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A mixture of super heroes and villains to sports Stars like Michael Jordan and Music icons like Michael Jackson. If They've not made a life like presentation of your favourite actor or sportsman chances are they're going to!
The collection has grown drastically over the years my passion is collecting and sharing future releases to help build enthusiasm in "The Hubb"
The majority are Hot Toys - the big player in the industry, they were first established in 2002 and have grown in popularity ever since .
Enterbay, Blitzway and Storm Collectables are their closest rivals having produced similar licences such as Terminator and Bruce Lee figurines. Blitzway have released Scarface , Fightclub , Carlitos way and soon to be released the 80"s Ghostbusters!
Their popularity has grown with the emergence of the internet and buying platforms such as EBay and Facebook. Reviews have grown in popularity on channels such as YouTube and SideshowFreaks. There is now a large community who buy sell and trade their beloved items, for the artistic buyer Hot Toys are a great choice as they are fully poseable figures with incredible features that match the film to the smallest detail.
A photographers dream especially as a fan of film, some great posts to illustrate their likeness gives excitement for new releases that gives the Hot Toy collector a Buzz for the next chapter in there collection.
As for investments the average Hot Toy MMS or movie master piece for short , sold on release from £100 - £120 back in 2003
Today these items particularly sought after and rare go for much more - on the open market rare pieces such as the God Father and Blade are valued between £400-700.
The DX range - short for Deluxe are the premier of Hot Toys and are limited.. Today there are 14 issues from Hot Toys being numbered from 1-14.
The very first DX was Heath Ledger as the Joker- Extra accessories and awesome Collectable boxes make for a very special Collectable. However the main difference between the MMS (movie masterpiece series) and DX are the functionalities- being the pers system which stands for parallel eyeball rolling system- the eyes move! This is great for capturing poses / stop motion / photography and adds an extra element of realism to the Collectable piece.
Upcoming releases are exciting hobby enthusiasts and drawing more and more people into the 1/6 Collectable world. Stay tuned for more releases and hot Toys news , please upvote and follow 