Hot Toys would be foolish not to rake in cash via wider release of this. No idea what theyre thinking making this a "limited" release just to instill FOMO.
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Mr.Tanker
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It'd be nice if we saw a "Battling Cap" Civil War type situation.
Too bad they probably don't care we're coming up on the 10 year anniversary of TWS.
This!
Exactly my thoughts and what I articulated to their Customer Service before cancelling all my pre-orders. Bad business strategy all round. Piss off long standing customers when you know 300 would have easily sold with the customer base they had, and choosing to hype this via social media without the infrastructure to support the fall-out.
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Very nice addition, absolutely love the Stealth Suit.
Will def be snapping more shots of this figure in the future.
Will def be snapping more shots of this figure in the future.
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They have to focus on celebrating the 10th anniversary of Iron Man 3. No time for anything else.
Diecast 2.0 for every house party suit incoming
You're right! I didn't even think about that so I amended my original post.
I know a lot of ppl get bent out of shape for reissues. I can't say that I love reissues as I do feel that those perhaps take up a production slot that could've went to a brand new figure. But it's also no skin off my back as I'm so much more selective these days that reissues give me a longer breather between purchases. It at least helps secondary market prices. Though, that also gets ppl mad b/c they treat these as their retirement investment apparently
That would be cool. Give us either a boat deck or elevator dio base.
I tried to pick this up, but I was out with spotty phone reception and couldn't get through checkout (I'd add it to my cart, then have it time out during the time it took to load). When I saw other people weren't able to use a coupon/rewards with it (if they even got through), I gave up. I was only in for this if I could use my 10% in-stock HT code (plus rewards), but I don't need this at full price plus tax/shipping. My modded 1.0 isn't that far behind this 2.0 release.
The technical issues were frustrating though, so I can see how upsetting this was for those who really wanted to get this. I still can't believe HT only gave Sideshow 300 of these to sell though. It's better than something like the Midas gold chrome exclusive that never even got a Sideshow release, but I thought it would see a wider Sideshow release. Then again, it looks like HT is actually starting to limit Sideshow's supply on preorders, so that limit would be consistent.
Anyways, I will say the 30% coupon was an unexpected consolation prize. And as a marketing tactic, it worked since it got me to purchase something I was on the fence about.
The technical issues were frustrating though, so I can see how upsetting this was for those who really wanted to get this. I still can't believe HT only gave Sideshow 300 of these to sell though. It's better than something like the Midas gold chrome exclusive that never even got a Sideshow release, but I thought it would see a wider Sideshow release. Then again, it looks like HT is actually starting to limit Sideshow's supply on preorders, so that limit would be consistent.
Anyways, I will say the 30% coupon was an unexpected consolation prize. And as a marketing tactic, it worked since it got me to purchase something I was on the fence about.
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Well if its anything like "Gold Chrome" Midas then a much better, non limited re-re-release will be coming in the future
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If it were my company, I would not have accepted more than 300 RSVPs for a figure limited to 300 pieces. Let those that RSVP’d get first crack at it, then make any remaining stock available on the site the following day for those who did not RSVP.
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That would make too much sense, though. They need to make it really complicated and break the site. Get outa here with your logical solutions!
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remarkable awesomeVery nice addition, absolutely love the Stealth Suit.
Will def be snapping more shots of this figure in the future.
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Great figure!
Is there anywhere I could purchase a knockoff blue shield? eBay was not helpful so I’m hoping some 3rd party company has something available.
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Just came in here to ask if there was a go-to guy for shields yet too?
eBay is where I got mine. It's one of the ones with the elastic on the back though like the image posted above. If you're looking for one that's closer to the HT shield, unfortunately the only ones were made by By-Art and were released a couple years ago. I'm surprised they don't keep them on rotation as that is a hot item I would imagine.
This is the one I bought. Just pick Blue for the color in the dropdown. Took about a week before they shipped it, then another 2 weeks for delivery.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/273849305696?var=573602253025
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Nice, thanks Gipetto!
Another quick snap.
Another quick snap.
too bad I feel no one, third party or otherwise, has really captured the actual look of the stealth shield. Hot toys is too dark and the 3rd party versions don't seem quite the right shade and have an incorrect center.
Could also repaint over a regular shield and leave some of the chipping if you wanted to...
I bought a few stealth shield spares back in the day when Hot toys started shifting to plastic shields so I might have a go of repainting one more accurately.
Could also repaint over a regular shield and leave some of the chipping if you wanted to...
I bought a few stealth shield spares back in the day when Hot toys started shifting to plastic shields so I might have a go of repainting one more accurately.
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In my experience the knock of metal ones are just too think and that means toooooo heavy for any type of long term posing. Also very hard o the wrists peg area. Have had a hand or two pulled out over time in the past from the weight ..wear em on the back of some kind of floor level accessory is your best bet for em
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