THE MOST ANNOYING THINGS ABOUT HOT TOYS!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- Hot Toys and Sixth Scale figures are awesome, but they aren't without their critics! I asked my friends on Instagram what they thought the most annoying things about Hot Toys were ... Here is what they came up with!
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The most annoying thing about Hot Toys for me is seeing the same Franchises and doing the same Characters, over and over again , the Golden days of Hot Toys is long gone now when we use to get different franchises and that's what made Hot Toys interesting, not anymore.
Would love to see them go back to the Pirates series. Need my Barbossa!
Are you trying to tell us you don't want the new, 13th version of Boba Fett coming out? 🤣
Agree, they need to have more variety.
Oh man, let's see here...Laziness on the bases (like the footprint one with SW figs), The "Reissue Mark 46" guy on every Hot Toys photo, no flight stands for some figures (MK 47 and WM Mk 4) who require them. I think my biggest problem with Hot Toys is their lack of communication with their consumers. If they update a HS, Update us ASAP, not when you release it, otherwise they risk having mass cancellations. Leaving us hanging on those "coming soon" figures too, just rip off the band-aid, let us know yes or no.
Great points!
Hey man, love your pleasant way of speaking. I've been collecting for about 10 or 15 years- believe it or not, there didn't used to be a 'wait' time. I can't speak to non-Star Wars items, but they were usually posted for sale and available immediately. If I remember correctly, the first time I recall seeing some sort of delay was for the bounty hunters that SIdeshow offered. I think they were paced a few months apart. I might be remembering incorrectly. EIther way, wait times were nowhere as long as they are now.
The most annoying thing about Hot Toys for me is the 'blank stare' on the head sculpts.
I personally don't mind the batteries, but I don't want to think about having to replace them and then forgetting about them, only to have them corrode a few months later.
Great insight about wait times! Thanks for sharing. And yes; battery corrosion is something I don't want to have to worry about either!
People who complain about the Jake Gyllenhaal headsculpt that was added to Mysterio FOR FREE per request of the community. Don't be suprised if hot toys doesn't do this again because this had such bad reception.
So much this!
Agreed. I’m screaming praises to HT for doing it as a way to drown out the haters.
im pretty sure a headsculpt was teased (Blurred image) when it was announced, and then they removed it. It wasn't a free add on. it was expected to have one.
@@BrodyLyon No Mysterio wasn’t originally coming with a Headsculpt, but then everyone complained that they wanted one so about 2 weeks after announcing it Hot Toys made a post with a blurry Jake face image and said they were adding it in then it got deleted and we didnt know if they would stick to it or not. It was a free add on to the figure
@@nickscollectibles1017 ahhh, that sounds like it. I definitely remember early on it had the blurry image. Makes sense now.
6 years ago the glory days ended for Hot toys collectors.
Scalping ruined it , deliberate inaccuracies so they can do later rereleases, and Iron Man after iron man after iron man.
Also now there are videos offering market price tips encouraging scalping. That is the worst part of collecting Hot Toys
Yeah, that is disappointing
Totally agree with the wait times
#Pain
Great points! Even worse than waiting for the figures' estinated release dates is when Hot Toys choose to delay them even beyond the estimates. The most notorious example of this must be the Endgame line where we are still waiting for figures like BD Mark 85 more than 2 years after the film came out. That's the real hype-killer! I think not worrying so much about pre-orders but trying to release the figures no more than a couple of months the after the films release would prevent over-encumbering Hot Toys' supply line and be a wise strategy in the long run
Can't find anything wrong with what you said!
Mezco one 12 does the same thing they teased the Predator figure like 2 years ago and still waiting smh 🤦🏾♂️
As a SW and MCU collector, easily no.1 would be the use of pleather (sculpted plastic easily better in most cases) and no.2 Hottoys crashing the market with "re-issues" (and/or version "2.0") which is a double-edged sword. If these 2 issues were solved, a lot of collectors would be much happier.
100% agree!
Installing batteries omg
Painfully horrible LOL
So many F bombs dropped over the years!
