~ M ICON DX Series ~
Paying tribute to the King of Pop, Hot Toys is proud to present the 1/6th scale Michael Jackson collectible figure, this time depicting his image in his popular hit Bad’s music video of 1987, highlighting the authentic head sculpt, the multi-layered stereoscopic hair sculpture and the highly-detailed costume of his style. A complimentary value-added set of upper outfit portraying his image in the Dirty Diana music video in 1988 is also presented.
The 1/6th scale Michael Jackson (Bad version) collectible specially features: Authentic and detailed fully realized likeness of Michael Jackson in the Bad music video, Newly developed head sculpt with new make-up, Parallel Eyeball Rolling System (PERS) and colored Translucent Iris, Multi-layered stereoscopic hair sculpture, Slim version of TrueType body with 38 points of articulation, Approximately 30 cm tall with One (1) pair of fist hands, five (5) additional right and two (2) extra left interchangeable and posing palms, Each piece of head sculpt is specially hand-painted
Costume: Two (2) sets of costumes (one (1) set for Bad version and one (1) set of upper outfit in Dirty Diana image)
Bad costume: Black jacket with buckles, zips and pouches as accessories, Black and white tees, Black pants with buckles and a red stripe on the left, Four (4) belts with buckles (three (3) in black and one (1) in brown), One (1) pair of black shoes with buckles, Nine (9) pieces of black gloves with buckles (six (6) for right hands, three (3) for left hands) (right gloves with rivets added)
Dirty Diana costume: A set of white shirt and tee
Accessory: Square-shaped deluxe figure stand with LED lights with Michael Jackson nameplate and M ICON DX series title
Release date: Q2 2010Artists: Head Sculpted by Lee So Young, Head Painted by JC. Hong, Head Art Directed by Yulli, Figure Costume Made by Namgung Mijin, Accessory Sculpted by Kouhei Okui
Not "BAD" at all!
ReplyDeleteThe accessories and extras are pretty light for a DX, huh?
ReplyDeleteThis set has less stuff than the Thriller MJ figure and I'm assuming it will cost about the same or probably a little more.
I guess this means that the only thing that makes a DX a DX are the PERS eyes. Because, aside from that and the reused display base (from TDK), there isn't much else that makes this any more special compared to regular Hot Toys figures.
hey saruman, totally agree with you ;p
ReplyDelete@ jason, ditto
Behind HT is a marketing strategy that previous releases of DX with a deluge of accessories are to open up a new segment (premium) and subsequent releases (in the future) tap on customer's loyalty (if any) to enrich the profit by gradually reducing production costs (say with less innovation or accessories). Clever, apperently sound, but may not work on us wise collectors!
ReplyDeleteWhere do you get the dolls?? I want the Bad one soo badly!
ReplyDeleteMy email is
Staciesmith24@yahoo.com
I would be happy to talk with you and find information please!
I would love this doll. Can you please give me some info?
Hi Stacie
ReplyDeleteThese museum quality figures were released some time ago now and the best place to find them would be on e-bay or amazon. Mind you, they don't come cheap.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=hot+toys+michael+jackson&_sacat=0&_from=R40
http://www.amazon.com/Sideshow-Collectibles-Michael-Jackson-Thriller/dp/B002HRFNBA
Cheers