1/6 INART (Queen Studio) - The Dark Knight - Joker Collectible Figure

[Hando]

I hope the standard version comes out sooner.

I hope they come in batches starting early next year. Thats why I worry the 5 minutes I was late to order from kit may have been in fact too late. I wonder.

 

[vaanrose]

How did Toht come into this? Please, don't get pissed.

My point was Vader and Lector in their first appearance were both immediately classic villains in the Top 10. No legacy. You don't need legacy to be a transcendent villain. Popularity does not equal that.

Incidentally, I find it funny that you used age as a negative swipe in nobody under 30 knows Gruber yet you use 80 year old legacy as a positive to Joker. Again, both in most Top 10 Villain's lists.

I wasn't really intending to be negative with that, apologies if it came off that way. It was intended to be a bit self deprecating, too, I'm not under 30, either. I was just trying to say that I don't see much talk about guys like Hans Gruber anymore. I genuinely don't think he'd make many modern top 10 lists, whereas guys like Thanos and probably Loki would. Which isn't a reflection on the relative quality of the characters, simply on their relevance among current audiences. I think Hans Gruber might even struggle to make the top 3 Alan Rickman roles among anybody that grew up at the turn of the century (millennials love Galaxy Quest lol).

But I also don't see the hypocrisy in saying that Gruber's 30 year old single appearance is different than Joker's 80 years of constant appearances. It's not the years, it's the mileage lol

 

[Hando]

A few hundred from one store??? WOW!

I wonder if Viper was thinking 3-day window will generate maybe 400-500 orders so 800-1,000 heads to hair... but now he may be panicking at 2,000+ heads to hair!!!

I would imagine the majority of deluxe orders would happen in the first 24 hours.

they are going to need alot of handcuffs

 

[user 72759]

I hope they come in batches starting early next year. Thats why I worry the 5 minutes I was late to order from kit may have been in fact too late. I wonder.

I’d count yourself lucky, I spent close to 20 minutes just trying to get the site to load.

 

[Hando]

Yup, I'm rooting for him to do a good job and not get rushed on this.

wor-gar already beat you to the joke Im afraid

 

[Omega9300]

I don’t have a Joker figure and missed out on the Hot Toys (Ledger) Joker. I just purchased the Standard version from OSK and I am very happy about this purchase. Based upon the pictures this figure looks great even though it is not their top-of-the-line version. Also this is going to be significantly cheaper than getting a used Hot Toys Joker off of eBay! I definitely see this as a win!!

 

[Hando]

I heard they sold at least a few hundred of the Deluxe during the first hours.... on just one store. Viper better get ready if this applies to every other store.

I couldnt tell you if the deluxe will total to 500, 1000 or 3000 orders but on that note it would be nice to number them once they are locked. A distressed joker card of authenticity and on the back in hand writing 629/2300

 

[Hando]

It's not even just all these Jokers they have to make. Gandalf and Atreides are already confirmed to have rooted hair, Legolas and Neo surely do, too. And those four are supposed to be up by May with more reveals before the end of the year.

I am very curious how they're planning on accomplishing all this.

maybe while they are at it they can cure cancer too

 

[Hando]

They better start preparing that delay video lol, I don't think they expected just how much this would sell, they have their work more than cut out for them.

They might be preparing for early retirement

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

This figure is bringing back all kind of memories.

I remember when these photos were leaked in 2007.

I remember thinking this photo must be Joker by the end of the film, before Batman kills him or something. Boy, was I wrong.

This one, I remember being surprised by the purple costume. Also, how tall he looked.

 

[Darth Meda]

If Queen Studios come out with a 1/6 Pattinson Batman I’d buy it in a heartbeat, i dont know why but I think this QS 1/6 Joker would look so aesthetically pleasing to the eye next to that look of the Batman

 

[Hando]

Holy cow, I just noticed that this thread blew up - I think it was only @20 pages in the last time I checked it last week (Thursday I think?). These look really nice, but I have two HT Ledgers (Bank Robber and DX-11) on my shelf already and, iconic as the character & his portrayal are, I can't see dropping a grand on upgrades - especially without seeing production pieces in-hand. WHO ARE YOU and what have you done with the REAL Wor-Gar, the one who didn't pull the trigger on the one-of-a-kind Iron Scavenger for half this cost?

get the 300 one it is still a big improvement

 

[Hando]

Thanos

Hes great in infinity war but they butcher him in endgame. Not only literally but also in the figurative sense

 

[Hando]

I think as far as video games go, Vaas Montenegro is the closest thing you'll get to Ledger's Joker, he stole every scene he was in, Michael Mando did a great job making the character his own.

yes vaas is an excellent example

 

[medicomsucks]

This thread moves way too fast. So they are only accepting preorders for 72 hours for all 3 versions?

