Hot Toys background and history

[lipfung]

Just staring at my Hot Toys figures on the shelf, and curious thoughts come across my mind - How did they become today's most popular 1/6" figure manufacturer in the world?

What is their background and history?

Although most of them are 'Made in China', their quality seems to be well
controlled and constant, in fact, they are getting better at each release.

At production, are the realistic head sculpture purely hand made or mass produce by machines?

I should've title this thread "Hot Toys 101".

 

[slipknotpredator]

AVP Predators

 

[EVILFACE]

Someone with money wants to make nice dolls and thus Hot Toys was created.

 

[Oleg03]

If memory serves they offered military figures first. They have since exploded to what we see today for obvious reasons.

 

[Cocoboloboy]

Interesting question but I'm guessing not too many people actually know what the "Ask Sideshow Collectibles" section is for.

 

[ProgMatinee]

Hot Toys is the company that relies on other companies and message boards dedicated to other companies to spread their information.

 

[lipfung]

There should be a section dedicated to Hot Toys, especially when they just acquired the big 'SW' license. Judging by the first Luke figure, my money is leaning towards the Hot Toys production. just my two cents.

 

[TOE]

AVP Predators

and very talented sculptors.

 

[Wanderer]

Wikipedia is your friend.

 

[EVILFACE]

There should be a section dedicated to Hot Toys, especially when they just acquired the big 'SW' license. Judging by the first Luke figure, my money is leaning towards the Hot Toys production. just my two cents.

Newb registers and wants to change the board.

There is already a HT forum on the web, but it is a ghost town.

HT didn't acquire the SW license, Sideshow has it.

 

[thenammagazine]

There should be a section dedicated to Hot Toys, especially when they just acquired the big 'SW' license. Judging by the first Luke figure, my money is leaning towards the Hot Toys production. just my two cents.

Your two cents or two pesos?

 

[Awesome]

Why are you guys so hostile towards people who have not been on this site for that long?

 

[The Craw]

Why are you guys so hostile towards people who have not been on this site for that long?

because we can?

 

[Awesome]

So people are allowed to kill other people just because they can right? What a joke.

 

[EVILFACE]

Yea cause internet joking and killing people are totally the same thing.

 

[Awesome]

You don't understand what I am implying. Just because people can do something doesn't mean that they actually can. Most people share the same thought process that The Craw has so it's a huge problem.

 

[The Craw]

yup. i'll admit it. i'm a huge part of the world's problems.

 

[Awesome]

That's the first step.

 

[Cyborg]

China makes a lot of high end stuff, such as Coach bags.