I wasn't able to preorder the Artisan version, but I got my hands on the collector edition. I can live without the rooted hair anyway, because this figure is amazing. It will be my first DC figure from Hot Toys. I just had to grab this guy!
The head sculpt looks absolutely incredible. The details and work that went into this one shows. It looks fantastic. I think from what I see here it’s the best one yet. I’m a little bit shook.
I’ll be getting the sculpted version, I know a lot of collectors would like a million different figures to be made instead of another TDK Joker, but for those of us who are newer to the hobby and didn’t/couldn’t get the inart, this is a win for sure 👌🏻 also, Heath’s performance in the movie is arguably the best of the 21st century, so it’s always going to be bankable for companies like HT to make these 🃏
@@michaelmyersplays4992 didn't plan on getting him although he Did look pretty awesome. Did watch the post videos though and saw lots of reactions. Fun times.
Yes I agree with you this figure does look great. I also have the inart Joker. I'm going to say what I've already said on collector freaks. This is a prototype Joker that they're showing and all the photos that they show. Will they be able to deliver every single figure that they make look as good as they're showing it here? Probably not. I have been collecting Hot Toys since 2008 and they never come fresh out the box completely perfect like INART did. INART mass produced a figure with amazing quality.
There's really nothing I can complain about or any deal breakers that would stop me from buying this. I just found a retail InArt sculpted so I bought that, but this is just as good, with different nitpicks. Only things I can nitpick are his hairline not being receded enough, the inside colour of his jacket looks red and not orange, and like you said the pants should be a darker purple. Those are so insignificant that anyone should be happy with this prototype.
This figure with hair instead of being part of the sculpt is just fantastic like the Anakin one... the hair makes them look so realistic... action figure photographers will be able to make such realistic photos... I'm going to pray for an Eric Draven from The Crow with this hair too...
I guess I'll go for "bust" then, in order to save $200... I appreciate the rooted hair version but I rather save that difference and get another figure. Thanks for the preview.
Interestingly, I think the Hot Toys Joker looks more like Joker from the movie, whereas InArt's Joker looks more like Heath Ledger in the Joker makeup. I don't really know how else to say it. Both are incredible.
@@JustinsCollection I have the artisan Joker on pre order! But was able to score a special edition dx11 with the brown shipper for $265 shipped. I couldn’t pass up haha
I fear Hot Toys is using planned obsolescence for figures they know people will buy multiples of e.g. Batman, Iron Man, Joker etc. They even don't seem to care about the headsculpt resemblance anymore. That's why I'm glad Inart is kicking their ass so hard now, they'll have to amp up their game again. IMO while this Joker looks great, Inart version still wins by a mile. Inart bothered to replicate the weapons from 1/1 down to the tiny prints and trademarks, which Hot Toys will never do.
I agree...the rooted hair version is fracking incredible. I venture to guess that when everyone compares against InART...it may be splitting hairs. Great job Hot Toys...
Very nice, but imo there's too much hair and it looks too full. Heaths hair was thinning at this point and so it showed.Everything else about it is wonderful though.
This is difficult,as i like what inart has done,but also the price point on this isn't as much (i believe?!),as the inart,also it's a shame we don't have the bare hands as mentioned,it would've been nice to have them for posing possibilities,will they add those hands?!,& will they also tighten up any bits to make Joker more on point?,like they did with their Batman figure?! (Batinson,Panther 2.0! ),may have to be sculpted hair for me,can't decide?
I feel ya man, it seems like Hot Toys is just answering to the better competition. They give you 1,000 accessories but don't give enough attention to sculpts or the quality of the figure. Like, F the bases and the accessories and give me an amazing figure.
Both this sculpt and the InArt sculpt are great. They are different expressions and from different scenes with different make up details.. so it's unfair to compare them to one another. The one thing you can compare though is the hair. The sculpted hair is better on Hot Toys and the Rooted hair of InArt blows whatever this is out of the water.
It sounds like hot toys was just being cheap and pushing the same product until another company came along and one up them now they are doing what they could have done before because they don't want to fall behind as the premier 16 scale figure company
how can u say they have made too many dark knight jokers yet not complain about iron mans or all the different luke skywalkers and what not...hot toys has continued to upgrade their figures with more detailed likeness as their technology and craftsmanship improves and we need to encourage them to do this. You sound like hot toys should have just stopped at dx11 for joker..... come on justin....
Hot Toys didn’t try to actually step up their quality because of the consumerism and conformism. Consumers specially the conformist ones are/is the people to blame
@@JustinsCollection if collectors keep buying they feel confident to release the "same" product, just like nike. It’s not the same scene but similar due to resell, quality thing, etcetera
Competition breeds innovation. Hot Toys needed a serious competitor. Seems like every new Hot Toys announcement has moving eyes…..they also could have been doing this years ago. They had the means to do so. Capitalism gets a lot of hate these days, but it drives better products. Iron sharpens iron. Imagine a government controlling all means of production, no competition. You would get nothing but rubbish.
