Demand for Hot toys Marines ?

[ymba]

Anyone know if these guys ( Hicks, Apone, :chew Hudson) are still worth any $$$ ? I have the set and was wondering if they are still as hot as before ?

I don't see too many people talking about them anymore .

cheers
YMBA!

 

[Master Wayne]

Nope. They're worth about 50 bucks each tops. Tell you what, I'll take them off your hands for like two hundred bucks, see if I can do anything worth while with them. No need to thank me.

 

[Angry Kal-El]

Heh, check ebay. They go for a lot on there!

 

[thenammagazine]

This thread should be locked and deleted before it turns into another NECA tea party thread.

 

[Deckard]

DX Hicks please.

 

[karamazov80]

They still go for a fair price on eBay, though Hicks doesn't go for as much nowadays as I've seen him go for in the past ($500+). Though not related to value, they are woefully unimpressive compared with current Hot Toys efforts. That is a license that should be revisited, IMO.

 

[Deckard]

I disagree the Marines are still top notch as far as their armor is concerned.

But to revisit it with likenesses sometime after redoing T1 would be fine by me.

 

[preeny101]

Yeah, I was looking at Hicks the other day and the sculpting leaves a lot to desire but the armor and accessories are awesome and would still be hard to top, even by today's standards.

 

[thenammagazine]

Yeah, I was looking at Hicks the other day and the sculpting leaves a lot to desire but the armor and accessories are awesome and would still be hard to top, even by today's standards.

Michael didn't give his likeness rights.

 

[preeny101]

That's understandable but I'm talking doll dots. HT have improved by leaps and bounds, its hard to believe this figure is only about 4-5 years old.

 

[prefused]

licensed figures are worthless to me if they don't have the likenesses.
all you get for a $500 "Hicks" figure is a generic military figure you could've got for $40 at Toys R Us.


and yes, this thread should be locked and deleted.

 

[preeny101]

I believe that was initially the problem with their BD T-800, as well.

 

[thenammagazine]

I believe that was initially the problem with their BD T-800, as well.

Yes, but having the ability to show the Endo wasn't too shabby of a compensation. For people who want a Hicks, best bet is to pick up the figure (or some loose armor and a TT), and pick up one of the Biehn sculpts from one of the talented artists on these boards.

 

[prefused]

I believe that was initially the problem with their BD T-800, as well.

ha! true. that thing is still worth some decent $$ now too for some reason.
i'd understand if it looked at all like arnold but it's just a robot guy in 80s clothes.

 

[Deckard]

Yes but its also the easiest way to make an Arnold custom from T1, of which an official figure does not exist.

 

[ymba]

If you are a fan of the series, I still think this set is hard to beat ! Put a Les Hicks head on and then add a APONE head and you are in heaven !

 

[preeny101]

Yes but its also the easiest way to make an Arnold custom from T1, of which an official figure does not exist.

True. I just put the SS Arnold head on the HT body and it makes a great figure. I'm happy with it. The SS sculpt is actually a decent likeness. Its the body and clothes that make that figure a fail.

 

[preeny101]

Yes, but having the ability to show the Endo wasn't too shabby of a compensation. For people who want a Hicks, best bet is to pick up the figure (or some loose armor and a TT), and pick up one of the Biehn sculpts from one of the talented artists on these boards.

No doubt. I have no problem with that figure per se, I just remember there being a controversy when the figure was first released about Arnold not giving permission to use his likeness for the figure. The only problem I had with the BD T-800, if any, was that the Terminator never appeared like that at any point in the movie. That being said, I choose an awesome design over screen accuracy every time.

 

[prefused]

No doubt. I have no problem with that figure per se, I just remember there being a controversy when the figure was first released about Arnold not giving permission to use his likeness for the figure. The only problem I had with the BD T-800, if any, was that the Terminator never appeared like that at any point in the movie. That being said, I choose an awesome design over screen accuracy every time.

reminds me of this tomfoolery.

 

[preeny101]

reminds me of this tomfoolery.

It would be funny if I hadn't bought that fig years ago.
He's long been terminated from my collection, though.