BERSERKER PREDATOR

Originally i only planed toget one single Predator, since i saw soo many of this guys and most of them looks really amazing, i didnt wanted to fill my room with Predators. But destiny wanted something else… it wanted me to meet a guy who wanted to get rid of one of his figures… the poor predator was dusty and had his “leather” leash on his armour broke, soo this guy wanted 100$ for his Berserker Predator.

100$ is not cheap, but things change when you notice the real price of this guy back in the day and the price he boast now day. I could not rests since this figures are pretty rare here in my country and eded getting him, cleaning him and adding glue to his armour and he is as good as new for half his real price!!

 Aside of that, the Berserker Predator was the most unique design from the Predators movie and given his price, i never consider getting him at all. Hot Toys did a great job with him tough he have a couple of flaws that make it obvious how really old is he.

He is big. BIG. Huge and i think he is the tallest figure i actually have. He is bigger than the Gecco statues and he is pretty heavy. He can stand on his own perfectly tough he still comes with the standar Hot Toys base (wich is kinda useless given how big this guy is). The scale is a problem tough since it seems this guy is supposed to be taller than the “standar” Predators, but he have the same scale as the City Hunter Predator. I think 6 years ago many people complaigned about it to Hot Toys and is understandable since scale is one of the most basic issues when you have a full collection of characters already stablished like Hot Toys have.

I am up to ignore the scale tough.

His articulations are fantastic and strong and since he dosnt have the fish-net outfit of the City Hunter Predator and his armour is pretty light (he is almost nude), his arms and legs can move freelly around as much as we want. Out of all the Hot Toys i have, he is the one with best articulations along side Batman.

His armour have a cooper like texture and color, and while its design helps to the articulations, the whole thing keeps in place thanks to the leather straps. This makes it really delicate actually, since you can hold him from the torax and remove one of the straps by accident. I can see why he didnt ahd the straps in place when i bought him.

I have to say his boots are hilarious and pretty damn cute since i never saw a Predator wearing shoes.

The real threat are his quills and his body. His quills are fantastic looking and have a disturbing and real texture, they give a lot of life to his silhouette and the red tips make him totally different looking than the City Hunter Predator (or the rest of the predators actually).

His body have extremelly sexy shapes (those pecs!!!) and the reptile texture is really amazing. The other Predators have a skin with a “meaty” texture… not human but not really animal either. This guy here is just a big lizard, full of scales with a natural and detailed pattern and theres not a single mistake on the paint in here. The red marks are vibrant and the ones on his chest looks almost iridescent.

He comes with his BioMask that can be plugged to his back and with the push of a button, turn on his laser sight thanks to a LED on his helmet. The light is actually pretty soft but is a nice little extra (this is way i didnt take pictures). The mask have the coolest design with the lower jaw bone as a trophy, that makes him looks really savage.

But here comes the only issue i have with him. Unlike the Cuty Hunter Predator, the BioMask dosnt comes with a lower mandibles portion to fit inside the “madibles hole”. Instead the mask is only placed over his face and thats it…is supposed to fit and stay in, but in reallity it keeps falling over and over again even if i dont touch him.

This is an extremelly lazy design for such an expensive and high end product. But this is a pretty old figure as well soo i guess Hot Toys was still experimenting back then. I am glad the most rescent Predators have this detail fixed.

Details on his armour includes the plasma cannon on his shoulder that can be removed and have an articulated arm to move around (The barrel also rolls perfectly) and the detonator on his arm wich is revealed after opening the small door near his hand. This is actually not a detonator at all, since it dosnt have a screen to how th show the cowntdown, but instead i think this is the manual control of the Predators ship.

Once the mask is removed (wich is extremelly easy) his revealed face is really good looking. His forehead is bright red and looks almost painfull, since it seems his head is bursting open. He dosnt have the green radioactive eyes of the other Predators, but instead he have yellow pupils with the resy of the eye in blood red deliniated by a black shadow under them, he is really demonic looking.

