Hot Toys Bodies?

[Scullow]

Looking at the Sideshow site I noticed figures of the Marines from Aliens, Apone, Hicks and Vasquez. They have bodies made by Hot Toys. No obvious signs of articulation. I wonder what the chances are of Sideshow using that type of body on the new Angel figures and future Buffy releases?

Open to discussion.

[FireflyFlanatic]

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Already did have a discussion about that but, yeah, I wish they could do this. I don't know if it would bring the prices up or not and if so maybe they could only do it on the ones that would have exposed arms but think how great Subway Spike and PG Buffy would have looked without all the exposed joints showing.

[aerosmith]

Yes, but they wouldnt look good later on when the rubber starts to rot.

[FireflyFlanatic]

Good point Aerosmith!! Would never want to see that happen with any of my Buffy figures!

[aerosmith]

Yeah. My Headless Horseman figure from McFarlane had a problem with the rubber rotting. I had to throw it away.

[Digital Leonardo]

I think that works with the more 'pumped' character, since they are able to build over the original joints. I don't think Buffy characters have the right arms for it, not even Spike... I mean, most of the character have slender arms.

[aerosmith]

Actually I think The Rambo has metal rods under his rubber skin.

[deannaB]

fireflyflanatic said:

btvsfigs.proboards48.com/index.cgi?board=sideshow&action=display&thread=1132358052but think how great Subway Spike and PG Buffy would have looked without all the exposed joints showing.

Well, not that great, considering that Buffy would still have that high hairline and those weird bulging eyes and Spike would still have those weird gaps between his teeth and everything else that just seems to be going terribly wrong with his mouth. Honestly, the exposed joints don't bother me nearly as much as bad likenesses and paint jobs.

And if it's like the (non-SS) Anakin Skywalker that I have, it makes it harder to bend the joints, especially past a couple "clicks" worth, and the further you try to bend it, the more likely the rubber will immediately snap it back straighter. I imagine the rubber might not hold up with use and would eventually rip under the strain of being stretched every time you bend or twist a limb.