1/6 Hot Toys MMS: Spider-Man: Homecoming - The Vulture - Collectible Figure

[Buttmunch]

No 1/6 announcement in 2 weeks, WTF is going on with Hot Toys????

Maybe waiting to put a Solo figure up on Tuesday?

 

[subzro]

No 1/6 announcement in 2 weeks, WTF is going on with Hot Toys????

I would guess it's because of the typhoon that hit.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Or calculating possible tariff rate hike on future year-out offerings.

 

[Motuxmen]

Or maybe they just didn’t have anything ready to announce. Not all that unusual. Some weeks they do 3, then nothing for a week or two. Wouldn’t over think it.

 

[TheBatman]

It's not like they're releasing this anyway..

 

[subzro]

Or calculating possible tariff rate hike on future year-out offerings.

Tariffs could be part of it . This is part of something i was reading earlier. This might explain why we are getting releases the same time as HK if they are flying things over and skipping the ships.



"In the industrial hub of Dongguan in southern China, toy maker Lung Cheong Group -- which supplies Hasbro Inc. -- is getting squeezed by American customers watching their calendars.

"More clients in the last two months are asking if we can deliver goods ahead of the scheduled time to avoid the upcoming tariffs," said Chairman Lun Leung. For small high-tech toys that have higher retail selling prices, some clients are willing to upgrade from sea freight to air, he said.

Such expedited orders are helping to fill ports along the U.S. West Coast. Imports to northern California's Port of Oakland surged 9.2 percent in August. That was the busiest August in the port's 91-year history. At the Port of Long Beach, imports of containers rose 9.4 percent this year through August. That comes after a record 2017.

Spot freight rates from Shanghai to Los Angeles, the biggest U.S. port, reached $2,362 per 40-foot container in the week ended Sept. 13, the highest weekly level since December 2014, according to the Drewry World Container Index.

The threat of the looming tariffs is supercharging business at Hyundai Merchant Marine, South Korea's biggest shipping company, and APL, one of the largest shippers on the trans-Pacific route, during the industry's peak season, representatives for the companies said.

Concerns about the trade dispute is also spurring last-minute shipments across the Pacific for Ocean Network Express, a combination of the container operations of Japan's three biggest shipping firms, it said.

"We have a rush game with the tariff," said Rahul Kapoor, an analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence in Singapore. He said he'd heard of cargo being left behind at Chinese docks because America-bound ships were so full."

 

[DioramaMaker]

Well ****.

 

[Wor-Gar]

As Uncle Owen once said: That's what I'm afraid of.

 

[Siffum]

as suspected but thanks for the in depth info

 

[jazzman822]

Well...that sucks...oh well, life still goes on

 

[subzro]

Still waiting

 

[The Buffinator]

Thought this might be the week but alas, another Princess Leia instead. Happy for all of the SW collectors though - she looks very nice.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Tariff threat may kill this.

State tax initiative will definitely make me think twice.

 

[cj224bautista]

Next week possibly venom after that riot after that week I hope its vulture

 

[The Buffinator]

Next week possibly venom after that riot after that week I hope its vulture

I can wait on Venom but you're probably correct, assuming HT thinks it's worth the effort. Vulture isn't the only one in limbo - I'm starting to worry about IW Bucky as well. I still believe Vulture's coming, otherwise their developing it & showing it off over a year after the film's release makes no sense whatsoever.

 

[sirdoctor]

Since when has hot toys made sense on what they show/release?
Vulture aint happening just like yellow jacket, 1955 doc and marty and all the others not to mention various vehicles theyve made just to show off.

 

[The Buffinator]

I agree that there's little logic to HT's releases, but Back To The Future figures are in a different category completely. Yellow Jacket, Crossbones, Valkyrie, BvS Batmobile, etc. - all of these were shown leading up to their films' releases. Vulture was shown for the first time a year after Spider-man Homecoming was in theaters, making it somewhat of an anomaly.

 

[memphissfinest]

I can wait on Venom but you're probably correct, assuming HT thinks it's worth the effort. Vulture isn't the only one in limbo - I'm starting to worry about IW Bucky as well. I still believe Vulture's coming, otherwise their developing it & showing it off over a year after the film's release makes no sense whatsoever.

Man I’m really worrying about Infintiy War Bucky as that’s the figure I’m wanting the most.

 

[subzro]

Man I’m really worrying about Infintiy War Bucky as that’s the figure I’m wanting the most.

Hot Toys knows the outfit for the next Bucky and they might have decided to wait and release the A4 version if it's better.

 

[The Buffinator]

Hot Toys knows the outfit for the next Bucky and they might have decided to wait and release the A4 version if it's better.

If so I hope they stay with the IW headsculpt. That's a thing of beauty.