1/6 Sideshow Snowtrooper Commander

[SithThundercracker]

Re: Hot Toys Snowtrooper Commander

Hands look to be Hot Toys style.

Belt and codpiece too. Or at least they're not the same of old SSC snowie.

 

[Falcon Gunner]

Re: Hot Toys Snowtrooper Commander

Glad it's Sideshow. It'll be a better figure overall, even if the base body might not be. If they do one of their special bases, it'll be much nicer than the HT rectangles and as far as I'm concerned, the boxes are equivalent (and something I absolutely don't care about at all).

Gotta be joking right?

Even the normal HT Snowtrooper kills the SS one now.

I can't stand the SS's Snowtroopers squinty eyes, the weird folds in the mask and the giant oven mitt hands.

 

[dw316]

Re: Hot Toys Snowtrooper Commander

Is this different from the current Snowtrooper up for pre-order?

 

[Pixelpiper]

Re: Hot Toys Snowtrooper Commander

Even the normal HT Snowtrooper kills the SS one now.

I can't stand the SS's Snowtroopers squinty eyes, the weird folds in the mask and the giant oven mitt hands.

Because you have a new HT Snowtrooper in hand right? SS's effort is from 2012 - it's MUCH easier to make a product when you have something to base it on, and by all appearances, the HT version is directly based on the SS version. So much so that it wouldn't surprise me in the least if it had been the exact same staff to design it and assemble the prototype. You're in Australia so I'l forgive you for not knowing what a large pair of fitting gloves look like. Anyway, I have one on my shopping list because it'll fit perfectly along side the SS version.

I've also bought every HT OT figure (except Vader) up until the end of last year and kept only the most impressive parts and figures - there are a few stand-outs and a number of duds - most are middling, with a few stand-out or salvageable pieces.

Everyone thought the Commander prototype was HT and everything was all and good. Now it turns out it's probably a Sideshow piece and some folks are getting ready for panic mode.

SW 1/6 requires mixing and matching to get the best. Can't stick with only one vendor.

 

[Pixelpiper]

Re: Hot Toys Snowtrooper Commander

Is this different from the current Snowtrooper up for pre-order?

Different armor, helmet, clothing, etc... Photo just re-posted above.

 

[dw316]

Re: Hot Toys Snowtrooper Commander

I see it now, thanks!

I mean from this it looks very much like a HT release. With all of the other HTs SW previews and the stand. I'd prefer HTs. I can't justify the HT snowtrooper but I can the commander. But all around yeah a very weird situation.


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[TRDNiteLife]

Re: Hot Toys Snowtrooper Commander

I wasn't going to, but now I think I have to add this to my Imperial Hoth display.

 

[CrankbaitJon]

Re: Hot Toys Snowtrooper Commander

Glad it's Sideshow. It'll be a better figure overall, even if the base body might not be. If they do one of their special bases, it'll be much nicer than the HT rectangles and as far as I'm concerned, the boxes are equivalent (and something I absolutely don't care about at all).

They are equivalent because you absolutely don't care about them.

 

[anwe]

Re: Hot Toys Snowtrooper Commander

The Snowtrooper is one of Sideshows best figures so the only problem I see with this is it will probably be necessary to replace the body and that kinda bothers me. At least when you overpay for a HT figure you get a decent body under there.

How are the later Sideshow figures? Still plagued by Limp Wrists™ and/or Floppy Ankles™ syndrome at least 50% of the time?

 

[Aliaz]

Re: Hot Toys Snowtrooper Commander

I have a few HT Bodies lying around so I'll survive.

 

[Mad Old Lu]

Re: Hot Toys Snowtrooper Commander

The Snowtrooper is one of Sideshows best figures so the only problem I see with this is it will probably be necessary to replace the body and that kinda bothers me. At least when you overpay for a HT figure you get a decent body under there.

How are the later Sideshow figures? Still plagued by Limp Wrists™ and/or Floppy Ankles™ syndrome at least 50% of the time?

The last couple of Sideshow figures, TOD Indy and Biker Scout, were fine as far as floppy joints. I think they have the plain male figure bodies fine at this point. I know the Jawas were a floppy mess, but that could be because they were new special bodies.

The problem I have with Sideshow bodies is proportions. While both my TOD Indy and Biker Scout are actually pretty good in that respect, you still get the odd ones like Fett and Tusken Raider that have super short forearms. The Sideshow bodies don't really hang/pose all that naturally either.

All that said, I think recently there have been HT figures with loose joints, haven't there?

 

[Aliaz]

Hot Toys Snowtrooper Commander

The main problem I had with the Biker Scout was getting the arms close/flat to the body. Other than that it was fine.

 

[Mad Old Lu]

Re: Hot Toys Snowtrooper Commander

I agree. The Sideshow body designs just don't allow for natural poses.

 

[OutLander]

Re: Hot Toys Snowtrooper Commander

I agree. The Sideshow body designs just don't allow for au natural poses.

Well, I like to pose my figures with their clothes on, but hey, to each his own.

 

[Mad Old Lu]

Re: Hot Toys Snowtrooper Commander

Well, I like to pose my figures with their clothes on, but hey, to each his own.

 

[Pixelpiper]

Re: Hot Toys Snowtrooper Commander

How are the later Sideshow figures? Still plagued by Limp Wrists™ and/or Floppy Ankles™ syndrome at least 50% of the time?

Neither of those has been an issue with the bodies on the figures I have from 2012 onward. I'm not a fan of the Prometheus functional design in general, however.

 

[Pixelpiper]

Re: Hot Toys Snowtrooper Commander

you still get the odd ones like Fett and Tusken Raider that have super short forearms.

It's that damned shoulder design.

 

[SithThundercracker]

Re: Hot Toys Snowtrooper Commander

All that said, I think recently there have been HT figures with loose joints, haven't there?

Among the HT SW I have, only the Spacetrooper came with loose footpegs.

 

[Mad Old Lu]

Re: Hot Toys Snowtrooper Commander

My X Men 3 Wolverine had weak ankles.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Re: Hot Toys Snowtrooper Commander

Now that I look at the Commander's skirt it does look suspiciously like the same material Sideshow used on their Snowtrooper.