Hot Toys Iron Legion - Avengers Age of Ultron - 1/6 MMS299 - video and photo review

Happy easter 2016 everyone! As a recent addition I got myself the Iron Legion MMS299 figure by Hot Toys Avengers Age of Ultron line. It's a good figure but more something for Iron Man or hardcore Avengers fans. Hot Toys introduced a new way to open / close the battery compartments with a plug-in cover - a nice addition and I hope they continue with other figures soon.

Enjoy some photos and the usual video review.

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Hot Toys Ant-Man MMS 308 1/6 - video and photo review

Ant-Man by Hot Toys has arrived - a very welcome and very good release. Check out photos and the usual video review. Watch out for some quality assurance problems on the first batch: it seems a certain percentage of units are missing the magnets on the mask - i suppose this will be fixed with the following batches. The chinese assembling line seems to have had a lazy day...

Headsculpt, suit and mask sculpt are very well done and the highlights.

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Hot Toys Vision - Avengers Age of Ultron - 1/6 MMS296 - video and photo review

Another member of the Avengers has finally got into my collection - Vision! Hot Toys did a very good job on this one, it might not be the most iconic character but a very nice and different addition to your shelf. Vision can be ordered at Sideshow Collectibles and should be available in April.

Top work on the headsculpt and i really love the eye lens replication - it looks like in the movie. Impressive work at such a small scale. The biggest flaw is the ridiculous "shower curtain" on his back...well...you could call it cape...but i don't like it. It's nowhere accurate to the movie design. Let's hope for some customizers to get on board and make something cool. Enjoy some photos and a vid review in this post.

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Sideshow Collectibles Predator 2 maquette exclusive video and photo review

So I decided to invest in the Predator 2 Maquette by Sideshow Collectibles. After early reviews I got really interested in this piece and bought it right away (lucky me some hours before it sold out...) - the presence and overall quality looked really good. Fedex shipment from the US to Switzerland only took 5 days and Sideshow had an amazing shipping quote of 40 USD...unbelievable for a 15kg piece.

I was not disappointed, the first impression is damn fine - and I had this nice "woow"-feeling! It oozes of room presence and i really dig the armor paint with lots of color shades that you could not see on most photos. For 1200 USD you get a lot, but after closer inspection it lacks a bit in detail-love. Especially the paintjob on the unmasked headsculpt on mine was in some areas sloppy. If you're a hardcore Predator collector it's probably a must and you should track down one now.

It seems the first inhand reviews had a very positive effect and to acquire one directly at Sideshow will be a challenge: all exclusive versions are sold out and the regular edition is on the wait to distributors. Maybe you can try an get on the waitlist at Sideshow. The exclusive comes with additional hand sculpts with 2 items: breather mask of the left hand and a nicely sculpted disc for the right arm - not a must but i really like to display him with Spear and disc - totally badass.

Unfortunately i had one noticeable paint flaw that bugged me to hell: a yellow-white paint spot on his cheek. I decided to repaint it and at the same time i took the chance to repaint the gum area on the mandibles to a rose tone. Out of the box it was more yellowish than fleshy. See photos below with the repainted gums.

Enjoy some photos and a video review:

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Hot Toys Scarlet Witch - Avengers Age of Ultron - 1/6 MMS301- extended photo gallery

Tried some different poses with Scarlet Witch today. Enjoy the new photos covering all the details:

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