Hot Toys - MMS466 - The Matrix - Neo Collectible Figure

[ZE_501]

Re: Hot Toys Acquires The Matrix License

its putting me off social media in regards to this hobby

Social media in general feels like it's gone a little off the rails (along with contemporary culture) lately. Could be I'm just getting old, or that there are more people online than ever before, and well -- talk is cheap.

I'm all for being critical and geeking out over one-sixth, but the One-Sixth-Cycle is pretty predictable, I'll give you that.

 

[Snake Plissken]

Re: Hot Toys Acquires The Matrix License

Give them a break. They only announced the license yesterday. We're lucky we even got this today and it wasn't shown in 2021.

A break? They're not noobs. They don't deserve a break. They've been at this too long, and for too long they've put out lazy attempts at classic lines bar Robocop. These will not vastly be changed with the production run. a-dev mentioned sarcastically once but seems to ring true whenever this situation arises, "were supposed to be thankful for some scraps from Longshanks' table."

 

[Marine Boy]

Re: Hot Toys Acquires The Matrix License

I'm a fan of the Matrix so i should be excited about this, but i'm not. Anything not Disney related, tends to get short shrift. We'll get Neo and Smith, i wouldn't expect anymore than that. Trinity will probably be released by a third party.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Re: Hot Toys Acquires The Matrix License

I'm guessing we'll only get Neo.

But I'd love a Smith, Morpheus and Trinity. Make a great shelf.


Not sure why the sequels disemboweled the first movie so badly. The original Matrix is still one of the best movies ever.


If they do make Smith ever, I hope they don't use that Agent Phil ****face suit.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Re: Hot Toys The Matrix 1/6 scale figures

still got all my old Mcfarlane Matrix "figures" lol

Fixed it

 

[Wor-Gar]

Re: Hot Toys The Matrix 1/6 scale figures

Quite literally ''The One''.

That's a good "One".

 

[Liz10]

Re: Hot Toys Acquires The Matrix License

I'd be happy with just Neo. Thought about getting the Redman one but waiting for HT now.

 

[Plastic Bateman]

Re: Hot Toys Acquires The Matrix License

I think even with those two lines you mentioned they are being really cautious now and not doing so many side characters. These last few years have shown their figures just do not fly off the shelves like they used to.

I personally have not bought any of the figures from any of the Marvel Universe movies or Star Wars. I have not bought any Hot Toys figure for years. If they release the 4 main characters at a 230-250 dollar price point I will buy them all.

A quick glance at the Asian market shows a lot of HT merch pegwarming. You can pick up pretty much all of the TFA figures for half their retail price or less at this point. Even some of the OT stuff has gone down, not up, in value. The only Marvel figures that seem to hold their value are the Diecast Iron Men. They have no-one to blame but themselves, they flooded the marketplace and the average collector simply doesn't have the budget - or more likely, the real estate - to buy dozens of these figures every year at $250-300 a time. A casual Marvel or Star Wars fan who's never owned a 1/6 might pick up a handful of figures at best.

I actually can't remember how long it's been since I bought anything from them. The last few figures I picked up were older items I'd wanted for years, mostly it's Bandai and Sentinel picking my wallet clean nowadays.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Re: Hot Toys Acquires The Matrix License

TFA was the big hit to HT.

Besides SW and Marvel and DC, most other franchises you're lucky to get more than one figure from. I agree about oversaturation and the price point. They way HT cranks this stuff out you'd think this hobby was for rich people only.... though I think it pretty much is. Well-off OCD crazy people.

 

[jal76]

Re: Hot Toys Acquires The Matrix License

A quick glance at the Asian market shows a lot of HT merch pegwarming. You can pick up pretty much all of the TFA figures for half their retail price or less at this point. Even some of the OT stuff has gone down, not up, in value. The only Marvel figures that seem to hold their value are the Diecast Iron Men. They have no-one to blame but themselves, they flooded the marketplace and the average collector simply doesn't have the budget - or more likely, the real estate - to buy dozens of these figures every year at $250-300 a time. A casual Marvel or Star Wars fan who's never owned a 1/6 might pick up a handful of figures at best.

