Chewie by way of HT Apes...

[MaulFan]

We need ewoks before Chewie.

It's like sex, practise on the ugly ones so you can do the pretty ones properly.

Cheers,
Doug

While in theory, that's a good approach, the difference between Ewok fur and Chewie fur may prove that even success on an Ewok doesn't offer a solution for Chewie.

 

[Agent0028]

I agree, Maulfan. Like I said before it seems that the biggest hang up with Chewie is getting the fur to look good since it is so long and hangs. The ewok fur is so short it probably could be easily done with the biggest problem being keeping the fur suit from bunching up over the model body.

 

[Spartan Rex]

I wouldnt have any problem with SS passing the entire project off to HT and saying "Heres your big chance to contribute to the Star Wars universe in the most significant way possible.
We'll watch from over here and take notes."

Arent the Hellboy 2 figs from HT being done under the SS license?

 

[EVILFACE]

The criticism and "fan corrected" stuff would just move from SS to HT.

 

[galactiboy]

Agreed, even though HT are easily at the top of the 1/6 food chain... I think there is more than enough small things that would cause groans, not to mention the ^^^^^fest after people see the retail price

 

[Memnoch]

The criticism and "fan corrected" stuff would just move from SS to HT.

Ah but it would be nice to show that HT isn't a god just a make of high priced toys.

 

[thenammagazine]

We need ewoks before Chewie.

It's like sex, practise on the ugly ones so you can do the pretty ones properly.

Cheers,
Doug

.... If only Lucas had stuck to his original concept and made Endor as Kashyyyk, this wouldn't even be an option and ROTJ would've been a hell of a lot cooler.

 

[EVILFACE]

Ah but it would be nice to show that HT isn't a god just a make of high priced toys.

May not be God, but they rule everything below him.

 

[MaulFan]

HT isn't infallible, they're pioneers and utilize skills and technology that's quite ahead in the 1/6 world, but they still misexecute some things like anyone else.

 

[Darklord Dave]

The Ewoks could work as suits, Chewie has longer hair and multicolor. His outfit wouldn't work as just a fury suit sewn together.

 

[Agent0028]

The criticism and "fan corrected" stuff would just move from SS to HT.

That's probably enough motivation for Sideshow to take the backseat on that one.

 

[thenammagazine]

That's probably enough motivation for Sideshow to take the backseat on that one.

I wonder if HT would really even consider taking the full brunt of it. What happened in the HT TDK New Suit thread was a shameful embarrassment to any reasonable 1:6 collector and that wasn't even the Star Wars nitpickers.

Look at how it is now. Most people just blast Sideshow for the loose bodies on armored Obi Wan and the Hobbits, ignoring the fact that HT likely had a majority of the involvement in the development and production of the bodies. But do people blame them? No (save the small handful of realists). God forbid they have even a hair out of place on Chewbacca. That alone would warrant HT to wave it off like the plague.

 

[IrishJedi]

Pfft! One of the biggest Star Wars fans around is the guy who actually runs Hot Toys. So, not only would he be up to the challenge but he'd also likely be the first line of Quality Control himself if they were ever to produce any 1:6 SW stuff.

 

[MaulFan]

ignoring the fact that HT likely had a majority of the involvement in the development and production of the bodies. But do people blame them?

What fact? Facts add up to HT likely having no involvment beyond ironing out the actual body design; HT's bodies have a strong history of consistent tightness in their posing, the SSC floppy bodies do not reflect that. Sideshow's making them, and conntinuing to improve their production of them with each figure, as commented in the latest Q&A.

 

[MaulFan]

Pfft! One of the biggest Star Wars fans around is the guy who actually runs Hot Toys. So, not only would he be up to the challenge but he'd also likely be the first line of Quality Control himself if they were ever to produce any 1:6 SW stuff.

Didn't he basically say in the Sideshow interview that Star Wars is the property he'd most like to make figures from?

 

[IrishJedi]

Didn't he basically say in the Sideshow interview that Star Wars is the property he'd most like to make figures from?

Yes, he said it's his dream to make 1:6 SW figures. Something tells me that if that happened, they'd turn out pretty well.

 

[MaulFan]

Yes, he said it's his dream to make 1:6 SW figures. Something tells me that if that happened, they'd turn out pretty well.

Be interesting to see the portraits for the figures, HT's got another Yulli on their hands crafting that new Brando.

 

[thenammagazine]

Pfft! One of the biggest Star Wars fans around is the guy who actually runs Hot Toys. So, not only would he be up to the challenge but he'd also likely be the first line of Quality Control himself if they were ever to produce any 1:6 SW stuff.

There's a huge difference between taking over a license and producing figures that are human and easy, and inheriting someone else's problems which is what Chewie would be. You run around saying "HT could do it in a minute." You're guessing at best. It's a huge leap from monkey head to full simian-furred body. I'd love to see them produce the figure, have it come out with flaws and then watch as you turn into the biggest HT apologist.

What fact? Facts add up to HT likely having no involvment beyond ironing out the actual body design; HT's bodies have a strong history of consistent tightness in their posing, the SSC floppy bodies do not reflect that. Sideshow's making them, and conntinuing to improve their production of them with each figure, as commented in the latest Q&A.

So you're saying the "loose joints" aren't a design issue?

 

[IrishJedi]

There's a huge difference between taking over a license and producing figures that are human and easy, and inheriting someone else's problems which is what Chewie would be. You run around saying "HT could do it in a minute." You're guessing at best. It's a huge leap from monkey head to full simian-furred body.

Again with over-statements. It's a freakin' 1:6 action figure, for crying out loud. And Hot Toys has already shown the ability to engineer things in this scale that people felt were near-impossible. Hell, even Sideshow has dropped some jaws with detail on some of their accessories & weapons from time-to-time. I really think you guys are over-blowing the difficulties here just because we're not used to seeing 1:6 fur at this level. YET. But I think it's mostlt probably because we all know Sideshow couldn't pull it off at this point.

I'd love to see them produce the figure, have it come out with flaws and then watch as you turn into the biggest HT apologist.

Well, you've certain written the book on that when it comes to Sideshow... so I guess I could just swipe a few pages out of it and just substitute for HT.

It wouldn't be necessary, though.

 

[MaulFan]

So you're saying the "loose joints" aren't a design issue?

I don't believe that is a design issue. I'm sure the prototype bodies were really nice, but for the same reason the Buck bodies would vary with issues, there's a probelm getting a consistent quality accross a production run of the base body.

I've seen figures using the same Buck body molds have different flaws from one another. If the body design were the problem, the issues should be consistent accross all the bodies like it, when issues vary, that says to me that something about the manufacturing of the body is inconsistent.