Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Hot Toys MMSV 04 - ASTRO BOY Vinyl Figure Preview

A thrilling tale of a true hero, in a futuristic Metro City, a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he has lost - his name is Astro Boy. Hot Toys is proud to present the Astro Boy Vinyl Figure based on the upcoming movie in OCT 2009 - ASTRO BOY. This follows the previous post announcement of the MMS 1/6 scale Astro Boy.

The Astro Boy Vinyl Figure is approximately 12.5 inches tall with limited movements. For full articulation, get the 1/6 MMS (Movie Masterpiece Series) version.

Release date: Q4 , 2009

© 2009 Imagi Crystal Limted / Original Manga © Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd.








3 comments:

Anonymous said...

this astro boy is at 12inch??? should he be at 6inch only???
Fixed pose? but still a great display figure...
correct me if i'm wrong but did you know that Astroboy is the very FIRST robot animation produced for TV/MOVIE! i think second was gundam? :)

alex teo said...

Hot Toys says that the entire figure, including structure will be 12.5 inches tall. I doubt a 1/6 Astro BOY will be 12 inches - that's too tall for a boy :)

From what little I know, Astro Boy is the first Japanese television anime series ever created.

Unknown said...

Does anyone know where I could buy this figure? Ive been searching everywhere and its always out of stock