How do the Soldier Story figures compare to the Hot Toys Military line? I'm thinking of grabbing the SFOD(Delta) and Navy Seal figures that SS have.
Since we havn't seen anything interesting for a while from Hot Toys Military I'm thinking of branching out into the SS line.
Well IMO I think SS figures stack up very well against HT's. SS figures usually come jam packed with accessories, and HT does a good job in that department as well. HT TT bodies are probably the best out there in terms of durability, poseability, parts interchangeability with other manafuctures BBi, DiD. SS's S2 body is equally comparable, can be picked up way cheaper, but is limited in terms of head swapping options with other manufacturers.
One of the areas that I think SS absolutely shines is their weapons. They have working slides/bolts, great detail and weathering, and some you can actually load little bullets in the magazine! My favorite weapon at the moment is their HK416.
HT weapons on the other hand, are generally oversized, don't have as nice detail/weathering, but they have improved lately in making them more in scale.
One minor flaw with SS is the plastic they use. It seems to be very brittle, and you must use extreme care when putting stuff together as it it very easy to break things. If they were to use a better plastic they would be absolutely ace. Lastly SS figures usually sell from $85-$95 (recent exemption $105 FCS figure), and HT usually sell for $115.
I have both the SFOD, and ST 10 figures, and they are among my favorite figs, I would highly recommend them. They are getting hard to find, and are suprisingly going up in value.
The SFOD figure seems to based on some of the operators seen in this cool video:
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