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Interview with JC Hong, Hot Toys Chief Painter and Product Designer

Jedd-the-Jedi got to meet a few of the good folks at Hot Toys during the Singapore Toy, Games & Comic Convention back in September. Over the weeks that followed, Jedd put together an interview with JC Hong, who is the chief painter and production director for Hot Toys. There’s some very interesting stuff on how 3D technology is affecting their business, and how the US and Asian markets are different. Read on!

Jedd: Hot Toys designers, artists, sculptors and painters are known for their stunning attention to detail, capturing tiny nuances in faces, costumes and props that the regular person wouldn’t be able to catch. How much access do you have to conceptual art, costume/prop designs, set photographs etc. when working on products licensed from movies? Can you walk us through the creative process that goes into creating a Hot Toys figure?

JC Hong: The Hong Kong team is very good at searching for photos, fully checking details, and giving good opinions to us. Most of my job is on human faces. For creating a collectible figure, communication is very important.

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MattyCollector Cyber Monday Flash Sale Features Masters of the Universe Classics Evil-Lyn and Free Shipping

The first of Matty’s Flash Sales are on, and it’s none other than the classic MOTUC (is that redundant?) Evil-Lyn. When the sale page first went up, not everything on the Black Friday / Cyber Monday bundle page was discounted – now all items have sale prices, with the exception of the Temple of Darkness Sorceress. I placed an order this morning, and also got an additional shipping discount that was oddly a penny more than the shipping cost.

Oddly, I couldn’t get the total I calculated to match what Digital River quoted me – but their total was less than mine, so what me worry? Happy shopping!

“Better Than Black Friday” Sale

Sale Starts: 11/21/12 9:00 a.m. PT
Sale Ends: 11/27/12 9:00 a.m. PT

This is it… our “Better than Black Friday” sale! Here’s your chance to snag special offers, surprise items, and great deals, some at up to 30% off. The sale starts on the Wednesday morning before Black Friday and continues for six days, ending at 9:00 a.m. PT on Tuesday morning, November 27th. Be sure you check in often on Monday November 26th because flash sales and special pricing will come and go* and you never know what you might find!

*Please Note: Mattel reserves the right to change the sale price at any time and all sales are final.

via MattyCollector.com Online Store – Create Your Bundle.

Mattel DC Unlimited Series 3 Continues with New 52 and Injustice: Gods Among Us

While there has been no official announcement from Mattel, BigBadToyStore has put up pre-orders for the 3rd series of the DC Unlimited line. No big surprises here – we’re going to be getting more of the New 52 designs with Aquaman and Darkseid and more from the Injustice: Gods Among Us video game with Superman and the Joker. From New 52 we’ve already seen Batman and Superman and are waiting on Flash, Wonder Woman, and Hawkman to hit shelves. And from Injustice we’re waiting on Batman from the Batman Unlimited line.

I find the marketing of Mattel’s retail offerings a bit puzzling. I’d think they’d get more pop by putting out an Injustice line separate from their comic offerings. If the game is a hit and spawns a franchise, then they can milk the line the way DC Collectibles has with Arkham Asylum and Arkham City. And if not, at least they’d be able to piggyback on the marketing for the game when it hits next year.

The focus on New 52 is expected but still disappointing to me, in that I’d like it better if Mattel and DC Collectibles could find a way to release complementary products instead of rehashing the same characters and costumes again and again. And sadly for Mattel, DCC has been able to release more New 52 characters sooner (see also Blackest Night and Arkham Asylum / City), rendering the quarterly release schedule of a couple figures here and there somewhat limp.

Sideshow Collectibles “Spooktacular Social Giveaway” – Hot Toys Demon Batman and Scarecrow Set

This Hot Toys 2-pack with the Scarecrow and Demon Batman from Batman Begins was a 10th anniversary exclusive that was only available at a handful of conventions. Now Sideshow has two of them for a Halloween giveaway – love those guys!

It’s so easy to enter, but you’ve got to do it today! Good luck!

::Spooktacular Social Giveaway:: Hot Toys Demon Batman and Scarecrow figure Set
*There will be 2 winners that will win ONE set each of the Demon Batman and Scarecrow figures

Email facebook (at) sideshowcollectibles.com (type it out) w/ the following info by tomorrow Sunday Oct. 28, 2012 11:59 PM PST

 

Subject line: Demon Batman
Body of email:
Name, shipping address, daytime phone #
Permission to charge your CC on file for shipping of the prize

Mattel Batman Apptivity Figures On Sale on kids.woot.com

I am one of the ten people who don’t use an Apple iPad, so I won’t be partaking of this deal that Mattel has on kids.woot.com, for 25% off of its Apptivity figures. The way it works is that you download a free app for your iPad, like the Apptivity Batman app, and the figure has special contacts on the bottom so the iPad knows what figure you’re using and where it is on the screen. Sounds like it could be fun!

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