Re: HOT TOYS : MMS DX 12 - The Dark Knight Rises - Batman/Bruce Wayne Full specs and
Geez, never thought that pic would make it past these forums. Anyway, sorry for the uproar, just having a little fun.
A little truth in advertising however - I don't think HT can accomplish the amount of definition some of you demand with a business that's out to make money from mass produced(and let's be honest) toys. I'm not familiar with the customizer named Kato, but I gather from comments I've read on the Joker thread that folks looking for the most screen accurate tailored outfits were willing to pay out the wazoo for his work. Now he's been hired by HT, and I guarantee that the final product will never reflect his ideal design because let's face it - it would only equal his work if he did every figure himself. There will be a loss of translation when you hand it over to the assembly line. Also, if HT were to have bought the most high quality materials that I'm sure customizers like him would prefer to use - they'd need to realistically charge twice what they're charging now. And while I'm sure some of you would be OK with that, a lot more folks would not. Speaking of loss in translation - when you try to go from 1:1 to another scale, you're going to see differences the smaller you go. 1:2 might be right on par with the original with some quirks invisible to the untrained eye. 1:4, a few more quirks, with less training needed to spot issues. And 1:6 - well, here we are.
Don't get me wrong, I don't think HT should NEVER be held accountable for mistakes. I can understand and agree with reasonable criticisms, like the original Avenger's Thor HS that made him look more like he belonged on the Titanic than the Helicarrier. HT heard, and fixed. Nice. But there are some criticisms that just seem to be a bit excessive. I like perfection as much as the next guy - but I also understand the limitations of mass production vs. customization. AND, we haven't even taken into consideration the production photos that were provided to HT. During filming of these types of movies, they make numerous copies of these costumes, each with slight quirks that make it different from the other - either because of human error, but most likely because of the needs of that days filming. Some are made slightly different in order to accommodate what the actor needs to do, and what the stuntman needs to do. So in that, there are even differences between the 1:1 suits. These differences are negligible in the course of a fast paced action film, but I'm sure they would never escape the pause button and the sharp eyes(and the red and yellow arrows) of the collectors on these forums.
Anyway, I think HT CAN make all of the people happy some of the time(see Loki), and some of the people happy all of the time(see everything else). But they'll never make all of the people happy all of the time because of some of the hurdles they have to jump; and the ones I've listed above probably don't cover the whole gamut. I genuinely think HT is trying their best because when I look at what they're releasing these days sitting next to their stuff from even a few years ago, and then that stuff sitting next so some of the original SS 1:6 Star Wars releases - they have improved their game and the bar for the industry as a whole by leaps and bounds. What helps that is CONSTRUCTIVE criticism INFUSED with realistic expectation. And don't let me forget(and I know some of you won't), even though HT raised the bar for the industry, I really believe customizers like the very talented ones on these forums, raised the bar for them. So customizers, keep customizing because you'll always have the time, patience and in a lot of cases, better ability, to make ONE custom figure WAY better than HT's mass produced 1000's. Well, sorry about the
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I guess it begs the question:
always with the "get a life" "get laid" insults, when a lot of you guys here are married and everything lol... what a dumb dumb LOL,
