Hot Toys - MMS DX 01- The Dark Knight - The Joker spec and pics
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haytil
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Check the buttons, chief.
Ouch! That sounds like trolling!
I'm not sure you know what that word means...
haytil
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Oh I know what it means.
Oh. Then maybe you should use it appropriately.
I said it "sounds like" trolling.
I don't know your intentions, but it sure sounded like you were questioning the value of the set, which could easily provoke an emotional response from those ponying up good money for it.
The fact is that it's the closest to screen accurate as anyone has seen. And Kato's tailoring is unmatched. It's the kind of outfit that will require little or no futzing to sit perfectly on the body.
I'm not getting the outfit, but mad props to those that are.
I don't know your intentions, but it sure sounded like you were questioning the value of the set, which could easily provoke an emotional response from those ponying up good money for it.
The fact is that it's the closest to screen accurate as anyone has seen. And Kato's tailoring is unmatched. It's the kind of outfit that will require little or no futzing to sit perfectly on the body.
I'm not getting the outfit, but mad props to those that are.
haytil
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Well if you don't know my intentions, then maybe you shouldn't be suggesting that I'm trolling until you're sure.
If somebody's going to spend a lot of money on something, they should be confident in their decision. My opinion, or anyone else's, shouldn't be relevant to them in that regard. If they're not emotionally confident enough in their own decisions regarding this purchase, so much so that they can't stand seeing a differing opinion, then they aren't yet in a state of mind where they should be buying it in the first place.
The tailoring of the outfit may be top-notch. That doesn't change the fact that it's not screen-accurate, especially in a way that is quite particular to the character at hand, making it all the more obvious.
If all you want is a suit that sits well, and aren't satisfied with how well the DX outfit sits, then maybe you should buy it. There's nothing wrong with that opinion or expressing it.
I know that I wouldn't shell out that kind of cash (enough to buy a figure on its own) for something if it wasn't 100% screen accurate, especially in such an obvious manner. And by the same token, there's nothing wrong with having or expressing that opinion either.
Do you think the DX suit is more screen accurate?
haytil
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No, I don't.
haytil
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So Kato's has perfect tailoring and is the most screen accurate to date.
I will take your word on the tailoring, though I find nothing wrong with the DX tailoring.
However, though I said I didn't think the DX vest was more screen accurate, I also didn't say it was less. The fact is that the "Kato vest" looks just as screen inaccurate as the DX, but is 10 times more expensive.
Commtech
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Mag, don't waste your time, man.
Of course its not gonna be 100% accurate, its 1/6. It will NEVER look exactly like the 1:1 scale. But the fact that its closest REPRESENTATION in this scale makes it an immense outfit.
I wish I can afford Kato's outfit but I cant, so I will also settle for the DX, but I'm not blind enough to downplay and making it seem like its a slight upgrade to the DX. No it isnt. Its a huge upgrade.
I wish I can afford Kato's outfit but I cant, so I will also settle for the DX, but I'm not blind enough to downplay and making it seem like its a slight upgrade to the DX. No it isnt. Its a huge upgrade.
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I'd like a Kato Vest, but I don't have like $200 to put down for a small cloth vest.
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I own some of kato's work. I don't think any of u understand the quality and tailoring of his work. It is unbelievable. I questioned his work at first. But once u see it in hand, remarkable man! I have no doubt that once I get the vest from him and put it side by side to the dx version, it will make it look like Mattel quality. I guarantee it.
haytil
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I'm not talking about natural differences as a result of the inherent difficulties in 1/6 scale. I'm talking about a fundamental difference between the vests and the movie-used vest. There's no reasons the buttons couldn't be accurate at this scale.
It's not the closest. It's no closer than the DX in a very major regard.
And I'm not going to fall for the fallacy that just because something has a HUGE upgrade in price, that it necessarily follows that it also has a correspondingly HUGE upgrade in quality or accuracy.
The quality of the upgrade is in fact, quite slight. It's a marginal improvement (and I'm only giving you that for the tailoring, because it's no more accurate). That little marginal improvement might be worth that much to you - and if so, fine. That's your business. But don't kid yourself by thinking you're getting more than you actually are.
monkeyrobotmaster
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I'm not getting the vest, but the buttons seem fine to me for that scale it is. Not sure what the problem is with them, the buttons on the DX vest are bit over sized and Kato's buttons look like a closer scale. I'd give up button detail to have them the right size.
intothevoid
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Once the outfit is done and on my figure, ill be sure to post a side by side with the dx outfit and let it speak for itself
cokebabies
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Anyone know what a broken-PERSed head would go for? I've now got more heads than bodies, and want to add something back to my Paypal account (since money is usually going out of it), so the DX head was going to be the odd one out. But when I removed it to replace with the MRM sculpt, it seems the PERS somehow is no longer working.
At least the eyes are in a good spot, so even if no one wanted to mess with it, it's a good position (this is how I had them while on display).
I don't want to try to fix it and sell it as working, so I think it'd be better to just offer it as a broken PERS head.
At least the eyes are in a good spot, so even if no one wanted to mess with it, it's a good position (this is how I had them while on display).
I don't want to try to fix it and sell it as working, so I think it'd be better to just offer it as a broken PERS head.
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