1/6 1/6 Hot Toys - MMS - Star Wars: ROTJ - Boba Fett

[AIR]

Should I update my SS version with this?

Probably a good idea.

 

[Bo Shrek]

but I'll be borrowing a friends this week and will get comparison pics up.

Great I look forward to this!!

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

Those previous photos look like they're of a guy in a suit!

Still gonna wait for the inevitible Empire Boba though.

 

[joda76]

Those previous photos look like they're of a guy in a suit!

Still gonna wait for the inevitible Empire Boba though.

Yea they do, still debating this.

 

[FullMetalHippie]

A few pages back someone posted that the jet pack is magnetized. I can confirm that it is, albeit with a very weak magnet. It barely holds without the straps attached. Strange choice by Hot Toys.

 

[Cap'n Cook]

yeah, I get mine for cheaper than Sideshow's price

Honestly, I have no problems with him. I've owned every single 1/6th Fett and this version blows them all away.

Is that stock? First I've seen the proportions look good.

 

[Wor-Gar]

GREAT pose and picture.

 

[Jaycepticon]

Is that stock? First I've seen the proportions look good.

Yup, straight out the box, no futzing. Just those hands attached and jetpack/rifle added.

 

[Cap'n Cook]

*whistles*. Niiiiiiiicee.

Thanks.

 

[Racetrack]

HT always cheap out on the hands for some reason.

 

[TaliBane]

Does anyone know what reference HT used for their helmet weathering/scratches paint? The scratches on Fett's helmet are a bit like fingerprints - distinguishing the couple of different costume helmets seen onscreen and actually forming part of the likeness.

Despite using Kermit green as a base color and the sculpt being a bit iffy, SSC actually did a decent job of fairly closely matching the ESB helmet scratch pattern on their 1/6 Boba.

Neither this 1/6 HT Fett helmet nor the 1/4 HT Fett helmet match the ROTJ screen-used helmets (there were a few used, but one was used 90% of the time.) There seems to have been some attempt to match the chest armor scrapes (not great, but close in places) yet no effort at all with the helmet, which is surprising for HT.

I'm wondering if there's a a non screen-used helmet they used as reference? It's just a bit weird for them not to make some attempt to match the ROTJ helmet seen on screen.

 

[McHaleyArt]

Does anyone know what reference HT used for their helmet weathering/scratches paint? The scratches on Fett's helmet are a bit like fingerprints - distinguishing the couple of different costume helmets seen onscreen and actually forming part of the likeness.

Despite using Kermit green as a base color and the sculpt being a bit iffy, SSC actually did a decent job of fairly closely matching the ESB helmet scratch pattern on their 1/6 Boba.

Neither this 1/6 HT Fett helmet nor the 1/4 HT Fett helmet match the ROTJ screen-used helmets (there were a few used, but one was used 90% of the time.) There seems to have been some attempt to match the chest armor scrapes (not great, but close in places) yet no effort at all with the helmet, which is surprising for HT.

I'm wondering if there's a a non screen-used helmet they used as reference? It's just a bit weird for them not to make some attempt to match the ROTJ helmet seen on screen.

It looks like HT made the scratches look like...well....real scratches and battle damage. IMO, the ROTJ screen used helmet's scratches looked TOO painted on and less like actual damage. The ESB helmet's battle damage looks much, much better...both in placement and execution. I think HT showed good judgement in making their figure's helmet with scratches that looked better than the prop.

 

[TaliBane]

It looks like HT made the scratches look like...well....real scratches and battle damage. IMO, the ROTJ screen used helmet's scratches looked TOO painted on and less like actual damage. The ESB helmet's battle damage looks much, much better...both in placement and execution. I think HT showed good judgement in making their figure's helmet with scratches that looked better than the prop.

If everything else on the figure is in service of fairly precise screen accuracy, I'm not sure why you'd do your own thing on the scratches/weathering. It's not like it's the dust on Indy's boots or something - the scratches play some role in ROTJ Fett's likeness, however minor. I'm not saying do every dot of silver in its place, but at least take a shot.

It's true the ESB paint job looks better/more real than the ROTJ, but I've never heard anyone over the years saying "Fett's ROTJ armor looks pretty fake" to the point you'd improve it on a figure. I hate to think what HT will do to the Ewok design (which even with CGI blinking eyes, looks fake) when they finally do one.

