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

[paulcarson]

 

[SithThundercracker]

Sold sold sold. Just waiting for HK prices to become reasonable.

 

[BLNadal]

The hand with the lightsaber is in wrong position when you need to replicate some fight scenes, but is good when you try this one:

 

[anwe]

To say it looks nothing like Alec Guiness is a bit silly but unfortunately in some angles it still looks like Richard Chamberlain to me.

Under normal lights the light saber will look decent I think. I have the much hated Medipuke Vader 2.0 that has a battery powered saber and that's suprisingly bright and uniform as long as you don't shine a flashlight on it.

CCFL will of course still be ten times better..

 

[dw316]

Agreed. People, mostly new blood, seem to want a perfect exact replica of human faces nowadays... would've hated to be them before the HT craze got popular and advertised everywhere

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

Agreed. People, mostly new blood, seem to want a perfect exact replica of human faces nowadays...

Wut.

...

 

[koon]

Wait till Hot Toys start 3D scanning their sculpts!

I like that Vader, he has sound effects! Although I have no clue where to get those minute batteries, and I think I de-threaded the battery cap. He does however use the SS Fett stand who flanks him so he feels taller!

 

[Asta]

Wait till Hot Toys start 3D scanning their sculpts!

 

[anwe]

Agreed. People, mostly new blood, seem to want a perfect exact replica of human faces nowadays... would've hated to be them before the HT craze got popular and advertised everywhere

I didn't start collecting these figures until I saw HT Bespin Luke for the first time, so there you go I guess.

 

[hokietwo]

Agreed. People, mostly new blood, seem to want a perfect exact replica of human faces nowadays... would've hated to be them before the HT craze got popular and advertised everywhere

It does depend when you get into collecting. In 2015, the standards are much higher and so are the prices. With any product that has matured and evolved there is an expectation of higher quality as time and technology persists.

Our community is definitely a little more harsh on such things than others though, obviously.

 

[dw316]

Very true. I totally understand that these are high-end collectibles and people want what they paid for, but like others have said, while not perfect, the likeness is considered accurate and it's there. Don't know if it was inflation or if the company just wants to make more profit, but the quality of sculpts has improved much over the years, I fear if people want perfect sculpts, the standard retail is going to be about $300 or $400 a figure, and that I don't want, especially since I've started collecting when these were like $150, haha. Take a look at the $400 premium formats that are supposed to look like certain actors and end up looking nothing like. Don't like it, don't buy it, simple as that, just too much whining and complaining all the time, doesn't fix the problem unfortunately.

 

[davejames]

Well the only reason the standard has been raised, and why some of us want to see better, is because HT is the one that raised that standard.

Yeah this Obi-Wan probably would have been mindblowing 5 or 10 years ago, but compared to their incredible Murphy or Cavill or Quicksilver sculpts? It doesn't even come close, I'm afraid.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

Don't like it, don't buy it, simple as that..

That old chestnut?

Where would this community be without such profound sages like yourself.

 

[kl241]

The hand with the lightsaber is in wrong position when you need to replicate some fight scenes, but is good when you try this one:

Looks good in this shot. Looks like Guiness.

 

[Rzeznikk]

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Eh.....yeah glad I have Pipers.

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[Rzeznikk]

The hand with the lightsaber is in wrong position when you need to replicate some fight scenes, but is good when you try this one:

That's the pose I'm going with too. But without the saber lit.

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[dw316]

Eh.....yeah glad I have Pipers.

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I love his CCFLs better too, just have to be able to afford them, trying to unload some old figures.

 

[Rzeznikk]

Looks good in this shot. Looks like Guiness.

Legendary Scale FTW!

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[Rzeznikk]

I love his CCFLs better too, just have to be able to afford them, trying to unload some old figures.

They are so worth it

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[Darth_IMPoor]

Looks good in this shot. Looks like Guiness.

Yeah, too bad that's not what we're getting in 1/6. Both SS> HT on old Ben