1/6 Hot Toys - Star Wars: The Mandalorian - Kuiil

[Asta]

Come on Mando Michael Biehn.

 

[Wor-Gar]

I kind of want Kuiil so I can place him in his death pose at my Mando's feet.

 

[Khev]

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The Blurrg too, lol.

 

[chrisstbh]

Now that Kuiil's likelihood has been confirmed and Mando Luke is guaranteed, I wonder what Thursday's reveal will be? Iron Man or Spiderman?

Whiplash Mk2 suit reissue

 

[Hoody999]

Now that Kuiil's likelihood has been confirmed and Mando Luke is guaranteed, I wonder what Thursday's reveal will be? Iron Man or Spiderman?

yep, guaranteed !!

 

[Bo Shrek]

They also asked him about the BATMAN RETURNS Penguin he announced in Feb 18, 2012 and he replied......(saying with me all)........"COMING SOON"!!

 

[Smudger9]

Howard was interviewed by a local magazine regarding starwars. He answered a few questions about hottoys. Keep reading if you are interested.

1. His cousin brought him to the cinema in 1977, they were deciding between ORCA or Starwars. If they picked ORCA , ?Hottoys? might not exist.

2. Truly fell in love with starwars because of empire strikes back. ( design , effects, cinematography, music , story etc)

3. Loves Luke the most. His first figure is a 3.75? Bespin outfit Luke. That?s why the first starwars Hottoys is DX07 Bespin Luke, he spent a lot of effort trying to make it as detail as possible. A new hope darth vader was difficult to nail as the prop was not perfect, took a lot of time to nail that one, was a great learning experience.

4. Revenge of the sith Anakin Skywalker to him is his greatest achievement. He loves the sculpt and the dark side base is badass, the fans love it as well.

5. Recently they showed lucasfilm the Mando Ahsoka proto and they loved it. He thinks it?s important that the fans and collectors love it too.

6. Will you release all starwars figures ?
A: there are way too many starwars character, some are obscure , some are even disliked by fans. It?s impossible to release them all. I will only make figures that have meaning or important in certain scenes. The fact is we most likely base the decision on whether the movie/ TV have good reception ( promotion) or not.
For example since Mandalorian is so close to ROTJ, it is easier for us to release figures from the OT. This is exactly what we were waiting for.

7. I would love to make the bounty hunters from ROTJ, especially with ? the book of boba fett ? coming out. It?s very likely that we make them.

8. I think most fans would love EU Luke with Darth Vader outfit. However we have too much on our hand that we won?t be making it anytime soon.

9. On Disney + shows:
I think lots of fans are disappointed with the sequels. Even me I don?t have any desire to revisit them anytime soon. The sales were awful. Mando is like the dawn after the dark . Especially Luke , he was redeemed , unlike episode 8. Introducing new characters in one movie is not gonna leave an impression. In contrast , mando?s Kuiil leaves you the impression of wisdom, a clear cut personality and very popular as well. If he were a movie character he would?ve been an extra. TV is good for new characters while revisiting old ones. My most anticipated shows are Obiwan and Book of boba Fett. I love boba and obi is set in ep 3 and 4 so we will learn more about that time , we may see DV again and the original ep 3 casts back!

10. We created the 1:6 millennium falcon since we wanted to advertise for the upcoming ? the force awaken ? movie. It took us 4-5 months to make it. It not that difficult to make. Although it?s not for sale, we got the idea on how big it is, how detail it should be and how to separate it partly and display it.

11. On making more starwars vehicles?
A: We showed Jedi star fighter too! I would love to develop more starwars vehicles, however, they are too big and the factory would face a lot of challengers and difficulties while maintaining a high quality. We don?t wanna do it for the sake of it. Also Disney have different licenses for different scales, even if we switch to a smaller scale for the vehicles, Disney may not approve it.

12. Starwars is the origin of why I build hottoys. Like George Lucas, learning from trials and Errors, bring on the creativity and always be ready when the opportunity comes.

I would love this to be true. But No. 9 makes me think this a wind up. I can?t imagine anyone involved with official Star Wars merchandise being that frank about the ST!

 

[TaliBane]

I'd rather have a Bespin Ugnaught in my collection than Kuiil. IMO the show was a good watch but I find myself struggling through watching again.

Id rather a Bespin Ugnaught too.

Same here for the bespin ugnaught, I would prefer that. I would buy Kuiil too, but I always prefer anything ot (or rogue one). I do think Kuiil has a better than average chance at preorder, due to the blurrg and the popularity of the show.

