Hasbro's biggest FAILED experiment? Checking out Black Series Hyper-real Darth Vader

[@AvengerLars]

I own the Vader one to. It's a pretty great figure, but the rubber suit has sort of started to fall appart at the joint areas.

[@TheTosic_]

Yup same with my copy. It was just sitting around on a shelf for a year and the joint area starts to come apart. But still looks great if you don't look close.

[@AvengerLars]

@TheTosic_ luckily on my copy it broke on the back side, so it's not visible on the front.

[@NerdsIAB]

WITH AUTHENTIC BATTLE DAMAGE!!!

[@paluxyl.8682]

Many people think that TBLeague (Phicen) figures are made of silicone, but it was confirmed by the company that they are out of TPE. I have heard in old review videos of Vader and Luke that TBLeague figure got a better material. As an owner of at least 6 Phicen figures with metal skeletons, they are robust but the material at the elbows is sometimes thin ... sometimes you can see the metal skeleton when the elbows are bend.

[@GilGonzalezjr]

My Hyperreal Vader is melting at the joints and the legs have pretty much shattered.

[@abcav297]

Realistic episode 3 Darth Vader from Mustafar.

[@TheSonOfRyan]

Oh that's so strange. Almost terrified to think about the Luke they made

[@edbraun383]

"Almost terrified"? You must lead a charmed life if that's almost terrifying.

[@MassHystarix]

​@@edbraun383 I assume they're using hyperbole

[@collector7993]

I had the Luke Skywalker version and its rubber started falling to pieces around two weeks after opening it. I ripped it to pieces down to its stainless frame and made a terminator out of it. What a waste of money, I only collect 1/6 scale now, that takes enough of my cash.

[@Darthbauer951]

Mine was in a museum pose and cracked to hell without being touched. Reminded me of the boots on the McFarlane headless horseman. I found it in storage a few years ago and the boots had crumbled like blue cheese

[@lowellmartens6135]

I have the Vader and really like him. I think this line would have done really well if they would have stayed with armoured characters.

[@chrishight6598]

Your points are valid. This is as close to a "Mego" Darth Vader as I'm going to get. When the rubber becomes a complete mess I will get a black jumpsuit and transfer everything to a Mego body. I'm happy with it but you are correct. That Bespin Luke is a mess and it is already rotting. The promotional pictures made the figures look like they were wearing cloth outfits. Live & learn. Great video!!!!

[@charger9105]

I have this figure and his left arm barely bends at all at the elbow joint. Other than that I haven't experienced any tears in the rubber suit. As a huge Vader fan, it's something I'm happy to have in my collection.

[@Channel2S]

I had no idea this figure even existed, it's really interesting to see Hasbro try to take a crack at Hot Toys style figures. They try fairly often to try and compete with high end import items, and usually the result is pretty disappointing.

[@The_Mojave_Mailman]

Back in the day, I don't think Hasbro was able to pull this off right, but now a days with all the advancements, I'm sure they could nail something like this with a stretchy nylon suit, the same way hot toys has started to do. I'd be interested in seeing this come back depending on who they chose to do

[@fun2building]

Back in the day?? This thing came out like two years ago at most

[@edbraun383]

​@@fun2buildingtry 6 years ago.

[@fun2building]

@@edbraun383 Wow I knew it was actually longer ago than it felt, I was being hyperbolic, but yeesh I didn't think it was over half a decade at all I still don't think that's long enough for them to pull this off now though tbh

[@The_Mojave_Mailman]

@fun2building nah they could easily pull it off now. It's just that it probably wouldn't sell and they don't want to spend the money developing a really nice 1:12 suit for vader out of fabric.

[@fun2building]

@@The_Mojave_Mailman I just don't think the "material over a metal frame" concept will ever work for something so small

[@therealfrananon]

I have the Hyperreal Luke. It's a nice detailed art scale figure, but decided to find a semi-relaxed pose and keeping it like that on display so it doesn't tear. No issues so far. I agree the original release price for those figures was absurd. Got mine on amazon for about 35 USD.

[@BrianLandrum-p7u]

Did they make a hyperreal leia

[@Nikolai1939]

This video has so many potential dirty jokes

[@lucasahumada6913]

I think some of those “pointing” hands are his force choke pose

[@Havok91]

I have the TBLeague Death Dealer and can confirm that you want to keep these kinds of figures in a case, minimize exposure, and use relaxed poses for long-term display. I'm not sure if TBL used a more durable material, but I still wouldn't risk it.

