Got out for the most part, kept some stuff that I liked. Garbage hobby, waste of money. Invest in stocks and cryptocurrency. No need to worry about garbage materials for overpriced junk. Fcking scammers.

You NEVER use a Heat Gun on figures! Hair dryer is the Best, heat from hair dryer isn't as intense as heat gun.

Hot water over heat gun 👍🏼

I love the Fire and Ice franchise. Have no issue waiting for more figures though. Norseman …great painting . Figure makes a great army builder. The Conan soon to be revealed.5star. I would prefer figures based on the art of the Master. Ice Giants from Conan plus so many more. Future…please , hint , hint.. Tarzan , John Carter 🤙🏼

Very nice!

I am quite impressed with your ability to work in with super sculpey. Of all the out-there sculpture resins, this one remains a favorite. I would recommend "milliiput" or another two-part resins. Similar are "tamia epoxy putty" quick style, or smooth surface. These are quite expensive, and are meant for small details, as you know. Good Job! take care.

Larn the final Fire and Ice hero figure has a slighter build which means a new buck something they'll probably later use for a Tarzan or John Carter figure.

Beautiful figure, i hope we get the Sub human minions from the movie

Elastic is supposed to fall into gabs as it hides it. :)

Not ideal I know, but heat the hair and press it down fully. You should not have to heat the hands to pop off. We are going to make more Fire and Ice. :)

Thanks for the review! Been on the fence of getting this and really need the review before I buy. Articulation is not bad, I think the body sculpt of this is excellent! The anatomy looks amazing, so it’s perfect for different museum standing poses. The faces look nicer/prettier than the promo shots, which is nice.

I saw mine shipped, let’s check her out!

I know these are amazing art pieces with a hint of articulation, in an articulated world im comparing mattels cringer against this panther price and articulation. Art vs toy, but in the end it's my money😊but I'm a boob and ass guy. So I can't wait to put prince Adam next to teegra. A shelf for pets and companions.

I think the mythic legions and these new figures from Frazetta girls mix well. I’m also getting the Viking.

I’m waiting for her. I got the dark wolf he’s great! I i like the height dark wolf is compared to the Mezco Conan height.

This is why I always open mine on a bed then when things fall out they have a soft landing.

This really pisses me off. Shame on you her toys. Your customers pay hundreds and hundreds of dollars for figures. And they don't buy just one. They collect all figures. So when they all start deteriorating then you're out those hundreds of dollars and it's bullshit my man. I'm sorry brother that you have so many figures that are deteriorating

I miss my OG T2 Terminator MMS version. You're 100% correct, the leather or whatever it is that they used seemed pretty realistic to real leather. The only thing that needed an upgrade on that figure was the head sculpt. It looks fine with the glasses though. Actually sold a majority of my Terminator figures because of my illness and I was out of work. I needed money. I miss them all. This makes me so angry. Hot Toys gave us so many quality figures back in the day. Now the materials they use suck. How expensive is pleather? It blows my mind how cheap shit has got 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️😂

Thanks.

This Man must have Irish Blood, this is an Irishmans way of dealing with shit..... fk it have another drink 😢😂 atleast this 1/6 has Tuvoks only dance move from Star Trek Voyager, I'll make a wish not to buy this tho, I'm tipsy after watching ❤ click click click 🥶🛌

20th century icon. Vivacious woman.

This arrived very shortly after i saw your video 😢. Underwhelmed. I dont drink so you'll need to take a few for me. Im hoping to attempt a repaint like it looked in the original promo pics.

Weird, I got mine in ok condition. I think the hands should be pulled lightly with care. Why need to remove the armor, it’s just for displaying. Each Hot Toys have different accessories. I love the headsculpts, not a fan of real hair. It’s better to buy sealed rather than second hand. My opinion.

Why I stopped collecting Hot Toys. I dont have many pleather figures(just Star Lord, Gamora,Nebula,Scarlett Witch) so I figure I'll wait em out and let them degrade and hopefully someone makes better stuff.

Yet another reason I am done collecting

man, NONE of that is leather. NONE. at best a pressed material (like a cheap belt). mostly all fabric with a coating (think cheap sofa). the coating, like all plastics degrades. working with actual leather at that scale, because of thickness and size, would be prohibitively expensive

Would hitting figures with a clear coat before posing help you reckon ?

I had the EXACT same thing happen to my first Star Lord... had the get rid of the old long coat because it disintegrated and I also tossed the bag as bad as that felt. I bought the exact same short coat and its holding up well. I also lost my Age of Ultron Black Widow costume due to the disintegration as well. Feels bad.

Hi Tessjess buddy. How you been? I m worried about my pleather too. Do you think. This videos products will work? kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIGTk6Safsp-jsU

post from overseas is an absolute ripoff especially from oz and usa really bad great piece tho mate wish i could afford this i have the mattel version wich is okay thanks for sharing mate

Thanks for this share! My Crow’s jacket and pants are falling apart!!! It looks horrible! I looked online to get a replacement! Found another pleather set for 100.00 usd. Kept looking and found another for $400.00 dollars only jacket! I didn’t buy either! 100.00 for pleather that will fall apart in two or three years. No! 400.00 for just the jacket!! That’s the price of another figure in diecast! These figures are great looking and pricey! That’s why I’m thinking of cutting down on which ones to buy. And I’m seriously thinking of stopping collecting 1/6 figures. Go to statues. Although that has its issues as well.

