Boy Hot Toys sure are boring as hell this year. I haven't bought a HT figure since Lando, meanwhile I have nearly 10 EXO-6 figures.
They can't even get a bloody Mace Windu figure out.
That was inevitable, as Phase 4 has been utterly underwhelming and filled with boring designs. Since this is the SH thread, I've always thought the show's outfit was too basic for cape. It looks like a cyclist's outfit. It's pretty accurate to the source, but turning it from a leotard to that, makes it less larger than life. Personally speaking I'd have dropped the sleeves and added pants, gloves, a belt or something, like the more recent designs:
Granted, they have to make more toys so she'll get another outfit and another HT (probably once Cap 4 comes out since it's shaping up to be a Cap/Hulk movie), but even if I was a Shulkie fan and wanted an HT, I'd have waited for a better look.
The other thing is that all the cool designs aren't getting made either. Where's Mr. Knight? Defender & Supreme Stranges? MoM gave us a chance at a Stewart Xavier and the 90s hoverchair, and nothing yet. Even Manletmor, my dislike towards the changes aside, would make for a great figure. The crown, the cape, a nice seamless body, all the gold too; he'd stand out on a shelf. Layla is too obscure to sell in this price point, but she'd make a nice figure too. Instead we got Scarlet Witch: Downgraded WandaVision Costume Edition, Twig Panther, Thena and Gilgamesh (from The Eternals), Moon "We Didn't Put Any Effort Into This" Knight, and so on. The most exciting HT figure from this year for me (aside from the MKIII I already POed) was the Black Panther re-issue, and I passed on it because I figured I'd have to make room for the MoM Stranges, InArt's Paul, Mr. Knight, and now I'm kicking my head because I'd have paid off half of it by now. Zombie Strange was extremelly cool but I couldn't justify the price.
They're hit with too much, and they're making weird choices. Imagine letting the AOTC anniversary pass without putting a Mace up for PO. Imagine wasting the chance at a Mummy Moon Knight DX with a Khonshu statue diorama and proper soft goods, and instead giving us that oversized Hasbro. They're both cutting corners and are overworked. Let's hope the rumours that the next Phases will scale down are true, and we're back to a more steady pace.