I recently subscribed to your channel, and I enjoy it. You have good information with a concrete dialog. My concern would be the hand options. Some figures come with more hands than others, and I would purchase additional hand gestures as an accessory pack. I know I'm reaching here, but additional head sculpts with different expressions to enhance the theme of the figures facial expressions for fighting, angry, etc... They did that with the recent end game captain America
Yes! Expressive sculpts are some of my favorites! Great idea
Ok.
The most annoying things for me personally:
1. The prices here in Europe !
Everything is almost double than the prices in Usa.
Why ?
There is a way for Hot Toys to control the prices here and to make them a little bit more equal.
2. Bad quality control.
Those figures are many things, but cheap they are not.
I expected much better quality control or at least, better glue.
3. Lack of premium materials !!!
Paying 460€ for Mark47 die cast and discovering, that all of the parts are mainly plastic including the chest and the face plate doesn't make me happy at all.
On top of that I don't speak about some nice polycarbonate material, I am talking about the cheapest plastic possible.
+ as bonus some glue issues.
4. WHAT is the point one figure to be so crazy articulated, if the material doesn't allow to pose that figure at all ?
I am talking specifically about most of the Spider-Mans.
Of course everything what I wrote it's my personal opinion !
Great point on Spider-Man articulation! He needs to be posed!
@@KeCoCollects Thank you my friend !
I just want more in general for my money.
Otherwise Hot Toys is a nice company no doubt about it,but if ,,your" prices are so high,expect zero tolerance for defects.
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I see what you did there. LOL. Fair point though! DC needs some love
I'd say after seeing other collectors complaints I'd say the ability to pose them needs to be approved. Seems like so many figures have to be left in museum pose or the elbow rips or the fabric creases. Pretty expensive figure to only stand straight up arms down.
Agree on that! Cloth figures aren't bad, but those rubber/leather outfits are dreadful
The most annoying thing has to be the batteries! I totally agree with you. Maybe I need to take them out of my Vader figures, but they were a pain in the ass to put in. I rarely turn them on because of that. Too bad they couldn't do something where the feet can connect to a base that would power on the lights in the figure.
A powered base would make too much sense haha.
I hate the batteries,when I first started collecting I always put them in and had to break the battery cover open because I the screws are so tiny and would often get stripped.
Batteries are not worth it LOL
10:35 we are looking at you Original Winter Soldier 👀
Yup!
I used to be really into HT back when they were making a more diverse selection of figs 5-10 years ago. Then they just became boring, not much diversity in the sort of lines they are making, pretty much its just SW or Marvel
Fair point!
Just started collecting sixth scale a year ago. My biggest gripe is that, out of two separate pre orders, Both have missed their ship by dates. My Grevious was supposed to be received in Dec., didn't get until Feb. My Clone Wars Ahsoka was supposed to be shipped last month at the latest...still not here with an updated ship date ranging from April to July!!! WTF???
Yeah, the delays are depressing .. and sadly, only going to get worse
By far, It’s the lack of licenses. I mean, seriously, are these neon tech iron man figures selling well??? Or these video game spider-man figures??? Wouldn’t hot toys make more money if they acquired some awesome licenses for movies that fans love, producing badass characters that fans love. I don’t get it. Maybe I’m wrong. Third party 1/6 all the way.
I know it all comes down to making money for them. Which I understand. A majority of their sales are from Asian markets so what sells the best there is where they focus.
Great video! As for your question on facesculpts, Rise of Skywalker Rey just doesn't do it for me, unfortunately. I can't identify what it is, but I did pick up the Rey and BB-8 Force Awakens set yesterday because I prefer that sculpt more!
I agree! Much better likeness
i dont collect hot toys but all of these points stand true for mezco also
I imagine so Lol
For me it’s the word that should not be said out loud! It’s the Voldemort of materials!! I despise p.l.e.a.t.h.e.r! 😫
Fair assessment! Lol
it cost so much
Perhaps. Depends on how do define the worth!
Do you ever think they will release the captain America in the endgame team suit like they said they would years ago?
