To all the people complaining about creasing, let me ask you...what piece of clothing do you own in real life that doesn't crease or wrinkle from normal wear?
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complaining about creases"? I myself hasn't canceled for this reason, but I am concerned because the issue greatly discourages posing Spider-Man in the more articulated kind of poses many people would want to display Spider-Man in. I think your question about clothing we own that doesn't crease or wrinkle is absurd when you consider the issue isn't just a crease or wrinkle when you bend a figure, but that that the fabric may be stretched and not return to it's original shape. If you are sitting in a chair right now at your computer with pants on do me a favor and stand up and tell me if when you stand up and straighten your leg if the shape of your pants around your knee doesn't also straighten without leaving a permanent area stretched out by your knee? Most of the time our real life clothes don't get stuck in the shape of a bent knee, and thus create an unnatural crease created by stretchered out material which doesn't return to it's former shape when we straighten our leg. If the clothes on the 1/6 Spider man were like most clothes we actually wear, where they aren't damaged by bending our joints, I don't think anyone would be "complaining".
Do you expect HT to come up with some magical fabric/material that is impervious to creases and wrinkles???
sigh... again, you act as if what people are concerned about isn't a reasonable thing. Obviously skin tight outfits in anything other than spandex creates a challenge for Hot Toys. They are trying to provide "realistic" looks and textures at 1/6 scale that also can move and bend as much as possible to accommodate all the work they do to articulate the figures. Many figures, for many reason's though, aren't able to achieve both of these things as Hot Toys often chooses material that looks great but can restrict articulation for one reason or another. It's a trade off they always have to consider. In most cases the restriction means the figure is prevented from bending as much as you might like by its clothes without damaging the clothes; with the figures with the new skin tight material they have been using seemingly allows much more movement, but in reality the potential to damage the clothes is still there. Spider-Man may be able to bend more the Ant-Man, but the nature of the material used on Spider-Man really discourages it because it can damage the costume to do it. So, the whole thing feels like a bit of a tease. I can understand the difficulty Hot Toys is in in coming up with a material that both looks great and is durable when flexing it, but I think most collectors want to understand what they are buying before they shell out money for it. If you can't actually put Spider-Man in all the great poses they use with the figure in their marketing for more than a few seconds without damaging it, then collectors have a right to know this and it is reasonable to take it into consideration before buying it.
There's a reason the iron was invented...
Really? Can we remove the costume and iron it? And even if we could remove the costume without damaging it (which HT says not to do for that reason) and get back on and looking right would ironing where the material is stretched out really help? I doubt it. So your comment about the iron is just comes across as unhelpful smart *** nonsense to make you seem "smarter" than those "complaining".
The ASM2 suit also creases, but careful futzing and a light steam treatment eliminate creases.
Obviously there will be wear at some point if you pose it a lot or in a high-tension position, but if the fabric is like ASM2 then it can come back even after several weeks.
Now this information on the other hand is potentially helpful. Thanks ZE, I would love to hear more from others about their experience with how giving it a "steam" treatment might help and if material really does shrink back after a few weeks after being stretched? The only figure I have with material like this is Vision and I had one knee moderately bent in a pose for a while only to discover the material remained stretched after I straitened his leg. After that, I stopped posing it in ways where he had to bend his knees or elbows. The only other Spider-Man I have is the Rami one and the material used with that doesn't have these issues. But, if there was a way to treat the material to return it to it's original shape I would love to know about it. I have wondered if treating it with some heat would help, like maybe from a hair dryer, but haven't wanted to try it. I don't know how similar the material On Spider_Man will be with Vision's but if it is I am not likely going to bend him very much. If there is a method though of treating the material to fix, or help, this issue, I would love to hear more and even see some pictures.
As for canceling over this issue. I am going to keep my order. I still think over all it's a beautiful figure and want the more classic representation of the MCU Spider-Man. After getting him in hand I will be better able to assess how much of an issue the material is to posing him, and if it is if I can live with poses which doesn't bend his knees very much or not. If I am not happy with the the restrictions after that I can just re-sell it. But, I am looking forward to getting the figure in hand; it does look really good to me so far in a lot of the pictures.
