back to the future anyone?

[JediMike71]

DC is finally doing a Christopher Reeve as Superman statue for release next year. But honestly from what I have seen so far, it can't "hold a candle" as far as the likeness goes to Les Walker's awesome 1:6 scale Christopher Reeve as Superman head.

Check it out!

I will be VERY proud to have it in my hands once he's done making the custom Reeve as Superman 1:6 scale figure he's working on for me now. Other than the recent Sideshow Indiana Jones, the Reeve Superman is my other most-wanted figure in the 1:6 scale. Marty and Doc are right up there too! I'd love to have them done by a great sculptor like Chris Howes, Les Walker, or Dan Chung.

 

[The Mike]

Yeah, I believe his estate finally cleared the likeness but what the stipulations were I'm not sure have been made public. While I'm not too keen on the Statue I'm interested to see if this leads to 13" figures, busts or even the hopeful Christopher Reeve HT Superman.

 

[JediMike71]

We'll see. I would buy a 1:6 scale, or 13" figure if the likeness was really great from either Sideshow or Hot Toys. But once my custom Superman is finished by Les Walker I am sure I'll have my personal PERFECT Christopher Reeve as Superman in 1:6 scale!

I may go through with the pre-order I did earlier of the DC Reeve as Superman statue. It'd be great to have a good statue of him. But I definitely want to see later pictures of it to see the likeness better.

I'm sorry to sidetrack this thread.

Now....let's go BACK to the Future!

"Where we're going we don't need roads!"

 

[Vivek]

Being a huge BTTF fan.. I still crave for more BTTF collectibles. I have all the minimates, 1:24 Welly DeLoreans and 1:43 Skynet Aoshima DeLoreans. (Even though they are small, 1:43 by Skynet are my favourite DeLoreans, more accurate details than the Sunstar versions). I was little annoyed with Sunstar when for the first three DeLoreans, they didn't even fix the color of the three capacitors to red. Also instead of three capacitors they had only two of them in grey. But they finally corrected them for the Railroad version, which looks great.

The following quote from Michael J. Fox was from the Dec 2007 issue of Esquire magazine.
https://www.esquire.com/features/what-ive-learned/michaeljfox0108

"I was never big on lunch boxes and all that stuff, and I look at it now and think, God, how much money I turned down. Oh, ****, I’d do it in a heartbeat now."

So I guess during the 90s and probably still during the early 2000, Michael didn't want his likeness used for any merchandise. But he has probably changed his mind now.

The 25th anniversary in 2010 will be the ideal time to release BTTF action figures and statues. Even if MJF doesn't approve, any company could move forward by doing other characters from BTTF. Surely Christopher Llyod, Lea Thompson, Claudia Wells, Elisabeth Shue and Tom Wilson won't have any objections granting their likeness for their characters. Though not sure about Crispin Glover. Yes Marty is the central character, but I would rather have some BTTF action figures, rather than nothing. Maybe they could make Marty figures without actual MJF likeness, like by having Marty wear sunglasses for the Part I 1985 version and also for the Part II 1955 Marty in disguise figure.

I love the BTTF minimates, they have a great amount of details and DST did a good job with that line. But I am very disappointed with their prop replicas, they are hardly screen accurate replicas, including the recent Outatime plate. Hopefuly they will get the Hoverboard right. DST has the license for minimates and prop replicas, but I am not sure if they have the license for action figures and statues.

1:6 scale BTTF figures and statues by Sideshow would be a dream come true for me and many other BTTF fans .

 

[Shaun & Ed Fan]

I say no.
Sideshow would make Marty and Doc and maybe a 2nd Marty and then just kill off the line.

 

[JediMike71]

By Hot Toys showing their incredible attention to detail and authenticity of the movie lines they've done up to now...I think they're the clear choice to do 1:6 scale figures from BTTF. Even if it ends up only being Marty and Doc from the first movie...at least we'll get those!

I love Sideshow...but Hot Toys is really doing it right lately. I'd love to see them take on BTTF.

 

[Darth_Pain]

I'd buy a replica of the time machine but that's it.
If Marty and the Doc were sculpted to sit inside. That would be ok.