I would LOVE to put Kuiil next to my Bespin Ugnaught fig, but it's increasingly looking like he's going to have to be a custom fig too.

I ended up making a Bespin Ugnaught because Sideshow stopped SW 1/6 and they were the only company that would do an ESB Ugnaught.

He probably meant ESB, but hopefully we get Boushh Leia

Yeah, there really aren't any "bounty hunters" in ROTJ, maybe he said it by episode number and the magazine wrote it down wrong. Seriously doubt Howard is talking about Jabba's goons. You'd think if he meant Boussh he'd say the name.

My concern about a HT Jabba is that book of boba fett will probably set up another Hutt for Boba to compete with, so just like many things in Mando, we'll get a "kinda accurate to OT but not" version of an OT character or vehicle. Though Howard does mention with these shows being close to ROTJ they can do ROTJ characters.

Some of the Sideshow bounty hunters weren't great (not a huge fan of the Zuckuss and both IG and Dengar have a number of issues) so I'd love to see HT do the set. I need another Bossk so would love-love-love to see HT do him. The one they will likely do last - 4-LOM - is the hunter that SSC did the best job on and I probably wouldn't get him.

I do think there are issues with HT doing the hunters because some are way more in-demand than others.

 

[Khev]

My concern about a HT Jabba is that book of boba fett will probably set up another Hutt for Boba to compete with

It'll be Stinky and Muchi from the palace down the street, lol.

 

[TurdFurgusonsHat]

They also asked him about the BATMAN RETURNS Penguin he announced in Feb 18, 2012 and he replied......(saying with me all)........"COMING SOON"!!

Can some customs making humanitarian please make Bo a Penguin? I think all the other folks who ever wanted one are deceased.

 

[Khev]

Can some customs making humanitarian please make Bo a Penguin? I think all the other folks who ever wanted one are deceased.

I read your post before seeing who you were quoting for for a split second thought you expressing some perverted fantasy you had about Bo Katan, lol.

 

[TurdFurgusonsHat]

I read your post before seeing who you were quoting for for a split second thought you expressing some perverted fantasy you had about Bo Katan, lol.

Lol nope. I would like HT to revise their sculpt to make Sackoff look like her female self though...

 

[TurdFurgusonsHat]

With Kuiil now hopefully imminently on the way, that would only leave about three characters to essentially fully complete the season one character lineup. I believe the Armorer will come after Kuiil. Unfortunately a Cara Dune figure seems likely to be impossible at this point. Which probably also makes Greef Karga unlikely.

Who knows, maybe if they don't extend Kennedy's contract it will open the door for Gina Carano to return. It's a longshot, but stranger things and all that...It would certainly create a ton of buzz for the delayed season three.

 

[TaliBane]

It'll be Stinky and Muchi from the palace down the street, lol.

My bet is that female Jabba will be the BOBF villain but hopefully (now as a live action character) with XXXL metal bikini top in place.

 

[Bo Shrek]

Can some customs making humanitarian please make Bo a Penguin? I think all the other folks who ever wanted one are deceased.

That?s right someone step up and....

 

[dukefett]

With Kuiil now hopefully imminently on the way, that would only leave about three characters to essentially fully complete the season one character lineup. I believe the Armorer will come after Kuiil. Unfortunately a Cara Dune figure seems likely to be impossible at this point. Which probably also makes Greef Karga unlikely.

Who knows, maybe if they don't extend Kennedy's contract it will open the door for Gina Carano to return. It's a longshot, but stranger things and all that...It would certainly create a ton of buzz for the delayed season three.

Ha, there's absolutely no way Carano will come crawling back whether KK is there or not. She's making big movies now with Ben Shapiro!

 

[matticus]

My bet is that female Jabba will be the BOBF villain but hopefully (now as a live action character) with XXXL metal bikini top in place.

The motorboat has left town.

 

[DakRen]

Ha, there's absolutely no way Carano will come crawling back whether KK is there or not. She's making big movies now with Ben Shapiro!

I’m just happy Cara Dune had enough of a completed character arc so her absence won’t be too obvious in S3.

 

[chrisstbh]

I?m just happy Cara Dune had enough of a completed character arc so her absence won?t be too obvious in S3.

Her absence will always be obvious in my collection though.

 

[Sassafras]

Her absence will always be obvious in my collection though.

Yeah i hope 3rd party if nothing else.