Action Figure King Arts - Avengers AoU - Hulkbuster (Diecast 1/9 Scale)

[YankeesFanboy]

I don't think Mark XLIII's legs should be inside of HB's legs. Even so, really friggin' cool...

 

[YankeesFanboy]

 

[Phoenixblazes]

Damn impressive pics. Lucky I don't collect 1/9.

How many people here are getting both the KA and HT's versions? (Sorry if this has been asked previously).

 

[Loomunis]

I love the arc reactors underneath its foot~ Looks quite sci-fi. I've ordered the HT HB.. and may consider the KA version. ^_^

 

[Tinman2000]

Outstanding pics!

I guess we won't see a common power source and single switch for the HT HB either.

 

[YankeesFanboy]

HT will make us install about three dozen batteries.

 

[Lawrence]

These are not intended to be "played with" . There designed to be posable statues. Can you play with them? Sure. That's not what they are designed for.

Our versions of "play" differ then. The act of posing a figure, seeing how it articulates, & how I can interact it with my other figures is "play" to me.

And they are for sure not made to reflect some non MCU version of the figure.

KA's clear yellow faceplate begs to differ .....

As for the "wrong" and being displayed standing on top of each other...I didn't say someone wouldn't take a photo that way. I said displayed. As in left that way in a shelf. Reposting a photo that's been posted before of a scene doesn't change that. Sorry.

No, you said "For any length of time". Even if it was displayed for 1 second, that still counts.

Unless you are telling me you believe people will be leaving the hulkbuster in that pose for extended periods?

Why not? I think the XLIII coming out of the HB looks like a mint display. I can see myself keeping it that way for a little bit.

As for the comparison. Look man you can make whatever video you want. Who cares what anyone says. But when you start trying to add additional items to come up with some cross company cross product comparison your going to be wasting your time. Fair isn't the word I should have used. Accurate is. What do you get with each company's version of hulkbuster. What is actually included and achievable with the product. Not throwing in other things to buy.

I think it's when comparing the price tag is where I feel it's unfair. Comparing prices between the KA & HT is fair, but then when you want to compare the price for 2 figures vs 1, especially when that figure is optional, & not necessary to get a screen accurate HB, then it doesn't feel like an even match to me. I guess it's the value comparison that seems unfair to me.

So yes, KA HB to HT HB is the only accurate comparison. If you want to make it a comparison where you get the KA product to match what the HT one can do straight out of the box you need to have the KA 43 as well. But then trying to compare the HT version doing poses like the 43 riding his shoulder or whatever is not an accurate comparison of anything. Unless you can show me a single second of screen time that would even remotely have been used for hot toys to emulate. The HT version is based on what was shown on the film.

Peeps like to imagine things that might happen offscreen, & try to display what they pictured. That is not pointless or wrong. It's fun.

The fact that the 43 can't stand on top of HB head is pointless.

I think the HT XLIII can stand on top of the HT HB.

As for your I knew 1/9 was smaller then 1/6 comment. Well that's fantastic. But not at all what I said. I was making the point that even having the ka43 standing on the ka44, the hot toys version is still larger or equal in height and girth ect. Having the ht43 standing on top of the ht44 would make it a 3 plus foot tall mass. And even you can't tell me you think there's going to be people "playing" with them in that way.

Like I said before, our versions of "play" differ. & I felt that part of your post didn't really have anything to do with what I was talking about. Standing the KA XLIII on top of the KA HB then having a measuring contest against the HT HB? Why? To prove the HT HB is large? Again, I knew that already.

And this whole discusion I find silly.(KA HB vs HT HB) when the HT version is not put to actually compare. No ones knows if the KA holds its own against the HT. Or if that KA is any more posable. Comparing two products(or three or four when you throw in the 43s) that you don't have seems pretty silly at this point. I'd reserve judgment on which version is better till they are both out.

It wasn't a "which one is better" comparison that I was going for. So I don't need to have any of them 'in hand' for how fair I feel something is compared to another. But whatever, now you find the whole comparison conversation pointless, after all the talk about this or that being fair to compare .....

You let your default HT defense mechanism kick in too soon without realising it .....

 

[Phoenixblazes]

HT will make us install about three dozen batteries.

The 1/4 Mark 43 was bad enough with their 24 button cell batteries.

Just thinking of having to now take them out fills me with dread.

 

[Hologram AI]

How tall is this?

 

[YankeesFanboy]

The 1/4 Mark 43 was bad enough with their 24 button cell batteries.

Just thinking of having to now take them out fills me with dread.

Especially considering their dubious quality.

How tall is this?

A little more than 16 inches.

 

[YankeesFanboy]

 

[toyszoned]

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[Motuxmen]

The second faceplate is odd

 

[Loomunis]

The intention of the translucent faceplate i believe is to allow collectors to partially see Mark43 piloting Hulkbuster -with Mark43 lightup eyes. And from the Mark43 perspective, he is able to see a greater area through the use of HB's user-interface projection.

Anyhow, i find it hilarious how all collectors view on all things HB vary so greatly and go to great lengths to invalidate others . Both views are valuable perspectives. For example, it's no different whether ppl describe a cup (filled with 120ml water) as "half-full"...or "half-empty".

Update: Hoorray for KA's HB release!

 

[Lawrence]

Nobody I've seen (well, in english anyway) is really going into any real detail about the diecast parts. Are none of the exterior parts diecast?

 

[spindrift]

Amazing- looks truly amazing...and what is the price?

 

[Loomunis]

Spindrift: It's around $500-650usd for the figure.

The diecast parts are quite obvious...to the well-endowed at least.

 

[Lawrence]

The diecast parts are quite obvious

Break it down for us then .....

What parts on the KA HB is diecast?

 

[Loomunis]

The question of the matter should not be "what parts are diecast", but what parts should be engineered in diecast.
Here lies your answer: "Substance over matter"

I don't think i need to spell this out to engineers. The answer is obvious.

 

[Lawrence]

The question of the matter should not be "what parts are diecast", but what parts should be engineered in diecast.
Here lies your answer: "Substance over matter"

I don't think i need to spell this out to engineers. The answer is obvious.

Just say you don't know .....

Anybody actually know if any (& what) exterior parts are diecast? I'm not overly concerned about the interior diecast skeleton, since you can see that it does a nice Keanu Reeves impression up there, so it seems bottom heavy, & can balance nicely. I want to know if KA bothered with any exterior diecast at all, or went full plastic with the exterior plates. To my understanding, the SHF has a tiny bit of exterior diecast, so it would be kinda disappointing if KA didn't at least match that.