1/6 Hot Toys MMS699 & MMS700 ROTJ Darth Vader

[Wor-Gar]

If this has the OWK body and thus proportions it will be a slam dunk,

Doesn't the OWK Vader height translate into a 7 foot Vader?

 

[rayeknor]

The accuracy of 6 foot 8 vs 7 foot sharp shrunk down to a 1:6 figure is among the most unimportant things in the universe to me.

Tusk pointing angles, on the other hand..

 

[pixletwin]

I want this to be OBW proportions so bad that I just know it will be on the ESB body.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Isn't the ESB body, for all its faults, at least correctly scaled height-wise?

 

[HyperDrive]

I also hope it’s got different proportions b/c the TESB proportions are hella stocky and the new one looks to be the same too.

 

[pixletwin]

Isn't the ESB body, for all its faults, at least correctly scaled height-wise?

Probably but the hands and helmet feel out of scale with the body… or is that just me?

 

[Wor-Gar]

Oh. Too big or too small?

 

[pixletwin]

Helmet is too big and the gloved hands are too small.

 

[Felinx]

Helmet is too big and the gloved hands are too small.

All HT Vader helmets are about 10-15% too large.

This new one is another in the "two steps forward, one step back" progress we've made over the years with HT Vaders, though at times it has felt like one step forward, two steps back.

It's sad that none of the HT Vader helmets including this one get to that 90+% accuracy of HT's best, like for example the HT snowie sculpt. It would just be mind-blowing to see HT reveal an all-new sculpt that just nailed ANH or ESB/ROTJ Vader to that snowie degree. But then they've never nailed OT Boba Fett helmet or OT stormie helmet either.

 

[agonistes86]

All HT Vader helmets are about 10-15% too large.

This new one is another in the "two steps forward, one step back" progress we've made over the years with HT Vaders, though at times it has felt like one step forward, two steps back.

It's sad that none of the HT Vader helmets including this one get to that 90+% accuracy of HT's best, like for example the HT snowie sculpt. It would just be mind-blowing to see HT reveal an all-new sculpt that just nailed ANH or ESB/ROTJ Vader to that snowie degree. But then they've never nailed OT Boba Fett helmet or OT stormie helmet either.

Agreed. Even HT's best Vader effort, their 1:4, suffers from too much symmetry and over-corrections. I wonder if we will ever find out whether that's a LFL mandate, or these companies simply don't know or care about the wonkiness and asymmetry.

Having said that, this ROTJ does seem to be a pretty good out of the box Vader, especially once people get him in hand who know how to futz him. Smoothing out that shoulder line and getting his "traps" looking right is essential for the right look.

 

[HyperDrive]

Essentially what HT does with their OT Vader figures.

 

[d-mon]

So, they changed the interior of the helmet from the prototype pictures; I guess to match the 1/4 scale Darth Vader? That's too bad. I really liked the prototype interior of the mask more.

 

[Wor-Gar]

More taken away...

 

[Mr. Awesome]

I was absolutely floored by this figures announcement, not enough to bite but was impressed. After skimming a few pages on this post it seems like there's some pretty disappointing issues and changes.

That's unfortunate as I think as a total package, this release is pretty special. Such is life, I suppose. I still prefer this release to the OWK Vader, personally.

But R1 still holds the top spot for a Vader to me.

 

[Blackout]

wait, this figure doesnt even have the ep3 mask internal details anymore? why not? that's one of the biggest selling points of the figure to me, and it's featured in like three product photos! how could they just delete it?

 

[d-mon]

wait, this figure doesnt even have the ep3 mask internal details anymore? why not? that's one of the biggest selling points of the figure to me, and it's featured in like three product photos! how could they just delete it?

Saving it for the Revenge of the Sith Anakin Dark Side/Darth Vader release for the 20th Anniversary.

 

[Mr. Awesome]

wait, this figure doesnt even have the ep3 mask internal details anymore? why not? that's one of the biggest selling points of the figure to me, and it's featured in like three product photos! how could they just delete it?

Hot Toys: Reasons.

 

[fantasticfrog]

Saving it for the Revenge of the Sith Anakin Dark Side/Darth Vader release for the 20th Anniversary.

They need to include the operating table with that.

 

[Mr. Awesome]

They need to include the operating table with that.

Now that's a great dio to include, right there. Hire this man. HT needs more forward thinkers.

Just like how they gave Robocop his chair. It could totally work.

 

[HyperDrive]

But now it’s accurate to ROTJ. Why would it have been preferable with the ROTS design?