But I guess it's a bit like the discussion on the SSC Bossk - it doesn't look much like the onscreen Bossk, but some seemed to think the redesign was an improvement. For me, I'd rather just have it how it looked in the movie - warts and all.

 

[Futurion]

Honestly onscreen Bossk is quite terrible, he wasn't done with any precision couse he is onscreen just for a few seconds. Boba is the similar case. Nobody predicted he will become such favorite character so i would not take any details on him as 100% intended. So any tweaks or small changes on the figures are ok for me.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

Is that stock? First I've seen the proportions look good.

You're thimking about the SSC one, aren't you.

 

[Tom Day]

As with comments on the sculpt I'd love to see comparison photos with the prop to see how HT's is different. I love the HT Fett and nothing will stop it looking amazing to me but it would be interesting to see what people are talking about when they say it's not accurate, even though the bottom line is that these are toys not prop replicas.

 

[TaliBane]

Honestly onscreen Bossk is quite terrible, he wasn't done with any precision couse he is onscreen just for a few seconds. Boba is the similar case. Nobody predicted he will become such favorite character so i would not take any details on him as 100% intended. So any tweaks or small changes on the figures are ok for me.

Yeah, but where does it end? The bubble wrap clearly visible in Zuckuss' eyes? The recycled Cantina drinks dispenser as IG-88's head that any fan can pick out? The "diaper" on Dengar's head? Just... reboot 'em all I guess.

As a kid, to me Bossk was anything but "terrible" - he was (and still is) one of my favorite characters. And yeah, the guy seen in the movie. Any slight lapse by the film designers to me triumphs mightily over a re-imagining done by some guy at Sideshow or HT. Sideshow would consistently take an "artistic interpretation" approach to characters - i.e. make them not accurate for no apparent reason - anyway, so why encourage it?

As with comments on the sculpt I'd love to see comparison photos with the prop to see how HT's is different. I love the HT Fett and nothing will stop it looking amazing to me but it would be interesting to see what people are talking about when they say it's not accurate, even though the bottom line is that these are toys not prop replicas.

Main version...

And the ESB one used in ROTJ (mostly SE, but also a couple of stunts looked like this)...

They could have just as easily have used this look and it would have been movie accuarte.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

The one thing that stands out that HT definitely got wrong was the T-visor.

The horizontal slit has still got that curved look that SSC added as well.

The Medi helmet still trumps them both.

 

[Jaycepticon]

The one thing that stands out that HT definitely got wrong was the T-visor.

The horizontal slit has still got that curved look that SSC added as well.

The Medi helmet still trumps them both.

I've owned the two Medi's and they were both super fragile and just looked too small. I'll agree the helmet was shaped well but I also remember it had a damn near orange color on the visor, instead of the maroonish color that it's supposed to be.

As far as the detail scratches go, you're definitely in the wrong hobby if you want 1/6th figures 100% screen accurate. I know that's what alot of people want, but I'm not as critical as others because I'm aware of how much work it is to try and replicate and mass produce all these little details, that some guy did a rush job on in 1978, just to get the props pumped out in time for filming.

And this is coming from someone who took 3 years to build a 501st worthy ROTJ Boba Fett As far as I'm concerned, this Fett and Sideshow Bossk next to each other cannot be beat.

 

[TaliBane]

I've owned the two Medi's and they were both super fragile and just looked too small. I'll agree the helmet was shaped well but I also remember it had a damn near orange color on the visor, instead of the maroonish color that it's supposed to be.

As far as the detail scratches go, you're definitely in the wrong hobby if you want 1/6th figures 100% screen accurate. I know that's what alot of people want, but I'm not as critical as others because I'm aware of how much work it is to try and replicate and mass produce all these little details, that some guy did a rush job on in 1978, just to get the props pumped out in time for filming.

And this is coming from someone who took 3 years to build a 501st worthy ROTJ Boba Fett As far as I'm concerned, this Fett and Sideshow Bossk next to each other cannot be beat.

Try telling that to all the people over in the HT ANH Vader thread. It just always sounds funny when people say that because the minute ANY figure ships, threads start as people mod it to make it.... more screen accurate.

And if I had that SSC Bossk, THIS is how I'd pose him, three fingers and all...