Why Hot Toys? WHY?!?!?

My updates have been far and in between lately. Writer's block? Or lack of interesting topics?

Hot Toys is bleeding me dry. Oh yes they are. They've released photos of their upcoming 1/6th scale figures from "The Dark Knight". And they are awesome.

So awesome that I wasted no time pre-ordering them. These 2 babies are going to cost me a bomb. And that's not counting the new Dark Knight suit. It's just a matter of time before pictures of those are released.

I think that's a bloody good likeness of Christian Bale

The Joker doesn't particularly look like Heath Ledger, but its a damn fine figure. And looking at the circumstances, I think this is one figure that's going to sell out fast.

So, in their newsletter, Hot Toys wrote that they were releasing 5 products from their "The Dark Knight" license - the first two being the 2 figures above. They teased the customers stating that the fans should get bigger shelves or clear their shelves.

Why?

Because of this:

Collectors were speculating that Hot Toys were going to release a Batpod (in case you didn't know, its the "bike" that Batman rides in the picture above that's featured in the trailers). Too be honest, the Batpod is kinda cool and all, but it wasn't really something that would be a "must have" item for me.

Then Hot Toys blows us all away when this picture was leaked:

Hot Toys are releasing a 1/6th scale MOTHER-FUCKING Tumbler! And its got working lights! This thing is going to be huge. And naturally, the price will be a bomb as well.

As a comparison, the priciest item from Hot Toys yet, the Aliens Power Loader which came with an Ellen Ripley 12-inch figure (price was close to RM 1ooo).

Size of box with a 12 inch tall Donald Trump figure. Can you imagine the size of the box now?

Come to think of it, maybe the Power Loader cost close to RM 1000 due to the added cost of including a 12-inch Ripley figure with it.

Here's hoping that the Tumbler will be alot cheaper than the Power Loader. Please, please, please.

It's been sometime since I last watched a movie at the cinema. Managed to catch "Iron Man" a couple of weekends ago.

People have been raving on and on about how awesome "Iron Man" was. I thought it was alright. I don't know, I just think that I'm just so hyped about "The Dark Knight" its going to be the movie to beat (IMO) for the year. Nothing else seems to matter. And all this is just from the few minutes from the trailers of Heath Ledger's performance.

There's talk about how Heath Ledger should get an Oscar for his role as Joker. I guess its true what they say, there's no Heath Ledger in that movie, there's only The Joker. Heath Ledger IS The Joker.

Some new pics and posters.

It's going to be awesome and I'm still counting down the days. Very soon.....

Oh yeah, it sucks when you're stuck in bed with busted up ankles. Feels like being a crippled. Good thing the swelling's gone down. I should be up and running by Monday (I hope! I better be!)

Took 2 days of leave on Thursday and Friday to "rest". Might as well, on the last count, I still had 20 days of leave which I have not allocated. Plus its already the middle of the year!

I think I need a vacation - just to chill, just to recharge. Don't necessarily need to head off to some exotic destination (though that would be nice), just relax, not think about work.

Maybe I should plot some leave during the opening day of "The Dark Knight". Sounds like a plan.....

I know I've posted this before, but this has to be seen in Hi Def.

"The Dark Knight" Trailer # 3 HD (High Definition)