Would you buy Hot Toys style figures at 1/9th scale?

[jessica]

I just wonder how poseable that 8" blue guy was...it was an SDCC exclusive and it only cost $40...can't remember exactly the name but I kick myself now...wondering how well did they make that body so it could pose? It was a blue bug in a black tuxedo. I should have bought him anyway, and special ordered him. I guess I will always wonder. Hate that.

[rche]

I prefer this in moving eyes.



I'd be all over something like that in the 1:9 world.
that chick looks a little walleyed as well. Not sure they got the mechanism centered.

[jessica]

I highly doubt that Hot Toys quality could be reproduced in a 1:9 scale. 1:6 is so much larger than 1:9 and is able to have more detail. When you start shrinking, you have to let go of some details.

[kingdom warrior]

I like Hot toys. the quality is unmatched.....and I'm a huge fan and collector of 1'6' figures but hell to the NO I'm paying those kind of prices for an 8 inch figure especially a new one.....for that kind of money I'd rather buy loose Megos........

[jessica]

I'm all for realism. I guess that's my preference. I like that realistic female doll. She's not creepy at all to me. I think the rubber bodies will have difficulties posing though. I still like looking at them. Would love to play with them if I ever get a chance, but doubt it since they cost a pretty penny.

[HardyGirl]

How do people feel about things like seamless joints and movable eyes, which are trends currently making their way into the 1/6th hobby?

http://bbs.bbicn.com/data/attachment/forum/201011/09/172902k181883ekp51b1q5.jpg

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EWWWWWW!!!

[TrueDave]

I like toys to be toys overall.
We have high end 1/4 scale crazy realistic figures out there.
It is about Art. I think EVERYTHING should be made. And with the rising reality that Pop Culture is our ONLY culture these days it one day will be.
The Capt Picard from Star Trek Nemisis was a laser scan of Patrick Stewart in costume, yet the pudgy little Playmates version captures the Character better somehow . . .
I saw a Mr Bean for sale that had movable eyes. Like the doll above.
My question ( which I do NOT want answered) is why would a man need a female doll like teh one above?

I want monsters , guns, swords, cool stuff, when I collect and play.

However that is an impressive piece of engineering, I hope it poses better than the old Hall Of Fame Gi Joes who tried to go seamless.

[ScottA]

That's not a Mego in any way, shape or form.

[Cmonster]

That thing is creepy. Sorry.

SC

[samurainoir]

How do people feel about things like seamless joints and movable eyes, which are trends currently making their way into the 1/6th hobby?

[The Bat]

To me this whole hobby is about Art. After all, action Figures are Sculptures to begin with...before all the joint articulation is added. I see my Figures(both original Megos & Customs)as little works of Art.

[HardyGirl]

I can Asure you ..., My Hot Toys Figures Pose Far Better than Any Mego Possibly can Ever... Let alone something from Mattel in 8inch cloth scale.

Not what I meant...I'm sure those figures are very posable. I don't want something so over detailed that it looks like a piece of art (statue) instead of a toy. I would want something that I wouldn't mind one of my kids playing with. And let's face it...if it's displayed like a piece of art and not played with and enjoyed, it might as well be a statue.

[The Bat]

This is the direction I'd like to see 8" scale figures go. That level of detail would be worth every Penny...can you imagine an 8" Bale Dark Knight, Ledger Joker, or Movie Spiderman?! Of course these would not be for everybody...as some People complain about the $20.00 price Tag on the Retro-Heroes.

But I would find the Money! I'd work overtime, or whatever I had to to do get 1/9 Figures of that quality.

[BlackKnight]

Amen. I want a toy, not a statue.

I can Asure you ..., My Hot Toys Figures Pose Far Better than Any Mego Possibly can Ever... Let alone something from Mattel in 8inch cloth scale.

[Jet-Jungle]

Probably not. Once they get to a certain point they become non-Mego to me, even if still 8" tall.

That's how I feel as well, I like how Mego figures were sort of crude, but still the greatest toys ever!