The sculpt of his interlocked mandibles is really nice and sharp too and this sections can be removed and exchanged for the open mandibles segments. His look is amazing, he looks even more frighting and evil, tough i have to say, Hot Toys didnt manage to nail the perfect look in here. In the movie, his lower jaw is pretty elongated and looks almost insectoid, in here, the mandibles are a little too short and make him looks less repulsive.

Is weird that Hot Toys miss this kind of details, tough the result is not as unerving and sad as The Boss.

He also comes with a short blade on his gauntlet. This shirt blade can be removed and exchanged for a medium size blade and a long sized blade for real combat. This blades are all made of real metall and are pretty sharp.

He also comes with this (pretty usefull) extra hands and a skull trophy. This trophy was the biggest disapointment of the package since is pretty much the same it comes with the City Hunter Predator, soo now i have two bloody skulls that looks exactly the same. Really? Hot Toys? More than 100$ for your toys and you rescicle accesoryes?

And thats all he have. Out of all the Hot Toys i have, he is the one with less accesoryes and extras, but it makes sence since he dosnt used any tool or trick in the film, after all, it seems he only have his cannon and his blade and i am actually glad they didnt add a lot of useless shit since every accesory of him looks good on the display.

Even if his face is not 100% accurate and he is supposed to be taller, i am pretty happy with him and how he looks on display with the City Hunter Predator. Get this guys is really adictive!! I am now pretty damn tempted to get the Tracker Predator with his hound or the Elder Predator.

CITY HUNTER PREDATOR

For years i saw this guys at store and always wanted one of them or a Sideshow statue. The Predator is one of my favorite characters and movies and seen all the amazing figures they produce of him made my mouth drool.

After looking at almost all of them and see theyr prices…i finally decide for this guy: Hot Toys City Hunter Predator from Predator 2.

I wanted the classic one from the first movie but is pretty rare and expensive for now. They other guys from Predators are pretty good looking but they cant have theyr mask removed of they dont have many accesoryes and are pretty expensive. This guy had a pretty descent price and is loaded with more accesoryes than the rest and also, being the main antagonist of the Predator 2 movie, he is pretty close to the classic design.

I had a lot of troubles taking a photo of the box since its pretty damn dark and it have the text made with red shiny foil. I wasnt able to take a descent image of it but the box is pretty elegant and damn ominous with the masked figure in the shadows and the main title shining in a violent red.

He comes with the standar Hot Toys base with his name and logo but this time the base is pretty useless because he is HUGE!! While the other rigures “sit” in the support, hes really way to big for it and need to stand on his own most of the time. Gladlly, his gigantic feet make him stand pretty nicelly without the base help.

His skin looks….weet and organic wough he dosnt have the hairs in between his abs he shows on the movie. The armour is brown, unlike the classic predator, and have a pretty intrincate design with some greenish rust here and there.

He have this big claws/razor blades on one of his gautlets and they are made with actuall metal! They shine and they cat cut skin as well. While this blades are pretty amazing looking, they cant be removed soo he have a lot of problems moving his wrist thanks to them. I also cut my self a lot of times triying to change his hand.

He also have a “bones bag” that hangs on his left side (to store medicines or maybe small trophys?)  and on the back side he have this small metalic box that can be removed and be opened. Inside theres all the medical tools he uses to operate his severed arm and injuries. This tools cant be removed but are an amazing detail and shows how obsesive are Hot Toys to make this toys.

His left arm gauntlet can be opened and show the self destruct system he uses in the movie. He also have a left hand designed to push those little buttons.

The next accesory is a mask. I dont know why a mask but i watched the movie again to find out and he use it when they shot him with a shotgun. Maybe the mask is some kind of anestesic device? It dosnt sound as a good idea use anestecic while in the middle of a hunt but the cord can be attached to his back (wich make it even more strange. and as an odd feature, he have a second mask that can be placed on his hand. Why did they produce two masks instead of one? I really dont know…it seems like a waste of material for me.

