Bank Robber Joker/New Sculpt - PHOTO Thread

[Rock83]

Congrats my friend,very nice setup

 

[Devil_666]

I finally got mine today, here are some half assed pics.

Ok now I see why some people didn't like the BR Joker box. When you display all of them like that with the boxes the different design does kinda stand out. Awesome set up though.

 

[MaulFan]

Sean -- please stage a fight between Joker and Indy.

That can be arranged and look quite interesting.

 

[Rock83]

Ok now I see why some people didn't like the BR Joker box. When you display all of them like that with the boxes the different design does kinda stand out. Awesome set up though.

I know what you mean,and its true but i personally like the Box,good choice by HT.First box ive seen that has all the artists names printed on the box.

 

[Cap'n Cook]

That set up is AWESOME!

 

[Rock83]

Just sold my 2 Jokers,got 270$ for the pair,very pleased with that.

It was the hype that got me into this line,ill keep my Batman figure though,displaying it with Superman.Its a relief that the Jokers is out of my world,its been in the air for a while.

 

[blakus939]

saintsyn that looks awesome man well done. nice pics Maulfan also, more damnit lol!

 

[DiFabio]

Swapping the Joker Heads

So I just have one question that I'm sure has been asked already... is it easy to remove the Joker V1 head and to put the Joker V2 head on the V1 body?

I plan to do this straight away... as well as tweak the V1 Joker clothes.

I came to find the BR heads seem to hold tighter to the post, you actually are more likely to pop the adapter off the body than the head off the adapter.

Fortunately, I had a spare post and since you don't see it, I put that on my v2 head, left the BR head on the BR post and the v1 head on the v1 post.
Whatever you do with the heads, easiest thing to do with the BR heads is just leave them on a post and swap out the whole thing if you want to change them.

So, just popping the entire post out of the body is OK?
I'm not at all familiar with how these things are put together.

So does the V1 head and the BR head fit onto the same style neck post on the V1 body and the BR body? Or do I need an 'adapter' - which has been mentioned?
My plan was to pop the V1 head off and stick the moody BR head on the V1 body. Then use the grinning BR head on the BR body - with mask on or in hand.

Correct.
The Hot Toys True Type body their figures come on has only one method of connecting necks to the body.
In the torso, there's a hole for the neck and inside is a ball joint. You can either attach a neck adapter, which Joker uses because his neck is sculpted, or the neck piece from non-sculpted neck figures to this ball joint.

Both Joker figures use the exact same neck setup.

I actually just bought the bank robber head off of ebay and then put it on my version 1 joker it did not need an adapter at all. I must say though that i have swapped out heads before and putting the bank robber head on my version 1 joker was actually pretty hard. I had to push it on there pretty good. But gotta say it looks great

my post always comes out inside the head, i thought i needed some adapter too, being new to 1/6th and all. i took the head of v1 and the post was inside the head, then off BR and it stayed on the body, LOL i didnt really noticed there was a post there at all and i was like wtf, how do i click it onto the body. about .5seconds later i figured it out, of course, felt like a ^^^^ though

that adapter is a pain to get off though,i just pull the head off and sometimes it comes with the head,sometimes not,same with the peg joints on the arms.

Just pulled the V1 Joker head off and it was quite easy. I neck bit stayed with the body and the head just has a clean hole in the bottom... I take it the BR Joker head will have the same hole and I'll just stick it on.

you don't have to swap the whole connector but you could.
The part you pulled out would have had a connector stuck to the head that could seperate if there was a clean hole in the neck.

Yeah, the V1 head comes off easily enough (not TOO easily though, don't want it falling off all the time).
But it really is quite hard to get the V2 head on the V1 body, I had to push pretty hard--but don't worry about the paint, it's stays on really well, I've pushed and pulled the head pretty well and it didn't take any paint off.

Just pull and twist at an angle and the V1 should pop off easily. I don't have the BR yet, but if it is hard to pop on the V1 just heat up some water in the microwave and then dip the bottom of the V2 neck in it for about 15-20 seconds and it should pop on easily.

I had a nightmare swapping the heads. The V1 Head came off easily and the neck adapter stayed on the body. The V2 head (smudged makeup) came off with the neck adapter so i needed to take the adapter out of his head but it just wudnt move. I used a hair dryer and nothign worked I even placed it on the end of a pen to try an get some leverage but you cud hear the plastic starting to snap ....then i got blue pen ink on his head!! I flipped! but it washed off. anyway. I eventally used a screwdriver to seperate the head and connector but once apart I noticed that hot toys had actually GLUED the head onto the connector!?!? That dosent make sense!...Bank robber comes with two heads so it makes no sense to glue it you wud never be able to swap them!!!

whoa.... that is so not cool.
now i'm scared if mine would have the same problem.
still waiting for it to arrive though...

Man, I don't like what I'm hearing.

