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Ironically, this version kinda looks like the “Fake Thor” in Ragnarok, played by Chris’ brother Luke.
I might wait on the Roadworn/Chinchilla Collar Thor and call it my “comics style” Thor to go with the SooSoo Classic Trickster…which is currently somewhere in Berlin
And I predict neither of us will remember it in a few weeks.
That gif can be applied to the price tag as well. Absolutely ridiculous for a re-use sculpt from the better part of a decade ago.
And that's a big part of why I am out of the game with Hot Toys. They keep jacking up the price incrementally. $275 base 6 month's ago, $285 3 months ago, now $305? GTFO with that crap.
Probably has to do with them reusing sculpts and arms from a 7 year old figure while charging $350 for it.
Trust me, it's not just you. Hot Toys thinks if they throw some squiggly plastic on a figure that makes it worth the price (That goes for you too, Electro!). They're like "Oh, but the hammer lights up too!" Yeah, well who gives a crap? I'm not gonna tell my friends when they come by, "Hey, hold on for half an hour while I open up my cabinets and futz with the lights on all these figures. Oh wait, make that an hour because the batteries died in sone of them."
I've been collecting Hot Toys for almost 12 years now and I was particularly drawn in by the amazing head sculpts and incredible engineering. Hot Toys made some great strides and significant improvements up until around Age of Ultron or so and I feel they've kind of stagnated from there. Years ago, nothing compared to Hot Toys quality, but now you've got statue manufacturers (some of whom now employ some of the better sculptor that worked for Hot Toys in the past) producing higher quality products. Hot Toys is less impressive because there's better stuff out there now.
It's a new sculpt. You can see the difference not just in the scar but what's sad is they used the AOU, Road Worn sculpt as a template to make it which is lazy because they should have done it from scartch then to use an existing sculpt as a template. I wonder if they'll use it again for ravager Thor or his Fur collar cape look. I really hope notBecause it's probably not true.
Someone pointed out that he previously said that the sculpt was an updated one but then deleted his comment on Instagram. It's updated in the sense that they added a little baby scar by his eye and it has "new paint".
Yup it's a new sculpt but again using AOU template for the expression and face structure which I imagine is a bit cheaper for them but still lazy. If I get this in hand I'll be satisfied either way.
I don't have any Thor figures so doesn't really matter for me,but I can see recycled and slightly modified sculpt yea, which is truly lazy especially for the price. I'm sure Thor collectors would be happier with the brand new sculpt and overall sales would be better. Friend on IG told me that there is another one coming, I don't know if its true tho.
A week ago I saw some really strong critical acclaim that Gorr was one of the best marvel villains. And then today I saw the feedback from test audiences saying overall it's one of the best marvel movies ever made. Sounds a little overblown?
I don’t think you can just throw the helmet on the top of a Jane portrait because it covers like 70% of her face at least. It’s not Wonder Woman or Loki, it literally goes over her eyes and nose. I think that needs another head. Throw in the new female body/arms they’ll have to make and you have more than enough reason for 345 in 2022.
