HOT TOYS QS 1/4 Darth Vader (pic courtesy Seanxlong)

[WhoaItsJBot]

I was still hoping they could have maybe done an "all in one" Vader. Having swap out parts to make it an ANH, ESB/ROTJ or a ROTS. Three different helmets, different shoulder pads, gloves.... Would it have been that difficult?


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I'm holding out on Vader until they make 1/6 ESB Vader. No interest in ANH figures... when it comes to SW, there are specific versions of characters I want.

 

[bebe13junior]

I thought there maybe would be a reveal of this guy and/or the 1/4 Stormtrooper for Force Friday.



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[Wah]

I thought there maybe would be a reveal of this guy and/or the 1/4 Stormtrooper for Force Friday.



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be patient young padawan, things are always constantly in motion they are.

 

[myc]

well this piece surely takes forever to go up...

 

[reuters]

 

[Dr. Odd]

Why ROTS, why?!?!?

 

[JAL4U2C]

Something about this version makes the helmet look too large for his head. A little bigger and it would come close to Dark Helmet in Spaceballs.

 

[Tee-Kay]

Doesn't look too large to me. It's not centered though.

 

[Rotfish]

Helmet sculpt is underwhelming. You'd think a company like Hot Toys, on a figure in 1/4 scale, would do something more with the mesh behind the vertical grills on the mouthpiece. Right now, it's very obvious that whole area is a single sculpted plastic chunk. Just feels like they took a smaller helmet and blew it up.

And it's ROTS Vader. Meh all over.

 

[AIR]

Helmet sculpt is underwhelming. You'd think a company like Hot Toys, on a figure in 1/4 scale, would do something more with the mesh behind the vertical grills on the mouthpiece. Right now, it's very obvious that whole area is a single sculpted plastic chunk. Just feels like they took a smaller helmet and blew it up.

It's a prototype

 

[zeiss]

At least the helmet looks accurate in shape. That gives this an advantage over every other mass produced Vader item produced (except full size masks). Honestly, the worst thing I can say about this is that it is based on ROTS. Everything else seems to be what I would want in a quarter scale vader.

 

[Rotfish]

It's a prototype

Exactly. You'd think the prototype would look better than a mass-market piece.

 

[bruce_brucee02]

Helmet sculpt is underwhelming. You'd think a company like Hot Toys, on a figure in 1/4 scale, would do something more with the mesh behind the vertical grills on the mouthpiece. Right now, it's very obvious that whole area is a single sculpted plastic chunk. Just feels like they took a smaller helmet and blew it up.

And it's ROTS Vader. Meh all over.

I thought the same thing. Do you think this is hand sculpted or 3d modeled?

 

[zeiss]

I think it is 3D modeled, based off the original digital model used for the movie prop. I think the reason most mass produced Vader items are based off or ROTS is because they can utilize that original digital model.

 

[dao2]

Exactly. You'd think the prototype would look better than a mass-market piece.

Actually by definition they generally aren't, except in this industry. Though they aren't really prototypes tbh, the prototype is usually molded and casted and then painted and that's what we see. An advertisement piece called a prototype ;p

 

[bruce_brucee02]

I think it is 3D modeled, based off the original digital model used for the movie prop. I think the reason most mass produced Vader items are based off or ROTS is because they can utilize that original digital model.

I noticed that too. I wish that the actual production pieces would look exactly identical if they had the original digital model.

I also noticed that Hot Toys didn't put the sculptors for the head sculpts of their helmeted Star Wars figures (as opposed to the ones with human likeness), which could also support the theory of them using digital scans/models.

I.E. for the 1/6 Vader figure

Artists:
Figure Painted by Lok Ho
Figure Art Directed by JC. Hong

 

[Darth Skywalker]

This would have been great if based on Vader from Star Wars, Empire or Jedi.

I would never buy anything from the prequel trilogy.

Nicely done, though.

 

[myc]

has anyone heard a word why theres this delay in putting him up for PO ?

 

[spindrift]

Helmet sculpt is underwhelming. You'd think a company like Hot Toys, on a figure in 1/4 scale, would do something more with the mesh behind the vertical grills on the mouthpiece. Right now, it's very obvious that whole area is a single sculpted plastic chunk. Just feels like they took a smaller helmet and blew it up.

And it's ROTS Vader. Meh all over.

Helmet looks super cheap like a blow-molded candy dispenser(really)
Production will be much much better- bet this is a long way off..

Forget it if it is ROTS though

 

[Kenmk1]

has anyone heard a word why theres this delay in putting him up for PO ?

I was wondering the same.... Can't wait to the final reveal of this figure and don't know why is taking so long!