Hot Toys DX Bespin Luke Skywalker

[Khev]

No offense to you... You may actually be one of the few who only displays figures that are 95% accurate... although, with what I know about HTs figures... can't imagine you display many figures.

You're right I don't have a lot. Just CW Anakin and Rex and some SSC Joes. I'm not sure where you got that I was complaining though. HT Bespin Luke is a homerun as far as I'm concerned. But since they've probably got some time it would be gravy if they tweaked the clean sculpt to look a little more post-ANH.

 

[OSCORP]

I'm sure they will.^

But even as is best Luke to date!

God i'm so stoked for this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

/GRUNT

 

[RichAlot]

Hey guys not sure if anyone mentioned this, but the weatervane will be included with the figure and will have working lights. That's what the SSC guys told me. Now the question is will it be sold like the Iron Man Suit-up Gantry (with or without figure). They also said they weren't sure if it was going to include two bodies or just one.

 

[Apone]

Sideshow still controls this. No coincidence this is a figure ssc has already done and sold all they are going to sell of him. That's why it wasn't an xwing Luke or droids. Having said that...maybe ssc will let ht have a go at chewy since they have had problems with him

 

[Wake]

Just wanted to reiterate... I meant no insult or disrespect to any one individual... I just think in general the tone around the boards is to claim that the likenesses are bad but then people have much worse on display. Its inconsistent.

 

[Khev]

Just wanted to reiterate... I meant no insult or disrespect to any one individual... I just think in general the tone around the boards is to claim that the likenesses are bad but then people have much worse on display. Its inconsistent.

I hear you. The crappy SSC Bespin Luke wasn't criticized as much as this one.

 

[pjam]

My .02

I like it. Yeah, it's not post crash Mark, but it's still the best Luke made to date. BD head is awesome. I think it will come like the HT DX Joker, meaning BD suit separate with no body. Hope they include a 2nd belt with the BD suit.

 

[Khev]

Aren't there some old promo pics of Mark in the Bespin outfit before his accident? Or did he mess up his face even before that?

 

[Mad Old Lu]

I always wondered what Luke would have looked like if Mark Hamill never had the accident! I really did! It's not like the movies played up the fact that he had a scarred face (at least beyond his recovery scenes on Hoth) and it was more like they tried their best to soften his look.

My point is that they should have just gone with it and given Luke a more significant and obvious scar on his face to show he had seen some major battles between the two movies, and it would have looked LESS distracting than trying to hide the scars which had the audience (or at least me) think "WTF happened to his face?!?" I never bought the statement that the Wampa attack was NOT written in to explain why Luke's face changed.

It's kinda cool for me to see this version because I can see what Lucas intended Luke to look like all along!

Waitaminute! Maybe that's it!! Maybe LFL had HT make a non-accident version of Luke because it's how Lucas would have wanted him to look!

 

[Mad Old Lu]

Aren't there some old promo pics of Mark in the Bespin outfit before his accident? Or did he mess up his face even before that?

According to Wikipedia:

Car accident
On January 11, 1977, one day before he was set to shoot one of the final scenes needed for Star Wars, Hamill was in a car accident in which he fractured his nose and left cheekbone.[4] According to Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz, Hamill was in surgery from 9 AM until 4 PM. As a result of the accident, a double was used for the landspeeder pickup shots.[5]

 

[Khev]

Ah I see. Well that answers that.

 

[MarfMaster]

You were brave enough to post photos of the EB/Medi Luke Rory, and lots of people were respectful and supportive, even admitting they were able to see a bit of likeness in your shots. Now you're in here bashing HT's Luke sculpt which, I'm sorry, is much more impressive than the Ultimate Unison (IMO).

 

[Rorywan]

You were brave enough to post photos of the EB/Medi Luke Rory, and lots of people were respectful and supportive, even admitting they were able to see a bit of likeness in your shots. Now you're in here bashing HT's Luke sculpt which, I'm sorry, is much more impressive than the Ultimate Unison (IMO).

I agree that this is much more impressive than UU. Not even in the same league. The outfit and belt alone are probably the best Skywalker 1/6th items I have ever seen. And the BD sculpt is awesome. I shall be buying this set no matter what.

But two things, because I posted pics of the UU Luke, does that mean I cannot have issues with this? Because I do. I absolutely HATE the expression on his face. I can live with the inaccuracy of the sculpt (like the UU). But what kinda face is this guy pulling? I think he just looks weird? I know they were going for the "looking around dangerous Bespin/it's a trap" kinda thing, but it didn't work IMO.

...and also I think that pic of McCarthney is very funny..sorry I won't do it anymore...

 

[DSD]

It'll be interesting to see it with the eyes looking straight on. They are moveable, right?

 

[Kamandi]

Aren't there some old promo pics of Mark in the Bespin outfit before his accident? Or did he mess up his face even before that?

Hamill was in heavy makeup for the Holiday Special due to the accident.

 

[sithlord13]

The sculpt is defo the best so far and I would buy it I it was x wing Luke. What I really want is a dx Jedi Luke with a prefect head scuplt which I think will come from ht/ ssc eventually

But bespin Luke never really appealed and given the likely cost and my current need to pick and choose it's a pass

 

[Fetunche]

Just wanted to reiterate... I meant no insult or disrespect to any one individual... I just think in general the tone around the boards is to claim that the likenesses are bad but then people have much worse on display. Its inconsistent.

The SSC Bespin Luke was criticised at the time but is only a 50 dollar figure, at HT prices I expect more especially when the likenesses of other HT figures are so good.

 

[Wake]

That's just it.... The ss luke is on a terrible body. Has only one headsculpt and costume choice. A cheap plastic base that is only functional at best. The HT one? Miuuch better likeness two heads. Two looks. Cool diorama bases. Etc.

 

[Cocoboloboy]

Hamill was in heavy makeup for the Holiday Special due to the accident.

Ah, ok. That's why he looks so strange in those pics people have been posting here.

 

[Natrix]

I currently have the Sideshow Indy on display... however lacking the HT sculpt is of the Raider's indy its still WAAAAY better.

The SS Indy sculpt is fine, just buried under a crappy paint job. Look at the repainted ones, looks better than the HT effort.