1/6 Hot Toys - MMS347 - Deadpool (2016) - Deadpool Collectible Figure

[Newbieguy]

Well..... MINE IS GOOD! No fraying at wrist and wrists don't even come into contact with suit. Spin without making contact.

 

[PoppJax]

Well..... MINE IS GOOD! No fraying at wrist and wrists don't even come into contact with suit. Spin without making contact.

So glad to hear that. Happy for you and now hopeful I can get a replacement that is actually good to go. Been hitting the refresh button for a while waiting to hear how your figure turned out.

 

[Newbieguy]

Well..... MINE IS GOOD! No fraying at wrist and wrists don't even come into contact with suit. Spin without making contact.

Well that was easy. In air. Holding one gun gangsta style and a sword behind his neck. Probably will never move him.

 

[Newbieguy]

Well that was easy. In air. Holding one gun gangsta style and a sword behind his neck. Probably will never move him.

I believe the trick with all these figures is to find a pose u like and leave it. They aren't meant to be continuously adjusted. I changed one eye, put on sword hand and gun hand. Put a gun on one hand and a sword in the other and have him flying thru the air. Don't think I'll change anything other than just very minor tweaks.

 

[amusedjester]

@poppjaxx - it looks like as you bent the arm, it pulled the material up and the area that is supposed to be glued at the wrist came undone and caused your material to ride up the wrist. I think if you straighten out the arm to pull the material down again and re-glue it back around the wrist edges, it should be fine. Those frayed edges were supposed to be tucked into and glued on the inside of the wrist. Hope everything works out for you.

 

[TimothyR]

I believe the trick with all these figures is to find a pose u like and leave it. They aren't meant to be continuously adjusted. I changed one eye, put on sword hand and gun hand. Put a gun on one hand and a sword in the other and have him flying thru the air. Don't think I'll change anything other than just very minor tweaks.

I plan on posing this often. I will be careful though, and I know that they aren't children's toys and aren't meant to be "played with".

Now my wait for batch 2 begins lol.

 

[The Green Goblin]

I believe the trick with all these figures is to find a pose u like and leave it. They aren't meant to be continuously adjusted. I changed one eye, put on sword hand and gun hand. Put a gun on one hand and a sword in the other and have him flying thru the air. Don't think I'll change anything other than just very minor tweaks.

That's no fun at all. Might as well buy statues.

I'm of the opinion that if a figure has any sort of articulation, it's meant to be moved around. If the figure is easily damaged with basic "play," then Hot Toys put out a shoddy figure. Like someone else in this thread said, they really need hire play testers to make sure that their figures won't fall apart.

Also, someone else mentioned the ASM 2 figure having issues with the hands in this thread... I've had that figure for a couple years now, and nothing is wrong with it. I pose it frequently too. The material always snaps back after a while, and their is nothing wrong with the wrists. Maybe if Hot Toys had done something like that there wouldn't be a fraying issue.

As it is, I'm holding out for more info, before deciding wether I'll cancel my BBTS order.

 

[Cicada17]

Also, someone else mentioned the ASM 2 figure having issues with the hands in this thread...

I thought they were referring to the Spiderman 3 Spidey; the one where the webbing peels off. I've had ASM 2 Spidey for a couple of years too, with no problems either. Great figure!



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[Alogo1981]

Mine just shipped as well. Ordered in August. Hopefully there won't be any dramas 'cause i live in Greece and returns is going to be a ****** if something is wrong. Will post pictures when i get him.

 

[ebro42]

This is a very complex suit to design where it needs to be skin tight. We all know what trouble we had with Spidey a few years back. It was another material but causes problems for us.

I feel people should slow down and watch the fabric as they slowly move the arm. If you see the fabric getting too tight around wrist like it's pulling away just stop and gently wave a hair dryer to carefully soften the fabric a little.

Then move the arm a little more. Once the fabric softens for the first arm pose it should have stretched enough to not have this problem again.

