1/6 Hot Toys - MMS - Captain America: The Winter Soldier - Golden Age Captain America

[Username]

No, you can tell from this picture that the GA head is a lot smaller than the Stealth/AOU head. Its actually even smaller than the TFA head.
So when you have the GA figure, whose body is almost the same size as HT Man of Steel which is on already on the the big side of a typical 1/6 figure, add in a small head, that made the suit look bulky.
That's why putting the AOU helmeted head or Evans head makes the GA figure look proportionate.

On this proto pic, the head is about the size of the AOU head.

Yeah. It's smaller, but never seems as small in hand as when i look at pics i took with my iPhone!
Another weird thing on the GA Cap figure are those stripes in the fabric on his chest and trousers... Do your ones have that, guys?

 

[chamildav]

The stripes are the HBT fabric. I don't really recall if his uniform was herring bone twill in the movie, but it probably should be and is a great detail on the action figure release.

 

[Remy]

Yeah. It's smaller, but never seems as small in hand as when i look at pics i took with my iPhone!
Another weird thing on the GA Cap figure are those stripes in the fabric on his chest and trousers... Do your ones have that, guys?

For me personally, I can tell a big difference with the size of the head.
I really wanted to like the stock GA head, I actually didnt mind it at all, the expression doesnt bother me cause Evans does that expression a lot.
HT nailed the sheen and color of the helmet.
If this would have been a regular 1/6 HT figure, it probably wouldnt have been as bad.
But as I mentioned, GA Cap is almost the same size as HT MOS. If you would put a smaller head on the MOS figure, you'll get the same effect.
And at 1/6 scale, any millimeter off can be a big difference.

The stripes on the suit is actually correct. That is really a nice touch by Hot Toys.

 

[SilverStar17]

The only thing I despise about the stock GA sculpt is the size.

I concur that the finish of the helmet was spot on, and I actually like the expression because I felt it was something different than the same expressions that HT always gives the majority of their sculpts. This is the reason why I tried to stay with it as long as possible, but in the end, how disproportionate it is was way too discernible.

 

[Remy]

The only thing I despise about the stock GA sculpt is the size.

I concur that the finish of the helmet was spot on, and I actually like the expression because I felt it was something different than the same expressions that HT always gives the majority of their sculpts. This is the reason why I tried to stay with it as long as possible, but in the end, how disproportionate it is was way too discernible.

Exactly. Like you, I held off and had it displayed with the stock head even when a lot of people started using the bigger Evans head.
I do like the stock head. As can be seen by the proto, when it is proportionate, it looks good.
And agree, I like the unique expression, nice change from blank, angry screaming expressions.
Too bad HT botched the production size.
Once you put on a proportionate head though, there's no going back.
It's hard to unsee and you're just drawn to its inaccuracy.

What's ironic though is even with all its faults, with a little TLC and some futzing, it is still my favorite cap figure.

 

[SilverStar17]

Exactly. Like you, I held off and had it displayed with the stock head even when a lot of people started using the bigger Evans head.
I do like the stock head. As can be seen by the proto, when it is proportionate, it looks good.
And agree, I like the unique expression, nice change from blank, angry screaming expressions.
Too bad HT botched the production size.
Once you put on a proportionate head though, there's no going back.
It's hard to unsee and you're just drawn to its inaccuracy.

What's ironic though is even with all its faults, with a little TLC and some futzing, it is still my favorite cap figure.

It's true. After putting on a different sculpt and seeing just how vastly much it improves the figure, there really is no going back to the stock sculpt. I admit, a few days ago I was seriously contemplating going back to it and came THIS close to doing it, but in the end, I just couldn't do it. Putting TWS Civvy Steve sculpt on it really made this one of my top Cap figures and rekindled my like for this figure, which I was glad because I really like the suit in the film.

I noticed you mentioned a couple of posts back about the pants. It's funny, because in addition to the disproportionate sculpt, there was something else about it that seemed a little "off". It was as if the upper torso was a bit too large for the legs and then you mentioned how tight the pants were on the production figure in comparison to the prototype, and that was precisely it. I know you described a remedy for this, but I don't have the you know what to do anything like that to my figures, even if it means making them look slightly better.

Unless I feel something is just an utter eye sore, I have the propensity to like leaving my figures stock. Not sure exactly why, but it just gives me the feeling that they still are as the day I opened them from the packaging.

 

[Remy]

It's true. After putting on a different sculpt and seeing just how vastly much it improves the figure, there really is no going back to the stock sculpt. I admit, a few days ago I was seriously contemplating going back to it and came THIS close to doing it, but in the end, I just couldn't do it. Putting TWS Civvy Steve sculpt on it really made this one of my top Cap figures and rekindled my like for this figure, which I was glad because I really like the suit in the film.

I noticed you mentioned a couple of posts back about the pants. It's funny, because in addition to the disproportionate sculpt, there was something else about it that seemed a little "off". It was as if the upper torso was a bit too large for the legs and then you mentioned how tight the pants were on the production figure in comparison to the prototype, and that was precisely it. I know you described a remedy for this, but I don't have the you know what to do anything like that to my figures, even if it means making them look slightly better.

Unless I feel something is just an utter eye sore, I have the propensity to like leaving my figures stock. Not sure exactly why, but it just gives me the feeling that they still are as the day I opened them from the packaging.

lol, glad you caught that. I ended up editing and deleting that comment cause the discussion was the head and I didn't want to get out of topic.
But I mentioned it awhile back that basically, I feel two things were off when it went to final production.
One the head shrank, and the other is the tailoring of the pants got tight.
Lol, guess I'll re-post my original comment about the pants.