On his left leg he have a net shooter. He can introduce his fingers of one of his extra hands inside and is supposed to shot a metalic net to his prey. Sadly theres no net in here.

On his right leg he have this articulated disc holder with a deadly disc on it. This disc was used on the movie to cut his right arm and is also the weapon Harrigan uses to kill him in the final battle. The disc can be separated a little bit soo his fingers can fit inside the little goles and is one of the best accesoryes he have.

On his left shoulder he have a laser gun wich is smaller than the Classic Predator one. The laser gun is pretty small bus is pretty articulated and can look and tilt at any direction. It can also be placed behind his back when is not used in battle.

He also have an extra left arm. A severed left arm when Harrigan use the disc to cut him and make him fall into the skycraper. The severed arm is pretty gruesome and the blood have a green radioactive shine on it. I am deffinetly not displaying him like this.

Theres also this odd looking machine that looks like a small relic, all rusty and full of grey liquid with two robotic looking points at each side. This thing looks pretty archaic and also have an art deco feel on it. But once you open it, is also a spear. The points open in both ends and grow into a spear as big as the predator. The design is pretty amazing and the pointy parts are pretty sharp…

He would not be a good hunter if he didnt had a trophy too. A skull with an spine attached to it, all bloody and with meat hanging from the bones this is the best accesory he have in my opinion.

Aside of all those items and the extra hands he have, i must mention his mask. Not the gas mask but the actual full mask he use. Its pretty dark and grim looking and fit perfectly on his face but it also have cords with an electric system that can be attached to his back. And with the push of a little button, led lights turns on on the left side of his mask.

The light is not pretty strong but is a pretty cool detail.

He have two extra mandibles that can be attached to hise faces withot any of the mask. A pair of mandibles to give him a serious look and a pair to display him roaring/screaming. I am glad they do this instead of him him extra heads and both madibles have a pretty amazing sculpt.

The inside of the mouth looks weet and meaty and the colors on his skin looks pretty organic. Almost like a natural camouflage. Theres blacknes around his eyes and his eye balls are radioactive green wich gives him  apretty evil and malevolent look.

His quills are made of ruber material and flows extremelly good around his head. The quills have an amazing movement and texture but i am afraid is gonna be a pain in the ass cleanin them from the dust.

Just like all Hot Toys figures, his articulations are good (not great) but are hidnered by his outfit. He is nude, you say, but the armour pads on his shoulders prevent his arms to move too much and the net covering his body dosnt let him move his legs too much. Its really a shame that such a big and expensive toy have this articulation problems but all Hot Toys products are the same soo i was expecting it.

As final comment i should add hes on perfect scale with other Hot Toys. He is a couple of inches taller than Snake, Chris and the Resident Evil girls and i am glad HT dont have scale issues like Square Enix have with theyr Play Arts Kai.

The articulations are a shame but aside of that i am pretty damn happy with this guy. Is a pretty impresive Predator and…makes me….want…to buy…more of his brothers…..

BATMAN

HotToys have LOTS of Batman figures. Not as much as the ridiculous amount of Ironman´s, but still they have many many version of Bale´s Batman and a few of Keaton´s Batman. While i hated Bale and i have a soft spot in my heart for Keaton, i dont see non of them as the definitive Batman. I never liked theyr design of “armored” Batman.

But when Arkham Asylum was released i was in love of Batman´s design. Aside of the OBVIOUS reasons and his baranes and big muscles, i found his look and design pretty close to the concept i always saw like the perfect Batman: with the long ears, angular and menacing face and an outfit that looked like a whole uniform covering a bulky body instead of a transformer robot.

Last year HotToys released Arkham City Batman and i was excited for him! Tough the price was WAY too high and i wasnt able to afford him. He is still on some toy stores on display with the high number on his price tag and i doubt someone dare to buy him.

But eventually i saved some money for another figure: The Creature From the Black Lagoon. And of course, i wasnt able to buy it cus someone else got him before me…ugggh….but to my surprise the store also had Batman and they had him at a very low price!!! It was a pretty nice surprise.

