eaglerabbit89
Freaked Out
They better make a Darth Vader.
My Short List:
Darth Vader (Pretty much guaranteed)
Darth Maul
Jango Fett (Shouldn't be too far behind Boba as they're doing bounty hunters)
Count Dooku
Jedi Luke
I hope SSC can finish the clones, roll out all the bounty hunters, get us C-3P0 and R2D2, finish the Separatist droids and inevitable battle droid colors, redo the Stormtrooper and Vader, and then tackle some aliens. Leave the humans to Hot Toys.
That would be killer!!REALLY hoping for a DX Jedi Luke. Would be great to have the Death Star outfit and a Endor Scout outfit as well.
That would be killer!!
Since the big announcement, I was thinking I'd only get one of each main character - Vader, Luke, Han, Leia etc. I think with Luke though, I'd definitely want him in his Jedi outfit - as well as the Bespin one. I've always been a fan of his Tatooine outfit, but I've never felt compelled to own a 1/6 version.. especially with what's been on offer till now.
I guess in general though, it all depends on how strong a spell, HT casts on me in the next year or so.
Why would Hot Toys be the ones to make a Jango Fett when Sideshow has done Boba Fett and all of those clones? I'm pretty sure Dooku is as likely as Jango (as in, not at all). Vader is the only one I see them having a chance of doing, but I don't know why Sideshow would bother.
Hot Toys should use a simple plan. Luke, Han, Chewie, Leia, Ben. Get all the main human and wookiee characters out first. I don't see them doing any droids, and armoured characters including Vader, especially judging how good Grievous and Boba look
Got thinking about this whole venture from a merchandising perspective. If HT/SSC were smart about this, shouldn't they try to time the release of these figures to coincide with the re-release of these movies in 3-D? Seems like that is what Hasbro is ramping up for with the overhaul of their packaging design (includes Maul next year). I think the re-release is going to stir up the nostalgia factor for a lot of fans that may have gone dormant and expose new audiences to SW in a fresh way. Seems like the demand for SW collectibles would rise correspondingly. If they used that model as their guideline, I could see HT doing:
EP I
Maul
Obi-Wan
Qui-Gonn? (SS did a solid version, could see HT wanting to outdo it)
Padme - just about any version, Hasbro actually did some good Padmes for the time, but HT's would be sick. "Invasion of Naboo" dress that actually lights up, etc.
Anakin - feh, let SS do him
NO Jar Jar
EP II
Anakin
Padme - she kicks some butt in this one!
The SS version of Obi Wan still holds up - think it would be redundant
SS will grab Yoda, Dooku, Jango and anyone else
EP III
ANAKIN - so central, it's a no brainer
OBI WAN - the duel alone makes this a 'must do'
Padme??? - don't know that HT would want to do preggo Padme?
EP IV
A touchstone movie, could see HT wanting to hit the core characters:
Farmer Luke
Leia
Han
Obi-Wan
Chewbacca
SS will want the droids and anything else
EP V
Hoth Luke
Bespin/Hoth Han
Bespin/Hoth Leia
SS will want Vader, Snowtroopers, and the rest
EP VI
Endor/Jedi Luke
Endor Han
Endor Leia
SLAVE LEIA - this is the one figure that, if HT doesn't do it while they have the chance, I'd flip my lid...so obvious it hurts
Again, SS will grab Vader, biker scouts, ewoks, all that stuff...
Those are my predictions/wants - your mileage may vary.
I doubt Hot Toys would make all of those, but those would be good choices for possible figures.
I can definitely see them making Vader, Obi-Wan and Anakin though.
Without going through a bunch of pages HT is not taking over this line at all. They're going to be going back and redoing certain characters and have chances at figures like Chewie, Droids (possibly), etc. Maybe some first run figures as well but the lions share will still be done by Sideshow.
Some on that list can be condensed, namely Obi-Wan Kenobi who has
the same Jedi garb throughout the prequels. All you would really need
is 3 distinct head sculpts for each of his look. The same applies to
Episode 2 & 3 Anakin. Padme wouldn't really warrant no more than
1 figure and heavy emphasis would likely be placed on the OT.
Not for nothing, but Kenobi's outfits are slightly different during each movie of the prequels. Even SS had the sense to make the releases different. The other Jedi may warrant a 1 release catch-all, but not Obi-Wan.
And as had been said ad nauseum, this is not HT's decision to make. They DON'T have the license. They will make whatever SS allows them to make or help THEM with...Look for a few figures SS acknowledges were fubar, and help with the few that are more challenging.
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