Just my thoughts that may help a little

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Really? That takes the enjoyment out of an expensive posable figure. I do appreciate the advice, but I, like a lot of people here and maybe you too, work really hard for my money. I totally understand that figures aren't perfect and I was very patient with this figure and didn't cancel when this happened with the first batch. Even though this is one incident with the second batch, it shows that the issue at hand is very likely to repeat itself. Again, I work too hard for my money to spend it on a $235 plus shipping item that I feel is more likely to have issues than not. I'm not knocking ANYONE who still wants this. This is just my take on it. Hot Toys is a GREAT company, but they're failing on this one! This is why I'm passing on this.

 

[BH8957]

It's really unfortunate that that big rip-away happened on just bending the arm. I'm as concerned as ever with mine, and I haven't heard a peep yet from Sideshow on my order, placed January 29th....and as much as I want it now...I'm pretty glad no word....I want as late a produced figure as possible....maybe it'll be in better shape....or maybe I'm completely delusional.
When I get mine, I was planning to do an initial unboxing and review, but the very first time I give this figure a once over is definitely NOT going to be on video where I run the risk of possible rip-away like seen here today. I'll bend the limbs slowly with a hairdryer gently going over the fabric so as to give it a proper stretch to try and insure I don't suffer the same horrible fate.
Make no mistake in any of my posts about this situation - I think everyone needs to wait and see what happens when their figures arrive one by one before deciding what to do, but I'm absolutely terrified about what could be heading my way. This is THE ONE figure I don't want anything to happen to being a fan of the character since first appearance back in the day and going on that journey from random new guy to cult-following to sorta-mainstream-guy he is now, and this is literally the best looking version of the character I have ever seen and an amazing, truly iconic film look.

I plan to give it a solid run through review because I plan to pose the hell out of this like I do all my 6th scales. Just gunna give it a tight once-over when it gets here. I've been considering doing a small dab of Modge-Podge on the wrist fabric, but I really don't want to have to do anything to it.
It should be fine out of the box with the amount we pay. This situation is unacceptable. Even if we didn't pay hundreds for these things, this situation should NOT be happening and with them "delaying" because of it only to have the issue still BE there and the supposed "fix" being pretty half-assed from a company like Hot Toys and then Sideshow distributing these....why are they both getting away with this?? How can they both feel this is ok to practice business like this?!
My wife has one on order and she's not even opening the shipping box in order to keep it as pristine from-the-factory as possible, which, with this figure turning out how it is, is probably the only way we'll ever see a figure that's got zero wrong with it. Can't we complain to the Better Business? This shouldn't just be accepted by us or they'll keep doing business this way. I don't understand why this is ok. Just returning it hoping we get lucky enough to get one that's "not as jacked up" isn't right. We should get one that's not jacked up at all. Much less get one from a return that's not jacked up at all if we have to return the first one. Hoping for one that "isn't bad" is bad. We should know that they'll take care of it and make sure we get one that's how it should be.....

Sorry for the rant...I just think this is ridiculously unacceptable in today's day and age. We're all at the acceptance stage of HOPING our figure we get isn't "as bad as" some figures out there. That's just not right....

J

 

[RiggsMcClane]

Really? That takes the enjoyment out of an expensive posable figure. I do appreciate the advice, but I, like a lot of people here and maybe you too, work really hard for my money. I totally understand that figures aren't perfect and I was very patient with this figure and didn't cancel when this happened with the first batch. Even though this is one incident with the second batch, it shows that the issue at hand is very likely to repeat itself. Again, I work too hard for my money to spend it on a $235 plus shipping item that I feel is more likely to have issues than not. I'm not knocking ANYONE who still wants this. This is just my take on it. Hot Toys is a GREAT company, but they're failing on this one! This is why I'm passing on this.

Amen to that. To afford this particular figure I combined cash, rp, and gift cards. To see it have issues like this has been grating to say the least. This was the most plausible fix they could come up with but I had the feeling the issue would remain. I'm not entirely optimistic at this point. If we keep seeing this over and over I'll return it for a full refund as soon as it arrives, if that's possible. We really shouldn't except sub par work on collectibles like this. If they happen to make a DP2 version they would be smart to have the glove cuffs part of the sleeve and the glove itself fitting under that. I might entertain giving it another try then.

