Official Harry Potter Figure Discussion Thread

[jscoggins]

I apologize for asking a noob question:

Do companies that make 1/6 scale figures regularly release costume & accessory packs? It seems kind of a waste to buy two versions of Harry/Ron/Sirius when the heads and bodies are the same. On the other hand, I can also see how selling costumes/accessories by themselves would not be nearly as profitable as selling complete figures.

Thanks!

 

[Stryker2011]

I apologize for asking a noob question:

Do companies that make 1/6 scale figures regularly release costume & accessory packs? It seems kind of a waste to buy two versions of Harry/Ron/Sirius when the heads and bodies are the same. On the other hand, I can also see how selling costumes/accessories by themselves would not be nearly as profitable as selling complete figures.

Thanks!

Sadly, they do not. The military figure makers used to do this more often. Kaustic Plastik does this occasionally, but it is more in the manufacturer's interest to make more money on an existing sculpt/body and throw a new outfit on it. Hot Toys does this all the time.

 

[jscoggins]

Sadly, they do not. The military figure makers used to do this more often. Kaustic Plastik does this occasionally, but it is more in the manufacturer's interest to make more money on an existing sculpt/body and throw a new outfit on it. Hot Toys does this all the time.

Alas, that's too bad.

Thanks very much for the quick response!

 

[Manannin]

BCS does for their Doctor Who range. But I wish Star Ace would for the double dip figures (even if they waited a year first so it didn't hurt sales of the figures).

 

[guyver1]

Are they skipping POA? Why.. I liked Hermoine in the pink hoodie and jeans, IMO that's when Emma went from cutie to beautiful and Harry looked good too

 

[jscoggins]

Are they skipping POA? Why.. I liked Hermoine in the pink hoodie and jeans, IMO that's when Emma went from cutie to beautiful and Harry looked good too

Well, Sirius is from PoA, though they've been jumping around.

I wonder if Voldemort will be in production/stock when Star Ace releases DH1 or DH2 versions of the trio?

 

[jscoggins]

I wonder if Warner and JK Rowling are exercising a great deal of control over the licensing. Star Ace and Funko are releasing the same figures at the same time. The next wave of Vinyl Pops include TriWizard Harry, Yule Ron, Yule Hermione, OOTP Sirius, and Draco in Slytherin robes. There was a Quidditch Harry in Wave 1 as a store exclusive in some countries, and I imagine that Quidditch Draco will treated similarly. (Dobby and a Dementor are in Wave 2 as well.)

 

[Manannin]

Then I hope so, coz it means we get a Dobby and a Dementor!

 

[Lumos]

A tiny Dobby would be cute. I loved Tonner's Dobby. I'm selling all my Tonner dolls but I'm debating keeping him. He's a nice piece.

 

[BagginsOfBagEnd]

^^ Agreed, I too would love a Star Ace figure of Dobby!

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Funkos!!! Will have to get me some of those!

 

[Darklord Dave]

What do you think of Hagrid's sculpted beard?

 

[thamesvalidude]

What do you think of Hagrid's sculpted beard?

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Definitely a huge improvement.

 

[MaxGoof]

What do you think of Hagrid's sculpted beard?

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Are the beard and rooted hair two different shades of brown, or is it the lighting?

 

[BagginsOfBagEnd]

The sculpted beard looks miles better

 

[DarthTrafford]

What do you think of Hagrid's sculpted beard?

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Looks a lot better IMO

 

[HAL9000.]

And this was the last definite buy from me.

It does look good, just would've preferred them to get rooted done right on a character with all that hair.

It's a fantastic sculpt, none-the-less.

 

[WWEJedi]

What do you think of Hagrid's sculpted beard?

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Is this the route they are going with Hagrid? It looks good..... I just think the rooted beard was much much better.....

Oh well...

 

[ebor]

Agree that the sculpted beard looks miles better; I hope they go the same route for the Dumbledor versions!

 

[cmiller99]

I really liked the original rooted beard, but if it was going to end up like Dumbledore's beard then I'm all for sculpted frankly. I'm not a huge fan of sculpted and rooted hair being joined together (I think it often looks messy and unnatural) but that doesn't look too bad really. I'd need some closer pics of the head to decide though.

 

[WolfBoy]

the rooted beard looked very cool i thought, but this looks nice too.