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

[Gipetto0812]

The flight suit still being gray instead of brown, after so many years, is still annoying.

Not enough to deter me. It’s not perfect, but it does look like a solid update.

Time for a Yunsil/Toribox custom flight suit that costs more than the figure itself then! No more waiting on HT to do it right

 

[Mondragon]

with a sculpt that good how could he not remove his helmet?

Helmet hair cowlick detail are unprecedented .

This is what took extra months to develop.

 

[davejames]

I can't see at any point where his suit gets that much black pigmentation, looks pretty much clean and mirrored in most shots.

Stil, look forward to getting it.

Yeah this actually looks more like late-S1 armor. It was kept much more clean for S2.

 

[MyenShi]

Helmet hair cowlick detail are unrepresented.

I bet we all wish we had the figure in hand already so we can also sensually poke his cowlick.

 

[ScoutingForToys]

Was there some significant difference between S2 Mando and BoBoFett Mando?

What I don't get is after this epic kill, why he didn't go get a new Krayt Dragon signet, on his other pauldron? I'm still waiting for that -need a new figure - shoe to drop.

More likely he's saving that second pauldron spot for the inevitable (suposedly extinct) Mythosaur he awakens in the "living" waters of Mandalor, in S3 , and the Armorer honoring him with the ultimate clan upgrade.

Right now though, this fig looks absolutely definitive...

Far as I can tell, no real differences. Armour might be a bit cleaner but it's hard to tell from the pics I could find. Mandos beskar armour never had that much weathering in the first place.
Even if the BoBF armour was spotless HT would still cake him in weathering. They love their weathering.

A new signet would be cool for the other pauldron. Could see it being either a Krayt Dragon or a Mythosaur.

 

[jedibear]

That portrait is a stunner! For that level of sharpness and clarity to come out in the production piece is remarkable.

PLEASE let AOTC Anakin be produced at this level...and WHERE IS WINDU? ANDOR?

Seriously, this set shows what a deluxe figure should always be. Well done!

 

[MyenShi]

WHERE IS […] ANDOR?

I’m starting to feel like Syril.

 

[ScoutingForToys]

I'm assuming the weathering is the final layer of the paint job. I'd guess that they lay down a primer of some sort, than the base layer of paint, in this case the chrome. Then a protective layer of some kind, then the weathering.
In that case, I ought to be able to carefully remove the top layer of weathering.
My concern is, will this dull or damage the chrome underneath?

 

[FlyAndFight]

My Mando figure will NEVER be without his helmet.

But...

I wouldn't mind putting the head sculpt on the Transport Trooper...

 

[snoop101]

They definitely went a little heavy with the weathering but this still looks amazing regardless. Glad I waited. I’m sure there will be a better version a few years from now, but I’m personally fine with the minor inaccuracies.

 

[DioramaMaker]

Weathering = lower return rates.

It hides imperfections in the production pieces. No matter how small and imperceivable they may be, someone will return over it. Does it decrease the accuracy? Sure, but they started doing it with the Iron Men for what I presume is a similar reason.

I still feel like it'll be a little less obvious in normal, shelf lighting.

 

[Darth KirBayBey]

So my question is will this helmet fit on the TMS007 figure? I think the shiny helmet would look great on the Durosteel version.

 

[Garlador]

The undersuit is somehow LESS brown, and the original wasn't brown enough in the first place. How bizarre.

 

[Mondragon]

The undersuit is somehow LESS brown, and the original wasn't brown enough in the first place. How bizarre.

Lighting can also look more slate like the one on the right ^.

 

[jedibear]

Bears repeating - the Mr.Hippo video is one of the most comprehensive review videos I've ever seen. Hits every mark. Definitely should be required viewing for anyone getting this figure set (or even interested in it). Just wow!

I've already PO'd this, but if I hadn't, that video would've convinced me. Excellent work.

 

[Mondragon]

... required viewing

Truth^ for these shots alone.

 

[IronPatriotFTW]

The only person he knows that could give him a new signet banished him the next time he saw her.

Though to be fair, with a sculpt that good how could he not remove his helmet?

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Well if he is gunna be “The Mandalorian”, he is supposed to unite all of mandalore, so really she would probably bend the knee to him eventually if it heads in that direction, to bring the factions back together.

 

[medicomsucks]

So what's usually the turnover between these starting to show up in hand in Asia?
And shipped to US?

It seemed to be a few months before the pandemic. Now its just a guessing game. 6 weeks is my uneducated guess.

 

[K1NG J0RDAN]

I’m not liking the way they did this one. I think I’ll stay put with my non-chrome mando and try to get some of these accessories.

 

[ScoutingForToys]

Lighting can also look more slate like the one on the right ^.

Look how beautiful his armour looks without that Hot Toys weathering slathered all over him. Such a shame.
I'm going to have to skip this one. Don't want to risk damaging the chrome paint layer trying to tone down the weathering.