Hot Toys
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Company type | Private |
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Founded | 2000 |
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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
- Ant-Man
- Ant-Man and the Wasp
- Astro Boy
- Avatar
- The Avengers
- Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Avengers: Infinity War
- Avengers: Endgame
- The Amazing Spider-Man
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2
- Back to the Future
- Batman
- Batman Returns
- Batman Begins
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
- Beauty and the Beast
- Black Panther
- Blade trilogy
- Captain America: The First Avenger
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- Captain America: Civil War
- Clash of the Titans
- Commando
- The Crow
- The Dark Knight
- The Dark Knight Rises
- Deadpool
- Deadpool 2
- Doctor Strange
- Edward Scissorhands
- The Expendables
- G.I. Joe: Retaliation
- The Godfather
- Goemon
- Green Lantern
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army
- Indiana Jones
- Inglourious Basterds
- Iron Man
- Iron Man 2
- Iron Man 3
- Justice League
- Kamui Gaiden
- Maleficent
- Man of Steel
- Mars Attacks!
- The Matrix
- 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
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Sucker Punch
- Suicide Squad
- Superman
- Superman Returns
- Star Wars
- Terminator film series
- The Warlords
- The Wolverine
- Thor
- Thor: The Dark World
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Tron: Legacy
- Wonder Woman
- X-Men: The Last Stand
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine
- X-Men: First Class
- X-Men: Days of Future Past
TV Series
Cartoons
Video Games
- Batman: Arkham game series
- Resident Evil game series
- Assassin's Creed
- Metal Gear Solid
Anime/Manga
- Appleseed Ex Machina
- Astro Boy
- Battle Royale II
- Black Jack
- City Hunter
- Mobile Suit Gundam - Char Aznable
Comic Masterpiece Series
Celebrities
- Christian Bale
- Marlon Brando
- James Dean
- Michael Jackson
- Leslie Cheung
- Namson Lau
- Wong Ka Kui
- 50 Cent
- Bruce Lee
- Stan Lee
- Kevin Feige
- 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.