At this point, I would really doubt it :(
It’s a shame they never got that fugitive predator out such a cool ass design
If only they pumped out predators like they did Iron Man
Personally for me it's when a figure looks amazing but cant pose like it needs to. A good example is the iron spider videogame/comic version which looks absolute stunning on a shelf but cant pull some of the classic spidy poses.
Fair point!
now do one about hasbro and you will have a 5 part series
Accurate. I feel that pain
A complaint I have is I wanted to swap my iron man headsculpt and SS said no. They said I had to go through the retailer to swap it and they didn’t help me. So I’m stuck with the crappy one.
Yeah, that sucks :(
I have to disagree on the Star Wars boxes - I have them stacked on top of my bookcases, and it just looks neat and tidy seeing all those uniform black boxes with the gray Star Wars logo. I buy these to look at the figures, not the boxes. To me, it would look untidy to have a lot of different colored boxes.
Fair point! My boxes are in storage anyway... can't deny they look clean!
The most annoying thing is they never did a John Connor from T2, literally the main character of the whole franchise. Just… why?
Truly a mystery!
@@KeCoCollects indeed, just being a new collector it’s a pain trying to get some of the classics which came out over ten years ago, and not in the best condition sadly.
I need kree uniform Captain Marvel 😭
Yeah, that green is SICK
Hey KeCo. I am bidding on a Hot Toys Anakin from ROTS on Ebay. I'm the highest bidder at $375.00 with $30 shipping. There's a couple hours left. Do you think I should pull the trigger?
Heck of a deal if it stays at that! But those last minute snipers are annoying as well haha
@@KeCoCollects Yep, the winning bid was $430 + $30 shipping. But I wasn't willing to go over $410. Still a decent deal. I think he goes for $650 usually.
I guess for me the most annoying thing about HT is incomplete lines ( not about talking Marvel, Star Wars ect.. as those lines are huge). I'm talking about smaller lines were we get 1 figure and that's it. It seems to always the villains that are left out . Prime example for me would be Batman Returns, where's Catwoman and Penguin ?
Yeah, I would LOVE to have Catwoman or Penguin!
I guess, I'm the only one 'happy' with the waiting time 😅.
Gives me enough time to save up.
And for the 'taking up space' point: this is the only reason I got Commander Cody for retail price from another collector (they switched from collecting Star Wars to Marvel) - so, no complaints from my side. 😁
Great deal!
You just got a new subscriber :D.
Thanks!
What’s also annoying is when you have a figure that you would think clearly needs to include a dynamic flight stand but they cheap out and put a crotch grabber. Ugh! Lol
OMG! Yes! Why provide "foot boosters" for the mk47 and no flight stand??
you can think sideshow for hot toys star wars art boxes. Sideshow star wars boxes are very similar. Since ssc originally had the rights to star wars 1/6, maybe its their fault.
Great point!
I like the 1/4 scale for me there more impressive and detail and of course bigger and can get a better likeness to them
I've seen the 1/4 Vader and it is gorgeous
@@KeCoCollects lol yes but its has an helmet as his face so that would be easy to make and the likeness to that would be more or less 100%
If people made such dedicated videos for SS and other 1/6 competitors of HT we would have a better all round competition. But I guess only the best receive hate 🤷♂️
Good point!
They teased a B2 Battle droid but based it off the Mandalorian INSTEAD of AotC. That’s a little irritating.
A b2 from Mando is better than nothing
@@klaustruthahn4185 Is it though?
I’d spend real money on a VF-1J Macross 6th scale figure.
Those look interesting!
Most annoying thing about this video... the over 50 zoom cuts... LOL
Fair point!
I am not annoyed by batteries because I never use light up featuer, ever.
Same!
Great video
Thanks!
Living in Canada.
Here can I find Hot Toys dealers?
My best guess would be to call around to local comic shops. I don't know if Sideshow ships to CA, but if they do, go to their site and use their retail store locater and it will let you know if any stores nearby can sell them. Hope that helps!
@@KeCoCollects Good advice! Thanks.
What annoys me is hottoys discontinue the original star wars carachter lines for example grand moff tarkin.
Yeah, tarkin is a great figure