Hot Toys teases big announcement for 2019

[FlyAndFight]

A Hux figure would be great. I would pick it up. Seriously.

One Detolf shelf has been reserved for Hux, Jar-Jar, Little Annie and Rose. The shelf of misfit characters...

 

[DarkChocobi]

I will not put little Anie and Jar Jar Binks on the same shelf with Hux the clown and Rose the Shrek though.

 

[RichAlot]

I wonder if this has anything to do with Disney buying Fox. Could be that we can see figures that were in limbo in the past like some of the X-Men figures. It could also mean that Disney will look at reissuing the Star Wars OT sans special edition edits so there would most likely be some marketing behind it and potential for OT figures like the Gonk Droid and Death Star Trooper.

 

[Khev]

Kids halloween costumes are what determines which figures get made now? Hux has more screen time than Phasma, the troopers and tie pilot which we got figures of.

Fett and Maul have proven many times over that screen time does not equate to popularity.

 

[TaliBane]

I wonder if this has anything to do with Disney buying Fox. Could be that we can see figures that were in limbo in the past like some of the X-Men figures. It could also mean that Disney will look at reissuing the Star Wars OT sans special edition edits so there would most likely be some marketing behind it and potential for OT figures like the Gonk Droid and Death Star Trooper.

An interesting theory.

But I think the DST was supposed to be a Solo-related release. I noticed there are like four DST's in the deleted scene when they are questioning Han (when he's in the black Imperial uniform.) The scene got cut and the movie underperformed so that's the end of it I'm guessing.

I really hate how HT seems to have gotten into the habit of officially showing figures - quite a number of figures now - that never see light of day.

 

[Wor-Gar]

The scene got cut and the movie underperformed ....

Coincidence...?

 

[RichAlot]

An interesting theory.

But I think the DST was supposed to be a Solo-related release. I noticed there are like four DST's in the deleted scene when they are questioning Han (when he's in the black Imperial uniform.) The scene got cut and the movie underperformed so that's the end of it I'm guessing.

I really hate how HT seems to have gotten into the habit of officially showing figures - quite a number of figures now - that never see light of day.

But as Director Krennic has illustrated, there is a willingness on Hot Toys' part to resurrect something that we thought was dead. Unless the character returns (maybe in the Mandelorean) and we just don't know about it, I think there's still a glimmer of hope.

 

[TaliBane]

But as Director Krennic has illustrated, there is a willingness on Hot Toys' part to resurrect something that we thought was dead. Unless the character returns (maybe in the Mandelorean) and we just don't know about it, I think there's still a glimmer of hope.

To be fair, they never even hinted that a Krennic was on the way much less showed it repeatedly (then seemingly dumped it) like with the DST - so Krennic wasn't exactly dead, perhaps just "overlooked."

 

[Dave_W]

I really hate how HT seems to have gotten into the habit of officially showing figures - quite a number of figures now - that never see light of day.

Don't they do that to gauge interest though?

 

[TaliBane]

Don't they do that to gauge interest though?

Really not sure how that logic works.

 

[Malgus]

Fett and Maul have proven many times over that screen time does not equate to popularity.

This makes no sense. They both have figures out and are good sellers. I don't know what your point is because they are both popular figures. Why do people take the attitude that if they don't personally want a figure it shouldn't be made?

 

[Stryker2011]

This makes no sense. They both have figures out and are good sellers. I don't know what your point is because they are both popular figures. Why do people take the attitude that if they don't personally want a figure it shouldn't be made?

That’s not what he meant. What he meant was that neither of those characters had a lot of screen time, yet they are popular with fans.

 

[Malgus]

That’s not what he meant. What he meant was that neither of those characters had a lot of screen time, yet they are popular with fans.

Okay.

 

[Waste Time Continuum]

I hope Hot Toys will do a George Lucas figure.

They did, from a certain point of view...

Behold! Hot Toys’ “The Director” FamousType figure! This is one of the first Hot Toys figures ever produced.

And it was unlicensed *shhh* [emoji2958]

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[automaton]

I want old Maul...

 

[Nat517]

Need...Jango...Now...

 

[chemicals]

A Hux figure would be great. I would pick it up. Seriously.

One Detolf shelf has been reserved for Hux, Jar-Jar, Little Annie and Rose. The shelf of misfit characters...

Rose is good.

 

[DarthAlias]

Can we close this thread now? Every release now is a 2019 announcement lol.