My regular HT V1 Joker is on its way (thanks Joe) and I have my HT V2 BR Joker on preorder with bigbadtoystore (hopefully in time for Christmas). I plan on swapping heads just like everyone else, regular BR Joker head on regular Joker body and the smiling BR Joker head on the BR Joker body. Is this really a major problem or are some people just being paranoid? I refuse to use the boil and pop/hair dryer technique on these guys (I've done it in the past with a few of my figures and the the plastic ends up warping and cracking a few years later). I plan on just pulling them off carefully or is there more to it than that?

I have two 12" collectible figures, one Hot Toys, one Takara. Never had to take my Hot Toys Battle Damage T-800 figure's head off (though like the body some joints are sort of loose) and I did have to swap heads for Takara Begins Batman in order to have the Batman head on it. It was a pretty simple and easy swap. But is Hot Toys that much different?

I don't want to end up breaking two expensive figures. Especially when one is designed to have alternate heads. They are even advertised as such (some of the advertisements for BR Joker had his head on the V1 body)! Are these really a pain to take off when it should be easy to execute? And will I be fine if I gently pop off the V1 head and V2 head and swap em?

I'd appreciate any suggestions, EXCEPT the boiling and pop/hair dryer/microwave techniques. I was really hoping it would be an easy process like it with most figures designed with alternate heads, and for the price tag I think it should be.

 

[uscmhicks]

I really think thi is getting blown out of proportion , I have had nearly 40 hot toys figures and the head i the last thing to worry about imo.
Grip the neck and pull , if it doesn't come off , take his clothes off and put his head in hot water and simply pop it off.
Its very very easy to do this.

 

[Dally]

The V1 head you should have no problems with, just pull and twist at an angle. Some people are saying that the BR heads are glued at the neck joint, in which case it would be easier just to swap them with the neck joints instead of heads. If HT glued the heads at the neck joint then they should have included an extra neck joint.

 

[DiFabio]

I really think thi is getting blown out of proportion.

That's what I'm thinking. I guess I'll end up finding out. Like I said though I refuse to dip their heads in hot water. It works for immediate satisfaction (not long term), but a few years later you find out that you ended up making some deformities in the plastic (cuts, lines, warping, discoloration).

The V1 head you should have no problems with, just pull and twist at an angle. Some people are saying that the BR heads are glued at the neck joint, in which case it would be easier just to swap them with the neck joints instead of heads. If HT glued the heads at the neck joint then they should have included an extra neck joint.

Yeah I'm seeing more and more cases of "the head being glued down". Why the hell would they do that? He comes with two heads? Now if the neck joint (the connector) comes off is it considered broken or does it just go back on as easily as the head? I'm tempted to experiment with the Terminator but I have no idea if he'll break considering he has the light up eyes.

If their really is a problem with these things and people aren't blowing it out of proportion then I hate to see the problems that will occur with HT Harvey Dent/Two-Face.

EDIT:

I'm going to assume the BR Joker I'm getting from BBTS is the second run of him right, the "DCD"/Hot Toys one? Maybe it will be different and less difficult to take off?

 

[Dally]

No, the neck adapter is meant to be able to come off. There are two different types of neck adapters for different heads. Since the Joker has a sculpted neck he uses a different one than Batman whose neck is not sculpted into the head.

 

[DiFabio]

Okay, thanks. We'll see what happens.

 

[Valfar]

I think a lot of you guys who are swaping the heads on these figures, have to take into consideration that its getting cold out there now(pending where you live) and this may harden the plastic more during its trip to your place and make it more difficult to come off..just another possibility.

 

[uscmhicks]

I think a lot of you guys who are swaping the heads on these figures, have to take into consideration that its getting cold out there now(pending where you live) and this may harden the plastic more during its trip to your place and make it more difficult to come off..just another possibility.

another good point.

 

[Voorhees27]

For the record swapping head isn't all that easy, long story short I needed super glue to make it all work. Popping the V1 head off was easy, popping the BR Joker was completely different. The piece that plugs into the sculpt came apart, but not the part that is suppose to come out but the part that is part of the sculpt. Its like a skin coloured ring shape.

Regardless it did work but I was a little pissed at how tough it was lodged in there.

 

[noisetrigger]

My BR Joker took the adapter along too when I pull the head out. A bit of heat from the hair dryer and it pops right off. No glue inside at all.

 

[great1]

The neck adaptor came off with both my V1 and BR Joker's, to get it off my V1 head I just pushed it with my thumb in one direction then used the file from a pair of fingernail clippers to pop it out. Very easy although I admit I was a little nervous.

 

[a-dev]

Got mine yesterday - as usual these things are even better in person. Initial worries about the paint-job turning out crap proved unfounded - and mine has no annoying factory mishaps.

Only thing is, and I see I'm not the only one, the headswapping is difficult. I haven't tried swapping the entire neck apparatus along with the heads - maybe that'd work. As it is though the new head won't stay on the version 1 body - it pops off at a touch.

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Superb!

 

[Devil_666]

Popping the V1 head off was easy, popping the BR Joker was completely different. The piece that plugs into the sculpt came apart, but not the part that is suppose to come out but the part that is part of the sculpt. Its like a skin coloured ring shape.

Like this:

Photo Credit: Desperado

Same thing happened to a guy on the ToyWorld forums. You're not alone.