Hot Toys Avatar: 1/6th scale Avatar Jake Sully Collectible Figure

[galactiboy]

Re: Avatar: 1/6th scale Avatar Jake Sully Collectible Figure

So $300 for this figure? what makes it tough is the fact that you can get a Sideshow Premium format for that price, same height but higher quality materials (but its a statue). compare this to the 12" figures with similar accessories that cost $165 and it makes sense that its $300 because its almost twice the size and probably had a lot more developement costs, like others I think I would have already PO'd this if there were 2 head sculpts (regular and mouth open) plus a Bow.

Is a PF of the same height really better quality? Polystone is just a mixed resin and stone powder material that people seem to like, but it is not necessarily better than any other and certainly breaks easily. Also, paint work on HT 1/6 figures is consistently better than that of a PF. In this case you get an 18" tall fully painted and unique body, with soft goods, swappable hands and extra accessories.

To be honest, aside from this being a 1/6 figure everything else to me matches or even beats a PF in terms of costs.

 

[Aumakua]

Re: Avatar: 1/6th scale Avatar Jake Sully Collectible Figure

Is a PF of the same height really better quality? Polystone is just a mixed resin and stone powder material that people seem to like, but it is not necessarily better than any other and certainly breaks easily. Also, paint work on HT 1/6 figures is consistently better than that of a PF. In this case you get an 18" tall fully painted and unique body, with soft goods, swappable hands and extra accessories.

To be honest, aside from this being a 1/6 figure everything else to me matches or even beats a PF in terms of costs.

well I think a plastic 18" figure costs less to manufacture than polystone 18" figure. just raw materials and process, you are right as far as paint goes, that is a whole different story. I am not saying it isn't worth $300, just that people have other choices at that price range, compared to a regular $170 figure like Hellboy, your other choices were a $50 Mezco 18" figure or a $335 PF figure, so the hot toys version was an easy choice.

 

[galactiboy]

Re: Avatar: 1/6th scale Avatar Jake Sully Collectible Figure

Not to belabor the point... but the days of even $170 figures seem to soon be behind us. When a Indiana Jones that doesn't have a very good likeness is $250; I'll take this Jake for $300

And I actually don't think the cost of manufacturing is significantly different between polystone and plastic. I've often heard that molds for plastic are very expensive to make... but that could also be a load of bs

 

[Gipetto0812]

Re: Avatar: 1/6th scale Avatar Jake Sully Collectible Figure

I haven't been in this thread too often, so I'm just curious if there have been pics from plastic enemies/milk magazine of this figure??

if so, does anyone remember about which page they were on?

 

[riky]

Re: Avatar: 1/6th scale Avatar Jake Sully Collectible Figure

I haven't been in this thread too often, so I'm just curious if there have been pics from plastic enemies/milk magazine of this figure??

if so, does anyone remember about which page they were on?

There hasn't been

 

[jayveeeusebio]

Re: Avatar: 1/6th scale Avatar Jake Sully Collectible Figure

I will also choose this over that PF version, aside from top notch paint job. The likeness IMHO is much better than the PF version plus it's articulated w/c makes it better than a statue.

 

[Sidewinder]

Re: Avatar: 1/6th scale Avatar Jake Sully Collectible Figure

I've preordered this just today

Glad to see a Jake version from Avatar seeing as the previous two so far have been of Neytiri and Jake is the one that I really want.

Hopefully they will continue the line and do some of the other characters, but I guess it all depends on how this one sells. I have no problem paying the $300 as I very rarely buy these figures anyway, though I can understand other big collectors not wanting to spend that kind of money.

I love the look of this Jake and pleased we are finally going to get one. I was worried there for a bit that they were abandoning this line, seeing as the movie was released nearly 2 years ago now and who knows when the sequels will be released.

 

[jayveeeusebio]

Re: Avatar: 1/6th scale Avatar Jake Sully Collectible Figure

I've preordered this just today

Nice one!

 

[-jay-]

Re: Avatar: 1/6th scale Avatar Jake Sully Collectible Figure

I will also choose this over that PF version, aside from top notch paint job. The likeness IMHO is much better than the PF version plus it's articulated w/c makes it better than a statue.

Eh? we haven't even seen the Jake pf yet so how can the likeness be better? All the people saying 1/6 is better than PF's etc in here make me laugh, 90% of your collection is 1/6 so your never going to say everything different are you?