[@Freefall347]

I had a handful of 1/6 TBLeague figures (mostly the Egyptian Gods), and believe me, they tear too. Doesn't even take much. Like, a Captain Morgan pose is enough to mess up the knees over time. I'm not messing with that company anymore; the whole point of the endoskeletons (to me, anyway), was the insane amount of posability you get out of them, but then it turns out if you actually use it, you end up ruining them in the process. May as well just be statues. And that isn't even getting into the issues of how to clean them if they get dusty.

[@man6stingr]

Glad mine is still in box lol

[@francoisregis2155]

Yeah mine too I wonder if its still ok after all those years

[@CoffeeNToys]

I have this figure. First time I moved his elbow joint the metal tore through the plastic/rubber :(

[@kalebpinkston3495]

The tight metal skeleton probably is why they tear so easily. Rubber body is fragile and the skeleton is so tight user have to fight the figure just to pose it where only stresses the rubber until it tears

[@jacobhorn95]

I had both of them for a long time, NEITHER one was easy to swap the hands on honestly, but I do wish hasbro had tried to do more of these, at the very least a boba fett

[@jonathanhampshire6856]

I was excited for the idea of this line of figures; bigger, more detail, but the execution is bad. Even if they'd been able to use a durable rubbery coating that lasted; then figures like Luke should've had cloth clothing. Boots and gloves would be ok in a rubbery material.

[@tobywareing6435]

My Vaders is messed up, Boot peg snapped, arm rubber cracked showing his skeleton.

[@corporalcomet6328]

To be fair it would be a robot arm underneath, now you have battle damaged Vader

[@zufalllx]

"pre-owned" 🤣🤣🤣

[@sergeantfubar2750]

5:57 Silicone IS a type of rubber, I believe

[@jamesoblivion]

Silicone (sometimes called silicone rubber) is technically a synthetic elastomer. It is rubber-like in its qualities, but not true rubber.

[@the_blue_dragon_bd]

Honestly they could've pulled it off with a full fabric suit as long as they didn't use pleather because nothing is worse than that 😂

[@Kip_Star]

The Force effect reminds me of when Vader shattered the glass in Outlaws during the Officer’s office scene

[@alexdoniii]

From an stop motion point of View, the materials, the tight joints and the size with a little bit of work put into the swapable hands and the neck articulation should work like magic

[@RustbeltCollector]

It's cool that Hasbro experimented with this type of figure. Clearly they were not set up for this type of figure, but much like their smaller experiments like Galaxy of Adventures they jump in with a weird launch, flop, and then bail before the line can work out it's issues and build a fan base.

[@jumpcutreviews1545]

I would love a Mezco one12 Star Wars line. I’d buy all of them.

[@Jcc2224]

Surprised they haven't done any yet!

[@Tarnx2007]

This is more of a hot toys thing hasbro shoulda just stuck to traditional plastic 😭

[@jtemplin98]

Found mine at Ollies for 20 bucks, i had it on display but the boots started to almost melt, very weird and I just put it back in the box to sit on my shelf

[@jorgelizaso978]

I have it, I would say it's awesome, cause it looks great ... issue is that it broke in all the joints.

[@Mike6-Gaming]

13:34 After a quick google search, Batman is around 6'2 while Vader is about 6'8.

[@Mike6-Gaming]

Vader still looks a bit too tall here though

[@francoisregis2155]

Its scary I have bought that figure 4 years aho but I never opened the box due to lack of space guess I should keep it in the box I still haven’t seen damages

[@austinbeardshaw9344]

"he's more machine now than man"

[@matthewhibbard9807]

How do they call it hyper realistic but there’s no removable helmet, no metal chain and no light up effects?

[@Freefall347]

I think the force effect part is actually meant to mimic him deflecting blaster fire with his hand, like he did with Han on Bespin. That was always my best guess, anyway (given the Luke from this series was Bespin Luke, I figured Vader was as well, and I wouldn't have been surprised if Han had showed up in the next wave if the line had continued.).

[@dukeroyal1218]

The Toy Department usually has some good prices, 25 isn’t bad.

[@vaderswatch5974]

Had it the suit had cracked and his boots are all sticky and as if his leaking black liquid so I tossed it sadly

[@ReisWorld]

Hot Toys has the same problem with their seamless bodies too. I think Phicen / TB League has managed to master the correct material; they use food grade silicone.

[@Jcc2224]

I heard Hot Toys has upgraded to medical grade silicone. I wanna get the newest Bane and see how it works but I'm hesitant!

[@MonstersOfTheUniverse]

Crystal looking effect was the deflecting of the laser blast from Han

[@Unowdvalco]

It looks nice but god it looks so easy to rip apart or break in some way

[@bkr8932]

Take a drink every time he says “tight” or say “that’s what she said”

[@truesonsofmandalore]

Pretty sure that force effect is from when he absorbed the blast from Han Solo on Bespin.

