Hot Toys Terminator 2: Judgment Day: T-800 (Galleria version) 2.0

[Darth Meda]

I wonder if Hot Toys will drop an updated die-cast T-800 so that they have one out in the market before Inart?

 

[a-dev]

No idea why it's apparently gonna take an act of congress to get a friggin T2 Arnie head right.

Good Lord.

MMS117 codename ''BattleToad'' - munchkin squashed face
DX10 codename ''SilverBack'' - gargantuan barrel neck and cranial hump
DX13 codename ''Deathstar'' - face approximately 99 miles wide

new figure codename ''Deathstar II''

Well not exactly, that would imply that the face on the new figure is even wider again - it's not. It's about the same as DX13. But it's the same issue repeated over 10 years later which is quite frustrating.

 

[Budo17]

Sunglasses look really big as well, preordered the battle damage one not sure about this one so far

 

[sabin23]

I wonder if Hot Toys will drop and updated die-cast T-800 so that they have one out in the market before Inart?

based on Inart's reputation for slow releases and relative inexperience with a diecast figure, I'd say Hot Toys is a safer bet.

then again, Hot Toys has disappointed us time and time again with figures we think are in the pipeline or get teased but never see the light of day (except in Howard Chan's private vault).

Look at the Phantom Menace 25th Anniversary licensing announcement in 2024 - I believe only Darth Maul went up for PO. We got a Jar Jar teaser but nothing else. Was hoping we finally get a young Anakin or some variation of Padme/Queen Amidala.

 

[Bluemonday]

Is it possible this clean T-800 they displayed at the showcase is still the older release? Hopefully that’s the case, and they plan to hold off showing the new one until the official announcement comes. I also can’t imagine they would give the other two those environmental bases and just a regular one for this version, but we’ll see.

 

[The Buffinator]

They're really struggling with those lapel shapes.

Isn't this & the BD version their first T-800s with real leather jackets? I wonder if the material likely being slightly thicker than on previous iterations has anything to do with the lapels being larger on this prototype (i.e., to get them to lie flat). The lapels on the new BD version are all messed up so hard to tell if those are any better. Regardless, hopefully HT fixes them before this goes up for order.

 

[Rotfish]

Isn't this & the BD version their first T-800s with real leather jackets?

I believe so, but it's not the first time they've had inaccurate lapels on a Terminator figure. I think they might have been smaller in the past, but still not the right shape.

 

[agonistes86]

The DX10 had a leather jacket and pants.

 

[Asta]

 

[Mr. Awesome]

I hope they fix this figure. I mean, we know they can. But will they is really a long shot. I'd hope JazzInc would give us a proper 1/6 scale Fat Boy for him to ride.

 

[shells075]

The DX10 had a leather jacket and pants.

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My DX10 leathers are still holding up well. The belt has long since crumbled to dust of course, got a new real leather one from Gustavo.

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[Gipetto0812]

The DX10 had a leather jacket and pants.

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I remember the nice smell of real leather when opening up that box

 

[Mr. Awesome]

I've never had a figure with real leather that I can think of but I do know leather well. There are many different grades of leather. Cheap leather is essentially just as awful as pleather in my experience.

It's basically compost, good mixed with a bunch of bad. I worry this is what will be used.

I shine and clean folks cowboy boots around here as a side hustle and something to find enjoyment in. I've seen the difference.

 

[Budo17]

I feel like if the glasses were not that big or just higher up his face it may help a bit, his eyebrows are never shown that much in the movie. Face still looks off, like another version of the Commando sculpt or battle damaged T1. Just not really Arnie circa 91'. Really hope Inart nails the likeness. Made a crude edit with glasses higher up and less big.

 

[Mr. Awesome]

I feel like if the glasses were not that big or just higher up his face it may help a bit, his eyebrows are never shown that much in the movie. Face still looks off, like another version of the Commando sculpt or battle damaged T1. Just not really Arnie circa 91'. Really hope Inart nails the likeness. Made a crude edit with glasses higher up and less big.

His entire face is mis-shaped. He shouldn't have a Five - head. He should have an Arnie forehead.

He shouldn't look like he ate 15 too many twinkies. He looked bloated. Which shadows the strong jawline he should have.

 

[shells075]

Its strange how they can nail Robert Patrick's likness (I cant find a fault in that sculpt) but not Arnie's.

 

[Mr. Awesome]

I still find it strange how the HT sculptors struggle with this. It's why I'd like to see this kind of work come from American companies every now and then.

Just guessing here, these are Asian/China/HK (IDK!) sculptors they use generally. Not everything translates to a different cultures perspective the same.

What would it cost for the American equivalent of what HT does?

 

[Lejuan]

I still find it strange how the HT sculptors struggle with this. It's why I'd like to see this kind of work come from American companies every now and then.

Just guessing here, these are Asian/China/HK (IDK!) sculptors they use generally. Not everything translates to a different cultures perspective the same.

What would it cost for the American equivalent of what HT does?

 

[MaulFan]

For what it's worth, this is how the BD figure looks in the showcase compared to the proto photos.

 

[a-dev]

Looks to be the very same sample. BD and clean have the same problem, we're seeing too much of the sides of his face from the frontal view - like his head is inflating Big Trouble in Little China style.

His actual features are probably fine, it's the overall shape they consistently get wrong.


Anyway look, I'll give it a break. Nothing we say here will make a difference anyhow.