I actually can't remember how long it's been since I bought anything from them. The last few figures I picked up were older items I'd wanted for years, mostly it's Bandai and Sentinel picking my wallet clean nowadays.

I decided to get out of super hero figures and nearly doubled my money on each of the BvS figures a few weeks ago so not sure I can agree that figures are not going up in value in some cases.

 

[Dagashi Something]

Re: Hot Toys The Matrix 1/6 scale figures

It's been a long time since HT surprised me with a license, finally something different that everyone wants.

oh and Neo has a flight stand, wonder if we'll get bullet time accessories!?

I hope so

 

[Cap'n Cook]

Re: Hot Toys Acquires The Matrix License

All this 'holier than thou', 'don't you dare critique placeholders' etc is balls.

What else are people supposed to do?

HT preview ****** protos to reveal a licence. Are people supposed to NOT talk about that?

THAT'S what is spoiling the hobby. All these pretentious know it alls.

 

[Plastic Bateman]

Re: Hot Toys Acquires The Matrix License

I decided to get out of super hero figures and nearly doubled my money on each of the BvS figures a few weeks ago so not sure I can agree that figures are not going up in value in some cases.

The DC ones are weird. The films are ostensibly less popular, but the figures seem to be holding their value better than anything else. I've seen some ridiculously cheap prices for Armoured Batman (both versions) in Japanese stores, but the regular version has held its value and the Knightmare version has shot up through the roof everywhere. Maybe it's observing how those figures sold out to a smaller but more dedicated fanbase that prompted this out-of-nowhere Matrix reveal?

 

[Plastic Bateman]

Re: Hot Toys The Matrix 1/6 scale figures

I want electronics in the flight stand and a push-button remote that activates gunshot and weird whooshing sounds on command...

 

[Luis138]

Re: Hot Toys Acquires The Matrix License

I thought they had the license already. Didn’t they release a sentinel years back?


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[WolfBoy]

Re: Hot Toys Acquires The Matrix License

All this 'holier than thou', 'don't you dare critique placeholders' etc is balls.

What else are people supposed to do?

HT preview ****** protos to reveal a licence. Are people supposed to NOT talk about that?

THAT'S what is spoiling the hobby. All these pretentious know it alls.

Its really not that dramatic, relax.

No ones stopping anyone from talking or arguing with anyone.

 

[Snake Plissken]

Re: Hot Toys Acquires The Matrix License

Its really not that dramatic, relax.

No ones stopping anyone from talking or arguing with anyone.

He never stated people were blocking from people from talking about it. The problem is, since you haven't read the thread, is a good number of members are on their soapboxes thinking the dissenters are crazy for even bringing it up.

It never ceases to amaze me how many act like a codependent wife to this company.

 

[WolfBoy]

Re: Hot Toys Acquires The Matrix License

He never stated people were blocking from people from talking about it. The problem is, since you haven't read the thread, is a good number of members are on their soapboxes thinking the dissenters are crazy for even bringing it up.

It never ceases to amaze me how many act like a codependent wife to this company.

I have read the thread, yeah some people are dismissing the figure off the bat, some are telling them to relax, big deal, not sure why you and a couple others are getting so hostile over it all acting like were all in here tearing each other apart. Its not that serious even if there are disagreements.

 

[Sidewinder]

Re: Hot Toys Acquires The Matrix License

The DC ones are weird. The films are ostensibly less popular, but the figures seem to be holding their value better than anything else. I've seen some ridiculously cheap prices for Armoured Batman (both versions) in Japanese stores, but the regular version has held its value and the Knightmare version has shot up through the roof everywhere. Maybe it's observing how those figures sold out to a smaller but more dedicated fanbase that prompted this out-of-nowhere Matrix reveal?

The figures have been excellent and they're iconic comic characters. Whether the film's have been a success doesn't seem to really matter all that much.

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[SwedishHeat]

Re: Hot Toys Acquires The Matrix License

Those figures look bad.

I almost don't believe Hot Toys made them. I'd be willing to believe they hastily cobbled them together for a show, but they look like bashes.

Usually their figures look incredibly awesome on display, but everything I see here looks like some "uber fan" posed them for the show.

I rarely see any HT figures on display in action poses, that Neo pose is really throwing me off.