Wtf paramore those look like they're 1:1. I'm gonna try and see how many people I can fool with those.
1/6 Hot Toys -Terminator Genisys: T-800 Guardian
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Paramore does it again. Unreal! 
paramoremcr88
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Thanks guys 
I must say I'm really enjoying this piece. A real breath of fresh air amongst all the SW releases for me. It may be light on accessories but with two sculpts and the sunglasses you basically have 4 display options.
I must say I'm really enjoying this piece. A real breath of fresh air amongst all the SW releases for me. It may be light on accessories but with two sculpts and the sunglasses you basically have 4 display options.
Pretty cool outdoor shots.
''Released from customs'' so monday for me I assume.
''Released from customs'' so monday for me I assume.
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Great shots turning up in here...and para...outdoing yourself yet again...really nice.
Just watched an "unboxing" video on youtube....looks good. The only thing I wish would've happened with this one is...since they offer two portraits...the one of the "torn face" reveal with the brown hair is cool....would've been great if the other one had the silver hair...LIKE SHOWN ON THE BOX. Interesting choice of box illustration....why not give us that one!
Just watched an "unboxing" video on youtube....looks good. The only thing I wish would've happened with this one is...since they offer two portraits...the one of the "torn face" reveal with the brown hair is cool....would've been great if the other one had the silver hair...LIKE SHOWN ON THE BOX. Interesting choice of box illustration....why not give us that one!
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A work colleague of mine is over in Australia at the Arnold Classic Fitness Expo. One moment he's minding his own business, the next moment he gets bowled out of the way by security clearing the way for the great man himself.. 
Got a photo of Arnie with a couple of minders from about 6 feet away looking straight towards him, and put it on Facebook.
I did say to him it was a shame I didn't send him over with a bluray to get signed, but I was secretly thinking "if only he could get one of my Arnie Hot Toys figure boxes signed", lol. Didn't say the latter though, because he probably thinks me collecting Arnie figures is about as weird as I think him drinking protein shakes and eating nothing but chicken is..
Got a photo of Arnie with a couple of minders from about 6 feet away looking straight towards him, and put it on Facebook.I did say to him it was a shame I didn't send him over with a bluray to get signed, but I was secretly thinking "if only he could get one of my Arnie Hot Toys figure boxes signed", lol. Didn't say the latter though, because he probably thinks me collecting Arnie figures is about as weird as I think him drinking protein shakes and eating nothing but chicken is..
jacerc130
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I'm going to have to pick this up. I must say these in hand pics are impressive.
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Anyone who's loaded up with T2 Arnies happen to have a spare exposed, non damaged endo arm they would reasonably be willing to part with? I'm looking.
excellent pics :-o
I'm sick of seeing Tommy Lee Jones ugly *** face every time I click on this thread! 
but you're visiting Hot Toys Gynysys Grandpanator thread, what face do you expect seeing hereI'm sick of seeing Tommy Lee Jones ugly *** face every time I click on this thread!
EVILFACE
Insufferable S.O.B.
Except TLJ has looked old forever.
Well, got hit by customs. 17.70 (euro). Not so bad I suppose but now I fear this will happen every time.
I think I can see why they inspected it too. Value is declared at $19 on the docket and yet there's a shipping sticker saying $256 on it! I'm now trying to remember have I ever noticed that before on Timcent packages.
Anyway, let the opening commence.
I think I can see why they inspected it too. Value is declared at $19 on the docket and yet there's a shipping sticker saying $256 on it! I'm now trying to remember have I ever noticed that before on Timcent packages.
Anyway, let the opening commence.
It seems Hot Toys thinks Arnie has gotten taller with age. Granted I did put my DX13s on short footpegs but Pops (with his short footpegs) is taller than DX10 who I left on his stock long pegs. So Pops is as short as he can possibly be and DX10 is as tall as he can possibly be and Pops is taller.
boylost99
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What are your thoughts on the figure as a whole though a-dev? Best arnie so far?
Yeah I noticed the height difference. If your really desperate to sort out the height issues then you can swap out the lower legs for shorter ones.
My guess is, they didn't worry about the impact on height when working out the old man torso for this figure and it has led to height differences.
It's certainly high quality and the most lifelike Arnie figure so far from Hot Toys. The tailoring is excellent, the jacket doesn't appear to need any futzing and adjustments and the sculpting detail and paint are just incredible.
Any suggestion that it looks ''nothing like'' Arnie can be dismissed. It clearly has enough to garner it instant recognition as Arnold by anyone you show it to. That's not to say that it is therefore ''perfect''. Things can still be wrong while giving the overall impression of who it is. So I'm not going to give a final judgement on that till I've had for a while and gotten more used to looking at old Arnie in Terminator Genisys. I think his nose may be a bit too bulbous for example and I'm also wondering if the area between the nose and the upper lip is too long - yet I wouldn't necessarily want to make the face overall shorter so would I shorten that area by raising the mouth and therefore making his chin longer? One day I might play around with some pics of the sculpt to test that out. The tiniest adjustment could make a big difference.
The eyes look like the eyes of old Arnold and yet they may not look like a given screengrab from the movie where they happen to be open a bit wider or he looks more stern. They're his governator eyes perhaps moreso than Terminator eyes.
Maybe the sculpt is off in some ways, but so is the DX13 and people regard that as spot-on. DX13 has enough there to give it an instant recognition factor while having things that hold it back from true perfection. I can say that there's a number of things about this Pops sculpt that are better than DX13. The hair for one thing - yeah I know he has longer hair in Genisys but this figure does so much better a job of sculpting it than DX13 does for his T2 hair. And the shape of Arnie's skull in profile view is much more accurate here than on DX13 with it's bulbous rear cranium. The cuts for the ball-joint head are also done a bit more naturally on this one. They use the shape of old Arnie's jaw to better effect to make the gaps less obvious. Also, DX13 has the visible seam where you remove the back of the head to access the PERS which contributes to that figure looking more toy-like compared to Guardian.
What else can I say about it...well, it's pretty barebones, you all know that. Pity it couldn't come with more. As has been said they probably didn't have enough reference material from the movie by the time they had to have the figure done. It is what it is.
I'm considering padding him out a bit somehow. I think he's a bit flat on the front compared to his appearance in the movie. I don't want to totally eliminate the way the T-shirt forms a contour underneath his manchest though so I'd have to figure out how to avoid doing that.
I love the box, that's getting displayed. The white borders are smooth but everything else is textured, very nice. Really cool image of Arnie even though it's not the version of him we got as a figure.
Good rundown
One of my recent bugbears with HT sculpts is the tanned look they give their sculpts. I think this suffers with the same skin tone problems.
HT Tech Noir Arnie looks like an albino compared.
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