1/6 Hot Toys Wolf Predator 2.0

[P.]

The more I look at this, the more I think my only gripe is its torso's length. Needs to be a bit longer, preferably with slightly narrower shoulders. I'll buy it either way, but if they address it this will be a strong addition to HT's Predator line-up.

yeah they always give them too short torsos. if they made torsos longer, it would also slightly fix "the midget predators" problem.
some people in the past gave their predators a "belly mod" by sculpting some additional height to the base of the torso and painting it, but those were old bodies, easily disassembled.

 

[OM1D]

It hasn't disturbed me in the past. However, with Wolf's lanky physique its extra obvious.

 

[xenowolf]

This may have already been pointed out, but it looks like we are getting one head sculpt with removable mandibles and a bio helmet with the mandibles sculpted into it. You can clearly see the seam where the mandible bio helmet attached to the face. So most likely we will get closed and open mandible sets and the bio with mandibles that you see on it here. Honestly I would rather have a head with open mandibles and a head with the bio helmet on and a stand alone bio helmet, since the seam is usually really noticeable, but that is obviously not gonna happen. Either way I am still so happy to be getting this at all and at least now I know for sure that we will get the unmasked face sculpt with open and closed mandibles!

 

[LipSmack]

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This may have already been pointed out, but it looks like we are getting one head sculpt with removable mandibles and a bio helmet with the mandibles sculpted into it. You can clearly see the seam where the mandible bio helmet attached to the face. So most likely we will get closed and open mandible sets and the bio with mandibles that you see on it here. Honestly I would rather have a head with open mandibles and a head with the bio helmet on and a stand alone bio helmet, since the seam is usually really noticeable, but that is obviously not gonna happen. Either way I am still so happy to be getting this at all and at least now I know for sure that we will get the unmasked face sculpt with open and closed mandibles!

Due to how Casting works though, theres likely always going to be a seam, better they utilize it for Variety then have it there anyways with no option, my opinion

 

[xenowolf]

Due to how Casting works though, theres likely always going to be a seam, better they utilize it for Variety then have it there anyways with no option, my opinion

I know what you mean and I'm fine with them doing it this way, I love all the display options, but I would still prefer multiple heads for the much less noticeable seam.

 

[jacerc130]

this look like they used they did a repaint of a classic pred body.

Looks good!

 

[P.]

You can clearly see the seam where the mandible bio helmet attached to the face.

Due to how Casting works though, theres likely always going to be a seam

hm. that exact seam is not there because of casting. i hope a little story of HT predators will be interesting for anybody who doesn't know it

first they sculpted mandibles separately just to have access to sculpt the inner mouth properly. mandibles then were glued to the face. there is no way to sculpt the inner mouth well with outer mouth closed, see? every one of four mandibles is glued separately.

then i guess they decided to hide a seam behind a wide predator cheek or just make bigger parts and not lose them at factories.

then they decided that it's possible to make a double set of mandibles. they stopped glueing mandibles to the face for that purpose. it was their first P2 - battle damaged version. he now had replaceable mandibles, like all other predators have today (except for the faceless ones).

then they decided to sculpt an entire lower faced glued to the helmet.

so now it is a set of 3 variants - closed mouth, opened mouth, mask, plus the lower jaw is removable to be replaced with a mask attachment.

so that exact seam, which is actually a rift, was always practical, and what it proves in my mind is that this jajuja has a face under that mask.

falconer/tracker heads don't count! they are a 100% cast from a berserker head, which had space for a replaceable mouth.

there is no reason even for tsang to sculpt the head in two pieces if there is no need for it.
especially for tsang, who hates separate details like they did something to him in his childhood.

 

[PopCultKid]

Great news but there's room for improvement here and there. Can't wait to see the mug. If that look good and he's loaded with the works, I'm all over this

 

[Pin-Din7]

The more I look at this, the more I think my only gripe is its torso's length. Needs to be a bit longer, preferably with slightly narrower shoulders. I'll buy it either way, but if they address it this will be a strong addition to HT's Predator line-up.

I see what you mean about torso length needs to be longer indeed.


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[a-dev]

I bet the dreads are gonna come out too short on this. It was a problem on the old figure as I recall. And they were too thin aswell.

 

[Pin-Din7]

I bet the dreads are gonna come out too short on this. It was a problem on the old figure as I recall. And they were too thin aswell.

That's the problem that I had with the City Hunter 2.0-dreads weren't long enough. Also the fact that the wrist blades didn't retract at a...safer distance like they do in the movie. I mean if they can't make it to where they're out enough for you to pull then just make them removable. Then I can have more pleasure in swapping out the hand that the wrist blade armor goes with. We shall see later on I hope.


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[greygoose]

Great news but there's room for improvement here and there. Can't wait to see the mug. If that look good and he's loaded with the works, I'm all over this

Hopefully they're still planning to work on him.

 

[CollectorGuy]

This thing looks awful! Looks too much like the old version, with all the same problems.

 

[P.]

This thing looks awful!

i completely agree.

Looks too much like the old version, with all the same problems.

i completely disagree.

 

[CollectorGuy]

You don't think it looks too skinny, has short hair, short body, and kind of a big head? Cuz that is the same problem the 1st one had and this one has it too. Though i will give this the benefit of the doubt as it could be yrs before this ever gets seen. Or could just be a rushed display version for the con.

 

[xenowolf]

You don't think it looks too skinny, has short hair, short body, and kind of a big head? Cuz that is the same problem the 1st one had and this one has it too. Though i will give this the benefit of the doubt as it could be yrs before this ever gets seen. Or could just be a rushed display version for the con.

It's definitely not too skinny, wolf is very lean compared to Avp preds, the dreads may be a little short and the torso may be a little off, but this thing looks amazing compared to the first version. It's not perfect but it looks awesome to me and I'm really excited for its release.

 

[CollectorGuy]

Maybe it's just the picture then but it looks a little thin even for wolf. Maybe if his torso was broader and longer. Also something about the way his upper body proportions, the shoulder area seems off.

This here looks very promising though:

 

[xenowolf]

It's funny that tsangs proffesionally done pic looks worse to me then all the cell phone pics from comic con, maybe it's weird lighting I don't know, but it is my least favorite pic that I've seen of the figure.

 

[P.]

You don't think it looks too skinny, has short hair, short body, and kind of a big head? Cuz that is the same problem the 1st one had and this one has it too. Though i will give this the benefit of the doubt as it could be yrs before this ever gets seen. Or could just be a rushed display version for the con.

i think it is as is ugly as any jajuja dream but way better than original HT fece they called "wolf". i don't know why they didn't commit suicide after producing wolf 1.0 - as well as why anybody who bought it didn't do the same.
this one is way better than 1.0 because nothing could be worse than 1.0.
except for Star Ace of course.

Maybe it's just the picture then but it looks a little thin even for wolf. Maybe if his torso was broader and longer. Also something about the way his upper body proportions, the shoulder area seems off.

it's just a disproportional tsang crap, that's all.
when he sculpts his crap, he's looking at old toys (like 90', 00'), and never at movie references, did you know that?

 

[xenowolf]

Here's a few pics from Inside the Monster Shop for comparison, for those that don't have that book. Definitely not too skinny imo, wolf was meant to be lean and faster then other preds, one of the things that made him so deadly. Sorry for the poor picture quality.