1/6 Hot Toys - VGM62/62B - StarWars Legends : Darth Revan

[svnmelter]

Kinda glad I sold this. I have the mini bust which is more than enough

Must not really care about the character

 

[Joe Prince]

Must not really care about the character

Not enough to pay the amount and it be subpar, There are some statues that are nice. As a HT figure...no.

 

[Jive Turkey]

Got the tracking number from Sideshow tonight

 

[S. Griffin]

Got the tracking number from Sideshow tonight

So did I.

 

[ObiGlennKenobi]

IT'S HAPPENING!!!

 

[borgified]

My copy should be arriving next week Wednesday from Markham, Ontario (barring delays if and when should it happen).

 

[jedibear]

The dark side beckons...

 

[Jive Turkey]

My copy should be arriving next week Wednesday from Markham, Ontario (barring delays if and when should it happen).

Where do you order from in Markam?

 

[Jive Turkey]

Does anyone know if the hood/cape is easily removed? ie, could someone theoretically make a custom replacement? Doubling it up the way they did really seems to have thrown off the scale.

Either way, really looking forward to getting my hands on this one

 

[Pose Mastery]

Does anyone know if the hood/cape is easily removed? ie, could someone theoretically make a custom replacement? Doubling it up the way they did really seems to have thrown off the scale.

Either way, really looking forward to getting my hands on this one

His hood and cape are one piece and glued to the armor hence I could not make a replacement. You’d have to tear it off to make a new one

 

[borgified]

Where do you order from in Markham?

Toy2net.
Located at First Markham Place in between Warden/Woodbine on Hwy 7. Landmark is Golf Town/former Cineplex and inside that small mall (not around in Chinese Food area that are around it).

Note: I used to live around the fringes of Scarborough/Markham back in ‘91 and moved back to Vancouver in 2011.Toronto is my home away from home as I still have family relatives living there.

Edit: Check the website frequently if you can as some of the stuff can go pretty fast if you still waffle over the pre-orders. They’re also a legitimate SS distributor not like some scummy 1/6 re-retailers. Note that I got my first version of Scar Predator from there and I still have it to this day.

 

[Jive Turkey]

Toy2net.
Located at First Markham Place in between Warden/Woodbine on Hwy 7. Landmark is Golf Town/former Cineplex and inside that small mall (not around in Chinese Food area that are around it).

Note: I used to live around the fringes of Scarborough/Markham back in ‘91 and moved back to Vancouver in 2011.Toronto is my home away from home as I still have family relatives living there.

Edit: Check the website frequently if you can as some of the stuff can go pretty fast if you still waffle over the pre-orders. They’re also a legitimate SS distributor not like some scummy 1/6 re-retailers. Note that I got my first version of Scar Predator from there and I still have it to this day.

Wicked. Thanks man!

 

[jedibear]

Another angle...

 

[Nyhargo Dirge]

Anyone remove the hood wire and water treat the hood?

The best water treatment I’ve ever done included dunking/soaking Gandalf’s overcloak and Aragorn’s fellowship cloak in hot water, wringing, then draping on the figures.

I hope to do the same with Revan’s hood, but I’m leery of where to pull the wire from. Anyway, if anyone has gone this route, I’d be curious to know if you had success or have regrets

 

[Pose Mastery]

Anyone remove the hood wire and water treat the hood?

The best water treatment I’ve ever done included dunking/soaking Gandalf’s overcloak and Aragorn’s fellowship cloak in hot water, wringing, then draping on the figures.

I hope to do the same with Revan’s hood, but I’m leery of where to pull the wire from. Anyway, if anyone has gone this route, I’d be curious to know if you had success or have regrets

From what I learned working with fabric water treatment is only a temporary solution. Here’s why,
1. Damping cloth makes it heavy while wet, when water evaporates the cloth holds its shape, until you change the pose, then you have to do it all over again - so it may look like it’s working, but only for that one pose, it won’t solve any problems in the long run

2. Removing the wire makes the hood lose the ability to fight against the springyness of the fibers

3. What actually makes the water treatment work is making the cloth heavy, not the wetness. The best solution is to make the hood out of a thin heavy fabric.

For example, this thing on Anakin’s head is not even the right shape of hood, I literally just draped a rectangle shape on his head, no wire just gravity. The material does the work on its own (no water)

This 2nd pic is the finished hood. When the lining is added, the hood loses some of that natural drape. This approach can forego the wire, it’s not needed if the material itself is heavy enough.

Revan’s hood starts thick and is very light weight, therefore won’t drape naturally, the fibers are too stiff, so it needs the wire. Just my two cents.

 

[Jive Turkey]

Revan arrived today. A couple initial thoughts:
I actually didn't have too much trouble with the hood. When I tug it down and a bit forward, it seems to sit where I want it to (for now?)

But something that really caught my attention that I haven't seen discussed here yet: his back is too flat. I know that sounds like a weird criticism, but it really gives him an awkward profile. Especially with the volume of the hood. He needs some additional armour or padding or something around his shoulder blades or behind his neck. He has all this beautiful detail on the front, and then the back is just... meh. I don't know, maybe some posing will help, but I generally go for the more subdued poses on the shelf. Anyone else notice this too?