Hot Toys - Back to the Future - 1/6 DeLorean Time Machine

[kingkarl]

So I've tried a few different power adapters on mine with no luck (all 4.5v with positive). It seems to only work on batteries. Anyone else have that experience?

See post 3992 ... I have this adaptor and it's perfect on 4.5v DC

 

[SP1772]

Yeah. Waiting is killing me. I'm gonna order a delorean this week. If they ever come out with the second... I may have to sell some blood, or my body.

 

[SP1772]

Just made my payment to HLJ for my Delorean. With conversion rate came to $597. Not too shabby. Was going back and forth on whether to pull the trigger since I don't have any other 1/6 scale stuff

Did you use your bank for conversion or PayPal?

 

[SwedishHeat]

Looking at 289/490 - Is that how many they produced? Internationally? or just for Japan? Anyone got a higher number than 490?

That number is the carton number. Usually it's written on on outer case, when it's being packed at the factory. Like when Hot Toys figures ship in a case of 6, that case of six will have the carton number, so usually you can multiple the carton number by the pack size to get an estimate of the total production.

Having said that , considering the Delorean is packed one per case, 490 pieces worldwide seems an incredibly tiny amount.

 

[bonedaddy77]

Did you use your bank for conversion or PayPal?

PayPal did the conversion

 

[SP1772]

PayPal did the conversion

Ok cool. Thanks for the info. I've had bad experiences ordering from Japan. Mainly worried about it arriving damaged. Happened before and sometimes those sites are a real pain to deal with when that happens.

 

[karamazov80]

Yeah, that's a gamble with something this big and heavy. Still, that's a sizable discount from HLJ. I'm thinking of pulling the trigger myself. Only thing holding me back is really an expectation that it will be further discounted domestically. I suspect we'll be able to get it directly from SSC at that price or so.

 

[SP1772]

Yeah, that's a gamble with something this big and heavy. Still, that's a sizable discount from HLJ. I'm thinking of pulling the trigger myself. Only thing holding me back is really an expectation that it will be further discounted domestically. I suspect we'll be able to get it directly from SSC at that price or so.

Is SSC known to discount things like this? I'm a fairly new collector.

 

[subzro]

Is SSC known to discount things like this? I'm a fairly new collector.

They offer discounts (10-15%) on really slow sellers of stuff nobody cares about but i would not count on it on this. They could have 100 Deloreans in stock or 15. Seems lately mostly all they give is double rewards and free shipping. I would have bet the Bat would have been 50% off at this point.

 

[Rocketeer]

Ordered from HLJ - took about 5 days to Australia via EMS. Came double boxed and no damage to the carton. Couldn't be happier with their service.

 

[kyekye]

It looks like the HLJ sales event is now ended.
Price went back to ¥66,667 (USD $638.49)

 

[SP1772]

It looks like the HLJ sales event is now ended.
Price went back to ¥66,667 (USD $638.49)

Welp. Looks like I missed out. If you don't use it, you lose it.

 

[Username]

It looks like the HLJ sales event is now ended.
Price went back to ¥66,667 (USD $638.49)

I'm kind of glad, to be honest. I was this close to buying one "as a spare" to make a hover converted one in case HT didn't release one.

 

[bonedaddy77]

My HLJ order arrived today. Pretty quick shipping time. Hopefully get a chance to inspect it when I get home later

 

[earthdog]

That was really tempting. Glad it's over.

 

[H1mcgdnrc]

Considering I had no idea if these decals would even work, I'm endlessly happy with how they came out.

 

[kyekye]

Considering I had no idea if these decals would even work, I'm endlessly happy with how they came out.

Yours look better than some I've seen. How close did you cut the decal? letter by letter?

 

[H1mcgdnrc]

Yours look better than some I've seen. How close did you cut the decal? letter by letter?

That's actually not my photo, I don't have one myself. They cut them in strips. If you get close it seems like you can tell it's a decal just because of the nature of the rubber, but you know, pros and cons.

 

[ketcheson3]

Couldn't you use the decal as a template? If you cut out all the letters and used an airbrush to put them on.

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[sirdoctor]

It looks like they cut very close to the lettering. If you view image and zoom in a little, you can just see the decal outline. Amazing job. As I have said before, you dont really see that its a decal till you get up quite close.

Couldn't you use the decal as a template? If you cut out all the letters and used an airbrush to put them on.

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I guess you could but that seems like a lot of work. You have 5 wheels to cover (including the battery cover). If anyone has the skill, patience and a steady hand then go for it. For me, I would only have the patience and think mine look fine as they are. I think the main problem you would have is getting the curve right. One letter just slightly out of place would be enough for my OCD to go into overdrive. Maybe someone could pull it off