1/6 Hot Toys - DX23 - The Mandalorian: Luke Skywalker (DELUXE VERSION)

[BrooklynWolf X]

I would've agreed and said the same, until Mando s3 reared it's ugly head and was then followed up with the equally disappointing Ahsoka.

Still wonder behind the scenes what happened. Those 2 shows are a pretty far cry from what we got with Mando s1 & s2. Even TCW s7 had its ups and downs. The arc with the sisters was completely pointless and some of the worst filler ever in TCWs 7 seasons. And Bad Batch was the same. Surprisingly I did enjoy the Tales Of The Jedi shorts.

I cancelled D+ last December and haven't even cared about watching the final season 3 of The Bad Batch or Tales Of The Empire.

I still hadn’t watched Mando S3 nor Ahsoka so I can’t comment on that.

But a good friend of mine who also shares the same sentiments as I (i.e. hates the ST), his theory on why M-S3 and Ahsoka suffered is due to the BTS shuffling of execs, the need to connect the 2 shows along with Filoni’s plans on making that Ahsoka movie that ties everything together.

Basically bit off too much. However, I still remain optimistic and the little stumbles along the way were just stumbles.

It has to be.

Filoni and Favreau are literally the only reason why I’m still sticking with this universe post Disney acquisition. If the movie sucks…ugh, I don’t even wanna consider that

 

[Luisenigma1]

Filoni and Favreau are literally the only reason why I’m still sticking with this universe post Disney acquisition. If the movie sucks…ugh, I don’t even wanna consider that

That might have been true for The Mandalorian S1-S2 but not currently. Sadly the minute Kathleen Kennedy realized how popular and big SW became because of The Mandalorian and Favreau (more so then Filoni imo) she mandated that moving forward the character had outlived his usefulness, and everything now is trash. The acolyte is living proof that Star Wars has officially died and anything more is like beating a dead horse.

 

[BrooklynWolf X]

That might have been true for The Mandalorian S1-S2 but not currently. Sadly the minute Kathleen Kennedy realized how popular and big SW became because of The Mandalorian and Favreau (more so then Filoni imo) she mandated that moving forward the character had outlived his usefulness, and everything now is trash. The acolyte is living proof that Star Wars has officially died and anything more is like beating a dead horse.

Wait can you provide more details with regards to Mando outliving his usefulness?

I have a theory as to why anything Lucas created especially with the Skywalkers is purposely being destroyed…but I also want to know what’s going on with Mando?

 

[Luisenigma1]

Wait can you provide more details with regards to Mando outliving his usefulness?

I have a theory as to why anything Lucas created especially with the Skywalkers is purposely being destroyed…but I also want to know what’s going on with Mando?

So S3 of the Mandalorian no longer puts Din as it's main protagonist, sure he is there and the story follows him but the minute that Bo Katan enters the show it now becomes more about her and din is a side character/ sidekick. The story becomes more about her goals and issues then it does Din, and his story. Filoni actually stated in an interview that the Mandalorian could be about any of the characters (minus Boba and now Din) but in this case S3 was more about Bo and the situation with Mandalore then it was about Din and what was next for him.

 

[LipSmack]

S3 Suuuucked

The whole tone just fell off, I didn't even mind the Lizzo/JB stuff, they just tried to make too grand a conflict with no real scale, consequence, or depth, just more of the same. I actually sometimes think the show is just Favreau and Filoni playing with their toys and making the story up as they play lol

 

[The Glorious League Freak]

S3 Suuuucked

The whole tone just fell off, I didn't even mind the Lizzo/JB stuff, they just tried to make too grand a conflict with no real scale, consequence, or depth, just more of the same. I actually sometimes think the show is just Favreau and Filoni playing with their toys and making the story up as they play lol

I think the story of the Mandalorians returning the Mandalore needed to be told, and is positive overall for Star Wars. I just think some of the ways it was done in S3 was just wrong.

The Moff Gideon stuff....maybe it should have been a different threat. The cloning stuff probably wasnt needed. The Dark Saber went from being super important to junk. A lot of these details were done poorly.

The bigger story arch though, the Mandalorians returning, rebuilding, the potential of who the Mythosaur responds to, I think that was pretty cool. It could potentially set up some amazing stories, but Disney will stuff it right up. So it doesnt matter.....so depressing.

 

[ScoobyDoo]

Some summertime pictures! I also have no idea which way the background is supposed to be, I'm not sure if it's upside down or not
Too late to change it though!

 

[Maximusplatimus]

 

[notdagreatbrain]

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LOVE THIS

 

[ShootingtheGalaxy]

A Friend

 

[Omnishredder]

Finally gotten around to one of the mods I've been wanting to do for a while. Whilst I have some CCFL sabers - I rarely use them and the default ones from Hot Toys are piss poor in terms of colour pop. I bought some acrylic rods at 4 mm with a 'live edge' and made my own. Just look how much better they glow. Pictures don't do it justice

 

[Jbeltram4]

Finally gotten around to one of the mods I've been wanting to do for a while. Whilst I have some CCFL sabers - I rarely use them and the default ones from Hot Toys are piss poor in terms of colour pop. I bought some acrylic rods at 4 mm with a 'live edge' and made my own. Just look how much better they glow. Pictures don't do it justice

Those look great; have you tried them in the LED saber handles?

 

[Omnishredder]

Those look great; have you tried them in the LED saber handles?

I haven’t as they are still in the box will snap a pic at some point as I imagine the light effect would work much better with these

 

[Omnishredder]

Here is that vid if anyone was curious about the light up feature

 

[Warthog81]

Finally gotten around to one of the mods I've been wanting to do for a while. Whilst I have some CCFL sabers - I rarely use them and the default ones from Hot Toys are piss poor in terms of colour pop. I bought some acrylic rods at 4 mm with a 'live edge' and made my own. Just look how much better they glow. Pictures don't do it justice

How do you trim the end of the rod to get them to fit in the hilt? I am very tempted to try this myself. Hot Toys seems to use such weak colours.

 

[Omnishredder]

How do you trim the end of the rod to get them to fit in the hilt? I am very tempted to try this myself. Hot Toys seems to use such weak colours.

Pretty simple but tedious. I have some mini files and used those to create the 'peg' and round over. Then just used sand paper / polishing compounds to get back to be translucent. There might be a better way to create the tenon but this seemed to work out. Have to be quite careful not to take too much.

 

[Warthog81]

Pretty simple but tedious. I have some mini files and used those to create the 'peg' and round over. Then just used sand paper / polishing compounds to get back to be translucent. There might be a better way to create the tenon but this seemed to work out. Have to be quite careful not to take too much.

Cool, thanks for the info. I might well give it a go.

 

[Darth KirBayBey]

So I have a question for those that usually take apart and modify HT bodies. Can you separate the lower legs below the knees and swap them into another body? I have two HT Mando Luke bodies and both are damaged. The legs broke of one body where they pop into the waist and the bottom of the legs(where the foot pegs peg in) of the second body both busted trying to put the pegs back in.

 

[Raleig.h]

I believe if you heat the knee joint up, you can just pull the lower leg out from the thigh.

 

[TonTon]

So I have a question for those that usually take apart and modify HT bodies. Can you separate the lower legs below the knees and swap them into another body? I have two HT Mando Luke bodies and both are damaged. The legs broke of one body where they pop into the waist and the bottom of the legs(where the foot pegs peg in) of the second body both busted trying to put the pegs back in.

As Raleig.h said you can usually pull them apart, sometimes it's more difficult but they're made to pop off at the knee from both the upper and lower leg.