This is why i usually stay away from pleather figures. Hot Toys just can't get it right.

I would rather pay slightly more for better materials that don’t deteriorate. I absolutely loathe pleather. No belts and straps and accessory parts should be made of anything but pliable rubber or plastic.

yes, HT did use real leather back when their figures were actually limited & not mass produced so that is a real leather jacket & pants on the T-800 Of course it wouldn't be practical to do that on the BD version even if they hadn't switched over to pleather by that point

DX10 is real leather. They didn’t use it that much, I can only think of DX10 and the ghost rider figures. The dx13 is pvc

As somebody who's always worried about deterioration and just began collecting, this was a great video. Love the accent bro you're awesome

The only issue i ever had was with eric draven, but i got him around 2013 the day he came out, and it's been years. I fixed him, though, and repainted him with fake black leather paint. I started using 303 and never had an issue with them yet and im in florida but we keep it cold in the house and i coat them every few months and I've used a clear coat sealant on them also. Really wish they give us leather or something else than a pleather ( last where did you buy those pants and coat for the crow in real leather? Thanks

Exact same thing happened on my figure . Such a shame ….. no idea why they still use pleather !

This is one of the reasons I don't collect hot toys anymore and also they always make a new version of figures and nothing feels special anymore.

Hello... I see you from Chile (thank you very much for your content and sorry for my terrible English)... As a complement to this video: 1.- the first terminator you show... It looks like it's the DX10. That piece has all its clothing made of animal leather, except for the belt, which is made of three-layer synthetic leather (if you look in its box you will see that this characteristic is even specified). 2.- In the 1/6 scale world, synthetic leather is widely used, mainly because it offers thinner surfaces that adjust to the scale in thickness and reduce production standard costs. 3.- There are many types of synthetic leather that are distinguished by their external finishes, but there are mainly two: A.- The two-layer = inner layer that contains the textile that supports the design and seams + outer layer with color and finishing aggregates B.- The three-layer = internal layer that contains the textile that supports the design and seams + intermediate layer of "talc" (which generates the problem of disintegration) + external layer with color and finishing aggregates. 4.-The most problematic synthetic leather is the "3-layer" that has an intermediate layer of "talc". This layer of talcum powder reacts mainly with cold and humidity (in direct contact or due to condensed humidity in unventilated places). When some kind of fluid manages to penetrate this intermediate layer, it causes it to expand, detach from the inner layer of the structure and the outer layer of color, inflating, peeling and detaching from the structure that supports it. 5.- The urban myth of many collectors is to apply "maintenance" liquids to these synthetic leathers (mainly those used for vehicle interiors). This action is a bad idea on three-layer synthetic leathers, because it risks the liquid reaching the internal "talc" layer through seams or weakening of the outer color layer. Now, as an irrelevant opinion of mine (and one that no one has asked me to do), I find that not posing your figures is missing out on a large percentage of the joy of collecting on this scale... It sounds as incoherent as not opening a can of your favorite beer for fear of let it end Well, on the one hand, there are super cheap methods to overcome these problems (I have been repairing and creating costumes for some time) and more than a problem I see it as the possibility of climbing to another level of enjoyment and generating a more intimate and particular bond of composing your collection. (which not necessarily everyone shares and assumes)... A huge greeting from Chile and thank you for your content!...

Terminator was genuine leather. It was back when enterbay were using genuine leather on their 1/4 terminator figure and hot toys did the same. (Enterbay switched to pleather for their battle damaged one) Also, a material back coating doesn't necessarily mean it isn't genuine leather. It might just mean it's taking the very top layer of hide, and sticking it to fabric so it's thinner and easier to work with. It's cheaper than real leather, but way longer lasting than fake leather. But yeah. This problem sucks. It's not the end of the world if it's some simple off the shelf looking pair of leather pants. But a lot of these outfits are unique to that character. You're not going to find third party replacements for intricately stitched and patterned leather pants. I tend to mostly avoid buying figures with a lot of "leather" in their outfits now for this reason. Especially with the cost of hot toys these days.

It's really depressing when this happens especially for the price we pay for these. I used a black liquid shoe polish on my Crow pleather coat and it's kept its softness.

This happened to my winter soldier black widow, so I replaced it with a spare civil war body/outfit and glued on the emblem from the winter soldier suit.

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Unfortunately doesn't matter if you pose or not ot keep in a climate controlled environment some pleathers are peelers some last longer. I've had dome sucess using fabric paint will leave a link below or just search sparks tron pleather and you'll find the 2 vids I made

the rambo with the m65 coat has a way better face

You just saved me some money. Thank you 😅

You get your money's worth here

Man, I need a drink!😁

Doesnt look bad. A bit pricey but the face sculpt looks like AS.