[@adambackground]

This figure is so great.

[@karloffwinkler7118]

Don’t buy it. Save your money. For a product with lack of quality. “The lack of quality is disturbing”

[@pawarl.o.s.881]

I got one at ollies a few years ago. It was awesome until the heels on his feet broke, it was literally impossible to get him to stand after that.

[@MrDarthT]

I wonder if the rubber body was supposed to make it more durable than the Pleather body suits that Hot Toys uses. Unfortunately, if that's what they were going for, they wound up running into a different durability issue with the cracking rubber. I wonder if Hot toys could achieve a better take on this concept given that they've been dabbling with silicone bodies on some of their figures.

[@joshuachristian5443]

I've had this figure for about 3 years. I haven't any tears in my figure. I don't put him in any dynamic poses. Vader doesn't do that so it looks weird to me when people do that. Swapping the hands is a pain in the ass. I also feed a thin wire through his cape. There is an empty fold in it... almost as if it was planned at one time.

[@Prime501]

I'm getting the same vibes as those weird bendy Wonder Woman action figures that I see at Half Price books.

[@sh0gun77]

Can you remember a time when Hasbro had the money and balls to put out something like this?

[@snitchbug]

i think it’s when he blocks the gunshot in esb

[@rabidhammer31]

Set it and forget it lol, Nice score and vid for 25 bucks!

[@ctbarley3423]

Omg I love the toy department!!

[@ActionFigureMagic]

What's once tight? Will Loosen 😊 always wonderful about these 2 figures (does 2 figs constitute a 'Line'?) hmm This?. Is definitely the first time I seen a Review On him. And... For 25.00? Ida bought it too. The 70.00(MSRP?) Though? kept me? AWAY!😂

[@Mike-F117]

I love Toy Department! They usually have really good prices. One of Ohio’s treasures

[@BarakatheCollector]

6:26 there’s no way that was unintentional

[@soumyadeepbanerjee964]

My piece, which I haven’t posed much over the years, has torn slightly at the left elbow.

[@richardmiller1345]

Just a side issue. Why don’t force users just force push the off switch on the enemy sabre

[@lucasrezende7214]

The rubber suit looks a lot better than real fabric, fabric at that scale just doesn't drape and folds in the same way as real scale, the texture and seans also look very rough, too bad rubber just isn't durable.

[@davelovelock4007]

Lol.. love the review. Now inwanna find one of these janky things for $25 too.

[@chasemiles2166]

Sucks this line was pretty much dead on arrival. I would’ve been happy to spend a little more for a Hot Toys-esque figure from Hasbro.

[@FIDELELIZONDO-zw3oo]

Lore accurate possibility

[@anthonyperillo7065]

I completely forgot about these

[@Tarnx2007]

With mine the feet literally broke and I only have the figure for a month sold right after to the exchange 😭

[@superiorcybergodzilla5670]

I gave it to a friend for his birthday in 2007

[@raulzavala9061]

What other figures were planned for this line?

[@francoisregis2155]

They only had Him and Luke Bespin them they dropped the line

[@chickenninja5512]

Great idea for a vid

[@alexcharles8541]

The biggest travesty of this line is paying $25 for a used one when they still flood Ollie’s shelves for less than $10

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

Very fartworthy 1/10 weirdo scaled rubber Darth Vader action figure dolly 😂❤

[@劉金泉-s3g]

that's good ☺️

[@otaking3582]

Once again, stick to S.H. Figuarts whenever possible.

[@Mecha_Madness]

Idc what anyone says, we need a hyper real BS Grievous

[@SantiagoGardea-pl9se]

First

[@mariusbabii]

you paid so much because the people found out you are an youtuber, and all youtubers have loads of cash, on them,if you were like me, unemployed, people would have a heart on you and give you toys at a much dirt cheaper price, and hasbro, hates it's fans like neca does, so you got scammed by the best of both worlds, and no i will not send you nothing to your address, you didn't send me nothing in return,........bye, laddie,.....oh and you don't know jack about hasbro and neca, i do, but not gonna tell,....there are dark secrets coming from both neca and hasbro,.........marius(punk rules).

[@Jcc2224]

Oh hello gentlesir that told me I'm going to hell for not giving you my dead friend's toys! I see you're still the king of bad takes! lol

[@moonlightlove27]

Mpst iconic villian of all time? Nope. The Joker is.

[@Jcc2224]

That... is a very very valid argument. lol

[@jeebus2313]

It was an interesting idea, but yeah for all the issues and the price it was going for back then I can see why this line didn't last very long (i.e. all of, two figures lol)