HOT TOYS OBAMA 2.0

Here is a picture of my repaired Hot Toys Truetype Obama figure raising his repaired left arm. Broken arm and all, he's still one of my favorite figures. Who wouldn't want a mini-Obama for their one sixth collection.

I am still sold on Hot Toys. Their skill in producing face sculpts that look like the characters they are reproducing is unmatched. This Obama is the best sculpt out there. They've got him down from slightly over sized ears to the creased brow and look of concern that he usually wears when making a important point during a speech. Here is a close-up below so you can see what I mean.

The skin tone is not exact. President Obama is lighter toned than the figure and he is missing his beauty mark on the left side of his face just above his left nare.

Boasting 38 points of articulation is awesome but, breaking on the first pose isn't. Over the years Hot Toys has made major improvements on their basic figure and taken the advice of collectors by improving weak joints, changing the plastic composition and offering different skin tones and body types. I am confident that the areas of weak articulation points will be corrected also. Especially since they are going up in price for their basic figures. Hot Toys has a pretty good reputation for delivering top quality products.

AN ALMOST A TRUETYPE BODY REVIEW

Well, I was going to do a comparison between my advanced Hot Toy body and Power Team Elite body but, Hot Toys advance action figure body's left arm broke off with the first pose. I was trying to compare articulation. I guess you can imagine, my ten dollar Big Lots figure won the pose off due to default on Truetype body.

Man, I am so disappointed. The truetype body uses superior plastic composite but, obviously the joints tend to break. I had read about other customers having this problem but, the figure feels so solid that I thought it was some type of fluke. I stand corrected. Hot Toys has made significant improvements over the years but, as you can see from the picture below, there is definitely room for improvement.

I have had to fix Hot Toys before. I usually use crazy glue. It limits the articulation but, it's better than letting him walk around as an amputee.

Anyway, as far as height they are about equal.

As far as face sculpts, the Power Team Elite figure has a rather cartoon  like face. Hot Toys sculpts are always realistic and totally on point for whoever they are representing. I have noticed that almost all the AA sculpts are cartoon like while other nationalities seem much more realistic. Why, I don't know. Just an observation.

I still say that Hot Toys TrueType figure bodies are among my favorites but, if they are going to continue to increase their prices which a basic naked figure is now priced around $48 almost $50 and will be more than $50 with shipping and handling, they need to step up their game. I know that they are considered one of the top or the top 1/6 manufacturer. But really, their newest most improved figure can't take a little posing without breaking a limb? Really??? Don't get me wrong, I'm still a Hot Toys fan but, I won't be buying their more expensive figures. I'll stick to their low end bodies until I feel pretty sure they have corrected their easily broken joint problem.

Later,

Melissa

HOT TOYS DOING GREEN LANTERN!

Hot Toys recently announced Green Lantern as one of their upcoming figures.Green Lantern is portrayed by Ryan Reynolds so I know the likeness of him will be on point. I can't wait to see how they handle the costume which in the movie is CGI. This is going to be a challenge even for the master action figure creators at Hot Toys. Guess we'll just have to wait and see.

NIGHTCRAWLER

This is Nightcrawler from  the X-men 2 movie. Believe it or not, he is a 12-13 inch figure with a striking likeness to Alan Cummings, the actor who played the role. Hold on to your wallets...I got this one on clearance for $6. Told you I was a action figure collector on a budget. There are three figures in this series: Nightcrawler, Wolverine and Cyclops. It took me four years to complete this series. I was just not going to pay $75 for Cyclops when he originally cost $15.

In this head shot I took, you can see the facial tattoos and weathered leather look molded vest. the overcoat is made of plastic like material.

Here is a close-up of the figures head. They scanned the actor with a laser of some sort and programed the computer to produce his likeness. Outstanding!!! This series is definitely for display and collectors only. Each figure has very little articulation. Which, is fine by me because the figures really look great. I don't buy them for play anyway.

The costume is film accurate, down to his little striped pants.

Toy Biz even detailed his hands with delicate little lines and monstrous veins as well. Overall, this is one of my favorite X-Men figures.