Hot Toys - MMS 798 - A New Hope: TIE Fighter Pilot 1/6 Scale Collectible Figure

[momaw]

With all the SS talk, here's mine for comparative purposes to the Hot Toys. Agree the Hot Toys helmet looks a bit bobble head. Not sure I'll double dip on this one.

 

[Asta]

Into the black.

I always find these kinds of figures hard to photograph. This is the most attention my Sideshow TIE Pilot's had in years. I spent a lot of time searching for his spare hands. They weren't in the Star Wars spares drawer, or any of the other drawers. Finally found them still in the box, where they've spent the last nine years.

The body's still strong, but doesn't feel as natural as a more recent Hot Toys. The boots, while a great sculpt, are a hindrance to posing when trying to keep his feet flat.

The Hot Toys' boots don't look as realistic, but posing ought to be easier.

 

[moldycrow]

I must be in the minority, but the HT helmet looks perfect. Tie pilot helmets were huge and the actors were pretty short, so they definitely had that bobblehead look in the film.

 

[Futurion]

I must be in the minority, but the HT helmet looks perfect. Tie pilot helmets were huge and the actors were pretty short, so they definitely had that bobblehead look in the film.

Yes.

 

[Felinx]

Just so everyone understands what they are looking at in terms of helmet to body proportions... the TIE pilot hasn't been widely seen in full-body view very much. It is indeed somewhat of a bobble head look, though maybe the HT takes it slightly too far.

 

[ZE_501]

It's not the size of the helmet, it's the sculpt that's bugging me. At first glance it looks elongated, which would be par for the course for Hot Toys.

 

[Asta]

It's not the size of the helmet, it's the sculpt that's bugging me. At first glance it looks elongated, which would be par for the course for Hot Toys.

That's what I was thinking. It looks too tall.

 

[Felinx]

The helmet sculpt is really quite solid but I'd say where it falls over a bit is the volume of the dome is less than it should be (ie costume helmet has more volume and appears wider/fuller) and the overall width of the face at the "jawline" (ie area directly either side of the "teeth" - between the "chin" and "ears") is too narrow on the HT sculpt.

These two inaccuracies make the overall "face" seem too narrow and also make the face seem too large in proportion to the upper dome. You can see in the costume helmet the area below the "eyes/goggles" is roughly equal to the area above, whereas on the HT helmet the lower area seems larger.

I'd also say the shape of the HT goggle lenses is a bit off too, but those were hand-cut on the real helmets, so they vary slightly anyway.

It's still a great sculpt (I'd say the SSC helmet sculpt is slightly more accurate, but this one is sharper in detail and the Imperial emblems more accurate than the SSC) and these issues are not close to being deal breakers. The fact that its gloss black also hides a lot.

 

[ZE_501]

The helmet sculpt is really quite solid but I'd say where it falls over a bit is the volume of the dome is less than it should be (ie costume helmet has more volume and appears wider/fuller) and the overall width of the face at the "jawline" (ie area directly either side of the "teeth" - between the "chin" and "ears") is too narrow on the HT sculpt.

These two inaccuracies make the overall "face" seem too narrow and also make the face seem too large in proportion to the upper dome. You can see in the costume helmet the area below the "eyes/goggles" is roughly equal to the area above, whereas on the HT helmet the lower area seems larger.

I'd also say the shape of the HT goggle lenses is a bit off too, but those were hand-cut on the real helmets, so they vary slightly anyway.

It's still a great sculpt (I'd say the SSC helmet sculpt is slightly more accurate, but this one is sharper in detail and the Imperial emblems more accurate than the SSC) and these issues are not close to being deal breakers. The fact that its gloss black also hides a lot.

There it is. It's the apparent narrowness that makes it look 'long'. I used to own the SSC and think I prefer their silhouette.

 

[moldycrow]

I'm now also annoyed at the chrome greeblies on the ears - they're supposed to be flat discs, not cones.

 

[TonTon]

Oh hell yes. Never had the Sideshow one.

 

[ZE_501]

I'm now also annoyed at the chrome greeblies on the ears - they're supposed to be flat discs, not cones.

I can't recall. Weren't they cones on the AT-AT driver helmet?

 

[The Buffinator]

OMG... finally...


Two different back plates... and two different belts? I didn't even know.

Would have preferred the two different helmets.

FINALLY we're getting Two Tubes!! I'm SO excited!!! Oh wait....

 

[BoosterGold06]

Not sure I want to spend the money to replace my Sideshow one, but I’m a sucker so I probably will. The belt on my Sideshow one is very worn looking.

 

[Felinx]

I'm now also annoyed at the chrome greeblies on the ears - they're supposed to be flat discs, not cones.

They can be both, but the onscreen ones have flat stepped discs. For some reason 1/6 versions of the TIE pilot (SSC included) seem to want to do the cones.

ATAT drivers just have a flat circle painted white.

 

[Felinx]

Not sure I want to spend the money to replace my Sideshow one, but I’m a sucker so I probably will. The belt on my Sideshow one is very worn looking.

The belt on this new HT version looks pretty skinny to me.

 

[chrisstbh]

Wow is Hot Toys making 1/6 Cosbabies now? Bobblehead Pilot.

 

[slynger]

I’m not one for measurement and exacting standards, but TiE pilots buckets always looked awkwardly big to me. I think this looks great and that vintage throwback blaster is awesome.

 

[BoosterGold06]

The belt on this new HT version looks pretty skinny to me.

It’s not the proportions I’m worried about. Mine is falling apart.

 

[Mr.Tanker]

At this point, I am excited when Hot Toys releases anything from the original trilogy.