I was pretty nervious to get him thanks to his outfit. Naked Snake uses a similar outfit and he is almost a static statue and Chris is no better since his pants and “flesh” covering his arms restrict the articulations way too much. But THIS guy is a reall exception.

Batman is spectacular in details, his cowl and gauntlets are jet black and clean. I wish his gautlets had some “damage” but is just a minor complaing. His costume have a perfectly done texture and his belt is realistic and detailed with little signs of use here and there. His eyes are wet and perfectly painted and the texture on the skin of his lowe jaw is really fantastic. Each wrinkle of his lips is perfecly sculpted and sofly painted and you can even see 5 o´clock shadow.

Hot Toys sculpt and paint is beyond perfect, is trully creppy how realistic it is.

He can stand on his own, but he still comes with the standar Hot Toys base too. The logo on the base is pretty cool but the base as a whole is kinda useless given his odd design (the figure is supossed to be sit on it).

Here comes the tricky part: the articulation. He have a fully articulated body under his outfit but Hot Toys FINALLY managed to free the articulations. The body is a little thinner soo his outfit is kinda lose, the big muscles are actually shaped in the latex costume, not the digure himself, soo he have some “space” to move inside. This is both stetic and usefull since he can move his arms to a much wider range than i was expecting.

He still cant put his arms above his head but he is much MUCH more movable than Naked Snake or Sheva Alomar and Chris Redfield. Also, his legs are a separate piece independent from each other and the torso, soo he can pretty much open them and move them as much as i want.

The armour on his legs with the ugly tongue dosnt get in the way either soo if i have to compare him, i say he is as articulated as the Predator.

He comes with an extra lower face with a fierce expression. The quality is as impresive as the serious expression if not more, since every single on his teeth are sculpted and painted perfectly and they are even wet looking. He also comes with toons of hands but thats standar now days actually.

He comes with his basic batarang that can be placed on a small hole on his fist (something perfect given how the other Batman toys cant even hold the batarang), the explosive gel thingy, the line launcher and the Batclaw.

His Batclaw have a pretty stylish and elegant design and the claw is actually removable (something useless since it can get lose pretty easylly) and it have a second variant claw as well. The line launcher is the most detailed of the items since it have a pretty intrincate sculpt and a vibrant blue and yellow metalic paint on it. The barrels are also articulated and can move left and rigth.

In fact, it feels like he dosnt have too much items compared to the Resident Evil guys or Snake but i cant think of anything else they could have added. Maybe a couple of smoke bombs? Batman really dosnt have too much weaponry aside of this.

In last place he have his cape. Is not remobavle and is the only piece made with fabric and a pretty classy one it. The outside is made withplastic material to make it looks like leather and the inside is made with black silk for a shiny and more dark looks. I dosnt have wires but the weigth is good and can be placed in various shapes thansks to the “latherish” part.

I only wished the cape was longer tough… it would be pretty silly to fight with a long cape but it may looks much coller.

And he is HUGE. He is much bigger than Jill and Sheva (of course) but also bigger than Chris and Snake!!! He is the same size of the Predator. I always expect Batman to be pretty tall but i dont know how i feel with him being Predator size. In the end i dont know if he is too big or if Chris and Snake are way too small.

I could say Chris and Snake are too small since they are the same size of Jill but the Predator makes me think otherwise. Is the Predator supposed to be taller too? I dunno…i didnt expect Hot Toys to have scale issues actually, not for the price they ask for theyr products.

In the end, he is incrediblly good looking and he is much better articulated than i was expecting (still kinda stiff), my only issue would be the scale since i dont know wath to think about it at all but i am pretty happy with this guy.

He mades an exceptionally nice item for a videogame collector and at the same time satisfy my Batman needs since i dont have many figures of him at all, also he is one of the most bara visions i have ever seen. If only Hot Toys release Arkham City Catwoman (in Jill´s size!) i could not ask for anything more.