These HL Joker's really do look fantastic, but if cost turns out to be what everyone is speculating, I'm out. I can only hope the competition forces HT to up their game.
1/6 INART (Queen Studio) - The Dark Knight - Joker Collectible Figure
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I feel about the same as Wor-Gar does when it comes to 1/6 pricing. I’ve wanted a decent Indy for years but there’s no way I’m gonna piece one together for a grand or more. Same for TDK Joker. HT’s DX11 is decent but I’ve wanted one of those superb custom coats and rooted sculpts for mine for a while. I’m just not gonna spend $800 for the sculpt and a couple hundred for clothes.
I’m hoping QS can make a really nice rooted hair production Joker for around $400. Same goes for Indy but I’ll be inclined to spend more for him if it looks good than most any other figure.
Wish they would just give us a price already so all the speculation can stop.
I’m hoping QS can make a really nice rooted hair production Joker for around $400. Same goes for Indy but I’ll be inclined to spend more for him if it looks good than most any other figure.
Wish they would just give us a price already so all the speculation can stop.
Yes! That, or Pepper or Abbey Road covers. That way they'd cut down on instruments. When I think of what "grail" figures are supposed to be it's this. I'd sell a large portion of my collection to fund it if need me. That wouldn't be the case with anything else.
I've got the DX15 Sparrow too, but I don't know if I'd be tempted for an even better version. He's one of the last iconic pop culture icons, and I greatly enjoy him, but in this hypothetical Higher-End format I'd mostly gravitate towards characters that fall under the "wow, he's literally me" banner, rather than the ones I "just" greatly enjoy.
As for the McClane bit, there are characters I love but they have such a basic design that I don't know if I'd drop all that cash on them, even as far as a basic 1/6th goes. I loved LOST, but would I drop 300€ on Jack in his dirty t-shirt? Or Tony Soprano in his XXXL bowling shirt? I'd drop that amount in an instant for a Don Draper with great tailoring and sculpting though.
What a brilliant character he was.
Sometimes I wish I was into 80s films and franchises instead of the huge spanning verses I got into as a wee lad. I want a T2 Arnie, but Rambo, Die Hard, all of these are too alien to me. Movie Classics, sure, but I don't have that attachment to them. Travis Bickle and Corleone are what I think of when "Movie Classics" come to mind. The kind I'd buy in 1/6th. QS though? That's another talk. Still, point is, had I grown up with Robocop and Bond instead of Dredd/2000AD and the FF, I'd have smaller lists then. I wouldn't feel the compulsion to spend 350€ on a C-List X-Man... But, it is what it is.My list of characters I'm willing to drop big money on.
Rambo (First Blood/ Rambo 2)
Joker (Nicholson/Ledger/Phoenix)
Beetlejuice
Connery Bond
Jack Sparrow (Curse of the Black Pearl version)
Mad Max (Gibson)
Die Hard
Terminator 2 T-800
I'm just thankful Agent Nick chose First Blood Rambo as the greatest 1/6 figure ever to be made. Can't wait.
As far as the "600€ High End 1/6th Club" goes, beyond Doom and Anakin/Vader (I'm counting them as one, screw it) I'm not certain. Paul Atreides is a figure I'm planning to buy from QS as it stands. Generally, I'd probably try and grab one or two from every franchise I'm really, really into, and then some true movie/show/vidya classics. Indiana Jones would probably be up there. There was a time that I wanted to be an Archeologist, you know? Indy, Lara Croft, Lego's Johnny Thunder; they were my jam. But my Space side won. Regardless, point is, I'd try to put together a display that could perfectly summarize my entire collection. Hey, it'd be a neat idea to expand it to 12 and call it the 1/6th Olympus.
Ah, too many ideas, too little money and space... Whatever, being stuck to reality is for bores. Dreamer Chads live it up.
WHAT A 1/6TH LIFE!
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A shortlist of figures I'd be willing to pay above current average prices:
- The ones mentioned a few times already: a definitive Ledger Joker, a definitive Indy, a definitive T2 Terminator.
- Gandalf the Grey. I'm definitely worried about just how much QS's version is going to cost with a full rooted beard and hair, because I'd probably pay it. One of my favorite character designs across the whole spectrum of media, and I'd like a version where his hat fits on his head.
- Boris Karloff Frankenstein. The 1931 Frankenstein is one of my favorite films and he's a top contender for most iconic film character ever made. I get he's kind of plain jane these days, mostly just a guy in a suit, which is probably why his last official figure in this scale is over twenty years old at this point. But I'd go as far as to put him at my number one spot for a definitive modern take.
- RJ MacReady. Always a shame the PCS one never came out. But even if it had, it'd be needing an update by this point.
- Logan Wolverine. It's too bad that Hot Toys made a Wolverine from almost every film in the series except the swan song, which is probably the best one of the whole package. I'd also want a Laura to go with him, but that's probably a bigger ask.
- A POTC Davy Jones with soft goods clothing. I don't know how they'd pull it off, but I'd pay handsomely for it.
- Bespin Han Solo...
- The ones mentioned a few times already: a definitive Ledger Joker, a definitive Indy, a definitive T2 Terminator.
- Gandalf the Grey. I'm definitely worried about just how much QS's version is going to cost with a full rooted beard and hair, because I'd probably pay it. One of my favorite character designs across the whole spectrum of media, and I'd like a version where his hat fits on his head.
- Boris Karloff Frankenstein. The 1931 Frankenstein is one of my favorite films and he's a top contender for most iconic film character ever made. I get he's kind of plain jane these days, mostly just a guy in a suit, which is probably why his last official figure in this scale is over twenty years old at this point. But I'd go as far as to put him at my number one spot for a definitive modern take.
