Why don't Hot Toys do 25th Anniversary Terminator figures?

[a-dev]

Who said the DX line was re-doing old figs???

Thats a good point though. My reading of that newsletter didn't take anything from it to the effect that DX would include redos of older figures.

 

[galactiboy]

Man I would be all over T1 figures No need for a Reese (as I'm stoked over my custom version) but the rest would be must-haves

 

[Cap'n Cook]

Who said the DX line was re-doing old figs???

No-one did and neither did Johnny Utah, who you quoted.

He said they might.

 

[a-dev]

Yeah but where did the idea even come from?

 

[Fives]

cool idea if hot toys went back and did the terminator with the dead punks clothes and a trenchcoat reese. they should take adavantage of the new movie hype to put these mofos on the market........one can only dream. i mean we are getting jokers by the dozen.

 

[man_vs_machine]

If there is a God then i will own a fully licensed Tech noir AND police station shoot out Terminator!

 

[nicky]

Yeah but where did the idea even come from?

It was probably just wishful thinking just cos of Salvation and the 25th anniversary. I think HT have got their hands full already making new figs for other and newer franachises - why go back to an old film that they've already covered? I really dont see HT taking steps backwards, 25th anniversary or not (which is covered by Salvation's figs anwyay).

HT have Arnold's likness rights for ONE film: Predator. Just cos they have it for for one film doesn't automatically mean they have permission to make it for other like Terminator....that would have been in the contract.

 

[DeadLeaves]

HT have Arnold's likness rights for ONE film: Predator. Just cos they have it for for one film doesn't automatically mean they have permission to make it for other like Terminator....that would have been in the contract.

Have you seen the contract?

 

[nicky]

Has anyone? For that matter has anyone seen any indication of doing old terminator figs again including one with Arnold's likness?

 

[Minimodel]

Id buy each and every figure.It d be a dream come true.Please make it so.

 

[Centrocal]

It wouldn't be too hard to just repaint the Dutch sculpt. Is anyone planning to do that?

 

[nicky]

It wouldn't be too hard to just repaint the Dutch sculpt. Is anyone planning to do that?

Rather than compromising your Dutch figure, why not just buy Lonnie's custom head?

 

[Johnny Utah]

"Nay"

"Who keeps saying that?"

Ah the days of wishful thinking.

 

[Voorhees27]

Rather than compromising your Dutch figure, why not just buy Lonnie's custom head?

Agreed. I still think he makes the best T1 sculpts out there and at $10 a piece its a steal. I have no doubt Hot Toys would do better but for now these do me just fine.

 

[a-dev]

It was probably just wishful thinking just cos of Salvation and the 25th anniversary. I think HT have got their hands full already making new figs for other and newer franachises - why go back to an old film that they've already covered? I really dont see HT taking steps backwards, 25th anniversary or not (which is covered by Salvation's figs anwyay).

HT have Arnold's likness rights for ONE film: Predator. Just cos they have it for for one film doesn't automatically mean they have permission to make it for other like Terminator....that would have been in the contract.

Wishful thinking sounds about right. However I think T1 is far from 'covered' by Hot toys. For that matter T2 is even less 'covered' by Hot toys - and thats the one where no one has a problem getting license rights. I very much want more Hot toys stuff from both Cameron films - but like you I certainly didn't interpret from the DX announcement that older licenses would be revisited. I hope. I think fully licensed figures for both T1 and T2 would pretty much be a goldmine for them. Everyone knows they'd do a superior job to what sideshow did.

 

[nicky]

like you I certainly didn't interpret from the DX announcement that older licenses would be revisited.

My guess is the DX line (short for "deluxe"?) will be figs that all have True-type bodies and suped-up sculpts like Dutch and Connor at the very least.

 

[Cap'n Cook]

HT have Arnold's likness rights for ONE film: Predator

When did HT announce this?

 

[nicky]

They announced they had the likness rights approved for Predator, not Predator and Terminator or any other film. Unless HT actually said they had the likness rights for any other film why assume or anticipate other releases?

 

[D'oh!]

I'd totally get a T1 Arnie but it needs to include a distressed head.

 

[Alaneye]

I would have thought Arnie, or any other actor, owns the rights to his own likeness, not a movie studio. This seems to have been borne out by the release of the original Terminator figure and the Alien Kane figure without the actor's likeness. This means that a studio needs to secure either a single licence to use an actor's likeness and obviously pay royalties, or that they must accquire seperate likeness licences for each an every character.