Please feel free to cancel your HT preorders so my WL converts faster.
I'm thinking many people actually will, believe it or not.
I might jump on the waitlist now because of this.
Please feel free to cancel your HT preorders so my WL converts faster.
I am just not liking the corner cutting HT did on this figure. Hopefully the BD version will be made better.
Wish I knew if the MK VI faceplate would fit the VII head with some light modifications.
Corner cutting? Like what? They actually added stuff to the release compared to the prototype. You can say it's not as accurate as you'd like perhaps but it doesn't seem like they did any skimping on it at all.
Agreed. I'm actually surprised since IM is their pride and joy. I had hoped this would be their best IM effort since this and the BD were going to be my only IM figs. Here's to hoping a better effort goes into the BD version but I'm not so sure they'll change too much in the design.
If you can't see the corner cutting that was done based on the pics and review posted earlier then all I have to say is you should have no trouble enjoying your purchase.
Why would that put the switch for the light up eyes inside the face plate?
Is this going to be common practice for hot toys now in the sense of Human sculpts?. Having different neck pegs so they can't be used fresh out the box on one of THEIR OWN TT's?. First DX12 now the Mark VII what next the Garfield sculpt from ASM?.
Is this going to be common practice for hot toys now in the sense of Human sculpts?. Having different neck pegs so they can't be used fresh out the box on one of THEIR OWN TT's?. First DX12 now the Mark VII what next the Garfield sculpt from ASM?.
The head really doesn't bother me if im honest, yes it has bigger eyes than normal but its still a great looking figure.
Yeah, I think that people who do ANY kitbashing or customization are in the minority of Hot Toys collectors.
I know way back when when they released a Stark suit set they included with it a neck that worked with the Mark III head.
That seems to be the case if you frequent forums but it gives you a skewed perspective on things given that there's a much higher number of hobbyists on the forums than there are which actually buy the figures. There's what…*maybe a hundred people posting in this thread? A couple hundred maybe? And what percentage of those are kit bashing their own Stark figure. Then there's how many thousand of the Mark VII produced?
I don't think it's all that common and least in comparison to overall sales.
I don't believe so. The shape of the sculpt is different. It's not just the magnets/tabs that are different.
I would say if you polled this place as a relative sample greater than 25% of collectors would bash a bruce wayne or a Tony stark. 1 out of every 4 would not be anything to scoff at.
That's what I was getting at. I don't think it's a representative sample at all. Not even close to it. I mean it's a hard thing to judge… but just look at how much product is aimed at out-of-the-box collectors vs kitbashers and customizers. I mean primary product, not small companies that re-sell boxed product in parts.
Hot Toys rarely makes no nude bodies compared to boxed figures. They "sell out" because they only make enough to meet demand, and there's minimal to no R&D and mold making cost since the bodies are being produced anyway for their boxed figures. And yet they still don't sell them all that often.
That's what I was getting at. I don't think it's a representative sample at all. Not even close to it. I mean it's a hard thing to judge… but just look at how much product is aimed at out-of-the-box collectors vs kitbashers and customizers. I mean primary product, not small companies that re-sell boxed product in parts.
Hot Toys rarely makes no nude bodies compared to boxed figures. They "sell out" because they only make enough to meet demand, and there's minimal to no R&D cost since the bodies are being produced anyway for their boxed figures. And yet they still don't sell then all that often.
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