HT- PREDATOR- 'Billy' full spec and hi-res pics

[a-dev]

Where did you guys order from whose figs have shipped already?

 

[Cap'n Cook]

Where did you guys order from whose figs have shipped already?

Bought my Billy and Dutch from studiosunny on eBay yesterday.

 

[Darkseed]

Bought my Billy and Dutch from studiosunny on eBay yesterday.

I broke down an bought Billy from them too. I have Dutch coming from SS

 

[Cap'n Cook]

I broke down an bought Billy from them too. I have Dutch coming from SS

Good choice sir. You having him repainted?

 

[Darkseed]

Good choice sir. You having him repainted?

Undecided. I want to see other repaints first. I am not a fan of the blonde hair BUT the fig is on a light skin body and the hair matches.

I am curious what the repaints will look like.

 

[hangsangbank]

Yep, I am so repainting this thing. It has enough petential to be Billy.

Just needs the right shading and makeup. Why the hell is the figure blonde though? That'll be turned black as well before I'm done with it. It will help to use the hat.

Oh yeah, do you have more Billy photos?
Better now?

 

[uscmhicks]

its great but I have to be honest. I think the skin tone should be a little darker to make it perfect.

 

[Hydeous]

Why HT decides to make Billy instead of any of the black dudes (which has a more powerful role) is beyond me. Especially with the current economy, and these figs costing as high as $100++.

 

[a-dev]

Well I don't get all the indifference towards the Billy character. To say nothing of the actor who is apparently a bit of a racist etc etc Billy was one of the longest surviving team members in the film. He gave the Predator its laugh, everyone remembers the scene where he cuts his chest and faces the predator on the 'bridge' - his ''we're all gonna die'' bit. Just because he didn't have a gatling gun no one wants him. I don't get it.

 

[a-dev]

Oh yeah, do you have more Billy photos?
Better now?

Mind you he looks a bit like Corey Feldman in The Lost Boys there.

 

[uscmhicks]

Mind you he looks a bit like Corey Feldman in The Lost Boys there.

Oh man , you shouldn't have said that.
Thats all I'm gonna see now !

 

[Centrocal]

If Hot Toys doesn't do the rest of the team, we should commission a Mac sculpt.

 

[SilentSurfer]

Oh yeah, do you have more Billy photos?
Better now?

Doesn't that look a lot like Corey Feldman as one of the Frog Brothers in Lost Boys? (EDIT: Looks like a-dev beat me to that one, but here's a comparison pic.

Seriously though, it is already looking better. I agree that the skin tone needs to be darker and he needs to look dirty on top of the warpaint. You don't even need to change the warpaint, just add darker skin tone and smudges. I'd go ahead and make the hair black. It's a shame to cover the paint job they gave it, looked interesting, but it is worthlessly inaccurate.

Those pics I got from doing a quick google image search for "billy predator". You could probably just as easily find more, or just pause the DVD.

Why HT decides to make Billy instead of any of the black dudes (which has a more powerful role) is beyond me. Especially with the current economy, and these figs costing as high as $100++.

Poor economy = higher sales of black dudes, huh? I'm white, so I'm not touching that one.

 

[a-dev]

Doesn't that look a lot like Corey Feldman as one of the Frog Brothers in Lost Boys? (EDIT: Looks like a-dev beat me to that one, but here's a comparison pic.

2 people independantly seeing the same resemblance it must be true! And you went one better than me and posted an appropriate Feldman pic.

 

[polonium]

The bigger problem is the Billy body: it's way too light colored. So it won't match if you darken up the facial complexion.

FYI. I just score an old HT Navy SEAL vietnam. His muscle body skin tone is quite dark. But it come with many Rambo scars on chest and also very hard to find now

 

[Devil_666]

FYI. I just score an old HT Navy SEAL vietnam. His muscle body skin tone is quite dark. But it come with many Rambo scars on chest and also very hard to find now

Well as long as you keep the vest closed you'll never see the scars!

 

[uscmhicks]

Well as long as you keep the vest closed you'll never see the scars!

one of the scars can be accurate for when Billy goes all Rambo ( no pun intended ) and slices his chest .

 

[holtrax]

im ordering this figure. Im not impressed with the arnie sculpt at all. The billy figure bar the paint app and hair color difference is actually quite good from what ive seen posted here. Will be a good figure to go alongside the pred when it arrives.

 

[uscmhicks]

im ordering this figure. Im not impressed with the arnie sculpt at all. The billy figure bar the paint app and hair color difference is actually quite good from what ive seen posted here. Will be a good figure to go alongside the pred when it arrives.

Your really not impressed with the Arnold sculpt ?. I thinks its a great sculpt personally. I think overall the Dutch figure is much better although they both are great. Are you still ordering Dutch or this one over it ?.

 

[Voorhees27]

im ordering this figure. Im not impressed with the arnie sculpt at all. The billy figure bar the paint app and hair color difference is actually quite good from what ive seen posted here. Will be a good figure to go alongside the pred when it arrives.