Hot Toys DX Bespin Luke Skywalker

[YankeesFanboy]

How much cheaper? $300 for two complete figures was a steal.

Besides, without the ability to swap hair pieces, you wouldn't be able to do either of these classic moments:



This one's still unfinished

Looks great, Pixel.

I wish I had gotten the DX07 when it was still $300.

 

[ZE_501]

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I wish I had gotten the DX07 when it was still $300.

One of my biggest errors. Had so many chances to buy this set at retail and kept talking myself out of it.

Curiosity and hype finally got the better of me and I shelled out for it ... Great piece. Better than expected but I should have bit earlier and saved a few bucks. I'm a *******.


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[Captain Britain]

One of my biggest errors. Had so many chances to buy this set at retail and kept talking myself out of it.

Curiosity and hype finally got the better of me and I shelled out for it ... Great piece. Better than expected but I should have bit earlier and saved a few bucks. I'm a *******.


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Don't beat yourself up, we've all been there! That, and selling off something that suddenly rocketed in price afterwards.

 

[Captain Britain]

How much cheaper? $300 for two complete figures was a steal.

Besides, without the ability to swap hair pieces, you wouldn't be able to do either of these classic moments:



This one's still unfinished

Great photos, got any more of the BD head with the normal hair? I've been looking for a photo of it for ages.

 

[TaliBane]

This was $300 for "two" figures - two of the exact same figure with different heads.

This was/is a decent deal only in the context of the insane new pricing levels both SSC and HT have dived into in the years since this fig released.

I got a loose BD Luke on eBay for very cheap, but saw no need to pursue a "clean version" because one Luke Bespin was enough for me (and still don't like the clean sculpt in terms of likeness) - and I love the Bespin outfit. I bought the weather vane for $15 shipped not long after but have never used it.

The set is really nicely presented set but at the time of release, I can't say it was a "great deal."

 

[Pixelpiper]

The set is really nicely presented set but at the time of release, I can't say it was a "great deal."

You got a great deal on that weather vane. But you really define great deal differently than I do.

At the time of release one could consider it a great deal based on the contents alone and how much similar parts were being sold for new. Having a set to part out and recovering costs would leave one with a true steal on whatever part of the set they kept.

Hot Toys figures at the time were not $150 each, so simply dividing the package in half, including accessories means $150 per complete figure. That's a deal already. But other figures didn't come with huge elaborate, LED-lit set pieces like the weather vane. Only other DX products shipped in packaging as nicely constructed, etc. It was easy at the time to sell a single figure for $180+, that alone bringing the original cost down to under $130. I fail to see how that's not a great, in fact a KILLER, deal for the time. If someone wanted a single Luke and had bought the whole set, getting rid of only some of the extras, including the second figure, would easily bring the total spend of the first down under $100. A price that can be the poster child for great deals.

 

[mao86]

To me this set continues to be on of the greatest deals you could get. Pixelpiper already broke it down nicely. If HT tried to put this together again today imagine how much it would cost!

 

[TheFiend]

I had some time today so I pulled out the twins and snapped some shots.

 

[YankeesFanboy]

Gorgeous pics, buddy. Do people really hate the HS that much?

 

[davejames]

I don't hate it, but to me the likeness doesn't really get any closer to the actor than the HT Han does. If I squint or stare at it long enough I can convince myself that it's Luke, but it's certainly not what I'd call instantly recognizable.

Glad the people who own it really like it though.

 

[Wor-Gar]

I pulled out the twins and snapped some shots.

Really was hoping for a different set of "twins"...

 

[Prime Clone]

These sculpts are nice but SS's Hoth Luke will be closer if it lives up to the prototype.

 

[ebor]

These sculpts are nice but SS's Hoth Luke will be closer if it lives up to the prototype.

 

[Captain Britain]

These sculpts are nice but SS's Hoth Luke will be closer if it lives up to the prototype.

 

[Prime Clone]

Weird, thought Hoth Luke had more love than this...

 

[Pixelpiper]

Weird, thought Hoth Luke had more love than this...

Together with the Red 5 Pilot version, the best sculpts to ever be made of Luke Skywalker in 1/6 - but as far as a product goes, the case can only be closed once the figures are in hand. Production has a lot to live up to given the excellent prototypes. A lot of people expect the end result to be a failure.

 

[Captain Britain]

Together with the Red 5 Pilot version, the best sculpts to ever be made of Luke Skywalker in 1/6 - but as far as a product goes, the case can only be closed once the figures are in hand. Production has a lot to live up to given the excellent prototypes. A lot of people expect the end result to be a failure.

It's obviously subjective but in the case of Red 5 I find the likeness no stronger than the Hot Toys likeness, even if they do manage to reproduce it in the factory, and overall pretty bland. In the case of Hoth Luke he looks more like Eddie Redmayne than Hamill to me. Both of them are very generic.

 

[Pixelpiper]

It's obviously subjective

Definitely subjective.

 

[master anakin skywalker]

So I finslly just bought the bespin...quick question. Anyone framiliar with the hot toys bruce lee? Well I was really impressed with how durable and sturdy the body is with it. Not that any 1/6 figure should be given to a child, but would you say hot toys made the bespin luke with a similar level of durability? Or is it totally fragile like medicom stuff? Thanks!!!

 

[Pixelpiper]

So I finslly just bought the bespin...quick question. Anyone framiliar with the hot toys bruce lee? Well I was really impressed with how durable and sturdy the body is with it. Not that any 1/6 figure should be given to a child, but would you say hot toys made the bespin luke with a similar level of durability? Or is it totally fragile like medicom stuff? Thanks!!!

All the accessories are as fragile as fairy dust, so be careful. I know that 2 minutes with my 2 year old son would leave the belts and pouches destroyed and the hair piece would be lost very quickly. Next the head would most likely fall off soon afterwards. None of these are intended for kids, even if they're a lot better made than Medicom. The articulation alone is very complex when hidden under clothing and it's super easy to apply too much force and snap something.