 

[Darth Snoopy]

Re: Avatar: 1/6th scale Avatar Jake Sully Collectible Figure

How can you compare something that is still in the development stage with something that is already being produced?

All we've seen of Sideshow's Jake statue is the 3D renderings versus Hot Toys final (?) product at SDCC.

 

[riky]

Re: Avatar: 1/6th scale Avatar Jake Sully Collectible Figure

My interpretation of his statement was that the he thinks the HT Jake has a more accurate likeness then the PF Neytiri. In which case he would be right (also imho). But as I am not that bright and often wrong dont out to much stock in that

 

[Darth Snoopy]

Re: Avatar: 1/6th scale Avatar Jake Sully Collectible Figure

My interpretation of his statement was that the he thinks the HT Jake has a more accurate likeness then the PF Neytiri. In which case he would be right (also imho). But as I am not that bright and often wrong dont out to much stock in that

Join the club, bro!

 

[Aumakua]

Re: Avatar: 1/6th scale Avatar Jake Sully Collectible Figure

but the days of even $170 figures seem to soon be behind us. When a Indiana Jones that doesn't have a very good likeness is $250; I'll take this Jake for $300

Well in all fairness to Hot Toys, there are many reasons for the price hike. I think we will still see $170 figures of non major figures (like Thor and Odin that were just released, even Spiderman was $150). But the Predators and Iron Man probably do cost them more to do. And remember, when they charge $220 for a Predator figure, thats not all going into hot toys pocket, in fact very little of it is. I know for a fact that there is around 50% margin for vendors on these figures and add another 20% to Sideshow (that part is a guess), so a $220 figure cost Sideshow about $120. Now Hot Toys also has to get those figures from Asia to California (not as cheap as you might think, especially with taxes). In the end distrubutors are making as much if not more profit per figure than Hot Toys is! Nothing wrong with this, just the nature of the business, as is the case with most imports. Now over in Asia Hot Toys is probably making a lot more profit per figure.

Also think of it this way with recent price increases, Oil skyrocketed and plastic costs did with it (25% higher than 2 years ago). Take a $180 Predator figure released last year, MSRP that is, cost was probably $100 to the initial distributor, if the increase in materials is $5 and say Hot Toys decides they want to make 10% more profit per figure, so $10 more on top of that, now the cost is $115, add in the profit margins mentioned earlier and you are now looking at a $210 figure, which is exactly what has happened with Predator and Iron Man figures.

Sorry for the rant, but I just wanted to calm people down that think "Hot Toys" is destroying their own market with the price hikes.

 

[-jay-]

Re: Avatar: 1/6th scale Avatar Jake Sully Collectible Figure

My interpretation of his statement was that the he thinks the HT Jake has a more accurate likeness then the PF Neytiri. In which case he would be right (also imho). But as I am not that bright and often wrong dont out to much stock in that

Fair enough if that's the case.

 

[jayveeeusebio]

Re: Avatar: 1/6th scale Avatar Jake Sully Collectible Figure

Eh? we haven't even seen the Jake pf yet so how can the likeness be better? All the people saying 1/6 is better than PF's etc in here make me laugh, 90% of your collection is 1/6 so your never going to say everything different are you?

I mean, Neytiri on that one. Pardon me if I didn't cleared that up. I have some PFs too like T-800, Jack Sparrow, etc. plus I saw the actual PF of Neytiri owned by my friend and though I love those PFs of mine, I could really say the likeness on their 1/6th counterpart are much better.

 

[HottoyzJoker]

Re: Avatar: 1/6th scale Avatar Jake Sully Collectible Figure

1/6 Scale Jake > PF Jake
I said it and that makes it a FACT!!!




LOL

 

[Uncanny Web-Slinger]

Re: Avatar: 1/6th scale Avatar Jake Sully Collectible Figure

1/6 Scale Jake > PF Jake
I said it and that makes it a FACT!!!

i agree, therefore... Fact!

 

[HottoyzJoker]

Re: Avatar: 1/6th scale Avatar Jake Sully Collectible Figure

i agree, therefore... Fact!

Its about time some one see the facts the way they are and should be!!!

 

[Cap'n Cook]

Re: Avatar: 1/6th scale Avatar Jake Sully Collectible Figure

Three new pics up on FB showing the height comparison on this to the 89 Batman. Wow.

 

[Kiva]

Re: Avatar: 1/6th scale Avatar Jake Sully Collectible Figure

I really want to see this stood next to a Predalien legs fully extended. Because that was a beast too