I cannot get over that big heavy chain. Scale wise, just think about it, that thing would be simply huge.
Did I miss the part of Suicide Squad where Harley needed this thing to tow Jokers Lambo out of Gotham Bay?
Its flat out ridiculous.
Is there anybody here that still thinks this thing should not have been a seamless body? A ground breaking seamless body with these voluptuous proportions would have been simply awesome. As many here have said there really isn't a good Phicen type substitute out there. If Hot Toys would have done it, just the parted out body itself would have been eagerly sought out by other non-Batman collectors and customizers. It would have made these babies way more popular and could well have resulted in intact figures becoming rare and quite valuable in the long run.
This figure was a truly, epic... missed opportunity.
I really hope Hot Toys will innovate and embrace these seamless figures in the future. It is the only place other companies are beating them. (Not to mention of course that any guy with a pair of scissors seems to be able to make a better cape, I mean, what the hells up with that! Tony or Jaxon would sign up as a consultant in 10 seconds... BOOM! Problem solved!) I really think Hot Toys can double dip here, because well done blank bodies could sell for years without licensing fees and it could reduce their production expenses. Also, having a stable of different go to body types could allow marginal side caricatures to become much easier to offer. Selina Kyle, Vickie Vale, Talia, Lois Lane, the list gos on. I've never bought a Phicen but I would buy a seamless Hot Toys blank in a heartbeat.
This Harley figure should be in my collection. I am absolutely the die hard target audience for this figure. I own almost every Batman related Hot toys figure they have ever made. I have many thousands of dollars worth of their figures, including all the huge expensive bat-vehicles,
but, I don't own this figure, and won't.
I feel many times we excuse really glaring mistakes because we want to justify our purchases. That being said I get it, if you really want more of a caricature something is way better than nothing but sometimes I read comments that just remind me, even if the emperor has no clothes, those around him tend to find their own modivations for dressing him up in their minds or comments.
By all means, buy the figure, If this was the only Harley figure they had offered I'm sure I would have bought it as well, but don't give Hot Toys a pass here.
Within reason, we do make them better when we piss and moan...
And just to be clear, I do think we are guilty of pissing and moaning and absolutly being unreasonable - at times.
I don't think this is one of those times...