I received mine today and he looks great next to the SS Anakin!  I already know I'll never use one of the hands since I did not get the exclusive.  Kind of a shame that he still comes with a hand whose only purpose is to hold a gun.  I would've liked another "force wield" hand similar to the Jedi Minds Trick gesture.

That's not the hand's only use.  You can use the blaster trigger hand to simulate Obi-Wan stroking his beard in the scene where he delivers Luke to Owen and Beru.  It's one of the more iconic poses in ROTS.

Here's what I mean (I whipped this one up today):

I'm not much into the 12" scale but I want this figure sooooooooooooooooo damn badly. I almost caved at a recent con but they were asking $150 and up for it....

Order one from Corner Store Comics.  They're still available for $115 plus shipping.

Some of the upcoming pics have elements of the film directly incorporated into the figure.  I've digitally grafted either part or all of Peter Weller's unmasked face onto several shots, and I created a full "digital model" of the HT figure with movie-sampled/modified battle damage (but that will be in the next posting).

Here's a mini-review of the Hot Toys Robocop 1/6 scale figure being distributed state-side by Sideshow Collectibles.


Paint Application: 5

Perfect paint job (with one exception...it's at the very end of the review).  Very metallic in appearance and even has some color shifting properties.


Articulation: 4

Granted, Robocop doesn't have the full range of motion that regular humans would have, and that translates over into the figure.  However, there are certain moves that Peter Weller pulled off in the film that the figure can't do such as swing his arm back at a greater angle or cross his arm across his chest.


Sculpt: 5

While I'm sure it's not 100% accurate to the original Robocop suit, the figure is beautiful designed.  The rubber parts of the film suit are actually rubber on the figure.  The armor is made of harder plastic.  The details are all etched into the figure's body as well as painted.


Easy of Assembly: 3

This is technically a model kit along the same lines as a Kotobukiya model.  Robocop comes with the following parts:  head, torso, arms, legs.  The head is a severe pain in the rear to attach for two reasons.  First, the neck joint keeps slipping around.  Second, you have to be mindful of where your hands are on the torso because the connector rings near the neck are very fragile.  One slip, and you'll break them.  The head took me nearly 20 minutes to attach.

The arms and legs...they're a breeze, but do attach the non-holster leg first.  That way, you can put pressure on it while attaching the more fragile leg.


Fun Factor: 5

This is the ultimate Robocop!!!  Fans of the character will not be disappointed.  You'll see just how much fun I've had with this figure in the Photoshop pictures that I'll be posting very shortly.


There is one caveat with this figure.  When the figures were made, the factory made a grievous error.  More than just a few of the heads were placed in the plastic packaging trays before fully dried.  Therefore, many Robos have varying degrees of paint damage on the head because they stuck to the packaging.

Terrible quality control, but I didn't let it detract from the awesomeness of this figure.

If this is in the wrong section, I apologize, but I wanted to let my fellow collectors know about the problems I've encountered with Corner Store Comics regarding my Hot Toys Robocop figure.

First, they completely skipped over my pre-order when the rest of the orders were processed. The error wasn't even found until I called last Tuesday to find out what was going on. While polite on the phone, they never did clearly explain why the order was skipped.

OK...mistakes happen...no problem...

At that point, I was immediately charged for Robo and told that they would upgrade me from UPS Ground to USPS Priority at no extra charge because of their error (it was a free shipping item) and it would be sent out last Wednesday.

When I didn't receive the figure today via USPS, I called CSC again to get the tracking number. At that point, I learned two things:

1) They still shipped it out UPS Ground...not USPS Priority as promised.

2) According to the tracking info, it wasn't even shipped out until last Friday...two days AFTER the promised shipping date and three days after I was charged.

While they do have a nice selection of products at decent prices, I'd think twice about ordering from them in the future if I were any of you. In fact, I'm finished with them. I'll order from Dark Shadow, Fireside, or other retailers in the future.

Just wanted to get that out there as a warning to others.

You found that for $5?!?!?!  Kudos to you.  That's a fantastic piece and definitely worth more than five bucks!!  I was lucky enough to snag it from KBToys.com for $30 several years ago.

Am I the only one who doesn't see what Phillip's physical style or particular choice of fishing attire has to do with anything?

I guess I probably am, but I don't think it's easy to stay on the high-ground when you're picking on him for his goofy pants instead of his ****** attitude with members of his site when confronted with anything.

I agree.  His appearance has nothing to do with this except for the fact that I didn't picture him to look like THAT.

I, for one, am DONE with Rebelscum pending the completion of my outstanding deals with other Scummers.  I hope I am welcome as well.