1/6 Hot Toys - MMS - Spider-Man: Homecoming - Spider-Man Collectible Figure

[Jaymas]

wait?!?! Do the new "kill mode" eyes have a light up function? Or is this Photoshoped?

 

[jmann]

Hmmmm... "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".



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.


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 ass nonsense to make you seem "smarter" than those "complaining".



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.

 

[Dino_Ranger_White]

Um… Yikes? lol

I feel the issue(s) with the skin tight outfits are over exaggerated, to say the least.

I have two of these ordered, and cannot wait to pose him up.
This is my most anticipated release for 2018, so he is a happy early addition!!!

 

[guyver1]

A guy on FB that just received his said the suit is the same material as Black Panther.. i’m A little concerned , because that BP does tend to crease

 

[thecapn]

I may have missed this, but wasn't this scheduled for a Summer 2018 release? And it's already out? I can't recall the last time something came out 6 months early...

 

[Dino_Ranger_White]

I may have missed this, but wasn't this scheduled for a Summer 2018 release? And it's already out? I can't recall the last time something came out 6 months early...

Yeah, they blew up the release date on this… I honestly expected it around August 2018 based on the original timeline.
Perhaps the factory is catching up on orders and things are moving faster than expected?

Wonder if the 1/4 scale Joker and Batman will get early drops, as well?

 

[Bardoon]

I know it’s been thought of before but I think they’re trying to get these out ahead of Infinity War, because when that movie comes out, I’m sure that retailers are going to see a TON of cancellations after collectors say “Oh...I’ll just get Spidey/Starlord/Marvel character in his/her Infinity War suit!”. Those retailers then in turn get upset at Hot Toys for long release calendars and then probably order less stock next time around.

Also just noticed that we’re getting a thread line down the center of Spidey’s head. Didn’t they get away from that by having the removable head and hiding the stitching towards the back?

Just checked the proto - nope...it’s there, looks like we may have some off side webbing on some of these figures.

 

[gmoney5000]

Haha my sentiments exactly!

 

[RandomHero]

I may have missed this, but wasn't this scheduled for a Summer 2018 release? And it's already out? I can't recall the last time something came out 6 months early...

I'd guess they're definitely making the Iron Spider from IW and are afraid the Homecoming versions won't sell well if they don't get them out before IW hits theaters. They're probably thinking people will prefer a version from IW and they'll get stuck with these, so they probably want to pump these out now.

 

[davejames]

A guy on FB that just received his said the suit is the same material as Black Panther.. i’m A little concerned , because that BP does tend to crease

Given that the material appears to be some kind of thin vinyl, I wonder if you can use a blow dryer or heat gun to lessen the creasing and cause it to sort of "bounce back" to what it was? Seems like it should help anyway.

 

[spekerol]

I have had 3 black panthers none of them had crease issues. People tend to blow things out of proportion over every single figure release. Their is always something to nitpick about it’s a toy, a rather expensive toy, play with it, pose it, enjoy life to the fullest, but for Pete’s sake don’t buy the figure if it doesn’t measure up to your desire and let not your dissatisfaction spill over to other collectors that may or may not want it.

 

[Bacara]

Poor Pete [emoji16] but yes good point. People do tend to not pick about every single release, yet they still buy them (in most cases) haha

Sent from a point in space and time

 

[BeefEaster]

Yeah, they blew up the release date on this… I honestly expected it around August 2018 based on the original timeline.
Perhaps the factory is catching up on orders and things are moving faster than expected?

Wonder if the 1/4 scale Joker and Batman will get early drops, as well?

They finally finished Hulkbuster which was probably taking up most of their production space, lol.

 

[Jme_c]

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wait?!?! Do the new "kill mode" eyes have a light up function? Or is this Photoshoped?

I think it's just a photoshop unfortunately.

 

[wongderek]

Awesome !

 

[darthkush]

Glad I preordered this. I expect it to sell out too. My only concern about him is the material the suit is made from, specifically the blue as others have said.

Now I gotta figure out how I can pay him off early. I wasn't expecting to START paying him at sideshow till April so I'm sure they'll offer me an early payoff in February or so or I can "stick to the plan" and just get him super late after he hits. On the other hand, after I pay off Starlord, Hoth Leia, Danerys and THIS, I'll only have ROTJ Luke so maybe I will wait. Not sure what to do.

As for WHY he's so early, I think Hot Toys is further along in all their infinity war planning then they are letting on and I think some of those will come out earlier than we think.

 

[jedi18]

Weird...secret base has sold out? My friend just went there and they have none left and are not getting anymore soon.

 

[jki&Cri]

This one will sold out everywhere...

 

[EVILFACE]

It mean$ flipping time. Cha'ching!

 

[Dino_Ranger_White]

I'd guess they're definitely making the Iron Spider from IW and are afraid the Homecoming versions won't sell well if they don't get them out before IW hits theaters. They're probably thinking people will prefer a version from IW and they'll get stuck with these, so they probably want to pump these out now.

I'm sorry, but in no way will the IW "Iron Spider" suit be more popular than this version…
I highly doubt HT though "we will get stuck with these regular Spider-men if we make too many… OH NOES!!

This is classic suit Spidey, and the best version to date from HT.

If anything, a fast sell out means either he is selling super fast, or HT is finally cutting back production
numbers overall… which was in desperate need of happening anyways.