Hot Toys - MMS 103 - X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Wolverine Figure

[Hydeous]

Got mine on eBay for about $151 shipped from China. Good luck.

Got any links mate? I couldnt find any that are around that price.

 

[Azrael23]

I think its great but its not screaming buy me. I think id prefer him in a X-men uniform tbh.

Agreed. I can't wait when they re-release him sporting an
X-Men uniform.

 

[MaulFan]

Are speaking of Andy Bergholtz's Bale sculpt?

Yup, of all the original Bale sculpts I've seen seen (Yulli, Kojun, Sosa, Andy B.), Andy's is the only one where the moment I saw it I instantly recognized it as Christian Bale and found no flaw with it. Sosa's I recognize as Bale, but the head is very sickly, which to me hurts it.

Yeah, definitely. It's really up to HT to pick which artist is better suited to a particular actor/character. I wonder how they decide that.

I feel like we've reached a point where we demand 100% proficiency when it comes to likenesses. Many people have been spoiled by a handful of exemplary portraits that they're distracted from the reality that really, it is only a handful of figures that have an almost perfect likeness. It's become a double edged sword for HT.

I like Wolverine. I agree with Eighthsamurai about the Jackman likeness not being almost-perfect, I think because everything else on the figure just screams excellence that the thought of the likeness not being somewhere close to perfect doesn't bother me. And I think a lot of people here feel the same way and have accepted it.

That is Wolverine. It's the movie Wolverine we've been waiting for.

I know that Sideshow, at least on two occassions, had multiple portraits submitted for the same figure and they went with one, so maybe HT does that too. Yulii said in an interview that she can do one in like 2 weeks, if Kojun and anyone else that does heads at HT can work as quickly, you could afford to have a best man wins scenario.

I agree that the really homerun portraits have set a bar. Instead of being amazing examples of what is possible, they are now the demanded expectation, it seems hard for some to accept that on average, the top sculptors are going to give you a double or a triple with the occassional homerun. A few years ago, the Medicom Wolverine portrait looked great, had a Jackman likeness, was really nice, wouldn't have even imagined getting one of this new HT level. Is the new HT one perfection, nope, but it is infinitely better in overall quality compared to heads of a year or two ago from any company. HT's John Connor is not a dead on Bale portrait, but it is an amazing portrait nonetheless and isn't so far off the mark as to not be recognizable as who it's supposed to be, it's just not accurrate enough that a photo of it could fool someone that it's Bale himself.

 

[plasmid303]

I know that Sideshow, at least on two occassions, had multiple portraits submitted for the same figure and they went with one, so maybe HT does that too. Yulii said in an interview that she can do one in like 2 weeks, if Kojun and anyone else that does heads at HT can work as quickly, you could afford to have a best man wins scenario.

Yeah, I think you could be right on the money. There was a photo of an unproduced Andy B Comedian sculpt meant for Hot Toys floating around recently. It makes me wish HT's artists were more public with their unproduced work, just to see a head-to-head comparison as well as a sort of artistic progression.

 

[Skiman]

They did such a good job getting the detail of this figure that I bet if I shoot it, it will heal itself.

 

[Articulation Junkie]

This figure looks absolutely fantastic. I can't wait until BBTS gets them in stock.

 

[Mr.E]

Has this figure been released yet? The movie was nothing special, but this figure is mighty tempting...hopefully gonna pick one up at some point.

 

[Shai]

one of their best figure ever fo sure.

 

[DarthTrafford]

one of their best figure ever fo sure.

I see everyone else use these LOL
:chew

 

[Dr.Mirakle32]

I ordered mine from Toys2 as a Christmas gift (to myself.) I wonder how long it'll take for them to get in-stock?

 

[MaulFan]

Yeah, I think you could be right on the money. There was a photo of an unproduced Andy B Comedian sculpt meant for Hot Toys floating around recently. It makes me wish HT's artists were more public with their unproduced work, just to see a head-to-head comparison as well as a sort of artistic progression.

Not only that, I'd love to just see their work in raw form, I've never seen an unpainted Hot Toys sculpt other than Predators and Aliens, all the human portrait shots I've ever seen are painted work.

 

[Centrocal]

A lot of the sculptors have their own blogs where they show past work. Probably not current products in early stages tho.

Also when they first revealed the slim body and female body the sculpt was unpainted

 

[lerath666]

I think its great but its not screaming buy me. I think id prefer him in a X-men uniform tbh.

I'll get this one IF i ca get a god deal, but considering hot toys has an x-men trilogy liscense, i'll hold out for one in the uniform.

 

[Skiman]

I'll get this one IF i ca get a god deal, but considering hot toys has an x-men trilogy liscense, i'll hold out for one in the uniform.

God deals are pretty much free.

 

[MANDO]

Depends on which god you pray to.

While I'm likely in the minority I hated the movie "costume" so the Logan look is perfect imo.
I think the likeness is okay, not perfect but decent. You know who it is. Kinda like the TDK Bales. They were off but still Bale in most aspects, at least the OC one was. Same goes for the Harvey Dent sculpt.

 

[a-dev]

I didn't know new pics of this had turned up. Still looks cool by me. It'd have been nice if it could have been one of their absolutely unmistakeably dead-on actor likenesses but yeah we probably can't expect that every time. Its very close and the hair and sideburns help to sell it. I'd say an X-men movie version will probably nail it properly.

The rest of the figure looks untouchable. It just couldn't be better IMO but then I haven't studied the costume in great detail. The proportions look perfect and the detailed skin of the body has set a new high bar.

Its going to be difficult deciding how to display this guy. I was thinking with just the wife-beater as it seems to be the most iconic look outside of the actual X-men costume but the vest would gather dust and become discoloured if left exposed. Hmmm.

 

[dcflake]

Depends on which god you pray to.

While I'm likely in the minority I hated the movie "costume" so the Logan look is perfect imo.
I think the likeness is okay, not perfect but decent. You know who it is. Kinda like the TDK Bales. They were off but still Bale in most aspects, at least the OC one was. Same goes for the Harvey Dent sculpt.

Good comparison to the TDK Bale. Looks like Bale but not spot on. Thought Eckhart's sculpt was a lot better though.

 

[Raymond F.]

i seriously do not see how you guys don't see 100 percent jackman in this ??

 

[Darkseed]

i seriously do not see how you guys don't see 100 percent jackman in this ??

I don't believe many folks see a 100% likeness of Jackman in the sculpt. Moreso a great representation of the Wolverine character with a decent likeness of Jackman.

That said, I have no doubt based on past efforts their next Wolverine effort will be even better.

 

[Skiman]

i seriously do not see how you guys don't see 100 percent jackman in this ??