1/6 Hot Toys Luke Skywalker - Dark Empire (Legends)

[Felinx]

Is there a reason this Luke would need those belt parts though? Is his whole body mechanical now and not just his hand?

There were Vader fanboys long before Rylo Ken.

 

[Wor-Gar]

There were Vader fanboys long before Rylo Ken.

 

[Mondragon]

I still have my Mando Luke boxed up sans sculpt (which I'm using on my ROTJ Luke), and I was thinking that I might use parts of it to make a Dark Empire inspired Luke of my own in the future.

Now that I see this version, it's not doing much for me though.

I think part of the reason though is that they based it on one of the covers instead of the actual comic art. If I recall correctly, he never had those Vader parts - belt & cod piece - in the actual comic.
If going for the comic look, he should also have a big wired cape to drape dramatically around him.

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True that was an addition from the cover artist.

I realized that if you want comic accurate you really just need to remove the Vader bits and it's pretty close.

Simple enough.
As far as emphasizing the Cam Kennedy interior art and colors, maybe adding a weird (maybe black light) lighting system to the display would invoke Cam Kennedy's unusual color pallet.

 

[Raleig.h]

Hot Toys needs to leave the rooting to InArt, their attempt on Luke is awful.

My original feelings while I was at work were that this figure sucks, but after getting a good look I think the sculpted is pretty cool.

 

[dukefett]

Yeah, I'm looking at the original in-hand right now, and I don't think it's the same sculpt.

This looks like the prototype ANH Luke, not the production ANH Luke. That changed a bit from proto.

 

[halbert]

I hope I'll be lucky enough to get an Artisan. Looks awesome and can't wait to see this on the shelf (hopefully)

 

[Akiratang]

We can complain all we want but this is gonna sell out instantly like every other artisan thus far.

Do we know the edition size yet for this artisan?

Edit.
I translated the first image, it says 500??

 

[Felinx]

Who combs and products those FIVE HUNDRED tiny wigs?

 

[rayeknor]

3500 worldwide, 500 in Hong Kong/event.

 

[The Buffinator]

Both go up for PO tomorrow, Artisan at 1 PM Pst:

https://www.sideshow.com/whats-new/luke-skywalker-dark-empire-special-edition-sixth-scale-figure

https://www.sideshow.com/whats-new/luke-skywalker-dark-empire-artisan-edition-sixth-scale-figure

Well I'll be at an altitude of @35,000 feet at 1pm tomorrow, so I'm out on the Leif Garrett Artisan edition sweepstakes lol...

 

[Chamberlian]

Vampire Luke is a pass for me. But happy for those that want him. Would be cool to swap out green blade for red.

 

[rayeknor]

Disappointed they missed the sculpt on this, artisan OT Luke is at the top of my list, this however is an easy pass.

 

[DarkChocobi]

this figure looks weird.

 

[ObiGlennKenobi]

If the hair on the sculpted is removable,perhaps the sculpt can be swapped out on the Tatooine version?

Wouldn't be surprised now if the OG Luke,Han.and Leia get reissued for the 50th.

 

[Asta]

 

[jedijim3002]

Looks like they went for an amalgamation of the different looks in the comics.

The original Hasbro action figures were cool back in the day but not so much anymore.

Then they tried again with the Comic two packs.

The idea of a young clone emperor was interesting. The dark path Luke was fun and was presented well in a comic book setting but as a live action concept or figure it doesn’t translate well.

I’ll still be picking this up because it’s cool looking.

 

[BrooklynWolf X]

Looks like they went for an amalgamation of the different looks in the comics.

The original Hasbro action figures were cool back in the day but not so much anymore.
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Then they tried again with the Comic two packs.
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The idea of a young clone emperor was interesting. The dark path Luke was fun and was presented well in a comic book setting but as a live action concept or figure it doesn’t translate well.

I’ll still be picking this up because it’s cool looking.

Omg this brings back memories! I own the comics and that toy!


Aaaand this popped up on my FB:

Man…it…really REALLY does not look good.

At all.

 

[Asta]

Omg this brings back memories! I own the comics and that toy!


Aaaand this popped up on my FB:

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Man…it…really REALLY does not look good.

At all.

And posed by Howard as well.

He mussed his hair up.

 

[DarkChocobi]

bad lighting and fuzzing, same old **** with Anakin.

 

[Bleah]

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Now, it looks like Kate McKinnon. There's so many layers to this Luke sculpt.