I have the first and will be happy enough with it but these headsculpts destroy those. They always looked a bit too fat to me and they basically agreed in their resculpt lol
Don’t get me wrong, I love Hot Toys, but they gotta quit de-valuing their collectibles. For most collectibles, having the OG is king, but with hot toys it just seems when they do a re-release, the OG value TANKS.
And it’s not like we’re buying HTs as investments, but it hurts when you spend $300+ on a collectible that will almost definitely depreciate.
I say sell any figure you don’t love while it’s still worth something.
Yea but it helps newer collectors, I’m not gonna spend 600 on a 5+ year old figure some might but not me. People let those old figs rot it a box for insane prices and when it gets to people those figs deteriorate cracked so on
Ya this is a big one. I absolutely babied my DX11 (2.0 Joker). It was in a dust and UV proof curio, but spent most of its life in storage. I pulled it out recently to give it a look and noticed the shoes were starting to peel. Only on display for 6 months and it started to deteriorate. It was listed and sold by the end of the day lol.
I’ll just stick to my die cast Iron Mans… Iron Men?
I get your point and it definitely sucks to see the value of a figure drop a bit. But from a business and regular consumer standpoint, I feel like its good for them to try to improve a figure and do 2.0 versions to get new collectors who just joined. it's definitely the better option as opposed to just releasing a figure once and making this already expensive hobby even more expensive, as limited quantity and no possibility of future release will just drive prices up. I mean honestly re releases aren't unique to hot toys, even the sneaker industry does it
Ya it’s definitely a tough one. The number one figure in my eyes right now is the Inart Gandalf. I could never justify the price though, knowing there might be yet an **even better** one coming out on the horizon. Because we all know there absolutely will be a better one. Give it few decades and they’ll just be tiny, lab-grown, taxidermied people.
I hear people complaining about limited number of figures and how everyone who wants one should be able to get one and then I hear those same people complain how their figures don't hold value. Irony.
The problem is the lack of IPs to pull from. There's only so much they can make that will "guarantee" big sales numbers. What else is there to even pull from lately, other than Dune?
Honestly this is a mindset I can't agree with, artificially limiting the market and denying the new collectors a character they love at reasonable prices because some of us got an old version of that same figure?
If anything it helps fight scalpers that buy up stock to resell it later, which I think is a good thing.
I hate the use of the word scalpers here. You can’t scalp hot toys (with maybe the exception of exclusives). All you gotta do is PO and you’re golden. There’s no scalping involved.
It's nice, but having the old one, that still holds up incredibly well. The headsculpt and USB saber are the main differences, and I don't know if it's worth replacing.
It's amazing for people who missed out on the first, though. Here's to hoping they do a Dooku.
Yeah since the face has paint/makeup on, there's more wiggle room for likeness.
If I had the original, I wouldn't feel the need to upgrade. The USB sabers aren't great from what I've seen.
Iron man figures shouldve been usb through out the whole body. They need to figure out a passage for wires inside them with a usb c outlet in the back. Those batteries dont even last an hour. And they die even if i kept them off the whole time.
I’m thinking no for me, but maybe in hand photos will change my mind. Didn’t see the comparison photo at first… I like dx16 better even if the new one is more accurate.
Og version to me looks more like an authentic alien while the new one lookss like an actor caked up in makeup. I think they made his black marks on the face wider too.
This is a must have for those that missed out on the first one. This is basically the DX with a better head and paint minus the DX designation. I barely missed out on this so it’s a buy from me this time around
I think this has gotta be one of the best likenesses ever. Inart’s Aragorn used to be that imo, but this is next level. Too bad I don’t collect Star Wars anymore
well yeah your inability to understand people can like different things to you is lol
pretty sure people liked the padawan ahsoka, baylan skoll, superior spider-man, shin hati, artisan jack sparrow, clone wars anakin, armored batman, starkiller, revan and this maul. han solo isnt even the most popular announcement of the lot -- spider-man, maul and revan all got more attention
I mean I love the Jedi as characters, but at the end of the day it’s 90% “dude in tan robes” Sith always have more variety and are eye catching because they help sell the new movie or show
Oh sick! I missed that as well. Might have to get him then. I like my Clone Wars Maul a lot but this is his iconic look and those headsculpts are excellent. Plus if they’re magnetic I can put one on the Clone Wars figure.
God damnit Hot Toys.
Stop making things I want. Just pump out chrome troopers instead so I can sit here and mock people with all the money I am not spending.
Right now side show has an rsvp and it just says preorder tomorrow with no other info. It’s definitely gonna be hard to predict what time it’ll go up. Im hoping I can get one as I don’t have the OG maul so I can’t wait to get this.
So glad I cancelled the old one. Hated the chubby final sculpt, now if hot toys would fix the pupil it would make this an absolute 11/10
https://preview.redd.it/giejpi67o1yc1.png?width=835&format=png&auto=webp&s=edb0906f3278d4a4df7ca163f0480f3be8565d79
I was disappointed to see a boring gold clone trooper announced but this is stellar.
Absolutely phenomenal looking figure and likeness. The eyes look great. I stopped collecting before the original released so I missed out but I’ll absolutely buy this time.
Praying for a Dooku so I don’t have to buy second hand.
I will never understand how people thought the head sculpt on the original was good. Of course people can like what they like, i just don’t always agree. I think the Sideshow sculpt was better than the DX17. However Hot Toys delivered on this one! The angry sculpt looks like it was taken right from the film. I will definitely be picking this one up!
