1/6 Hot Toys - MMS284 - Avengers: AoU - Ultron Prime Collectible Figure

[gizmo]

OK time for James Spader to change my mind and PO an Ultron....very excited...see if in two hours I am on SSC site PO Ultron's....

Looks like I'll be waiting for the

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Ultimate Ultron design that Hot Toys will have for sure looks more agresive

 

[ronri]

One of my absolute favorite quotes from the movie:

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"They put the building in the middle of the city, so that everyone could be equally close to God. I like that, the symmetry, the geometry of belief."

Subtle yet very egocentric. Seriously, it's stuff like this that convinced me to stick with my PO for Ultron Prime.

 

[Brainiac]

One of my absolute favorite quotes from the movie:

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"They put the building in the middle of the city, so that everyone could be equally close to God. I like that, the symmetry, the geometry of belief."

Seriously, it's stuff like this that convinced me to stick with my PO for Ultron Prime.

Serious botcrush there ronri
I liked that scene too actually, that quote is all kinds of cool but I like

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-Is that why you've come, to kill the Avengers
-I've come to save the world..........but also......yeah

twisted sense of humor, so cool

 

[tdk5]

As it stands, the HT figure does not even come close in mimicking Ultron Prime's evil & towering presence on screen; the facial expression and overall body proportions just look off currently.

The HT proto just look like a sad, skinny robot..

 

[ronri]

As it stands, the HT figure does not even come close in mimicking Ultron Prime's evil & towering presence on screen; the facial expression and overall body proportions just look off currently.

The HT proto just look like a sad, skinny robot..

With the differing sample prototypes, I just hope that HT somehow tweaks their figure now that the film came out almost everywhere.

Serious botcrush there ronri
I liked that scene too actually, that quote is all kinds of cool but I like

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-Is that why you've come, to kill the Avengers
-I've come to save the world..........but also......yeah

twisted sense of humor, so cool

Haha yes, that whole church scene was great.

 

[canadaclone]

NOPE...loved the movie...not an Ultron fan...love James Spader...but I am passing...but I am in for most of the other figures!!!!

 

[hockeyflow33]

Yahoo is the worst for that They even post spoilers in the article titles ffs Hate them

Log in to yahoo tonight to check my mail and the opening article completely spoils the end credit scene. There was no way to avoid seeing this either. I was furious and I've already seen the movie.

 

[Brainiac]

NOPE...loved the movie...not an Ultron fan...love James Spader...but I am passing...but I am in for most of the other figures!!!!

cool beans to each his own Canada clone

 

[Brainiac]

Log in to yahoo tonight to check my mail and the opening article completely spoils the end credit scene. There was no way to avoid seeing this either. I was furious and I've already seen the movie.

Jackasses worst of the bunch them

 

[XxStrait-EdgexX]

I knew I'd love ultron but now that I've seen him in all his glorious action I definitely want every version hot toys puts out!

 

[Biojex]

Yep. Ill be adding ultron to my collection. Spader and his delivery was perfect. He owned the screen everytime he was on.

 

[ronri]

Yep. Ill be adding ultron to my collection. Spader and his delivery was perfect. He owned the screen everytime he was on.

 

[bransen2099]

After seeing the movie I may still pass this figure,

But if the final presence captures him better, then I will

 

[canadaclone]

cool beans to each his own Canada clone

Now the Iron Legion...they appealed to me...and I like my army building...hopefully with a sticker option like Peacemaker...

 

[Jaycepticon]

Any comparison pics between this and his final form?

 

[ronri]

Just got the AOU art book. Love the amount of thought in the design process for Ultron Prime. Some really nice designs in here, some of which look like modernized versions of Ultron's classic jack o' lantern visage (which look really badass like ahhhhhhhhhhh *internal screaming*). There's even one with a four-armed Ultron, and some that look like they came straight out of Dead Space (only Ultron-fied) including designs that had multiple slit eyes (similar to his Annihilation: Conquest appearance). That said, it seems like Whedon really wanted the more expressive look for Ultron, as he wanted to really nail down the idea of Ultron possessing various emotions, and to communicate to the audience that he's not just one-note in his expressions.

There were even more human-looking designs which, while they looked great as a sort "final form" concept (maybe for Vision-Ultron?), I did feel that they veered a little too far from Ultron's facial template for my tastes especially for Ultron's default design. That said, even with the human-like expressions, they made it a point to still capture Ultron's classic visage, which I think really translated well on film. I'm glad with what we got for the film considering how it at least manages to maintain the bare essentials of his iconic design. As for the "Crimson Cowl" scene, it seemed like it was Whedon's idea to really introduce Ultron Prime in such a grand yet purposefully casual fashion like that. Hilariously the concept source of my avatar is also in this book as one of the heads for the later Ultron Prime designs.

Also Ultron's "magnetic" abilities are actually described as miniaturized anti-gravity tech from the Chitauri Leviathan. It's basically the stuff that keeps them afloat in the sky, and he re-purposed them as offensive weaponry as means of allowing him to create a push/pull magnetic force towards any solid object he directs it at.

Any comparison pics between this and his final form?

Here you go, left is Ultimate, Prime is on the right (second photo has been edited to hell to help emphasize the difference between the designs).

 

[The Iron Koob]

I thought I'd prefer ultimate after seeing the movie but no

 

[Flintty]

I thought I'd prefer ultimate after seeing the movie but no

Same here. It's one of the rare occasions when the final form is out done by the previous. Is that a failing of the designers? I don't think so. Compare it to a good looking knight putting on some ugly armour

 

[ronri]

They definitely put more thought on designing Ultron Prime, based on the care and attention given to Prime in the art book. Ultimate's section is literally just a 2-page spread that covers the general design progress (with no commentaries wtf!). In this regard, I'd say that Ultron Prime is definitely treated as the main definitive design for Ultron's film appearance.

Also it seems like Whedon's idea of the "city in the sky" is a direct homage from Hayao Miyazaki's "Laputa: Castle In The Sky" (aaahhhhhh love that film). Ultron confirmed as a fellow anime fan!

 

[Y4NK33 PL4N3T]

They definitely put more thought on designing Ultron Prime, based on the care and attention given to Prime in the art book. Ultimate's section is literally just a 2-page spread that covers the general design progress (with no commentaries wtf!). In this regard, I'd say that Ultron Prime is definitely treated as the main definitive design for Ultron's film appearance.

Also it seems like Whedon's idea of the "city in the sky" is a direct homage from Hayao Miyazaki's "Laputa: Castle In The Sky" (aaahhhhhh love that film).
Ultron confirmed as a fellow anime fan!

Good to know, as Prime has always been my preferred of the 2 and planned final Ultorn display dollie.