Re: Hot Toys - MMS - Suicide Squad - Deadshot Collectible Figure
I have only been collecting since the first Diecast (Warmachine and Iron Patriot, I think). The first figure I got was Reeves Superman. I just couldn't believe it when I opened the box and saw the face. The only other "human" I have bought since is Marty McFly, and I was unimpressed by his HS. Haven seen what they can do, I was a bit disappointed.
Then all these companies starts making 1/6. Heavy Armored Cop has a pretty good likeness, Blitzway does Al Pacino (still kicking myself for not getting that) and I think Hot Toys realize that the game has changed. I think Superman from BVS was ok, WW was woeful, than all the Marvel rehash which was ok, the best being Cap America AoU, but now these... Blitzway doing Fight Club and knocking it the **** out of the park. Hot Toys barking back with Suicide, and not just doing one, but THREE brilliant HS - Harley, Joker and Deadshot. Blitzway doing Ghostbusters with a perfect Hudson, the other three are close, damn close. QMX with Star Trex and Star Ace with their Harry Potter (hits and misses).
But yeah, the bar has been raised, Hot Toys did most of the heavy lifting, with Blitzway pumping iron on the sideline and now eager for a place in the sun.
For us collecters, it's good times.
I know everybody is complaining about price. All the time. And yeah, it sucks that a figure is 220-250 these days compared to the good old 150 days. But I would rather have this quality over the 150 quality. I'm guessing the engineering on the Iron Man suits are very complicated (Oh boy I am loving my Mark 42) and the detailed HS takes longer to make, for the sculptor. And cause of the fierce competition, I'm guessing the good sculptors demand more money (I hope they do). I don't really buy all that crap about production costs. Every company in the world use that as an excuse to raise the prices. And the raise in cost is nowhere near the raise in price.
But the fact is, we are getting better sculpts. For the completist, these are hard times and I feel for you, for someone like me, who pick and choose, these are great times.
I'm excited for the near future of 1/6