioned above; the fur and the wing shape plus their paint apps. The wings also have some up and down articulation so they are a smidge more poseable than Toys Era but those particular joints are very floppy, (zero) friction hinges that ultimately makes them useless unless you can set the stand arms up in a miraculous position that supports the particular pose.
Speaking of those flexible rods- as was my concern from the start, this stand structure is dreadful. Toys Era copied Hot Toys proto which was absolutely the way to go.
This comes with some cheap, black acrylic pieces that screw to the ends of the flexible rods to essentially just cup the wings- but there is no attempt to make any sort of a convenient or apparent connection point. The shape is awkward, the fit is terrible and fragile, the wings can only really be held in a bland, level, vertical pose and if you go for anything a little more dramatic, they will likely snap. Mine certainly did.
The way the wings attach to the body is also poor. The backpack part is quite loose and only fixed to the upper part of Vulture’s back so if you tilt the wings forwards for a pose, the body will flop out of the harness and still hang vertically.
You would probably need yet another rod to hold the figure up for a horizontal flight pose.
Not only is it difficult to conceal the flexible rods behind the figure, they are also far too short imo. If you slot the wings at the lowest point, thus giving Vulture the most height possible, he’s still only just off the floor so any tilting means you’re going to struggle.
Luckily, I have some longer spare rods that had the same diameter screws to swap in- and seeing as one of my acrylic holders snapped and holding the figure with just one was proving impossible, I used waist grabbers for the wings instead, which actually helped ease the posing process a lot.
Huffff.
Leather jacket looks better than Toys Era and is more accurate. I don’t know if it’s real leather but it feels kind of flimsy.
The harness is nowhere near the level that Toys Era achieved. The claw feet are cool but everything else sucks. The knee joint only articulates at the lower half and it’s only held together by a small single plastic peg so that part likes to pop off when you move the legs. There is barely any possibility of hip movement because the upper leg mechanical piece is fixed to the waist with no articulation.
The shoulders just do not move which is due to a combination of the mechanical frame and the jacket restricting them. So it’s elbow bend only really and sweet Jesus, the wrist pegs are trash. If you try to get him holding the blaster- which looks far worse than Toys Era’s- the hands will just keep falling out.
Also, the steering handle things he holds are locked permanently in place so you have to just sort of bend them out of the way if you want him holding the blaster or take his arms out of them and let them hang behind him. Of all the pieces on this thing that are just pegged in and fall out if you knock them wrong, the little pieces that would benefit from swivelling out of the way or detaching entirely are glued in place…
The lights in the eyes, Jet and blaster all work fine and look pretty good. However, it seems that the switches to operate my rotors and lights was not installed on either side on my piece. Maybe I’m missing something but I just appear to have empty holes where I assume a switch should be…
So, if that really is a production era, I’ll be looking for some money back. Unlikely, I know.
Oh, the Keaton sculpt is better than the proto and pretty passable. It actually looks quite good on the body and I wouldn’t say there’s that much of a difference in quality with TE’s.
This is just under the tv for now as I’ll need to work out exactly how I’ll get him into the ideal position behind my Spidey display.
Worst purchase of 2022 for me.
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Wow... big disappointment. I wondered, having no idea who Eternal was.
I have to say, he looks wicked cool in that full shot of yours. The splayed feather tips really look dangerous.
Sad to hear there are so many problems with him. Quality control looks horrendous.
I have to say, he looks wicked cool in that full shot of yours. The splayed feather tips really look dangerous.
Sad to hear there are so many problems with him. Quality control looks horrendous.
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Same here. Thank you for sharing your experience. So sorry about all the hassle though. For what it's worth you did a great job with it and it does LOOK incredible in your display. Hope your next purchase treats you much, much better.
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Yeah, Toys Era are definitely far more reliable and focused on functionality and ‘user convenience’ than whoever the hell through this together. Will Eternal Toys be back again? Who can say, but I’ll definitely think twice before placing another order with them.
Now that my frustration has simmered down, I can appreciate that it does look good how I’ve posed it- but the process to achieve a tidy, stable pose was mildly infuriating.
Plus, failing to even install the On buttons for my rotors- the biggest selling point and clear point of pride from Eternal themselves- is unforgivable. How would they even do the QC test on the rotors without putting the switches in?.. apparently they just don't bother with that step.
Well, let’s see if anyone else who has this on the way has more success than I did.
Now that my frustration has simmered down, I can appreciate that it does look good how I’ve posed it- but the process to achieve a tidy, stable pose was mildly infuriating.
Plus, failing to even install the On buttons for my rotors- the biggest selling point and clear point of pride from Eternal themselves- is unforgivable. How would they even do the QC test on the rotors without putting the switches in?.. apparently they just don't bother with that step.
Well, let’s see if anyone else who has this on the way has more success than I did.
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Sorry it didnt meet your expectations but it looks fine in your pics if thats any consolation.
Are you also getting the toys era version? Curious what your review would be.
Are you also getting the toys era version? Curious what your review would be.
Man I was hoping this would have worked out. I certainly applaud the ambition but these mofos owe you your money back!
Sorry @Chopper Face
getting a 3rd party dud sucks big time. I’m still trying to figure out what to do with my Time Sorceress!
As others have said, your final pose shows that not all is lost. It’s a great pose!
Sorry @Chopper Face
getting a 3rd party dud sucks big time. I’m still trying to figure out what to do with my Time Sorceress!As others have said, your final pose shows that not all is lost. It’s a great pose!
Chopper Face
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Thanks for the pose compliments. I will be satisfied enough having this in my display seeing as I have no attachment to the villain or movie. It’s purely to help surround Spidey with his rogues gallery. Gonna try to get his arm raised as much as I can do he looks like he’s aiming with a little more intent.
Be aware that my pose would be much more difficult to achieve using Eternal’s own flexible arms. The stand is more detrimental than helpful.
I think the perfect design for this figure would have been to integrate the flight pack into the torso so the body moves with the wings, then a T stand flexible rod like Toys Era with one waist grabbers for the figure but the the horizontal arms would be set slightly behind the vertical arm- like the GOTG 1 Groot/Rocket arm- and they would plug into concealable ports on the back of the wings so you could actually make use of the full forward, backward, up and down articulation this figure has and you wouldn’t have loads of visible, bendy rods all over the place.
Be aware that my pose would be much more difficult to achieve using Eternal’s own flexible arms. The stand is more detrimental than helpful.
I think the perfect design for this figure would have been to integrate the flight pack into the torso so the body moves with the wings, then a T stand flexible rod like Toys Era with one waist grabbers for the figure but the the horizontal arms would be set slightly behind the vertical arm- like the GOTG 1 Groot/Rocket arm- and they would plug into concealable ports on the back of the wings so you could actually make use of the full forward, backward, up and down articulation this figure has and you wouldn’t have loads of visible, bendy rods all over the place.
