Hot Toys kick a**!

[bagelsncheesey]

Thanks for the pic man, I've been looking for it everywhere! Damn, that figure looks just like this dude, a total BAD ASS!!

No problemo broham.

Yeah this figure will kickass. Already have him on preorder :chew

 

[Jamal]

Predators are the Hot toys cream of the crop!:chew

 

[FACEBOX]

One short year ago, the only Hot Toys figures I had where these guys:

And the best representation of the Power Loader I owned was this little guy:

12 months later and ..... well:

And what of the Power Loader you ask?

Hot Toys most certainly kicks A$s.

PS. YES, that is Jonesy.
You can thank AOSHIMA for that.

 

[King Darkness]

Great pic facebox!

Hot Toys do indeed kick a**, who ever made this thread is a wise mofo.

 

[Dante]

Nice collection matey....

 

[Zabrak Nut]

I'm a complete NUTCASE for HOT TOYS at this point - anything I DON'T have by them, I plan on seriously looking into - but I'm definitely keeping ALIEN and PREDATOR at the TOP of the priority list... can't let any get away. I'm getting multiples like crazy now...
And no, I'm NOT broke

 

[King Darkness]

BEST RAMBO YET!!!!!

I LOVE IT!!!

 

[King Darkness]

 

[bagelsncheesey]

Badass pics King!! Man your photos are getting better and better. I love the pose that you put Rambo in, looks just like the movie.

 

[Mudshark]

I'm a complete NUTCASE for HOT TOYS at this point - anything I DON'T have by them, I plan on seriously looking into - but I'm definitely keeping ALIEN and PREDATOR at the TOP of the priority list... can't let any get away. I'm getting multiples like crazy now...
And no, I'm NOT broke

You will be, my friend... you WILL be!

 

[Zabrak Nut]

HOT TOYS is possibly the greatest Figure company right now - at LEAST in the 1/6 arena.
A COUPLE things perplex me, though; Actually, it's primarily one: Their decisions on the ALIENS Warrior. I know for a fact that they've got employees who ADORE the film, and love the designs. I was anticipating the WARRIOR like MAD in 1/6 scale after seeing their 4" Snap Kit renditions; strangely, they look quite different - some details were changed for the better, and some were, as mentioned, warped (though still very Giger-esque, which I WILL give credit for);
But they don't seem to have taken this Artistic License to such dramatic effect on any other Alien figures so far, or any other line, for that matter.

So I've pretty much assumed that they wanted to somehow represent the variations in the costumes used in the film on the Figure. So: 12 suits, at least one or two rod puppets that were upper-torso, n' then the critters that were made just to be mauled down by gunfire. I'm curious as to the looks of those "dummys" that were designed to be anniolated - either way, I've been gathering pic. collections of props, and some of the details that they HAVE captured in this 16" critter are astounding - simply because no other company has gotten some of these details right.

Finally, I'm wondering if they're still considering the "Battle-damaged" variant (which I'm sure would be confirmed at Toyfare or SDCC); in which case they could make some sculpt changes as well, just to present something a bit different (they had many variations of AVP Predators, and certainly multiples of the AVP Alien, so we'll see...).
Granted, I bought multiples of the Warrior, all of which I have yet to open (display space at the moment) - and I'm DREADING the breakage, but there's not much I can do about that at this point. I can tell you that, unless it's from HOT TOYS themselves, we'll never get a more dynamic WARRIOR from ALIENS in figure form - posability, paint, sculpt, variants, creepiness - it's too good. ALL THAT being said, I'm hoping that we'll see more critters by HOT TOYS, and DEFINITELY a NEW TAKE on the WARRIOR... I think it would be welcome, even if you've got pissed off collectors - they've got a reason to add another XENOMORPH - and, as wise men have said, "You can never have too many ALIENS" - :maul :chew

 

[Zabrak Nut]

So, if HOT TOYS is listening, I say, even if it's after da' BIG CHAP, we get another version of the WARRIOR FROM ALIENS - "WINSTON" - Style. There are multiple sculpts to present the creatures looks in the film (between physical differences on the props), so we could definitely use another release. I'm not giving up hope... 'specially if we DO GET DA' QUEEN (which, everyone knows we are... psh, can't believe people are actually questioning it )

Just to clarify.... that last part was sarcasm.

