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Is the zipper on the suit fake? It looks fake on the pictures. If so hot toys is really slipping.

very nice!

I prefer angry BW, but this one is unquestionably pretty. I don't even mind the sculpted hair, since it looks like it might not impede on articulation too much!
And if that zipper is indeed fake, I personally welcome it for the sake of realism. The big zipper on my Winter Soldier BW has always bugged me a little.

I don't get it how is a fake zipper more realistic?

m76 wrote:Is the zipper on the suit fake? It looks fake on the pictures. If so hot toys is really slipping.

The zipped does not function as a zipper. I assume Hot Toys did this to retain resolution. Quite often, zippers tend to be over-scaled for 1/6th figures. Also, i assume Hot Toys does not intend collectors to attempt to remove the outfit.

m76 wrote:I don't get it how is a fake zipper more realistic?

If the zipper is fake, it can be made smaller and thus more 'in-scale'. The realism of a lot of 1/6 scale zippers is dampened by the fact that, in order to be functional, many of them have to be made over-sized.

There are some exceptions, of course, but oversized zippers *is* something that can be problem with a lot of 1/6 scale clothing.

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The prototype looked amazing!
When the production pieces started showing up not so long ago, collectors were loosing their s--- over what was perceived as.. Hot Toys appeared to have altered the portrait slightly?
Why? Who knows?

Wow. I wish all 1/6 figures had portraits that were that far off from the prototype. I think she looks great. I looked up the prototype pics, and I just don’t see that much of a drop off. If I had bought the figure, I wouldn’t have given it much thought, and I tend to be super critical when it comes to prototype sculpts vs production sculpts..

I think it's probably moreso that Hot Toys tends to have a higher rate of 'similarity' between prototype and final product than the various third party companies, so maybe people have different expectations?

Nice pick up!

I wonder if they did the fake zipper in an attempt to stop all the pervs from lowering it…?

Stryker2011 wrote:I wonder if they did the fake zipper in an attempt to stop all the pervs from lowering it…?

I bet there's been a lot of 'I pulled the zipper down and now it's broken and won't zip back up' complaints over the years.

Recently I bought DamToys Gangster Kingdom Spade 6 (Ada) for a fair price at ebay. In fact I am not fan of the Gangster Kingdom Series, because bodies and head sculpts look too much cartoon-like. Nevertheless the body tattoos and the accessories of the figure Spade VI are so cool that I couldn't resist.
In this little sequence poor Liam Neeson is confronted with this evil character.

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The last pictures show that even more realistic head sculpts look good on the body.

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Nice acquisition. I bought that figure when it first came out. So many interesting accessories.

Nice photos ElBundy! Looks like she fits well into your collection

I've always found their accessories to be very useful for kitbashing, but I can't say I feel the same about the cartoonish parts.

My latest, and useless item. I wanted another small body to fit into fashion doll clothes so I bought an S37a because it was $15.00 cheaper than the other options. What a useless figure, it's tiny, even smaller than the S24. Too small even for Barbie clothes. So my attempt to save a few bucks ended up costing me, because I don't have much use for this body. I can only put her in particular clothing, so very limited. Well, moving on...

What about some Obitsu clothing? Maybe the really small Obitsu stuff? There are some nice clothes made for those on Etsy....

I have numerous petite bodies (both s25b and s27b) and I use both Obitsu clothing and Made-to-Move barbie clothing on them all the time. Usually I go for Obitsu 27cm size, though sometimes the smaller Obitsu sizes fit the legs and hips but not always fitting over the bust on the s25/s24. The smaller sizes (Obitsu 24/25 cm ) can fit the smaller bodies, s26/s27. Certain regular MTM barbie tops and skirts can sometimes fit s24/s25, as well.

Also check out my old thread that I started (though I need to update it soon) with headsculpts that are small enough for s25/s24 and also for some of the s26/s27:

https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t3873-headsculpts-for-petite-tbleague-bodies-s24a-s25b-and-s26a-s27b-continually-updated

Well, she looks nice. Plus, if you ever find a realistic youthful enough face, you can have a proper child figure.

Ada makes for a great gangster! Good catch!

Melancholia, you're S37 looks beautiful, but I understand the frustration. I pre-ordered that Sailor Moon set from a few months ago because I can't think of anything else to do with her, other than using her for anime drawing reference.

Oh my bad, I was reading the post too quickly before I had my coffee and thought Melancholia was talking about not being able to find clothing for s24. You are right, that anime style body is REALLY tiny. I'm not sure what will fit it other than something like Blythe, Pulip or Momoko clothing, perhaps.

skywalkersaga wrote:Oh my bad, I was reading the post too quickly before I had my coffee and thought Melancholia was talking about not being able to find clothing for s24. You are right, that anime style body is REALLY tiny. I'm not sure what will fit it other than something like Blythe, Pulip or Momoko clothing, perhaps.

There is some nice clothing for them at least!

I recently got a non-seamless body in a lot that fits most fashion doll clothes but I am not sure if you'd be interested in a non seamless body, Melancholia, and for the life of me I have really found which make it is anyway - shame as a lot of historical projects require the use of fashion doll clothing.

GubernatorFan wrote:Well, she looks nice. Plus, if you ever find a realistic youthful enough face, you can have a proper child figure.

I actually am looking for a shorter body for a Penny Figure by TBleague/Phicen that I have because they are a tad too tall for Angela Cartwright (and I prefer to get the heights of characters more or less right). Does anyone have any suggestion for a body for a female young adult that I can use?

Kynaithos Homerides wrote:

GubernatorFan wrote:Well, she looks nice. Plus, if you ever find a realistic youthful enough face, you can have a proper child figure.

I actually am looking for a shorter body for a Penny Figure by TBleague/Phicen that I have because they are a tad too tall for Angela Cartwright (and I prefer to get the heights of characters more or less right). Does anyone have any suggestion for a body for a female young adult that I can use?

I am currently using a tbleague s27b for a teenager character. But you have to make sure you find a head that is small enough to go with it.

Didn't buy any "full" figure recently, but I grabbed a new headsculpt for my Indiana Jones, I had the opportunity to buy a custom painted head in second hand, and a few other bits, leather belt and holster, custom shirt... Quite an upgrade for my old dr Jones (still looking for a replacement jacket as mine is peeling off slowly but surely)

Sorry for the quick phone shots, I'll do better soon!

That looks great! Very lucky score.

That is indeed a great Indy likeliness. The lighting is also very typical for indiana jones and fits perfect

Nice grab on that Indy sculpt, Alex.

It looks very good, Alex, and I know you will put it to good use.

Very nice Alex! nice upgrade!