Most worthless character to get the Hot Toys Treatment?

[EVILFACE]

the selling point of a sidekick determines if the main character a movie is named after determines if said character gets a figure of their own.

 

[P.]

Anything that isn't iron man or star wars.

 

[fosing]

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is the lawn mower an exclusive?

 

[cmiller99]

New Goblin's a good call. Best part of the set is the base.

Nah, creepy James Franco pics make up for the existence of this one.

https://www.sideshowcollectors.com/...ure-james-franco-toys-feel-uncomfortable.html


It was a baffling choice for a Spidey villain release, though... why wouldn't you start with Venom if you're doing a SM3 line? Sometimes HT just don't make any damn sense.

 

[galactiboy]

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Gotta go with Rose Hill Tony as well... I was positive that was a joke. But not only was it for real but also an atrocious figure.

As an honorable mention I'll add Leslie Cheung (he even got two figures!) to the list... I guess he's a big deal, but still a odd choice from my bubble of cultural encapsulation

 

[Voorhees27]

And the Genisys Endo.

Hot Toys should have passed on Genisys and made the classic 1984 Endoskeleton and Biehn Reese instead.

God forbid. That's too easy.

 

[Mr.Spiral]

So HT made a mistake making the sidekick Tonto first and they also made the mistake of making the main character of Avatar as well? Honestly they can't win. If you really wanted a Lone Ranger then you should have bought Tonto to support the line. Anyone who complains about not getting a Lone Ranger when they didn't buy Tonto only have themselves to blame. Same for all the Neytiri lovers who passed on Jake.

Also the main character of the highest grossing film of all time doesn't deserve a figure made? Ridiculous statement.

Because my buying Tonto would've guaranteed Lone Ranger so it's my fault he didn't get made? That's your argument? By that logic, my buying Comedian should've insured Rorschach, Nightowl, and the rest of the Watchmen line came to fruition as well, but it didn't. I love Hot Toys, but they don't have the best record with completing lines, so of course some of their customers are going to be hesitant when it comes to buying one member of a two person group before seeing that the other character is made. You can't blame the customers for not taking risks with that much money when you have a record of abandoning whole lines after one or two team members get a release.

Avatar made a ton of money at the box office and the figure is nice, I'm not denying that. I recall that figure lingered around A LONG time after going up for order though. Fact is, the question asked here is subjective and based solely on opinion. What is a holy grail for one collector means nothing to another.

 

[Mr.Spiral]

the selling point of a sidekick determines if the main character a movie is named after determines if said character gets a figure of their own.

That's what I'm saying.

 

[69slimer]

HT George Lucas was pretty bad...

 

[Mr.Spiral]

Nah, creepy James Franco pics make up for the existence of this one.

https://www.sideshowcollectors.com/...ure-james-franco-toys-feel-uncomfortable.html


It was a baffling choice for a Spidey villain release, though... why wouldn't you start with Venom if you're doing a SM3 line? :cuckoo Sometimes HT just don't make any damn sense.

Yeah, I'd said earlier that I think the line would've succeeded if they had started with ANY of the Raimi Spidey villains but him. Venom, Sandman, even Doc Ock and Green Goblin would've sold, with Venom being the obvious huge seller in the list. They tossed the one guaranteed to sell the least out almost immediately, and then acted surprised when nobody purchased him. With a character like that, they'd see better sales' numbers to release him towards the end of the line after they'd roped most fans of the line in for the other characters.

 

[RIDDICK]

HT George Lucas was pretty bad...

Man, I actually remember that figure.

 

[galactiboy]

I had the Lucas figure... hunted high and low for it. Kept it for a few years but he got dated quickly and ended up on the chopping block. Still, at the time he was a pretty well done figure; but almost painfully bad by today's standards.

 

[karamazov80]

Gotta go with Rose Hill Tony as well... I was positive that was a joke. But not only was it for real but also an atrocious figure.

As an honorable mention I'll add Leslie Cheung (he even got two figures!) to the list... I guess he's a big deal, but still a odd choice from my bubble of cultural encapsulation

Reminds me a bit of the current, Filipino singer for Journey.

 

[Damien]

I need to see a picture of that Lucas figure

 

[H1mcgdnrc]

Gotta go with Rose Hill Tony as well... I was positive that was a joke. But not only was it for real but also an atrocious figure.

As an honorable mention I'll add Leslie Cheung (he even got two figures!) to the list... I guess he's a big deal, but still a odd choice from my bubble of cultural encapsulation

what is this

 

[Plastic Bateman]

Nah, creepy James Franco pics make up for the existence of this one.

https://www.sideshowcollectors.com/...ure-james-franco-toys-feel-uncomfortable.html


It was a baffling choice for a Spidey villain release, though... why wouldn't you start with Venom if you're doing a SM3 line? :cuckoo Sometimes HT just don't make any damn sense.

Great, now I actually need a New Goblin figure...

 

[Mr.Spiral]

I need to see a picture of that Lucas figure

I second that.

 

[cmiller99]

I need to see a picture of that Lucas figure

Here's the review Galactiboy did for Michael Crawford many, many years ago.

https://www.mwctoys.com/REVIEW_100705b.htm

 

[Medusoid]

Alien Girl, Noland, Electro, John Blake, Tonto.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

Definitely that 'alien girl'.

My pick would be the new Jonesy that comes with 79 Ripley - looks like a gumball machine toy.