- RJ MacReady. Always a shame the PCS one never came out. But even if it had, it'd be needing an update by this point.
- Logan Wolverine. It's too bad that Hot Toys made a Wolverine from almost every film in the series except the swan song, which is probably the best one of the whole package. I'd also want a Laura to go with him, but that's probably a bigger ask.
- A POTC Davy Jones with soft goods clothing. I don't know how they'd pull it off, but I'd pay handsomely for it.
- Bespin Han Solo...
Oooh, RJ MacReady is a good one too. Snow covered with flamethrower, he'd make a fantastic figure display.
Mondo announced Mac last year. But saying they are glacial with updates would be an insult to icebergs.
Definitely agree with you here. I don’t want to spend $800 either way really lol But spending a little more than HT pricing on the full package of top quality rooted sculpt, clothing and accessories, (and box, I actually do like art boxes- it’s part of the experience) is still a better deal than say the $800 on just the custom sculpt alone. But just like you (and I’m sure many of us) there’s only a select few characters we would be more inclined to spend that extra money on. Though, that’s how it usually starts, until we get used to the price and our HT figures start looking/feeling like Medicom ones next to the Queen Studio figures
I'll believe it when I see it.
They quietly buried that Doom Eternal Doomslayer figure they announced in 2020. Zero updates since, so I wouldnt put any faith in them.
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It's funny how crazy the custom groups have gotten with Indiana Jones. I think I've seen just as much custom work on Jones as I have with Ledgers Joker.
Just the sheer amount of custom outfits and sculpts done throughout the years has been insane. Be awesome to see Queen tackle Jones. It's not like any other company is touching it.
Just the sheer amount of custom outfits and sculpts done throughout the years has been insane. Be awesome to see Queen tackle Jones. It's not like any other company is touching it.
Indy and TDK Joker are definitely the top dogs when it comes to custom bits. Lots of choices out there for custom sculpts and other parts and some amazing custom figures that people have put together of both.
I just don’t have the patience and funds to piece together a decent Indy. I would love it if QS would be the company to nail it and provide a definitive Raiders version.
I just don’t have the patience and funds to piece together a decent Indy. I would love it if QS would be the company to nail it and provide a definitive Raiders version.
True and I think the only reason Hot Toys was able to do an Indy figure was through a partnership with Sideshow since Sideshow still had the Indy rights at the time. No idea if Sideshow still has the license for 1/6 and is just sitting on it or if Hasbro is holding onto everything right now.
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I'll throw something controversial out there:
I've never understood the, for lack of a better term, obsession, with crafting the perfect Ledger Joker. It's wild to me that to this day, people are still doing custom sculpts and outfits and more. Make no mistake, I grasp the fixation of trying to perfect a favorite piece, but this has always seemed to just go above and beyond the normal 1/6 passions.
I've never understood the, for lack of a better term, obsession, with crafting the perfect Ledger Joker. It's wild to me that to this day, people are still doing custom sculpts and outfits and more. Make no mistake, I grasp the fixation of trying to perfect a favorite piece, but this has always seemed to just go above and beyond the normal 1/6 passions.
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Demand = profit. Ledgers Joker has had many factors played into it that bred this crazy custom obsession over the years. His passing + great performance/movie + Hot Toys lacking in both sculpt and outfit quality.
His outfit being complicated and having multiple layers, his sculpt being explored with different expressions/likeness/face paint/rooted hair has also contributed to it all. It's also something that just sells and Joker is a very popular character to the general audience. You just have this combination of many artists and tailors trying to nail this iconic look/performance while also knowing it sells like crazy. Collectors want to have THE definitive version of Ledgers Joker on the shelf so they continue to pursue while artist/tailors continue to provide.
It's essentially what Iron Man is to Hot Toys, a cash cow milking machine.
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Brody, Quint and Hooper are 1/6 grails for me too. I’d also love David and Jack from American Werewolf in London, a medieval Kurgan, The Seven Samurai and Toshiro Mifune from Yojimbo
At this stage I just hope Neca gets the rights to Brody so we can just have a full set. 1/6 is the Jaws dream.
If this company focuses on removing exposed joints it's a good. Hot Toys for some reason don't see exposed realism killing joints as an issue and ruined many figures unnecessarily. Hopefully other companies see things differently.
No way I would consider buying a figure with rooted hair. If they do offer doll hair on figures they need to offer separate options instead of having both sculpted and rooted hair heads included and we have to pay for it.
I really hope that they would make figures hot toys ignores like more of the aquaman cast.
No way I would consider buying a figure with rooted hair. If they do offer doll hair on figures they need to offer separate options instead of having both sculpted and rooted hair heads included and we have to pay for it.
I really hope that they would make figures hot toys ignores like more of the aquaman cast.
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Don't see a point of going only halfway with realism. If they are aiming for no joints, then plastic hair needs to be a thing of the past too.
I get what you're saying but joints are one thing. The headsculpt is the dealbreaker. Rooted hair works with long haired characters like Gandalf and Legolas, Joker too.
But I wouldnt expect or demand rooted hair for Indy or Bruce Wayne.
As long as the hair is nicely detailed and painted well, that's all I ask.
But the actual likeness must be there, or the whole figure fails.
But I wouldnt expect or demand rooted hair for Indy or Bruce Wayne.
As long as the hair is nicely detailed and painted well, that's all I ask.
But the actual likeness must be there, or the whole figure fails.
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