 

[ebro42]

That was like a Jeckle and Hyde response BH8957! I totally agree with you though!

 

[enzolt]

I think the figure is fine and people need to stop freaking out.

As someone mentioned, handle the figure with care, just like any other figure. These are expensive figures to begin with.

People are really missing out on a great figure out of some unfounded fear of the sleeves from just one picture. I think its blown out of proportion and really, you're missing out.

Get the figure in hand. Take good handling of the figure, knowing the sleeves are delicate due to the nature of the material. Enjoy it.

Really simple as that people.

Do people on this forum treat these like Marvel Legends action figures? Come on, lets be realistic here.

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[Scareb]

Sideshow really has nothing to do with any of this though. They ordered these figures ages ago, before any of this issue was even seen, and now they're basically stuck holding the ball. I'm pretty sure they couldn't just call up HT and go "hey, you know those few thousand deadpool's we ordered that are all defective? Yeah we don't want em, give us our money back". So now sideshow is left with this giant issue and they're the ones that have to try and fix things be it replacements, refunds, or partial reimbursement.

This is literally all on Hot Toys.

 

[ebro42]

Amen to that. To afford this particular figure I combined cash, rp, and gift cards. To see it have issues like this has been grating to say the least. This was the most plausible fix they could come up with but I had the feeling the issue would remain. I'm not entirely optimistic at this point. If we keep seeing this over and over I'll return it for a full refund as soon as it arrives, if that's possible. We really shouldn't except sub par work on collectibles like this. If they happen to make a DP2 version they would be smart to have the glove cuffs part of the sleeve and the glove itself fitting under that. I might entertain giving it another try then.

Man! Smart minds think alike. I didn't post that on here, but that's the exact fix I mentioned to my wife!

 

[TimothyR]

All companies screw up. Whether they're gigantic like a car manufacturer/phone maker, or small.

Products aren't all going to be perfect. We've seen recalls in other industries, and products that could turn deadly and accidentally catch fire.

So, while this wrist issue is annoying and it'll suck if it happens, I just think it's unrealistic to expect perfection 100% of the time.

It's not like this thing is prone to turning into dust or exploding. If you don't want to take a risk you feel is unnecessary then cancel, or wait and see what happens and request a replacement or a refund.

We all know the risks and options that those risks will present. But so far none of us are REALLY sure what's going on quite yet.

Anyways.. There's always deadpool 2.

 

[Bjjer]

I think Im cancelling and waiting for DP2. HT improves with each release Im sure the next one will be better engineered.

 

[RiggsMcClane]

I think the figure is fine and people need to stop freaking out.

As someone mentioned, handle the figure with care, just like any other figure. These are expensive figures to begin with.

People are really missing out on a great figure out of some unfounded fear of the sleeves from just one picture. I think its blown out of proportion and really, you're missing out.

Get the figure in hand. Take good handling of the figure, knowing the sleeves are delicate due to the nature of the material. Enjoy it.

Really simple as that people.

Do people on this forum treat these like Marvel Legends action figures? Come on, lets be realistic here.

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It's not that simple. Realistically people expect to get what they pay for and these are suppose to be high quality figures, not statues. We obviously don't expect to be recklessly with them. Though it's amazing that a twenty dollar marvel legends figure can out do one thats over two hundred. I have a number of sixth scale figures from other companies and I honestly wouldn't think twice about posing them weekly. They're pretty solid. This, not so much.

 

[TimothyR]

It's not that simple. Realistically people expect to get what they pay for and these are suppose to be high quality figures, not statues. We obviously don't expect to be recklessly with them. Though it's amazing that a twenty dollar marvel legends figure can out do one thats over two hundred. I have a number of sixth scale figures from other companies and I honestly wouldn't think twice about posing them weekly. They're pretty solid. This, not so much.

That's a pretty crazy/unfair oversimplification.