NEW PRODUCT: HOT TOYS: STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN: KUIIL & KUIIL & BLURG 1/6 scale figure & set

GubernatorFan wrote:How is the blurrg going to drink out of that small bucket? Interesting how a little bit of Nick Nolte's features come through the alien mask/make up. I have heard this show is in trouble with Lucasfilm's recent casting decisions, but I'm glad to see it still getting some Hot Toys love.

1. His cousin brought him to the cinema in 1977, they were deciding between ORCA or Starwars. If they picked ORCA , “Hottoys” might not exist.

2. Truly fell in love with starwars because of empire strikes back. ( design , effects, cinematography, music , story etc)

3. Loves Luke the most. His first figure is a 3.75” Bespin outfit Luke. That’s why the first starwars Hottoys is DX07 Bespin Luke, he spent a lot of effort trying to make it as detail as possible. A new hope darth vader was difficult to nail as the prop was not perfect, took a lot of time to nail that one, was a great learning experience.

4. Revenge of the sith Anakin Skywalker to him is his greatest achievement. He loves the sculpt and the dark side base is badass, the fans love it as well.

5. Recently they showed lucasfilm the Mando Ahsoka proto and they loved it. He thinks it’s important that the fans and collectors love it too.

6. Will you release all starwars figures ?

A: there are way too many starwars character, some are obscure , some are even disliked by fans. It’s impossible to release them all. I will only make figures that have meaning or important in certain scenes. The fact is we most likely base the decision on whether the movie/ TV have good reception ( promotion) or not.

For example since Mandalorian is so close to ROTJ, it is easier for us to release figures from the OT. This is exactly what we were waiting for.

7. I would love to make the bounty hunters from ROTJ, especially with “ the book of boba fett “ coming out. It’s very likely that we make them.

8. I think most fans would love EU Luke with Darth Vader outfit. However we have too much on our hand that we won’t be making it anytime soon.

9. On Disney + shows:
I think lots of fans are disappointed with the sequels. Even me I don’t have any desire to revisit them anytime soon. The sales were awful. Mando is like the dawn after the dark . Especially Luke , he was redeemed , unlike episode 8. Introducing new characters in one movie is not gonna leave an impression. In contrast , mando’s Kuiil leaves you the impression of wisdom, a clear cut personality and very popular as well. If he were a movie character he would’ve been an extra. TV is good for new characters while revisiting old ones. My most anticipated shows are Obiwan and Book of boba Fett. I love boba and obi is set in ep 3 and 4 so we will learn more about that time , we may see DV again and the original ep 3 casts back!

10. We created the 1:6 millennium falcon since we wanted to advertise for the upcoming “ the force awaken “ movie. It took us 4-5 months to make it. It not that difficult to make. Although it’s not for sale, we got the idea on how big it is, how detail it should be and how to separate it partly and display it.

11. On making more starwars vehicles?

A: We showed Jedi star fighter too! I would love to develop more starwars vehicles, however, they are too big and the factory would face a lot of challengers and difficulties while maintaining a high quality. We don’t wanna do it for the sake of it. Also Disney have different licenses for different scales, even if we switch to a smaller scale for the vehicles, Disney may not approve it.

12. Starwars is the origin of why I build hottoys. Like George Lucas, learning from trials and Errors, bring on the creativity and always be ready when the opportunity comes.

Asta wrote:Howard Chan, founder of Hot Toys, recently professed his love for Star Wars in an interview he gave for the May 2021 special issue of Hong Kong's Milk Magazine. ...  

1. His cousin brought him to the cinema in 1977, they were deciding between ORCA or Starwars. If they picked ORCA , “Hottoys” might not exist..

Moonbase Alpha Male wrote:Or, we would all be buying very big, very expensive 1/6 whales...

Stryker2011 wrote:I must be the odd man out amongst the collectors over at the Freaks, as I honestly have no interest in this character. Aside from his “This is the way” catch phrase, I didn’t find the character all that interesting. I can see getting pieces from this (like the rifle, and even… oddly.. the bucket), but everything else… meh. I’m much more interested in the Armorer and Fennec Shand (and Cara Dune — but until the imbeciles running Disney and Lucasfilm are gone, she won’t happen).

Asta wrote:

Stryker2011 wrote:I must be the odd man out amongst the collectors over at the Freaks, as I honestly have no interest in this character. Aside from his “This is the way” catch phrase, I didn’t find the character all that interesting. I can see getting pieces from this (like the rifle, and even… oddly.. the bucket), but everything else… meh. I’m much more interested in the Armorer and Fennec Shand (and Cara Dune — but until the imbeciles running Disney and Lucasfilm are gone, she won’t happen).

He became less interesting when he was killed off, as with IG-11, because it instantly curtails any further development or even imagined adventures.

The downside of Rogue One was that Jyn died, but I liked the character and Felicity Jones herself so she lives on in my three Hot Toys figures. The ending could have gone either way, but it was decided to tie up all the loose ends, albeit in a homage to These Final Hours which always stands out like a sore thumb every time I watch Rogue One.

Hence the real draw with Kuiil is that it's an alien character, and an Ugnaught in particular.

Stryker2011 wrote:Eh, I don’t think his dying really has anything to do with my lack of interest to be honest. I didn’t find him interesting even when he was “alive” — just wasn’t all that to me. And since he looks so far removed from the ESB Ugnaughts, he just doesn’t look like what I’m used to. Plus, I never found them as “creatures” particularly interesting looking to begin with. It’s sort of the same with some of the Jabba’s palace goons — too many lazy looking designs.

Stryker2011 wrote:I’m all for more aliens being made, I just don’t find this one appealing. I have both the Clone Wars and Mandalorian Ahsoka on PO even though I have no real attachment to the character, but the dog-faced Skiff Guards in ROTJ just don’t appeal to me due to the half-assed lazy design. Now something like Tessek, or quite a few of the Cantina horde — those were cool (at least design wise).

Stryker2011 wrote:Well -- curse you, Asta! After looking at the ESB pics you posted (and just how god-awful those things looked; I guess it helps we only really every saw them for brief seconds under low-light conditions), I broke down and POd this guy -- he'll make a nice addition to my made up Star Wars characters. If I regret my purchase, I'm blaming you.


Just kidding.

Ovy wrote:Wasn't his catchphrase 'I have spoken'?

Now that I learned from you guys that Nick Nolte recored all the voice overs at home this makes a lot more sense . Maybe after every take he confirmed with the phrase 'I have spoken' and maybe they left it in there because it sounded cool.

Really great figure, which I will never buy .It might be cheaper to taxiderm a piranha and sculpt some legs and arms on it.