 

[Hando]

Breaking Bad has fantastic characters in general, but the show doesn't really transition to exciting collectibles. That's fine, the creators didn't make it to sell toys.

I'd still spend big bucks on them though. Have all the 3Z stuff, and their two-pack is hitting like $1k now.

I was able to snag the last 2 pack I could find on the internet just in time before prices got out of hand. Walter white like ledger and maybe only 1 or 2 others if done properly in 1/6 I would spend for.

 

[TheFiend]

It's nice to see Ledgers performance standing the test of time as I thought it would. Thanos is awesome but I don't think you'll see this type of reaction and engagement for a new figure of him 14 years from now. I remember seeing the trailer for the first time, hearing that voice, seeing that visage and not seeing Ledger at all. And I still dont.

 

[Hando]

Ledger's death may not have aided in making his take any more popular, but it certainly kept it from being dismantled by a 2nd appearance in TDKR or other possible miserable appearances he may have had to endure with WB.

Unless warner pulls a disney and we start seeing fake cgi ledger show up in peacemaker episodes. Nothing is sacred any more and cinema as we know it is at its end. Another reason why ledger may never be topped.

 

[Victοr]

This one, I remember being surprised by the purple costume. Also, how tall he looked.

It really is a surprise when you see an average 6ft guy in BTS pics, seeing as most actors are supreme manlets.

For me what made Ledger's Joker unique was that he was the driving force behind the entire film. I've always had a preference for villains because they were proactive and had goals, over the heroes who were mostly reactive and just hanged around. Think of any random action-y/non-drama movie; most of them happen because the antagonist does something, and the MC just reacts to it. For me, that always made the villains/antagonists more interesting. In TDK's case, the entire film feels like it's Joker's.

RE other villains: Nobody has come close. Thanos is a laughable choice at this point. I'm a comics fan first and foremost, and I vastly prefer Thanos to the Joker. However the MCU version is a joke. He's a literal retard with the most basic "deep" motivation. I wanted to see a crazy megalomaniac Death-worshiping Thanos who wanted to remake the universe. Instead I got a faux-deep "remorseful" purple raisin who just wanted to "save da worl" and died in a blown up parking lot in New York. MCU Thanos is a pathetic character for me. I still have the doll, but because he represents the comic version for me, and will sit there with an MCU Adam Warlock. I most definitely don't see him as a good villain or even character.

We should've gotten darkly sexual Thanos lusting after Eva Green Lady Death, dammit!

If I look back on the decade's villains, blockbuster-wise, I'd say the only I'd rank as good would be... Kylo Ren? I'm not jesting either. He had personal kills and we had multiple movies of him running around trying to kill everyone in his path and achieve his goals. Add a good performance from Driver, and I think he's memorable enough. Compare him to the DCEU/MCU villains who were, what? Zod and Zuck Luthor? Yellowjacket, Not-Weinstein, Redeemed Loki #46, and so on? Those all feel hollow, as if they're hitting cardboard boxes. At least when Kylo stabbed a sucker I felt it. Does it make him Ledger Joker level? Absolutely not. But he's the only one I enjoyed.

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QS/IA has a poll in their Facebook page, asking for 80s Movie characters. But you can put in your write-in option. Naturally everyone started adding characters/films no matter the criteria.

Thus far the winner is the T2 T-800, and then the usual suspects like Batman '89, BTTF, Predator, Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones, Star Wars and the such follow. Blade Runner's somewhere in the middle, next to Robocop Predator and Alien. Tron, 300 and Drive are at the far end of the poll. Some guys wrote in "Bespin Han" and "Red Dead Redemption"...

So the takeaway is that they'll go after Terminator. Predator/Alien/Indy are Disney now, so that's a no. So, yeah, more Terminators and BTTF. Now I understand how MCU/SW maxed out people feel...

 

[Hando]

The beginning was great, Bruce being broken was spine- tingling to see adapted on screen, the pit plot was bit contrived but still delivers on the message they were going for, Bane taking over Gotham was awesome, wish we saw more of it, the final fight was a mess and should've taken place at night, Talia being the mastermind and Bane just being her goon was a lame twist, I would've rather seen them working together, I liked how Batman sacrifices himself to save Gotham and almost wish he would've really died, Robin was meh.

tdkr is a very messy and flawed film yeah. Easily the weakest of the trilogy. But it still has some of its best scenes and dialog. Bane and batmans first scene, the pit and banes speach in particular.