Hot Toys 1/6 Hoth Leia

[ladyshanz]

To be honest, that doesn’t seem as bad as played up to be. If it bothers you though, I don’t blame you for attempting to get a replacement.

I concur with Wor though that I’m surprised they replaced it.

Yeah, it’s worse in person and was going to bug me so I figured I should at least get in touch with them.

The only other time I have needed to in the years I’ve been ordering from them was for the hair on my Wonder Woman PF arriving with a huge chunk snapped off, so I’ve never really had any other issues I felt compelled to say something about. These really jump out in person in a way I’ve never seen on a Hot Toys before, and it’s driving me nuts that photos are making them a lot less subtle than they are in person.

The shots I took were still in my car under the overcast sky lighting, which probably just made the photos more vague. I was getting frustrated trying to capture it in photos to send to SSC as what I was seeing just wasn’t showing up well in photos.

Just to see how bad it was and whether or not it was noticeable, I handed it to my fiancé when I got home without going into detail about the issues and he saw it right away too without looking hard. I absolutely don’t make a habit of finding flaws - these ones just jumped right out to the naked eye, if not my iPhone camera, much to my frustration.

 

[pixletwin]

Yup. Very surprised they replaced that. But our opinions don’t matter. Someone at Sideshow saw the need to replace, so they acted. Kudos to them.

 

[ladyshanz]

Yup. Very surprised they replaced that. But our opinions don’t matter. Someone at Sideshow saw the need to replace, so they acted. Kudos to them.

It’s why they’re the best. They respond quickly and in the way they deem fit.

 

[Wor-Gar]

You need to rename yourself Lucky ladyshanz.

I'll get dots on mine and Sideshow will tell me no.

 

[ladyshanz]

You need to rename yourself Lucky ladyshanz.

I'll get dots on mine and Sideshow will tell me no.

Sideshow is great. I’ve had good experiences with them and Timcent with wonderful customer service.

If there’s a chance I’m lucky I’ll cross my fingers there’s no more dots for anyone just in case. Did anyone figure out a rhyme or reason to it, e.g. if certain ones shipped at certain times/from certain places had the dot affliction?

 

[Magnusstewardson]

You need to rename yourself Lucky ladyshanz.

I'll get dots on mine and Sideshow will tell me no.

I got dots on mine and Sideshow has already agreed to exchange it. So you should be safe.

 

[SilverStar17]

Maybe it depends on who you speak to?

As good as they can indeed be with CS, they can also just as easily give the generic response that they’ve sometimes been known for of “our showroom figure has this same issue as well”.

 

[earthdog]

Maybe it depends on who you speak to?

As good as they can indeed be with CS, they can also just as easily give the generic response that they’ve sometimes been known for of “our showroom figure has this same issue as well”.

I think they start to say that when the replacement stock is very low.

 

[TonTon]

Maybe they’re replacing so many outfits that they just have buckets of Leia heads hanging around.

 

[davejames]

Just a few pics of mine. Really love the overall look of the figure... but there's still something a bit off and weird about the eyes that I can't quite figure out (perhaps the fact they have her looking just slightly off to the side for some reason). So right now I find it works best with her eyes more in shadow. I also tightened the belt and pinched the fabric in back to make it look like a tighter fit around her.

 

[jedijim3002]

Great pose!

 

[Wor-Gar]

Nice pose.

 

[TaliBane]

Just a few pics of mine. Really love the overall look of the figure... but there's still something a bit off and weird about the eyes that I can't quite figure out (perhaps the fact they have her looking just slightly off to the side for some reason). So right now I find it works best with her eyes more in shadow. I also tightened the belt and pinched the fabric in back to make it look like a tighter fit around her.


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It's a great pose, but the CF likeness is a bit diminished in that lighting/angle. The face may have gotten narrowed slightly in manufacturing.

 

[Agromenauer]

Just a few pics of mine. Really love the overall look of the figure... but there's still something a bit off and weird about the eyes that I can't quite figure out (perhaps the fact they have her looking just slightly off to the side for some reason). So right now I find it works best with her eyes more in shadow. I also tightened the belt and pinched the fabric in back to make it look like a tighter fit around her.


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AT LAST, somebody who knows to pose a figure...

 

[Chakaman]

Perfect pose, best I have seen. I like what you did with the outfit, good stuff davejames.

 

[jedijim3002]

I agree the eyes look a bit “spaced” as if she is connecting with Luke through the force.

 

[drjedisith]

great pics. i cancellled her. just wasnt feeling this version. i am looking forward to the end of empire look with wookie and 3po on back

 

[Mad Old Lu]

Finally got to open mine last night after receiving her on Tuesday. I was a little concerned about the dots, but I’m happy to report that there were no dots on mine!

I have to say that I was really impressed by the figure. I was actually a little blown away bit it! Maybe it’s been a while since I got a human figure, my last being Stormie Han but that was really just the head that was unique. But everything—the sculpt, the details in the outfit, the tailoring, all really impressive. I LOVE the little blowtorch! I know people have said it’s inaccurate, but damn! That little thing is so awesome!

I put my bashed ESB Han (made from the original SS ESB Han plus the updated Hoth sculpt and jacket/shirt) next to her, and quickly said, “ugh, no.” Just not worthy of this Leia. Hopefully HT makes a Han soon!

I LOVE the figure! So glad I got it!

 

[Tinman2000]

No blue dots but I really hate this seam:

 

[Choryujin]

great pics. i cancellled her. just wasnt feeling this version. i am looking forward to the end of empire look with wookie and 3po on back

Damn! You must have read my mind. I did the exact same thing and cancelled for the exact same reason this morning. I don't need 2 ESB Leias and this one just didn't cut it for me.