 

[Mudshark]

Those pics of Rambo are great, King D. But I'm afraid that big red dude and his prototype on the shelf in the background there still own him.

 

[Zabrak Nut]

In fact, maybe I'll start a thread requesting it sometime. GRANTED, we DO need to secure GIGER's critter in-place, but something tells me HOT TOYS' got the message by now.

It would be my first thread (I'm not new here, I'm just... lazy? Distracted? I dunno...), but the more I talk about another XENOMORPH from ALIENS the more excited I get myself. YAY!
So, basically, if no one else starts it, I will.
Also, speaking of artistic licensing... I think it would be SUPER cool to get a GIGER concept art Alien - a posable version of one of GIGER's concept paintings - just a thought. But first and foremost, we need BIG CHAP and I'm totally all over the BOVINE ALIEN 3 - and a creepy representation of the weird chestburster of the same bug.
Basically there are so many options w/ these licenses that it will PISS ME OFF if HOT TOYS doesn't make the best of it (which, of course, so far they're doing just that, so here's hoping they continue, especially w/ there Company expansion between the U.S. and Japan...)

MEDICOM doesn't "make the best toys in the world", at least not anymore.

HOT TOYS DOES.

 

[Jamal]

Agreed Hot Toys are the best but they are starting to milk us with these variant figures they insist on releasing. Charging top dollar to start with warrants atleast an extra set of hands and a headsculpt imo

 

[Mudshark]

Just to clarify.... that last part was sarcasm.

Yup. Back at'cha.

Whether they do any more variants of the Aliens warriors remains to be seen, but I agree they'd probably sell 'em easily enough. The breakage issues have dampened the enthusiasm a little, at least with some collectors, (I've had issues with mine too, all of which I've been able to repair myself, fortunately), but it would be pretty hard to imagine any devoted fan passing up on these. Hopefully HT will resolve those issues with future releases.

Some of us have been buying multiple alien warriors for dioramas and the like, but at around $130 a pop, I don't imagine many of us can afford to have swarms of xenomorphs, as much as we'd like to. I only have 2 Aliens warriors at the moment, and two AvP aliens - the Grid and SSC's Brown exclusive. I'd like to pick up one of the new brown repaint versions of the Aliens warrior, but I'd probably be better off geting one or 2 more regular versions and repaint them to look like Stan Winston's production models. Ideally I'd like to have about 5 of 'em, so that when Her Majesty eventually arrives, I should have enough warriors to populate an egg chamber scene, or any number of battle scenes with the USCMs. The possiblities here are truly staggering, and we owe it all to Hot Toys!

 

[Jamal]

One figure of the kind for me, unless its a variant like the P2 Damaged

 

[Mudshark]

Agreed Hot Toys are the best but they are starting to milk us with these variant figures they insist on releasing. Charging top dollar to start with warrants atleast an extra set of hands and a headsculpt imo

Abso-f'n-lutely. It wouldn't bankrupt 'em to add a few more perks. They've just announced the P2 variant, which we all knew was coming... P-u-s-s-y Face with his hand cut off and a few shotgun holes in him. Oh, and the open mouth head sculpt. While those things are nice variations, I don't think it warrants shelling out the loot for a whole new figure. The only way I'd consider getting one is if he also comes with a medkit that opens, with all the instuments, and a few more left hand variations to make up for the lack of them with the first figure.

 

[Jamal]

Hed have to come with his breathing apparatus atleast

 

[Mudshark]

Now that would be a cool accessory. How about the medkit and the respirator?