Action figures - darn it! ACTION FIGURES! Girls collect dolls, boys collect action figures....
Hot Toys - MMS175 - The Avengers: 1/6th Scale Thor Official Specs and Pics
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7166charlie
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Me too i think im going to just collect figures from the marvel universe (which i pretty much do anyway) but there we go
Uncanny Web-Slinger
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I'm still on the iphone 3G, i stopped upgrading to the latest newest model when it became apparent there'll be a new one shortly and it just wasn't worth it.
I'm sticking with my current until it breaks, new ones aren't worth the cost.
Feel the same way about 90% of these so called 'collectible' figures, Captain america TFA represents Cap for me just fine as does the T2 T800 and IM IV.
New figures of the same characters over and over just make all the excitement and hype and debate and quest for improvement before launch matter for nothing.
All the energy and time boardies put into discussing this figure is worthless as it'll be the old one to sell off soon enough.
I pretty much only buy original characters from HT these days, one that aren't likely to be made obselete with 2.0's and versions.
Just enjoy them for what they are. You'll rarely have trouble selling off Hot Toys figures if a new one comes along that you like better.
I like the more medieval look of the Thor 2 costume, but the loin flap doesn't really work for me either. Who knows? Hot Toys may drop the ball on Thor 2 and produce a ****ty figure. Then we'll all be thrilled that we got the Avengers version when we had the chance
I like the more medieval look of the Thor 2 costume, but the loin flap doesn't really work for me either. Who knows? Hot Toys may drop the ball on Thor 2 and produce a ****ty figure. Then we'll all be thrilled that we got the Avengers version when we had the chance
I was kidding about the iPhone. I'm still on a 2 year old HTC Desire and I'll change it when they force me to upgrade later this year (have to upgrade to keep a 50% discount promotion on my subscription - they got me LOL).
As for Thor, I've a V1 with T2 arms that I bought from Nick and I'm perfectly happy with him. I might put the arms back eventually if I ever decide to put that T2 body to some use, but I feel no need to replace that figure with the new Thor.
Might change my mind by the time the Avengers 3 are out, but until then I'd rather get new figures than amass duplicates.
Same with IM. I'm happy I got IM Mark IV since that one is still so perfect for me that I'm completely meh about IM VII. Its a great figure, of course, but not the "revolution" that would force me to consider dumping my IV to buy a VII.
Still, I think its cool that new collectors can still get their own versions of the character if they want without the need for HT to reissue the old ones again and again (they did with Mark I tho so who knows).
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DGTWoodward
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I generally agree with a lot of what you say Nova, but on this one...you are a bit off target, I think. Now, you are correct, there are some that buy figures and then sell them on very quickly - and if that's what keeps you interested or satisfies your space needs then that's just fine, nothing wrong with that at all. But I would suspect that this is just too expensive a hobby for the majority to be doing that. I know that I don't think in those terms. Re your example Cap:A, I will get my AVENGERS version (eventually!) and that will probably be it for me and the Captain. If a straight classic comic version were made I would seriously consider it, but otherwise if the Avengers Cap:A was all I had, I'd still be fine with it...even though I really do like your CA:FA version too.
True story. An acquaintance of mine (new to the world of 1/6 figures...Nolan Bat specially) offered me £350 for my DX02 a few months ago - hence my quandary about selling it while things were good - but I did not. The reason being that I do not see these things as 'turn over' or 'product' or even 'potential sale', I get them because they mean something to me, reminders of better times, being a child, loads of things.
I don't know...I suppose of reflection, I was agreeing more than not!
Well said. I went for 89 bats because that movie was so awesome when i was a kid. I like Nolan's version more story wise but it doesn't resonate with me as much as the old bats did.
Same with Avengers. I focus on Thor and his franchise more out of love for mythology than the comics, but they're complementary.
Spending these crazy sums, the figure has to have that something beyond just being a great little articulated sculpture.
At least for me.
Same with Avengers. I focus on Thor and his franchise more out of love for mythology than the comics, but they're complementary.
Spending these crazy sums, the figure has to have that something beyond just being a great little articulated sculpture.
At least for me.
ThorsThunder
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I don't care at all, it's funny because we all have waited, are currently waiting or will sometime in the future wait for something a little better.
we are making fun of ourselves.
I hear ya, I cant believe the money some people allow themselves to spend. I dont like too many though, my collectibles are very unique and it just adds to the feel, not cluttered but just enough things to make me enjoy without distraction if that makes sense
Apone
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And the Iphone 7 the year after...and rumor has it..Iphone 8 shortly after that...and so on and so on.....
But the changes are so minimal
the only real evolution is Hot Toys skills improving from the last Thor figure 
SixthScaleEdward
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Yeah, evolutions should really signify a chronology:
Mark I cave-built prototype -> Mark II first lab-built prototype -> Mark VI perfected energy source -> Extremis mind-controlled suit
Rescue USO-inspired Cap -> WWII paratrooper-inspired Cap -> 2012 Kevlar-inspired Cap
Thor's outfit changes are mere Asgardian vanity.
Mark I cave-built prototype -> Mark II first lab-built prototype -> Mark VI perfected energy source -> Extremis mind-controlled suit
Rescue USO-inspired Cap -> WWII paratrooper-inspired Cap -> 2012 Kevlar-inspired Cap
Thor's outfit changes are mere Asgardian vanity.
kajobaldisimo
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But the changes are so minimal
Not to me. If i like it, it's worth it, no matter how subtle.
ThorsThunder
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I agree and it fixed the worst parts in my opinion which were his hair and the stupid looking sharp triangular edge by shoulders. The boots look much better and the pants now have the armor that is on the sleeve. I would say that is quite a bit actually.
Add to that his cape coming out of the discs on his chest, it makes for a cool change to me too.
