Hot Toys ROTJ Emperor Palpatine

[irezumi]

Irezumi, nice setup! Were those original figures yours from back in the 1980s?


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Thank you Cicada! I do have my original figures from my former years, but they have that played with look major paint rub on the emperors nose and a delightful biro pen ink stain on the guards cloak.
The two pictured i bought more recently.

 

[irezumi]

Very cool, irezumi. I think of nearly every single collectible I own nowadays, I also had a toy equivalent between the ages 5-15.

And that throne is pretty much the very first collectible I ever regret not having picked up when I had the chance. I'm quite selective in what I buy, and everything I have was bought at retail upon original release. When I got the emperor, I was sure I wouldn't display the throne and it would just sit in its box forever, so I just got the single release. Now I think it would round out my ROTJ shelf perfectly. So if anybody has one for sale, shoot me a PM.

Thanks agonistes86, keep checking all the secondary market sites i'm sure you'll land lucky eventually. The throne was a must for me to display Palpatine.

 

[Malgus]

Very cool, irezumi. I think of nearly every single collectible I own nowadays, I also had a toy equivalent between the ages 5-15.

And that throne is pretty much the very first collectible I ever regret not having picked up when I had the chance. I'm quite selective in what I buy, and everything I have was bought at retail upon original release. When I got the emperor, I was sure I wouldn't display the throne and it would just sit in its box forever, so I just got the single release. Now I think it would round out my ROTJ shelf perfectly. So if anybody has one for sale, shoot me a PM.

I knew I would regret it of I hadn't gotten the throne and 2 royal guards so I made sure that's what I got

 

[BACON!]

the LEDs in my throne just went kaput I had them on a soap reactor and basically built a lit diorama around it. Very frustrating to just have a dark blob in the center of all this hard work now.

 

[davejames]

Decided to move my Palps to the top of my shelf where I had an LED strip on top, and I'm absolutely loving how cool he looks in this lighting. Can't believe I didn't try this earlier.

 

[davejames]

the LEDs in my throne just went kaput I had them on a soap reactor and basically built a lit diorama around it. Very frustrating to just have a dark blob in the center of all this hard work now.

Sorry to hear that. I've had issues with those LED bases as well, any time I try to wire them to an adaptor along with my other figures. I think because they must have some built-in resistor somewhere that makes them require much less voltage than it appears. So that they burn out faster than I expect. Which is why I haven't even attempted it with the Throne yet.

 

[Hoody999]

Decided to move my Palps to the top of my shelf where I had an LED strip on top, and I'm absolutely loving how cool he looks in this lighting. Can't believe I didn't try this earlier.

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Nice. He's probably one of the only figures which benefit from lighting from below.

 

[TaliBane]

Palps is looking great there DJ. I do still think his hands are a bit oversized but he's a really fun figure.

 

[Rbeato]

Looks awesome!!! If I can score Palps by himself, don?t want the throne I?ll snap it up quick

 

[potatoes212]

@davejames --awesome evil low lighting! great shots!

 

[potatoes212]

This is how I imagined Tyranus getting his first lightning lesson...or zapping some pour soul on the ground crying for help!

 

[jkno]

Decided to move my Palps to the top of my shelf where I had an LED strip on top, and I'm absolutely loving how cool he looks in this lighting. Can't believe I didn't try this earlier.


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Cool! Palpatine always looks great with some shadow over his face, we never see him in the movie in full light

 

[irezumi]

Cool display and lighting DJ

 

[D.R.37]

Great lighting on old Palps, DJ.

 

[SilverStar17]

Decided to move my Palps to the top of my shelf where I had an LED strip on top, and I'm absolutely loving how cool he looks in this lighting. Can't believe I didn't try this earlier.


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This looks utterly phenomenal.

 

[agonistes86]

I think I can finally call the Emperor done!

His hands are a tad oversized IMO, and particularly his left hand with the pinky extended seemed huge to me. I got a spare one that I repositioned, making it appear smaller overall. I also repainted all hands, getting the veins bluer and giving them a white wash to lighten them up.
I previously repainted the face, extended the ankles, and shortened the cane, though that was a while ago.
Will try to do a proper photo session soon.

 

[D.R.37]

Lookin damn good

 

[irezumi]

Looks amazing! Great mods

 

[fantasticfrog]

Looks awesome. Amazing hot toys has not yet made a darth sidious already.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Beautiful.

How does he scale to Luke and others now?