Hot Toys
Type | Private |
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Founded | 2000 |
Headquarters | Hong Kong, China |
Products | Plastic models, action figures |
Hot Toys Limited is a Hong Kong-based production house for designing, developing, and manufacturing highly detailed collectible merchandise to worldwide markets. Established in 2000, the company initially focused on producing 1:6 scale U.S. military special forces action figures before transitioning to production of high-end figures based on media properties, primarily under their Movie Masterpiece Series brand.Their team of artists is led by sculptor Yulli and painter JC Hong. In 2010, Hot Toys’ one and only official store, Toy Hunters, was recognized as one of the 50 best independent shops in Hong Kong by “Time Out” Magazine. .[1]
Licensed properties
Films
- 300
- Alien film series
- Alien vs. Predator film series
- Astro Boy
- Avatar
- The Avengers
- The Amazing Spider-Man
- Back to the Future
- Batman
- Batman Begins
- Blade trilogy
- Captain America: The First Avenger
- Clash of the Titans
- The Dark Knight
- The Dark Knight Rises
- Edward Scissorhands
- The Expendables
- G.I. Joe: Retaliation
- The Godfather
- Goemon
- Green Lantern
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army
- Indiana Jones
- Inglourious Basterds
- Iron Man film series
- Iron Man 2
- Iron Man 3
- Kamui Gaiden
- Man of Steel
- Mars Attacks!
- Pirates of the Caribbean film series
- Planet of the Apes
- Platoon
- Predator film series
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
- Rambo film series
- Resident Evil film series
- RoboCop film series
- Rocky film series
- Space Pirate Captain Harlock
- The Spirit
- Spider-Man 3
- Sucker Punch
- Superman
- Superman Returns
- Star Wars
- Terminator film series
- Thor
- Thor: The Dark World
- The Warlords
- Tron: Legacy
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine
- X-Men: First Class
- The Crow
TV Series
Cartoons
Video Games
- Resident Evil game series
- Assassin's Creed Ezio Auditore
- Metal Gear Solid
Anime/Manga
- Appleseed Ex Machina
- Astro Boy
- Battle Royale II
- Black Jack
- Mobile Suit Gundam - Char Aznable
Comic Masterpiece Series
- Friend
- City Hunter
Celebrities
- Christian Bale
- Marlon Brando
- James Dean
- Michael Jackson
- Leslie Cheung
- Namson Lau
- Wong Ka Kui
- 50 Cent
- Bruce Lee
- Eminem
- Snoop Dogg
In popular culture
Hot Toys action figures have been used in stop motion videos, specifically by Patrick Boivin[2] and Hong Kong based movie director Derek Kwok.
See also
References
- ↑ "50 best independent shops: Hobby". Time Out. September 15, 2010.
- ↑ YouTubers' Guide to Action Figures video-creativity.blogspot.com.