1/6 Hot Toys - MMS 320 - Star Wars Ep.VII - Kylo Ren

[Futurion]

I often wondered, if Palpatine meant to get his face fried because he knew that they already figured out his agenda

He did not get his face fried. That was his real appearance. Using a Dark Side is not without side effects That grandpa pretty face was just a sith alchemy and illusion.

 

[SilverStar17]

I don't get all the folks saying his saber skills were weak. He wasn't trying to kill her, he had orders from snoke to bring her before him. He was also dominating the saber battle and had her on the run the entire battle until the very end when she managed to allow the force to control her. On top of all that, you have the post above pointing out that he got shot by the bowcaster, the weapon that was shown throughout the movie to be extremely powerful and he was still able to have a lightsaber fight. Seems like a strong villian to me, he's just full of conflict between the lightside and the dark.

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Good points.

 

[Malgus]

I think he will have a new mask, Rey scared his face if anybody noticed, so I think he will be wearing it all the time

The fact that his face was scared is why I think he will no longer be wearing a mask. They scarred his face to make him look more Bada$#.

 

[Malgus]

Well he's 7 feet tall. So that wish is not going to be granted.

Nothing worst than the nerds who read all the books and all materials just so they can post spoilers for the people who only watch the movies. Posting that makes you feel important right?

 

[Malgus]

Said it before and i'll say it again. LOVED how Driver/Ben looked in TFA. Always how i envisioned a Skywalker/Solo offspring would look. And his performance was a home run!


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Han should have asked for a DNA test. No way he remotely looks like any Solo family member.

 

[Cixx]

Does for me!

 

[IarnaOrgana]

Nothing worst than the nerds who read all the books and all materials just so they can post spoilers for the people who only watch the movies. Posting that makes you feel important right?

Is someone's height really a spoiler now?

 

[SNIKT1950]

Does for me!

Seriously. They really do look like father and son.

Superb casting.

 

[xenowolf]

Is someone's height really a spoiler now?

I know, I have been yelled at for talking about a trailer before

Seriously. They really do look like father and son.

Superb casting.

I thought so too.

 

[DarthBakura]

You're mistaken. For starters Mace never had Palpatine. Palpatine threw the fight. Had Anakin already turned to the Dark Side at that point Mace woulda been dead along with Tiin, Fisto & Kolar.

Regarding the fight with Yoda, there's no setting where Yoda can take out Palpatine. Why? Because it would just be a re-run of what happened there. Yoda had ample opportunity to take him out - yet couldn't. The loss of the lightsaber and high ground happens at the end of the fight. Yoda couldn't beat him when he had the lightsaber and even ground.

People forget Lucas fashioned Palpatine after The Devil. He's the ultimate evil. The EU tried to make him just another Sith (which makes me glad its no longer canon). Mace, Yoda, etc...nobody could take him.

Eh, I take the movies for what they are.

People always play up Palpatine like he's some great, all-powerful Sith and completely disregard the other great Jedi. Palpatine's true power is patience and calculation, in my honest opinion. He spent many decades planning out his conquering of the galaxy and the Jedi.

Don't get me wrong, he was a powerful Sith, but I will never buy into the fact that he could have taken out either Yoda or Mace on his own. It just makes ALL three characters boring and pointless to me, during the Prequels, if I accept Palpatine as some bloated, unstoppable villain.

He was an old, tactical Sith that could manipulate people and electricity. Oh, and he could use a saber with the best of them.

As for the face aspect of the character. Yeaaah. Sith can suppress their Dark Side eyes, but a human masking his entire face in some convoluted dark side manner is an area I just don't think the films would explore. I'm pretty sure George was speaking metaphorically and didn't literally mean Palpatine was that hideous before the battle.

That's not to say suppressing your inner Dark Side when always in close proximity to the Jedi isn't a feat unto itself though. There was only one instance I can recall where anyone might have even suspected him before episode 3 and that was Yoda, in the scene from AotC where Palpatine is making his plea to Padme and spits out the very thing she's about to say, word for word. Ultimately, he seems to brush it off as coincidence because he couldn't sense anything from him, I think.

Anyway, it just plays out more theatrically if Palpatine is a flawed character and not some uber villain, in my opinion. And I much prefer Mace having ****ed up Palpatine's face to some half-cocked idea of illusionary Sith magic.


Oh, one last thing. Palpatine didn't let Mace win. Even with his foresight, there were no guarantees that Anakin would show up in time, much less kill Mace. Anakin came there to make sure Mace simply arrested the chancellor. What happened had to happen. However, before Anakin shows up, Palpatine was pretty much giving Mace everything he had.

 

[paramoremcr88]

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[mrjasontodd]

it seems to be $19 +change for US shipping for some reason.

What is up with this? Gas prices are the lowest they've been in a while. When I first saw this on my account I thought it included my shipper until I saw there was an additional $10 charge.

 

[DarthBakura]

Prices only go up, unfortunately. Gas is cheaper than it's been in a long time, but food and services continue to skyrocket.

I've only been collecting 1/6 stuff here and there recently, but the prices only seem to have really jumped over the last few years. Smaller scale stuff seems to have been hit the hardest. Holy hell, the prices on these figures now. I'm kinda glad I only really buy 1/6 anymore. xD

 

[jkidd41011]

Sideshow needs to ditch UPS Ground. My Sandtrooper will take a over week to get here. USPS Priority Mail gets stuff from California in less than 3 days.

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[aeluna]

Sideshow is the only company I have ever seen shipping prices literally double in such a short time span. You've got all these other business who have free shipping on orders above $35+, $50+, and if they're not free then they are usually very reasonable prices like BBTS, who even goes the extra mile and boxes your shipper. These toys are reaching record highs and still climbing yet on most you will see massive price cuts on second hand markets right after release. They need to cut back on their marketing and giving away so much free stuff, which I would question is actually ever given out, and rethink their business plan/strategies. At this rate, long term, I don't see this company being around.

 

[Angry Kal-El]

For the record, I've won several items from Sideshow so they definitely give things away.

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[DarthBakura]

I can't even remember the last time I ordered from Sideshow, lol. The 1/6 Ben Kenobi maybe.

Ebay, BBTS and AlterEgoComics are usually my go to places. I do like that SS is the official distributor of Hot Toys though.

 

[SNIKT1950]

I can't even remember the last time I ordered from Sideshow, lol. The 1/6 Ben Kenobi maybe.

Ebay, BBTS and AlterEgoComics are usually my go to places. I do like that SS is the official distributor of Hot Toys though.

You're missing out on Reward Points.

I got Obi-Wan Kenobi & Luke Skywalker for free using 8500 points (a year's worth of purchases).

 

[DarthBakura]

Yeah, but I only have four SS figures and I got into Hot Toys way late in the game. xD

 

[TheFiend]

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Great picture there, Para.

I must say, I'm surprised how much I liked Kylo Ren. I thought Adam Driver was fantastic and one of the best parts about the movie. He was a bit if a basket case - but one that was conmplicated and interesting. I like that we have an unhinged, internally struggling villain from the outset. I want to know more about him. For a second I was scared they would pull a Darth Maul and kill him in the first film , but no. I reckon he'll be around for the entire trilogy. I'm still not crazy about this figure and I have mixed feelings about the character design in general. Too bad HT didn't include a Driver sculpt. That's what I would want. I wonder if they'll change up Ren's appearance in the new film. I bet they will, even if its tweaks here and there like how the Vader suit changed throughout the OT. Plus Disney needs to make more toys!!