Here's a pic of the proto, it appears the head is the same size as the AOU head. Also, You can see that the proto had loose fitting pants.



But the pants we receive out of the box looks like this.



So I sprayed water to the pants til it was soggy wet, and I grab parts of the pants and pulled it so that it loosens it up.
I had to do this numerous times cause the pants were vey tight.
So, now with the the bigger AOU helmet head plus looser fitting pants, it makes the body look more proportionate.
Looks a lot closer to the proto.

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As far as keeping your figures stock, it's perfectly understandable.
My rule is if it bothers me, then I have to do the mods.
But there's many times when people do certain mods to a figure, but for me personally, it doesn't bother me, so I'll leave it alone.
So if people are ok with their stock figures, then that's all that matters.

 

[SilverStar17]

Yeah, your GA Cap looks much closer to the proto now. Well done with that.

That's moreless the same rule that I go by with my figures as well. Being that I like trying to keep them stock, it takes a lot to really bother me in that case. Without getting off topic too much, the only two things in my entire collection that I can say have really bothered me have been the stock GA sculpt and the stock cape for the DX12 Batman.

 

[Joda]

He still looks like he's wearing an inflatable life-vest... (This is what I tell myself, anyways. Helps ease the pain of not owning one. )

 

[Remy]

Yeah, your GA Cap looks much closer to the proto now. Well done with that.

That's moreless the same rule that I go by with my figures as well. Being that I like trying to keep them stock, it takes a lot to really bother me in that case. Without getting off topic too much, the only two things in my entire collection that I can say have really bothered me have been the stock GA sculpt and the stock cape for the DX12 Batman.

Thanks man.


You're lucky, the cape is the only thing that bothered you on the DX12.
Out of all my figures, I think DX12 is the one that bothered me the most. I was soo disappointed at first I almost sold the figure.
Probably one of my most modded figure.

He still looks like he's wearing an inflatable life-vest... (This is what I tell myself, anyways. Helps ease the pain of not owning one. )

We all gotta do what helps us sleep at night.

 

[SilverStar17]

Thanks man.


You're lucky, the cape is the only thing that bothered you on the DX12.
Out of all my figures, I think DX12 is the one that bothered me the most. I was soo disappointed at first I almost sold the figure.
Probably one of my most modded figure.

No worries.

Ah, that's interesting. I'm on the other side as far as my sentiments with the DX12. It's actually one of my favorite figures in my collection even stock.

 

[boylost99]

No worries.

Ah, that's interesting. I'm on the other side as far as my sentiments with the DX12. It's actually one of my favorite figures in my collection even stock.

Im with you on that. Dx12 only needed a custom cape. The armory bats is an upgrade on it though especially the head so i got that for my dx12 and its perfect along with a custom cape of course.

 

[Username]

Just to jump on the bandwagon, i also love my DX12(Three of them, lol).
One is Batman, one is in the armoury(The TL armoury i got as a gift so i didn't see the point in replacing it), and one is Bruce, with his cowl in his arm. I understand the cape material is wrong, but usually have it in a museum pose anyway.

 

[SilverStar17]

Im with you on that. Dx12 only needed a custom cape. The armory bats is an upgrade on it though especially the head so i got that for my dx12 and its perfect along with a custom cape of course.

Is the sculpt for the armory figure magnetic like the DX12? That's actually one of the things I like about the DX12 sculpt, as the magnetic head gives it a larger range of mobility. It's easier to get him in poses where he's either looking up or down.

My apologies by the way. I really didn't intend for this to digress from the GA figure.

 

[Username]

Is the sculpt for the armory figure magnetic like the DX12? That's actually one of the things I like about the DX12 sculpt, as the magnetic head gives it a larger range of mobility. It's easier to get him in poses where he's either looking up or down.

My apologies by the way. I really didn't intend for this to digress from the GA figure.

The armoury body does also have the magnetic neck.

 

[SilverStar17]

The armoury body does also have the magnetic neck.

Awesome.

I like the DX12 so much that I've been contemplating getting another TDK trilogy Batman figure, and I was thinking about picking up an armory Bats figure off of eBay. If it's essentially a 2.0 version of the DX12 with a better sculpt and based on TDK film while DX12 is TDKR, I might get one knowing that it also has the magnetic sculpt.

 

[Username]

Awesome.

I like the DX12 so much that I've been contemplating getting another TDK trilogy Batman figure, and I was thinking about picking up an armory Bats figure off of eBay. If it's essentially a 2.0 version of the DX12 with a better sculpt and based on TDK film while DX12 is TDKR, I might get one knowing that it also has the magnetic sculpt.

It's well worth it.
I picked up a second DX12 as a swap for a spare Avengers Loki i had stashed away, and that's the one i have in my armoury. The third one i bought is the armoury version i picked up still sealed in the plastic from a member here. I enjoy having several looks on display at once.

 

[krieg-der-sterne]

i need help:i got a custom head for this guy,but not the neck i need to put on its place,does anyone have a spare or knows where i can buy one that fits??

 

[Username]

i need help:i got a custom head for this guy,but not the neck i need to put on its place,does anyone have a spare or knows where i can buy one that fits??

Should be the Rescue Cap/MKIV Armour/Avengers Cap neck.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Hot-Toys-I...366647?hash=item3ad51a30f7:g:5H4AAOSwgZ1Xs1SF

 

[krieg-der-sterne]

thanks for the link!!