1/6 Hot Toys 1/6 Avengers: Endgame - Rocket
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That's a great price! I paid almost double that and still felt like it was worth it. Couldn't handle having IW and EG Rocket with the exact same expression. Plus, when Iron Patriot arrives, non-screaming Rocket will be screen accurate riding him...
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Nice. OG Groot is the best !
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Is there a reason why HT made Rocket's feet so cheaply/toyish on this release? The freakin' hinge is visible for ******'s sake! Why couldn't they do their usual toe articulation without relying on the cheap hinge!?
Maybe one day we will get a haired version that hides all the joints.
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Did you run out of headsculpts to critique?
The country has gone to Hell but gmoney is worried about Rocket's toes. Sounds about right.
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It' s such a minor thing i don't care, he's easily the best Rocket so far as he's the only one who has a full outfit, which hides the elbow and knee joints.
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That'd be nice. I'd be on board for that, but you know if they ever did do that they would probably charge $300 for it!
Did you run out of headsculpts to critique?
This is true. I can only bash Chadwick-gate and 85-gate for so long...plus there's an army of peeps bashing the 85 for me that I really don't need to do anything!
The country has gone to Hell but gmoney is worried about Rocket's toes. Sounds about right.
This made me legit L-O-L...but let's not get distracted by what's happening in the real world. Rocket's toes!!! That's the real issue. WTF went wrong there?! The fact that no one complains about that is driving me insane!
I was seriously considering purchasing this as my first Rocket, but those toes just really don't sit right with me. It's like HT was 90% done and they were like yeah f it, just give em those toy-ish toes and hold back on the regular headsculpt, even though we gave 2 last time and charge the same price. Ugh...
Yeah, I agree with you...although I feel like future iterations by the MCU will have Rocket wearing more comic-inspired outfits. Hopefully we'll get a new version from HT which will remedy the toe-gate!
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And gmoney has the nerve to criticize the most comic accurate look that Rocket had in his short run of 3(4) figures. Yeah those toes are unsightly but everything that’s going down in the world right now makes me not really care about things like that.
Now if you want to talk about HT’s releasing the lightning refocuser with ZERO LED’s, that’s another matter. Yeah I heard that Congress upheld the vote today but so what, where are my LED’s?????
Now if you want to talk about HT’s releasing the lightning refocuser with ZERO LED’s, that’s another matter. Yeah I heard that Congress upheld the vote today but so what, where are my LED’s?????
This made me legit L-O-L...but let's not get distracted by what's happening in the real world. Rocket's toes!!! That's the real issue. WTF went wrong there?! The fact that no one complains about that is driving me insane!
I was seriously considering purchasing this as my first Rocket, but those toes just really don't sit right with me. It's like HT was 90% done and they were like yeah f it, just give em those toy-ish toes and hold back on the regular headsculpt, even though we gave 2 last time and charge the same price. Ugh...
Yeah, I think HT decided to give us the toe articulation to aid in posing even though his small feet made hiding the hinge impossible. So it was a trade-off, but IMO not a bad one as they're not that noticeable...unless, of course, you're one of those an@l types that are just looking for something to complain about.
Yeah, I briefly wondered if HT might surprise us with an upgraded refocuser to assuage our anger due to the headsculpt-gate induced delay. That lasted all of about 3 seconds. But hey, maybe a 3rd party outfit will take a crack at it.
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Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha... I only stopped because I was tired of typing ha. Remember when they included the Cap shield bashed chest plate with the Mk. 46 release? Yeah, nothing like that will ever happen again.
And as far as a 3rd party taking a crack at LED?s in the refocuser, yeah that party will be BLINGUSKAHN. I have all the tools needed, spec sheets on what voltages are needed with each light and the corresponding resistors needed to solder in line. I?m just hoping that the refocuser can be cracked open without (or minimal) damage and that it?s relatively hollow inside. But that?s as far as I can go. Those silver panels that should be opaque will need to be replaced somehow with something. It will be a project, an intense one but once I crack that thing open, I?ll have a much better idea of what I?ll be up against.
But if some 3rd party does release a fully light up replacement that looks decent, I would give a serious think about just buying that. My confidence that someone will release that isn?t very high since the Mk. L add on?s (1st & 3rd parties) did not sell well at all. So I?m preparing for a DIY or custom project. Put it this way, I asked a few people who have some connections to the people who make all kinds of unlicensed 1/6 product and asked that someone, somewhere, sometime to please copy the new crotch grabber that originally was included with the Mk. VII diecast. Not a single smoke signal back and now we see the disappointment that comes with new figures that are still including the old style clamp.
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Yeah, I think HT decided to give us the toe articulation to aid in posing even though his small feet made hiding the hinge impossible. So it was a trade-off, but IMO not a bad one as they're not that noticeable...unless, of course, you're one of those an@l types that are just looking for something to complain about.
Yeah, I briefly wondered if HT might surprise us with an upgraded refocuser to assuage our anger due to the headsculpt-gate induced delay. That lasted all of about 3 seconds. But hey, maybe a 3rd party outfit will take a crack at it.
Eh, I'm sure if HT really wanted to they could have figured it out for Rocket's lil feet and the lightning refocuser suped up with LEDs...they simply choose not to. They take the lazy path far too often now instead of going the extra mile, it's sad how far they've fallen from their prime days.
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No doubt gmoney, no doubt! Remember just a few years back when opening the Mk. 46 box and seeing that extra chest piece? How much did that cost them to include it, $2.55? How much did people appreciate that, priceless!
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That's true. Consumers, and people in general, like being pleasantly surprised. Getting something that wasn't previously announced is a great way to make customers even happier. However, for reasons unknown, HT has recently started doing the opposite: set expectations high and deliver subpar quality...case and point the Mk 85 headsculpt debacle!
And then people wonder why I'm so harsh on HT...well, they deserve it! lol
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That's true. Consumers, and people in general, like being pleasantly surprised. Getting something that wasn't previously announced is a great way to make customers even happier. However, for reasons unknown, HT has recently started doing the opposite: set expectations high and deliver subpar quality...case and point the Mk 85 headsculpt debacle!
And then people wonder why I'm so harsh on HT...well, they deserve it! lol
They do deserve it. I had started buying the DT AC figures, not all, just the 4 best ones and in some ways, they surpass HT’s.
That's true. Consumers, and people in general, like being pleasantly surprised. Getting something that wasn't previously announced is a great way to make customers even happier. However, for reasons unknown, HT has recently started doing the opposite: set expectations high and deliver subpar quality...case and point the Mk 85 headsculpt debacle!
And then people wonder why I'm so harsh on HT...well, they deserve it! lol
Yes, they set expectations high but they set prices even higher.
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