Hot Toys–MMS142-TRON: Legacy:Sam Flynn Cycle Spec +pics

[Gipetto0812]

They could easily use the tech they have for the new TDKR batman for these Tron suits. Just add reflective material like the medicom figures instead of lights. Easy peasy!!

 

[spindrift]

I think TRON is DONE with HT and I mean DONE. Too bad but they have a mountain of stuff in the pipeline for the next year or so..........and Tron wasn't a priority ever with them..obviously

 

[EdwardNashton1]

It kind of depends on TRON Uprising and TRON 3.

 

[Rorywan]

 

[Singuy]

Was there an announcement for Tron 3?

 

[klocket]

Great.... it actually turned out pretty freaking awesome, now I have to get this... stupid HT.

M.

 

[Oscar_the_Gungan]

Was there an announcement for Tron 3?

I've been obsessively hunting for Tron 3 info for the last year. At this point its in the maybe category. Disney has hired a screenwriter who has turned in a draft. Bruce Boxleitner says he believes it will happen but admits its not guaranteed. He says Disney has meetings about it. I found an interview with Garret Hedlund, who says he is definitely doing Tron 3, they are just working on getting the script right. At the beginning of the year someone asked Cillian Murphy about reprising the role of Ed Dillinger Jr. and he said he had not been contacted about it, granted that was 7 months ago. So far no release date, title, plans to begin production have been announced.

 

[Rorywan]

I was told directly by Disney Features that no way was Tron 3 ever happening. This was just after Legacy had (in their eyes) bombed in theaters.

Legacy was a huge gamble for Disney, one which they are not likely to repeat. They are just too expensive as movies to produce, and the audience is fickle and somewhat unknown to Disney.

They keep it ticking along (draft scripts, rumors, these cost nothing) to keep the "brand" alive. It keeps some revenue flowing in from the Tron product. It's John Carter all over again.

There will not be a Tron 3.

I said it then and I say it now. I wish it wasn't so.


A few phone pics...

 

[Darkseed]

Cool pics Rory. I am confused, is the figure fully posable or built just for the bike? I yet to see a picture of him alongside the bike?

 

[Rorywan]

It's a hard piece of plastic with lights inside.
Head, wrists and shoulders move only.

 

[-jay-]

Wow he looks great Rory. I see you got the custom display from Thomas.

How hard was it to put Sam on the bike?

 

[Rorywan]

Wow he looks great Rory. I see you got the custom display from Thomas.

How hard was it to put Sam on the bike?

Actually putting him on the bike was ok, the head is a nightmare to get on though, it just kinda sticks in. I had to heat the neck to get it on. I also had a loose screw on of the flaps to fix, some areas of it are a little rough around the edges, but all in all it is pretty amazing. The lights are great!

 

[Gipetto0812]

great pics Rory!

how good would you say the both helmeted and non helmeted Sam sculpts are to Hedlund? Better than Bridges to Kevin Flynn?

 

[Rorywan]

great pics Rory!

how good would you say the both helmeted and non helmeted Sam sculpts are to Hedlund? Better than Bridges to Kevin Flynn?

Better than the Bridges sculpt no doubt. But it's a strange sculpt. It almost feels like a custom, a little rough with a lot more paint on not than usual. It works well though. I'm disappointed that the stand alone Sam head can't be used on a custom figure though. It has a weird neck joint (never seen one like it before) and it is sculpted looking up so it's bent at the neck. Helmeted looks a lot better IMO. Neither are amazing. But it doesn't matter so much, if you know what I mean!

 

[Singuy]

I was told directly by Disney Features that no way was Tron 3 ever happening. This was just after Legacy had (in their eyes) bombed in theaters.

Legacy was a huge gamble for Disney, one which they are not likely to repeat. They are just too expensive as movies to produce, and the audience is fickle and somewhat unknown to Disney.

They keep it ticking along (draft scripts, rumors, these cost nothing) to keep the "brand" alive. It keeps some revenue flowing in from the Tron product. It's John Carter all over again.

There will not be a Tron 3.

I said it then and I say it now. I wish it wasn't so.

Huh, I wonder why they decided to sink so much money into Tron Uprising then. Have you checked out the cartoon? The production quality is OUT OF THIS WORLD!

 

[Oscar_the_Gungan]

I don't want too go to far topic or start an argument. I also don't doubt that at the time of the film's release there were Disney suits who were rightfully concerned.
I was under the understanding however, that they softened towards a Tron 3 as time went by and it turned out while the film's opening wasn't as strong as they wanted it had ok legs at the theater. By the time the film's theatrical run had completed, it turned out that it made something of a profit and director, Joseph Kosinski, earned the distinction of having made the highest grossing film ever directed by a first time feature film director. It turned out the box office take was about the same as Batman Begins, Star Trek, and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. These were films with a built in audience. Tron: Legacy also had a successful home video release.
As far as a script for Tron 3, I don't think its a rumor to keep interest alive. Disney is actually paying David DiGilio to write it. So they are putting some money into it. Now a script doesn't mean there will be a finished film made, But I do believe a Tron 3 is being toyed with at Disney. I could be totally wrong but that it what it looks like to me at this stage in the game.

 

[Gipetto0812]

Better than the Bridges sculpt no doubt. But it's a strange sculpt. It almost feels like a custom, a little rough with a lot more paint on not than usual. It works well though. I'm disappointed that the stand alone Sam head can't be used on a custom figure though. It has a weird neck joint (never seen one like it before) and it is sculpted looking up so it's bent at the neck. Helmeted looks a lot better IMO. Neither are amazing. But it doesn't matter so much, if you know what I mean!

totally know what you mean. sucks though that the bae Sam head can't be used on an alternative body. oh well, like you said, doesn't matter, can't wait to have this figure!

 

[Singuy]

I don't want too go to far topic or start an argument. I also don't doubt that at the time of the film's release there were Disney suits who were rightfully concerned.
I was under the understanding however, that they softened towards a Tron 3 as time went by and it turned out while the film's opening wasn't as strong as they wanted it had ok legs at the theater. By the time the film's theatrical run had completed, it turned out that it made something of a profit and director, Joseph Kosinski, earned the distinction of having made the highest grossing film ever directed by a first time feature film director. It turned out the box office take was about the same as Batman Begins, Star Trek, and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. These were films with a built in audience. Tron: Legacy also had a successful home video release.
As far as a script for Tron 3, I don't think its a rumor to keep interest alive. Disney is actually paying David DiGilio to write it. So they are putting some money into it. Now a script doesn't mean there will be a finished film made, But I do believe a Tron 3 is being toyed with at Disney. I could be totally wrong but that it what it looks like to me at this stage in the game.

Thanks for all your insight! I'll be praying for a Tron 3 release! Till then, uprising will be filling my thirst

 

[Username]

A few phone pics...

Very nice. And I trust there are two engines spinning in the see through compartment?

 

[Oscar_the_Gungan]

Im curious about the weight. Does it seem pretty solid?