Hot Toys - Marcus Wright

Should really be keeping up with my blog, what a slacker!

Well the next Hot Toys release will be Terminator Salvation's Marcus Wright. The figure will include:

· Dressed in his movie accurate trench coat, t-shirt, pants, leather-like leggings and boots, and also interchangeable leather-like jacket.

· Accessories include harness, knife, shotgun and 3 sets of interchangeable hands.

· Interchangeable Marcus head featuring skeletal face

· Articulated and battle damaged left arm

· Authentic Sam Worthington likeness.

· Figure stand with Terminator Salvation logo and Marcus Wright nameplate

Artist info: -Head Sculpt by GOX (Eom Jae Sung) -Head Art Directed by JC. Hong -Head Paint by JC.Hong

The figure looks amazing and looks screen accurate, though shame they couldn't get the face accurate to Sam Worthington. The trench coat is a killer and makes this is one of the coolest figure around. The figure doesn't have much accessories, but Hot Toys have included a lot with this set with the extra head and outfit, all you need is to purchase an extra True type body.

I hope the movie lives up to expectation after seeing the crap that is T3!

Hot Toys Truetype Bodies

I recently purchased two Hot Toys TT Bodies, they were my first purchase of a complete body, usually I buy them loose from ebay. I was quite lucky to still be able to source a Bronze skin-tone with David Beckham's head as most places are sold out and they were first released couple of years ago. The other head resembles Prison Break charactor Michael Schofield.


Each figure has 38 articulation point making it quite poseable. They're quite sturdy so are able to stand without the need of a support stand. There are improvements that can made so the body base can be more flexibility, such as removing some areas so the joints are more adjustable. With some modification these are still the best base bodies around.

Hot Toys Deadman

This was Hot Toys and Jason Siu's collaboration some years back. Based on the SAS HALO force, the guy has his own special designed oxygen mask, the usual HALO gear: his parachute, alimeter on his arms which I didn't fit, backpack and his M16A2 plus M203 Grenade Launcher with the big NVS-700 Night Vision Scope.

The figure uses the first basic HT body which meant articulation was to a minimum, but you can get all the basic pose you need. One thing the old body lack is strength. You will need a stand to hold this guy up whilst the new TrueType bodies can be posed without the use of a stand.

There were two other versions of this figure, a Japanese only release and a Milk version, which was mono-colour. Even though this figure is old, it's still one of my favourite figures.

Star Wars Rapped

Old skool!!!

Batman: the Dark Knight deleted scene.

Matrix incoming!!

Every Matrix fan will be wanting one of these come Christmas. It is another Matrix film box set, blu-ray disc, with the The Nebuchadnezzar as the container and measures 60cm. The model,produced by Hot Toys, will be release on December 17th 2008 and cost US$376.

With Hot Toys producing this there may be a possibility that they might produce the characters as well. It be cool to see, since Hot Toys are making some high quality items at the moment.



I've also managed to watch Renaissance, which is a French computer generated animation film. I was impressed with visual having doubt at first because it was black & white, but it worked and gave it the atmosphere it wanted. The film reminded me of Blade Runner due to its futuristic settings and because of the detective theme.

Overall the plot was okay though I thought some parts in the film weren't necessary, like Karas' (main character) love relationship, which I felt was quite weak, more action would've been suffice. It's definitely worth the watch if you're a sci-fi fan. I hope the producer would create another film with Karas again as he's quite a strong character, and with the environment and world they've build, it is well worth exploring.

Star Wars reunion!!

On 14th September 9pm in the UK, Channel 4 will be broadcasting Justin Lee Collins' mission in bringing back the Star Wars crew from the original trilogy. If you're looking for all the dirts and secrets of old Star Wars actors than this is the programme to watch.

I'm really looking forward to this being a Star Wars fan and that JLC is such a hilarious presenter. I've never seen his previous 'Bring Back' programmes, but having watched his previous show the Sunday Night Project with Alan Carr, this latest flick is a must watch.