1/6 Hot Toys-The Terminator (T1)-MMS 238-T-800-(Battle Damaged Version) 1/6 Scale Figure

[BonesawT101]

woops, cheers bud

 

[BadMuthaDude]

Yeah, the MMS117 is awesome. I mean, who cares about Arnold's likeness when this one has an awesome back of the head!

 

[BonesawT101]

On another note, I have ordered my mms238 with Timcent and it has been dispatched, My arnie is on his way
"Give me your address there"

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Ahhh.. Friday and Saturday nights!! Kidding. Interesting info. I think this is why I have always found T2 as being the iconic image of Terminator.

It's funny because I saw T2 in theaters before T1, and then like a year later I saw The Terminator on VHS, and I agree, IMO, the T2 image with the black shirt, all leather costume and sunglasses is my favorite image of the T-800. He spent most of that film without the sunglasses and wearing a grey shirt, which I don't mind. But it's interesting how different he looked in T2, his hair was different, the sunglasses and costume was also different, even Arnold looked smaller, but it didn't matter and no one cared. I think if that film was made today, a lot of people would complain about the look of the character, but I could be wrong.

 

[YankeesFanboy]

Yeah, one point -- one point fifty seven seconds. Yeah.

Made with love...

Perfect.

 

[Bo Shrek]

If the Terminator was done today he would look small and lean which is societies new take on action hero’s (i.e. Captain America). Action hero’s of the 80’s were specimens!! Today’s hero’s is what we want our boyfriends to look like!!!

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

If the Terminator was done today he would look small and lean which is societies new take on action hero’s (i.e. Captain America). Action hero’s of the 80’s were specimens!! Today’s hero’s is what we want our boyfriends to look like!!!

Well, the Terminator was supposed to be small and lean back in the 80's, but then Arnold got involved with the film and I guess they felt he was the best choice.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Well, the Terminator was supposed to be small and lean back in the 80's, but then Arnold got involved with the film and I guess they felt he was the best choice.

As far as I remember, Cameron always wanted Arnold -- and a big monstrous Terminator. He even made a painting to help sell the concept using Arnold's likeness.

The small "panther-like" Terminator was when he needed to come up with a new style Terminator for T2. He said, If T-800 is a tank, then T-1000 is a Porsche.

 

[Khev]

Actually the transition to the leaner action hero began in the 90's. You had Keanu in Speed and The Matrix, Slater in Broken Arrow, and then Cage in Face/Off and The Rock. By the time the 2000's came around the need to put wrestlers in spandex to address the superhero craze had long passed.

 

[Khev]

As far as I remember, Cameron always wanted Arnold -- and a big monstrous Terminator. He even made a painting to help sell the concept using Arnold's likeness.

The small "panther-like" Terminator was when he needed to come up with a new style Terminator for T2. He said, If T-800 is a tank, then T-1000 is a Porsche.

Lance Henriksen was originally considered for the role of The Terminator. Writer/director James Cameron even made early sketches showing The Terminator looking like Henriksen. The original concept was for the character to be able to blend into a crowd. Cameron approached Arnold Schwarzenegger and wanted him to play the role of Kyle Reese, but after their meeting, Schwarzenegger and Cameron both wanted Schwarzenegger to play the title role, so Henriksen was cast in the role of Det. Vukovich. Curiously, Henriksen later got to play the part of a humanoid cyborg when he played Bishop in Aliens (1986), also directed by Cameron.

https://alancook.wordpress.com/2011/02/20/concept-art-james-camerons-terminator/

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Yep, and wasn't OJ Simpson also considered for the role...or was that an old rumor? He is the real Terminator after all

 

[Khev]

"Nicole Brown?"

"Yes"

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!

Ronald Goldman: "Don't make me bust you up man!"

 

[karamazov80]

I think you guys may be overvaluing the impact of Arnold (and to a lesser extent Dolph Lundgren?). Of course, he was the biggest action star of the '80s, but most action movies of that time still had somewhat regular sized (i.e., not 'roided freaks) guys like Kurt Russell, Bruce Willis, Mel Gibson, JCVD, Chuck Norris, Christopher Reeve, Seagal, Harrison Ford, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, etc. This follows the '60s and '70s , when our action heroes were Clint Eastwood, Charles Brosnan, Toshiro Mifune, Bruce Lee, Sean Connery, Steve McQueen, all the guys in those blaxploitation movies. So I think there's been a pretty consistent trend here.

 

[Khev]

Arnold and Sly owned the 80's from an action standpoint. Make no mistake.

Each one of them pretty much starred in THE action movie each year of the decade.

 

[karamazov80]

Sure, but we didn't get body builders in every action role. Most were more "everymen." Even Sly back then was probably smaller than Chris Evans is today, though he was obviously far more ripped than a normal person.

 

[Wor-Gar]

https://alancook.wordpress.com/2011/02/20/concept-art-james-camerons-terminator/

OK, point taken. I actually now remember hearing about this at some point. Must have been when Cameron was first peddling the project with zero budget. Obviously he dumped that idea (and Lance) when he got a "star" that could get him a decent low budget. Cameron's "cover story" changed, so I remember how he hyped it at the time.

 

[Rambler]

"Nicole Brown?"

"Yes"

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!

Ronald Goldman: "Don't make me bust you up man!"

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

There were other big guys in smaller action films in the 80's, like Lou Ferrigno, Carl Weathers, Mr T, Hulk Hogan and I'm sure there's a few others I'm forgetting.

80's Hercules




90's Hercules

 

[Khev]

Even the Hulk got a lean 90's "heart throb" makeover.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

That's what Nola's realistic/ grounded in reality Green Goblin would look like