1/6 Hot Toys - MMS 262 - Star Wars Episode IV - 1/6th scale Chewbacca Collectible Figure

[N3M3SIS 2ALL]

Let me show you my Wookie.

very nice pics, I like what you did with the hair. Havent had a chance to work on mine.

 

[N3M3SIS 2ALL]

alot to be done with the figs and background but couldnt wait, had to see how it looked in the detolf.

 

[Creighton]

So much "little wookie" syndrome in here.

 

[N3M3SIS 2ALL]

I wonder if they (HT) take into consideration the interior height of Detolfs (which im assuming is the most common display cases out there) when sizing. I dont own any figures close to the size of chewy, but its almost to the top of the detolf. Just a thought.

 

[TaliBane]

Those are great shots, Eamon - in slightly contrasty lighting, he photographs really well.

Bummer on the height and I'm guessing there's no easy fix for that. I've found with both SSC and HT figs you can add nearly 1/4" by pulling the footpegs out and inserting a plastic sleeve. But not sure if Chewy has removable feet or even pegs - bit of mystery what he looks like under that furred suit (and no shaved wookiee pics please ) And if he's 3/4" too short, 1/4" isn't going to make a huge difference.

It is funny that Vader is basically just a normal over-six-feet-tall person and everyone seems to want to make him this towering over-7' giant and then there's Chewy who IS freakishly tall... and they undersize him.

 

[jedijim3002]

It's funny because the many times I've met Peter Mayhew he has always said he is 7'4" tall. So it would make sense that chewy would be 7'6" tall with boot feet and mask hair. So at least an inch too short? Wow!

 

[jedijim3002]

That's a lot o height to make up with ankle pegs. Not sure if I can swing that.

 

[Lejuan]

I wonder if they (HT) take into consideration the interior height of Detolfs (which im assuming is the most common display cases out there) when sizing. I dont own any figures close to the size of chewy, but its almost to the top of the detolf. Just a thought.

If that was their strategy then Chewie should've been another half-inch shorter to accommodate the stand

 

[Wor-Gar]

They made him too short deliberately so the V2 will be correct height and everyone will need to buy him.

 

[N3M3SIS 2ALL]

If that was their strategy then Chewie should've been another half-inch shorter to accommodate the stand

true, never thought of that because i never use the stands....or at least the ones they come with.

 

[davejames]

Well if you could find a good match for that hair somewhere, it should be easy enough to extend the legs that extra 3/4" and blend the new hair into the gap.

The question is just how hard or easy it is to take that suit off. Does it simply button up in the back somehow? And is it just one piece, or multiple pieces that overlap?

 

[Pixelpiper]

3/4" might be excessive to add only to the legs, might need to put some of that into the torso. Hopefully someone does some further investigation into removing and replacing the fur to check how difficult this might be.

 

[Rzeznikk]

That extra 3/4" isn't worth ripping the figure apart to achieve. He looks just fine posed and displayed with Solo imo. I'm not going to bother.
And most people will likely pose him hunched over with the bow caster anyway so you're not going to notice the height issue anyway.

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[Pixelpiper]

It'll be worth it to someone. I just hope they frequent this forum.

 

[Chronos1919]

Chewie being too short doesn't bother me nearly as much as Vader being freakishly tall.

 

[BLNadal]

I don't know, for me his height is ok

(I know there isn't Harrison Ford, but is a mannequin with his proportions..)

 

[Wor-Gar]

Are we really using prop shows to justify height now?

 

[Mike86]

The height thing really doesn't bother me that much. He's taller than Han and will be taller than most of the other figures except maybe Vader so I buy his height even if it isn't spot on. I like how things always have to come full circle on this board. It goes from happy with the prototype, worst figure ever because of some bad pictures, most people happy with him in hand, and now back to complaining over his height.

 

[BLNadal]

Are we really using prop shows to justify height now?

We need to find good screenshots from the movie, until there, anything goes!

 

[SwedishHeat]

That don't look like any Chewbacca I ever seen. Looks like one o' them gul-durned Prequel Wookies.