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So... Captain Marvel.
There's very much a love/hate relationship with the character, mostly due to the fact that one Brie Larson plays her. I personally don't get the hate, but I also don't have that much time to read up on anything and everything she does, not when more important things like Kanye and Kim getting divorced are happening.
I purchased an open Deluxe Hot Toy from a fellow collector here in Canada for about the price I'd pay if I were to find someone in Hong Kong to actually get me one, chalking the excess up to doing my part and buying local. We're all waiting to see how the Endgame version turns out in 1/6, but at this point it's guaranteed that there is no helmeted sculpt, which honestly is my favourite piece of the entire ensemble, as the Larson sculpt, accuracy issues aside, just doesn't do it for me in comparison.
I'm gonna gloss over a few details, namely that the figure comes in a standard Hot Toys box with sliding art cover, and holds a bunch of stuff inside it. The Deluxe version differs from the standard one by including her leather flight jacket, Goose, and two additional energy effects, which for the extra $40 I think it was is honestly a no brainer from a value perspective. Also, the jacket is actually quite nicely done with a good fit and even an interior liner.
Another quick gloss over is about articulation. If you follow Hot Toys, you've heard by now that she's basically a statue. Well, it's very true, with highly restricted torso, waist, and hip range of motion., all due to costume design (the way Hot Toys made it) and material choices. Things would be somewhat forgiven if you could put her into a decent flight pose, but there is no ankle tilting whatsoever, and the range of head motion isn't the greatest on the helmeted sculped, and pretty much non existent on the Larson sculpt.
The figure does actually have decent range of motion, but getting it stay in position is a horribly challenging task due to the thickness of the suit. If you had some sort of exoskeleton rig it could work. Alternatively, I feel if you could get things balanced, the figure could probably support props of the leg crushing variety relatively easily.
Since this is a Hot Toy, the proportions of the body are nowhere near that of the real Larson, or in this case... really an adult woman. You figure if they're going to make her Carapace a separate piece that they'd at least give her a better set of curves. I guess at least the use of the skin tight material does allow for the showcasing of the curves on the legs.
Having said all that, the figure itself does look sharp, thanks to a mixture of colour scheme, quality paint selection, and the lustre of the body suit itself. Making the figure look cool really isn't that hard, provided you are equipped with some basic Photoshop skills, it's making the figure look interesting that is the challenge.
Photoshop is also high recommended if you like to highlight the glowy bits on the figure as not only does it allow you to cheat, but I found that batter life isn't the greatest on the lights, and honestly flicking them on and off is a major pain as you need to remove the head or hands/forearm to get at the switches. Then rush to get into position and pray you camera is in place already and set to capture the glow while it's still optimum.
So overall, at this point there really wasn't much that shocked me other than just how restrictive the suit was. Is it the greatest Hot Toy ever made? Hell no... not even close. Is it the worst one ever made? Possibly, especially if you're a poser. But I think if you take everything into account, overall at worst she would be is below average as opposed to average, as the production values on the figure are still those we've come to enjoy from Hot Toys.
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So... Captain Marvel.
There's very much a love/hate relationship with the character, mostly due to the fact that one Brie Larson plays her. I personally don't get the hate, but I also don't have that much time to read up on anything and everything she does, not when more important things like Kanye and Kim getting divorced are happening.
I purchased an open Deluxe Hot Toy from a fellow collector here in Canada for about the price I'd pay if I were to find someone in Hong Kong to actually get me one, chalking the excess up to doing my part and buying local. We're all waiting to see how the Endgame version turns out in 1/6, but at this point it's guaranteed that there is no helmeted sculpt, which honestly is my favourite piece of the entire ensemble, as the Larson sculpt, accuracy issues aside, just doesn't do it for me in comparison.
I'm gonna gloss over a few details, namely that the figure comes in a standard Hot Toys box with sliding art cover, and holds a bunch of stuff inside it. The Deluxe version differs from the standard one by including her leather flight jacket, Goose, and two additional energy effects, which for the extra $40 I think it was is honestly a no brainer from a value perspective. Also, the jacket is actually quite nicely done with a good fit and even an interior liner.
Another quick gloss over is about articulation. If you follow Hot Toys, you've heard by now that she's basically a statue. Well, it's very true, with highly restricted torso, waist, and hip range of motion., all due to costume design (the way Hot Toys made it) and material choices. Things would be somewhat forgiven if you could put her into a decent flight pose, but there is no ankle tilting whatsoever, and the range of head motion isn't the greatest on the helmeted sculped, and pretty much non existent on the Larson sculpt.
The figure does actually have decent range of motion, but getting it stay in position is a horribly challenging task due to the thickness of the suit. If you had some sort of exoskeleton rig it could work. Alternatively, I feel if you could get things balanced, the figure could probably support props of the leg crushing variety relatively easily.
Since this is a Hot Toy, the proportions of the body are nowhere near that of the real Larson, or in this case... really an adult woman. You figure if they're going to make her Carapace a separate piece that they'd at least give her a better set of curves. I guess at least the use of the skin tight material does allow for the showcasing of the curves on the legs.
Having said all that, the figure itself does look sharp, thanks to a mixture of colour scheme, quality paint selection, and the lustre of the body suit itself. Making the figure look cool really isn't that hard, provided you are equipped with some basic Photoshop skills, it's making the figure look interesting that is the challenge.
Photoshop is also high recommended if you like to highlight the glowy bits on the figure as not only does it allow you to cheat, but I found that batter life isn't the greatest on the lights, and honestly flicking them on and off is a major pain as you need to remove the head or hands/forearm to get at the switches. Then rush to get into position and pray you camera is in place already and set to capture the glow while it's still optimum.
So overall, at this point there really wasn't much that shocked me other than just how restrictive the suit was. Is it the greatest Hot Toy ever made? Hell no... not even close. Is it the worst one ever made? Possibly, especially if you're a poser. But I think if you take everything into account, overall at worst she would be is below average as opposed to average, as the production values on the figure are still those we've come to enjoy from Hot Toys.