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