Hot Toys - Iron Man 2: Black Widow

[Cap'n Cook]

Hotter, Smarter, and way more Talented than Megan Fox.

Goes without saying.

 

[Maglor]

Hotter, Smarter, and way more Talented than Megan Fox.

Yes, Yes, and Yes!

 

[Skiman]

Okay my wife wants this, I'm getting the barbie blow up doll, too big of head, loose clothing, not dark enough eyes, frizzy hair, and wrong gunz version.

 

[FLOSI]

Okay my wife wants this, I'm getting the barbie blow up doll, too big of head, loose clothing, not dark enough eyes, frizzy hair, and wrong gunz version.

My wife doesn't want this, so I'm getting the barbie blow up doll, too big of head, loose clothing, not dark enough eyes, frizzy hair, and wrong gunz version for myself.

 

[Skiman]

My wife doesn't want this, so I'm getting the barbie blow up doll, too big of head, loose clothing, not dark enough eyes, frizzy hair, and wrong gunz version for myself.

It's gonna be my wife, Black Widow, Sadie and Bennie all in my bed.

 

[Vaako]

whatever some people might say here , i think it's a kick-ass figure and i might pick her up one day at a good price

 

[daikkenaurora]

Okay my wife wants this, I'm getting the barbie blow up doll, too big of head, loose clothing, not dark enough eyes, frizzy hair, and wrong gunz version.

Is she going to brush BW hair every night and play doll house?

 

[Skiman]

Is she going to brush BW hair every night and play doll house?

Sure why not...

 

[Eamon]

Hotter, Smarter, and way more Talented than Megan Fox.

Probably far nicer person too!

 

[Hydeous]

Okay my wife wants this, I'm getting the barbie blow up doll, too big of head, loose clothing, not dark enough eyes, frizzy hair, and wrong gunz version.

thats a good reason, Im gonna use that as well, the next time my friends come over and see BW on my shelf

 

[The Ringer]

I wonder why in the official pics HT didn't bare some skin as the TR blog did?

 

[FLOSI]

I wonder why in the official pics HT didn't bare some skin as the TR blog did?

Link??????

 

[Devil_666]

Why do people post stills from the movie and react like "Hey Hot Toys, here is what your toy should look like, dumbasses!"

Oh I don't know, maybe because Hot Toys uses those SAME stills, promo pics, etc. when they sculpt and make these figures. So when something is off, missing, inaccurate it makes it hard to fathom since they're looking at the same exact pics as us. Case in point: When HT made the v.1 Joker there's a WIP picture where you could see the prototype (with numerous flaws) standing right IN FRONT of an actual promo pic of The Joker.

This is a sculpt of a real person, a glorified doll. You are never going to get it to look like a real life mini-person.

Complete and utter BS. This is hands down the weakest argument and I see it over and over again. It makes absolutely no sense. HT and other companies HAVE nailed sculpts before and made their figures look like "a real life mini-person". Sometimes they come up short. It happens.

But to use that argument implies that HT (and other 1/6 scale companies) don't strive for that. Which is completely untrue. THAT'S what ALL 1/6 scale companies are attempting to do. ALL of them.

Do you honestly think HT told the sculptor "Hey Yulli remember, it doesn't have to look like a real life mini-person. It's just a glorified doll so just make it passable and it'll be fine."

NO.

It says right on the F'n specs:

- Authentic and detailed fully realized likeness of Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow in the movie Iron Man 2

It doesn't say:

- This is a sculpt of a real person, a glorified doll. We are never going to get it to look like a real life mini-person version of Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow in the movie Iron Man 2.

Even if you do nail down a close sculpt then you have the challenges of the paint-op

"challenges of the paint-op"!? Are you serious? HT consistently has the best mass produced paint applications when it comes to 1/6 scale figures. That's not even an issue so it's irrelevant.

and on top of that lighting will play differently off of skin versus rubber or plastic.

Agreed. But that has absolutely no bearing on whether or not a sculptor can make an accurate sculpt or not. That's has more to do with presentation like with pics. You really think lighting is making this sculpts gaping sex-doll mouth look as weird as it is!?

Keep in mind that the company probably meets on these things in depth, discussing all posibilities and ultimately goes with an educated decision that works for the piece.

And in some cases, their guess is wrong and it doesn't work. It happens. So why defend that!? Do you work for HT? Do you own stock in their company?

Lastly on her outfit, if you make the material too thin, it poses 2 potential problems:
1) The material is so thin it wears thin in spots where it's been posed a lot, or where fanboys are rubbing it over and over.
2) If the material is too thin, it hugs the unflattering parts of the true-type doll that look silly when it's nude, like where the ball joints of the legs plug into the hips. The thicker material helps smooth the figure out more.

1. The material HT is currently using already has problems. You can see stress lines on the suit already in every proto pic. Especially around the collar, arms and chest.

2. Posted this before from a customizer on here. Kato.E

Skin tight and it doesn't look "silly" or "unflattering" in the least.

My opinion is only my opinion but I think HT nailed this one

And some people disagree and have an opposite opinion that HT didn't nail it. And they're voicing THEIR opinions. Why is that a problem?

 

[The Ringer]

Link??????

Just having the zipper pulled down a bit.

https://translate.googleusercontent.c...PBSgWN1-Pc2fYw

 

[aces888]

The jumpsuit feels cheap to me. I know Hot Toys can do so much better, but sometimes I feel that just because they're Hot Toys, they know their products will sell. And it bugs me that most of their figures are not screen accurate.

 

[Corrose]

Skin tight and it doesn't look "silly" or "unflattering" in the least.

Looks terrible to me, you can see the ball joints where the hips meet the legs, unless he's got a baseball in each pocket.

 

[Eamon]

The jumpsuit feels cheap to me. I know Hot Toys can do so much better, but sometimes I feel that just because they're Hot Toys, they know their products will sell. And it bugs me that most of their figures are not screen accurate.

I don't think that their line of thinking at all. GIven the level of competition out there, it doesn't make sence that they rely on their name over product.

As for the likeness issues, well I do think you are in the minority there. Folks are loving Leonidas, Arnie, Blade and Wolverine. Especially the first two, which have pretty decent likeness if you ask me....and the thousands of others whom you could also ask!

 

[Skiman]

Okay my wife wants this, I'm getting the cheap, barbie blow up doll, too big of head, loose clothing, not dark enough eyes, baseball in each pocket, frizzy hair, and wrong gunz version because it's labeled "Hot Toys".

 

[Devil_666]

Awesome.

 

[FLOSI]

Just having the zipper pulled down a bit.

https://translate.googleusercontent.c...PBSgWN1-Pc2fYw

Linky no work.