1/6 Hot Toys - MMS 283 - Star Wars Episode IV: 1/6th scale Obi-Wan Kenobi

[earthdog]

He looked really good in person, there is something a tad off about the likeness... but the finished product will be so nice compared to the Sideshow figure that there's no reason not to make the switch.

I have about 220 reasons.

Plus shipping.

(._.)

 

[DarthAlias]

I have about 220 reasons.

Plus shipping.

(._.)

New standard HT pricing, the days of $200 figures and below are over. Gotta move on or get out.

 

[CollectorGuy]

yeah really ssc is charging more than that just for that barebones red 5 figure

 

[earthdog]

I'm not happy about the cost but I know that's where things are at now and they aren't coming down.

I'm just saying I expect a more accurate likeness for 220+ and so far this is a disappointment for me because I don't think they will tweak it and I also doubt they will revisit the character (unlike chewie and Han and Vader).

I'm jealous of all you that see it and think it's terrific.

 

[Darth Mangler]

I reserve judgement until it is out. photography is a tricky thing. many things influence a good picture. Lighting, lense choice. macro photography is tricky. What a macro lense and the human eye see are two different things. That is why we get so much of the same on this board site. Initial pictures and everyone panics, then it is released and many are saying it looks good in hand. Some are a bomb, but I have learned to take this all with in stride and wait and be patient.

 

[Lejuan]

I'm not happy about the cost but I know that's where things are at now and they aren't coming down.

I'm just saying I expect a more accurate likeness for 220+ and so far this is a disappointment for me because I don't think they will tweak it and I also doubt they will revisit the character (unlike chewie and Han and Vader).

I'm jealous of all you that see it and think it's terrific.

Jealous of the people who love it.

Jealous of the people like you who don't love it and aren't buying it.

Self-pitying the fool who doesn't love it but is buying it anyway because it's the best I'm likely to get of this character any time soon. Reminds me of Louis CK's world's saddest hand job. But who knows, maybe I'll wake up to a stunner

 

[LetoQuorme]

Used the APR15 code and ordered this guy yesterday.

 

[Bo Shrek]

I have about 220 reasons.

Plus shipping.

(._.)

And conversion to Canadian dollars!!

 

[Natedog]

And conversion to Canadian dollars!!

Its up to $0.80 now. Still horrible, but better than $0.70 a few weeks back.

 

[galactiboy]

I have about 220 reasons.

Plus shipping.

(._.)

That's why I used the APR15 code... that way it's only 200 reasons plus shipping

 

[earthdog]

That's why I used the APR15 code... that way it's only 200 reasons plus shipping

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[Invictus Sol]

Have a feeling there will be further incentives on Obi-Wan, like double-rewards or whatnot, so I'm still holding off. Definitely a must have, though, IMO.

 

[Asta]

I told you he looked too old.

 

[CollectorGuy]

its funny how iconic alec was as obiwan and yet he totally hated SW

 

[Asta]

its funny how iconic alec was as obiwan and yet he totally hated SW

Yes, and he left some great quotes about it!

I have been offered a movie (20th Cent. Fox) which I may accept, if they come up with proper money. London and N. Africa, starting in mid-March. Science fiction – which gives me pause – but is to be directed by Paul [sic] Lucas who did "American Graffiti, which makes me feel I should. Big part. Fairy-tale rubbish but could be interesting perhaps.

... new rubbish dialogue reaches me every other day on wadges of pink paper – and none of it makes my character clear or even bearable. I just think, thankfully, of the lovely bread, which will help me keep going until next April even if Yahoo collapses in a week ... I must off to studio and work with a dwarf (very sweet – and he has to wash in a bidet) and your fellow countrymen Mark Hamill and Tennyson (that can't be right) Ford. Ellison (? – No!) – well, a rangy, languid young man who is probably intelligent and amusing. But Oh, God, God, they make me feel ninety – and treat me as if I was 106. – Oh, Harrison Ford – ever heard of him?

"And he agreed with me. What I didn't tell him was that I just couldn't go on speaking those bloody awful, banal lines. I'd had enough of the mumbo jumbo." - Guinness talking about encouraging Lucas to kill off Kenobi

"I shrivel up every time someone mentions Star Wars to me."

"Apart from the money, I regret having embarked on the film. I like them well enough, but it's not an acting job, the dialogue - which is lamentable - keeps being changed and only slightly improved, and I find myself old and out of touch with the young" - during filming of Star Wars

"The only really disappointing performance was Tony Daniels as the robot - fidgety and over-elaborately spoken. Not that any of the cast can stand up to the mechanical things around them" - on the performances in Star Wars

"It's a pretty staggering film as spectacle, and technically brillant. Exciting, very noisy and warm hearted. The battle scenes at the end go on for 5 minutes too long, I feel, and some of the dialogue is excruciating and much of it is lost in noise, but it remains a vivid experience" - having seen the completed Star Wars for the first time

Alec Guinness thought Star Wars was "fairytale rubbish" and Harrison Ford's first name was "Tennyson"

Collection of Alec Guinness Quotes on Star Wars | The Bothan Spy

 

[CollectorGuy]

I remember how uneasy i was when ewan macgreggor was announced as the "New" obiwan kenobi. I was like who is this guy? Never heard of him!

 

[Patriot666]

I remember how uneasy i was when ewan macgreggor was announced as the "New" obiwan kenobi. I was like who is this guy? Never heard of him!

That turned out for the best though IMO.

 

[Natedog]

I remember how uneasy i was when ewan macgreggor was announced as the "New" obiwan kenobi. I was like who is this guy? Never heard of him!

I knew him from Trainspotting, but didn't overly enjoy the movie although I remember him being pretty good in it. Ever since TPM though, every movie he's in I say "Hey its Obi-wan!"

 

[Patriot666]

As an actor you shake off an iconic character like Obi-Wan. One you enter the SW universe you're in for life.

 

[Asta]

I knew him from Trainspotting, but didn't overly enjoy the movie although I remember him being pretty good in it. Ever since TPM though, every movie he's in I say "Hey its Obi-wan!"

Trainspotting was horrible.

The Phantom Menace was marginally more watchable, if you could bring yourself to get into it...