Hot Toys - MMS DX 01- The Dark Knight - The Joker spec and pics

[sueworld]

Most comments on here have been laughable!! So much negativity, but I guess it is normal here. What I don't understand is reading comments saying they don't like it and they would buy it, only for whatever parts they need e.g the purple coat or just keep the joker cop and throw away the dx joker with movable eyes, oh get this because it has big eyes!
What a waste of money! I honestly think the new joker is excellent, sure not perfect, but a well done improvement from hot toys. So much niggledy iggeldy bits your complaining about.
Look guys if you dont like it......don't buy it!!

Well I'm not.

To be fair though, If someones paying a huge amount of money for an item, then I think they're more then entitled to criticize areas of it that they don't think comes up to scratch. If I had money to burn I'd buy it anyway, as It's still a lovely thing to have, but as I don't I won't. I'll just concentrate on getting the parts that I think have been improved upon, and so far I think thats coat and the pants.

 

[agonistes86]

To be fair though, If someones paying a huge amount of money for an item, then I think they're more then entitled to criticize areas of it that they don't think comes up to scratch. If I had money to burn I'd buy it anyway, as It's still a lovely thing to have, but as I don't I won't. I'll just concentrate on getting the parts that I think have been improved upon, and so far I think thats coat and the pants.

I'm rather interested in the new vest that the pants though, but the new coat is a must for me.

 

[Centrocal]

Well one thing is for sure, this is the highest quality 1/6 Joker (mass produced) figure we're ever going to get! No other company is going to attempt to top this. Hot Toys is done with Joker. Seriously where do you go after you release a DX? Theres nothing after that!

This is the cherry! So your options are buy this, or make your own.

 

[Leniak]

I'm still waiting to hear back aswell. I think Leo has probably been swamped with emails since this product launched. I'm sure he'll be shipping as soon as he can.

SS

Same here, I sent him an email on friday.

 

[paul_atd-i]

Same here, I sent him an email on friday.

Leo posted this in the dealers threads

"Just arrived this evening the FASTEST stock of Hot Toys DX-01 Joker Police Officer boxset. Super stunning and real premium! The bulk batch will arrive in 3~4 weeks."

 

[viezure]

We need more pictures, where are they? After the initial launch pics, seems like they stopped coming

 

[Leniak]

Leo posted this in the dealers threads

"Just arrived this evening the FASTEST stock of Hot Toys DX-01 Joker Police Officer boxset. Super stunning and real premium! The bulk batch will arrive in 3~4 weeks."

Oh, he just answered to my email with the same words

 

[Hydeous]

Anybody know where I can find a 1/6 rottweiler and a hose or pipe for my dx joker

 

[Centrocal]

Guys I just realized ENTERBAY Bruce Lee (hornet ver.) has a similar hat to Cop Joker. Looks like molded plastic but seems to be the correct size. Would make an easy mod.

 

[paul_atd-i]

Yes, that was what I was tring to say. The way they led us to believe they were taking on board our advice and making big amendments when they weren't is very bad. They have lost a lot of trust from me.

I'd actually like to hear why HT never made the changes to make the jokers outfit more screen accurate, especially when people were emailing and going to great lengths highlighting inaccuracies to them. It would have been nice to have seen burnt orange lining on the Jokers coats I suppose we'll see the changes when they release the smiling joker sculpt in a few years....TDK 10th anniversary?

 

[The Ringer]

I would have the bigger, and more accurate as opposed to that tacky plastic hat.

 

[Centrocal]

These are the closes matches I could find on Monkey Depot, but still not the exact style hat

https://www.monkeydepot.com/DiD_British_WWII_Officer_Visor_Cap_Extra_Badges_p/dl0477-xc002.htm

https://www.monkeydepot.com/Hat_Dragon_Russian_WWII_Officer_Visors_Kurt_K_p/d2947-d213.htm

 

[Kuzeh]

I was wondering how long it would take for people to start whining about such minor details here...

 

[Geil]

I still find the DX01 amazing! But then I am an easily pleased noob lol
As for hearing your feedback, is it possible that HT does not really monitor this website but the Chinese ones only? Maybe the opinion there is slightly different? Bare in mind English is a foreign language to the HT crew if they know it at all.
For sourcing more accurate materials if resources are unlimited I would assume level of perfection should be high but this kind of project I suspect they really only go to a handful vendors and pick what options they get and trust. And oh they are still very late lol
Even if the hat seem just a tad large I am sooo amazed by how close they come in terms of scale, look at all the other hats that where linked, they look nowhere near real and to scale even... I can't even imagine how they make these, like using 1:6 scale sewing machines with 1:6 scale needles??
I guess if you only see it from the perspective of your demand for accuracy you will always find something wrong. I am drooling big time so this thing is certainly true to life to me and when I try to imagine what resources and tools they must have cooked up to even mass produce these things I am just at awe and I think the compromises are quite acceptable for what I am getting.
Maybe another angle is that most other solid static busts in even a 1:1 scale don't even come close to the likeliness of whats being replicated

My hats and wallet to HT

 

[Devil_666]

Photo Credit: jacktso29

 

[ro926]

Good call, Geil. Well said!!

 

[Voorhees27]

I was wondering how long it would take for people to start whining about such minor details here...

No kidding. If Hot Toys were Santa Claus I'd request that some of you recieved a lump of coal in your stockings. If you don't like it please do us a favor, don't buy it and STFU already. A discussion doesn't consist of sounding like an ef'n broken record. We all get it, the toy doesn't talk to you make you feel all jolly inside. Maybe some of you should quit this backstabbing hobby immediately.

My God!

 

[sueworld]

No kidding. If Hot Toys were Santa Claus I'd request that some of you recieved a lump of coal in your stockings. If you don't like it please do us a favor, don't buy it and STFU already. A discussion doesn't consist of sounding like an ef'n broken record. We all get it, the toy doesn't talk to you make you feel all jolly inside. Maybe some of you should quit this backstabbing hobby immediately.

My God!

 

[Geil]

But then again, sorry for flip flopping here just a little, on the other extreme without any "constructive" critisim here the threads would all sound the same llike we are a bunch of sect followers and the threads would be rather boring, lacking info and actually a readable 20 pages long each lol
I guess less emotional outburst and repeated statements would give me back maybe an hour or two each day

I just thought of a good analogy if only positive things were saId it be like women at a new born celebration where all woman are not there true self being all positive and nothing bad to say and guys would be the by standers starring and not believing what they are seeing lol

 

[Mollins]

Those pictures look promising in terms of Coat colour - looks a nice purple.

Let's just hope it is like that in person.