Hot Toys - TMS051/2 - Mandalorian and Grogu (Season 2)

I have noticed that the level of weathering on my beskar is a lot lighter than some of the previous pictures here. I had the Cod wipes ready to go, but this actually looks alright. Some of the earlier photo posts have the wear incredibly heavy handed. You guys noticing this?

potatoes212 said:

I have noticed that the level of weathering on my beskar is a lot lighter than some of the previous pictures here. I had the Cod wipes ready to go, but this actually looks alright. Some of the earlier photo posts have the wear incredibly heavy handed. You guys noticing this?

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I suspected. I’d say 90% of the pics I’ve seen were heavy weathering, but some looked lighter. Since most of the pics were the deluxe I was hoping my Regular edition would be lighter on the weathering, but no luck.

I’m having flashbacks to 1999, when Hasbro released the Battle Droid with 4 random variations of weathering. Luckily back then we could see the actual figure before exchanging money.

Armor reconditioning COMMPLETE!

Now that's just -

Just received my reg's!!

Me waiting by the window when the delivery person arrived:

batsheva said:

Nah, this will be the look you have:

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QuiGonFishing said:

Armor reconditioning COMMPLETE!

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So, what technic did you go for to remove the weathering?

I’m trying to decide between the regular or deluxe. Are the boxes the same size, or is the deluxe box larger? I’m not sure if the extra accessories still fit in the regular box.

jodl73 said:

I’m trying to decide between the regular or deluxe. Are the boxes the same size, or is the deluxe box larger? I’m not sure if the extra accessories still fit in the regular box.

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Box same size but Deluxe accessories got extra tray on the back so the height of the box is little bigger

sj2106 said:

Rewatching seasons one and two just now it strikes me the Beskar never looks quite as shiny and reflective as this chrome.

I wonder if the inevitable Season three Mando figure will be more of a happy medium between the V1 and V2 Beskar.

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Yeah I just opened mine up and I'm not really sure how I feel about that mirror chrome in hand. It certainly makes the figure more impressive to look at... but also makes it look a bit cheap and toyish and doesn't seem to fit the scale.

Think I might go back to my original plan or repainting the armor on the previous figure and see if I like that any better.

He finally arrived today. Great figure. I’m really loving the head sculpt. Not yet sure if I want to remove the grime. It doesn’t look so intense in person. I’ll be trying different poses eventually, but this one felt right to me.

Tee-Kay said:

So, what technic did you go for to remove the weathering?

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sj2106 said:

Rewatching seasons one and two just now it strikes me the Beskar never looks quite as shiny and reflective as this chrome.

I wonder if the inevitable Season three Mando figure will be more of a happy medium between the V1 and V2 Beskar.

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davejames said:

Yeah I just opened mine up and I'm not really sure how I feel about that mirror chrome in hand. It certainly makes the figure more impressive to look at... but also makes it look a bit cheap and toyish and doesn't seem to fit the scale.

Think I might go back to my original plan or repainting the armor on the previous figure and see if I like that any better.

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That’s what I was thinking from photos and video reviews as well. But what I have concluded is that it all depends on the specific lighting used in each scene.

I’d say for most of the outdoor scenes and under diffuse lit interiors, the armor looked decidedly less mirror finish. But when there is an interior scene in dark rooms with multiple focused light sources (like the BOBF scene with The Armorer and Paz Vizla, the chrome finish is much more obvious.

For instance, here’s a shot of Chrome Mando in my light box from the same photo shoot as the pic I posted above. The difference? I used a diffuser on my photo lamps so that the reflection off of the armor was less intense. Take a look at the difference:



At any rate, I’m very happy to have both V2 and V3 to cover all or most of the bases in the display where it’s harder to vary the lighting from figure to figure.

Good luck with your custom if you decide to go that route, DJ!

Finally got my 'processing soon' e-mail from BBTS for this. Really looking forward to it.

SpiderBat said:

Finally got my 'processing soon' e-mail from BBTS for this. Really looking forward to it.

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Wow. That’s record timing for Bbts. They’re normally about two years behind every other retailer.

Got the deluxe yesterday from Sideshow. In my eyes, the new armor surface treatment is miles better than the previous attempts. I don't see the weathering so much as the overall heightened contrast in the armor, especially around any surface changes or textures. I had seen photos of the headsculpt and I was concerned, but this thing looks usual HT grade. I like his semi-sombre expression. Accessories are great (spear is HUGE).

All that said, i am glad I have 2 Mandos now. One goes with the Swoop, and the other in a diorama later to be determined

I got my mando V3 and used the cape cod method.
I saw a lot of people wondering how to do it well so I made a video tutorial (in French because I'm French) but I think the video can help you.

Finally got mine finished, polished, suit dye, replacement S2 pieces and repainted the glove tips.

Super happy

Getting both regular and Dx versions, i will likely try to remove weathering on one of them. Just not too sure how much i will remove.

Joe The Collector said:

Finally got mine finished, polished, suit dye, replacement S2 pieces and repainted the glove tips.

Super happy

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Good god that looks incredible. What dye did you use for the suit? Black wash on the gloves?

It’s pretty ****** up that for the money spent we still have to mod the crap out of this figure to get it to look right.