Hot Toys-MMS 201-Man of Steel-Jor-El-1/6th Scale Collectible figure

[Viking Spawn]

Hope they do this version eventually...would have preferred it to what we're getting. It's the more iconic look for the movie I think.

It would have been an instant buy if he'd been made like that! Still on the fence in the meantime....

 

[Peloquin77]

Yeah I po'ed as soon as it was up but since then I've been jazzed about it less and less. The head sculpt is outstanding but the costume just isn't doing it for me. The colour looks off too, no biggie but I hope that's tweaked. I'm still getting it but would have preferred the Zod fight look so I could pose those two together. As it is now I think Jor will be standing on my shelf by himself talking to a council that's not there

 

[Dr.Mirakle32]

Hope they do this version eventually...would have preferred it to what we're getting. It's the more iconic look for the movie I think.

Iconic? He literally wears it for 15 seconds before being stabbed!

 

[Peloquin77]

Iconic? He literally wears it for 15 seconds before being stabbed!

Yeah I think it represents more of the Kryptonian culture that we saw. Jor-El’s a scientist yet he’s had plenty of combat training and has a battle suit in his home/lab. They seem like a very militarised race. The iconography of Jor-El in the battle suit holds more of the Kryptonian culture for me than just the robes. Even though we only see it for a very short while.

 

[The Iron Koob]

I feel awkward passing on this but I just don't see it as necessary to my collection. I liked the character but I never liked that he beat Zod in hand to hand combat. He could have easily got his *** kicked and still launched the pod. It kind of ruined Zod for me and contrasted the whole engineered kryptonian thing. Also, I don't have much $$$ and I thought we'd get Faora for sure. If she doesn't get a reveal by the time the Lone Ranger gets put up for PO I'll get seriously worried

 

[Leon 911]

Need faora for sure man... Dont say that


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[Mike86]

Need faora for sure man... Dont say that


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Hate to say it but I kind of doubt that we'll see her to be honest.

 

[Peloquin77]

In an interview Howard Chan said..."Man of Steel is one of Hot Toys key projects for the year, so there will definitely be more figures from this license"

I think we'll see a Faora. She will come.

 

[Username]

Hope they do this version eventually...would have preferred it to what we're getting. It's the more iconic look for the movie I think.

I loved that suit.
The idea that all of Krypton's supply of minerals and metals had been exhausted during expansion and all they had left to work with and shape were old animal bones is so cool. You see the bones motifs all over the place. It highlights that nothing was going to waste in Kryptonian society.
For anyone wanting this look, when the Crowe Jor-El comes out, it would be possibly to take the iconic statue, chop it up and hollow it out to fit on a Truetype...

 

[DGTWoodward]

In an interview Howard Chan said..."Man of Steel is one of Hot Toys key projects for the year, so there will definitely be more figures from this license"

I think we'll see a Faora. She will come.

I mentioned it before but got shot down in flames...But I think the next new figure ie; not a rework of any of these three figures, will be Perry White. They will blow the dust off their Noland sculpt and use it for Perry.

After their quicky rework of Superman and multiple same Iron Man suits, IM VII + Battle Damage + was it Midas (?), would you really put it past HT at this stage?

 

[The Iron Koob]

I recently got the mattel black suit MOS. I would LOVE a HT figure of that. It looks so good

 

[Viking Spawn]

Need faora for sure man... Dont say that


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In an interview Howard Chan said..."Man of Steel is one of Hot Toys key projects for the year, so there will definitely be more figures from this license"

I think we'll see a Faora. She will come.

I hope so. Seems incomplete without her.

 

[Peloquin77]

I loved that suit.
The idea that all of Krypton's supply of minerals and metals had been exhausted during expansion and all they had left to work with and shape were old animal bones is so cool. You see the bones motifs all over the place. It highlights that nothing was going to waste in Kryptonian society.
For anyone wanting this look, when the Crowe Jor-El comes out, it would be possibly to take the iconic statue, chop it up and hollow it out to fit on a Truetype...

Wow that's cool I never knew that. Where did that info come from? Is that from the movie or is that Superman/Krypton history in general? I love the history behind design concepts thanks for sharing.

 

[Grange Wallis]

Has there been any confirmation regarding if he has his Super suit on under the robe?

 

[Gipetto0812]

Has there been any confirmation regarding if he has his Super suit on under the robe?

he has the suit, just no word if the shield is on there or not

 

[Grange Wallis]

Awesome... I hope so. Seems silly not to include it. Even on Zod!

 

[Gipetto0812]

Awesome... I hope so. Seems silly not to include it. Even on Zod!

Well Zod's suit is not complete for sure. From the looks of the proto, they just cut a regular circle for the neck to poke though instead of giving him the accurate neck line like the one on the superman figure. That could very well change for the production figure but who knows

 

[Username]

I loved that suit.
The idea that all of Krypton's supply of minerals and metals had been exhausted during expansion and all they had left to work with and shape were old animal bones is so cool. You see the bones motifs all over the place. It highlights that nothing was going to waste in Kryptonian society.
For anyone wanting this look, when the Crowe Jor-El comes out, it would be possibly to take the iconic statue, chop it up and hollow it out to fit on a Truetype...

Wow that's cool I never knew that. Where did that info come from? Is that from the movie or is that Superman/Krypton history in general? I love the history behind design concepts thanks for sharing.

It's in one of the Man Of Steel concept/making of/art of books.
I forget which. My Brother got it for his birthday and i got a read afterwards.
It explains that for millennia, the Kryptonians have been mining all the minerals from the core of Krypton, digging ever deeper, stripping away the mineral wealth(By the time they decided to stay on Krypton after the great expansion, almost all metals were gone). Also how they had to make do with what they had lying around, so their technology has harnessed repurposing any and all matter at their disposal and that included animal bones.
I will find out which book it is.

 

[Peloquin77]

It's in one of the Man Of Steel concept/making of/art of books.
I forget which. My Brother got it for his birthday and i got a read afterwards.
It explains that for millennia, the Kryptonians have been mining all the minerals from the core of Krypton, digging ever deeper, stripping away the mineral wealth(By the time they decided to stay on Krypton after the great expansion, almost all metals were gone). Also how they had to make do with what they had lying around, so their technology has harnessed repurposing any and all matter at their disposal and that included animal bones.
I will find out which book it is.

That's awesome, thanks for that

I love the history, it adds so much to the movie. Explains Zod's sense of outrage and makes his actions more relatable and understandable.

 

[Username]

That's awesome, thanks for that

I love the history, it adds so much to the movie. Explains Zod's sense of outrage and makes his actions more relatable and understandable.

For sure.
It was only seen for a short time, but that area that Jor-El flies into where the surface of the planet is cut into strips is supposed to be what the entire planet is like, for a huge distance underground. They are supposed to have strip mined the planet *Moria-Style*, leaving only enough structure to hold the weight of the land above.
If they had just expanded into space, Krypton would have survived.