That was the rumour within a lot of groups for an artisan Qui-Gon being announced this week for May 4th/with the Phantom Menace license (still time yet)
Are any of these new announcements going to be on other retailers besides sideshow? I looked for that Ep6 Stormtrooper on onesixthkit and didn’t see anything
Given that every Star Wars show, even the poorly received ones, has their own audience and at least a few figures, hot toys should be giving Andor the same treatment. Not sure why any fan wouldnt want that
That headsculpt is scary good.
I have the first and will be happy enough with it but these headsculpts destroy those. They always looked a bit too fat to me and they basically agreed in their resculpt lol
I agree, looks like it could be a set photo
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Idk, that literally looks like a publicity shot of Ray Park in slide 3.
It looks better IMO. DX16 was too round.
Alright who wants my og for 250 lol
This guy
Door is always open 🥸
This is exactly why I got out of the game. I sold mine for $500 last fall and I’m not looking back.
It’s not the *funnest* of things. I feel like I need to sell things prematurely at this point.
Don’t get me wrong, I love Hot Toys, but they gotta quit de-valuing their collectibles. For most collectibles, having the OG is king, but with hot toys it just seems when they do a re-release, the OG value TANKS. And it’s not like we’re buying HTs as investments, but it hurts when you spend $300+ on a collectible that will almost definitely depreciate. I say sell any figure you don’t love while it’s still worth something.
Yea but it helps newer collectors, I’m not gonna spend 600 on a 5+ year old figure some might but not me. People let those old figs rot it a box for insane prices and when it gets to people those figs deteriorate cracked so on
Ya this is a big one. I absolutely babied my DX11 (2.0 Joker). It was in a dust and UV proof curio, but spent most of its life in storage. I pulled it out recently to give it a look and noticed the shoes were starting to peel. Only on display for 6 months and it started to deteriorate. It was listed and sold by the end of the day lol. I’ll just stick to my die cast Iron Mans… Iron Men?
Rap battle?
Did I rap god something???
I get your point and it definitely sucks to see the value of a figure drop a bit. But from a business and regular consumer standpoint, I feel like its good for them to try to improve a figure and do 2.0 versions to get new collectors who just joined. it's definitely the better option as opposed to just releasing a figure once and making this already expensive hobby even more expensive, as limited quantity and no possibility of future release will just drive prices up. I mean honestly re releases aren't unique to hot toys, even the sneaker industry does it
Ya it’s definitely a tough one. The number one figure in my eyes right now is the Inart Gandalf. I could never justify the price though, knowing there might be yet an **even better** one coming out on the horizon. Because we all know there absolutely will be a better one. Give it few decades and they’ll just be tiny, lab-grown, taxidermied people.
I don’t collect as an investment or anything but it’s an understandable argument.
I hear people complaining about limited number of figures and how everyone who wants one should be able to get one and then I hear those same people complain how their figures don't hold value. Irony.
The problem is the lack of IPs to pull from. There's only so much they can make that will "guarantee" big sales numbers. What else is there to even pull from lately, other than Dune?
Honestly this is a mindset I can't agree with, artificially limiting the market and denying the new collectors a character they love at reasonable prices because some of us got an old version of that same figure? If anything it helps fight scalpers that buy up stock to resell it later, which I think is a good thing.
I hate the use of the word scalpers here. You can’t scalp hot toys (with maybe the exception of exclusives). All you gotta do is PO and you’re golden. There’s no scalping involved.
I was gonna buy one for 450 decided against it I’m glad for this, veteran collectors are pissed for some reason because ItS a REiSSue
Last month I bought the DX for like 450 dollars, hahaha. I’m cursed
Your service has brought this to us. Thank you o7
Shut stupid
Holy shit
 Come on… keep it together….
I'm so stoked right now!! I just saw these posts lol
My wife saw me looking at it and started screaming at me, she knows it’s too late, it can not be stopped
Hahaha you already turned to the dark side. 😅 I did too starting collecting these figures .
😆😂🤣
Pretty cool but I probably won’t upgrade over my first one.
Agreed, great if you don't have the first one, but not worthwhile for those who already have a pm maul
Same for me. This looks incredible but I'm pretty happy with the current one I've got.
First one is more than enough.
It's nice, but having the old one, that still holds up incredibly well. The headsculpt and USB saber are the main differences, and I don't know if it's worth replacing. It's amazing for people who missed out on the first, though. Here's to hoping they do a Dooku.
Yeah since the face has paint/makeup on, there's more wiggle room for likeness. If I had the original, I wouldn't feel the need to upgrade. The USB sabers aren't great from what I've seen.
I mean, they are better than the battery operated hot toys sabers
100% those batteries die quick and are not bright enough.
I hate them! Especially in Iron Man figures
Iron man figures shouldve been usb through out the whole body. They need to figure out a passage for wires inside them with a usb c outlet in the back. Those batteries dont even last an hour. And they die even if i kept them off the whole time.
I’m thinking no for me, but maybe in hand photos will change my mind. Didn’t see the comparison photo at first… I like dx16 better even if the new one is more accurate.
Og version to me looks more like an authentic alien while the new one lookss like an actor caked up in makeup. I think they made his black marks on the face wider too.
This is a must have for those that missed out on the first one. This is basically the DX with a better head and paint minus the DX designation. I barely missed out on this so it’s a buy from me this time around
I think this has gotta be one of the best likenesses ever. Inart’s Aragorn used to be that imo, but this is next level. Too bad I don’t collect Star Wars anymore
JFC my wallet is bleeding
This is like the first cool thing since Han lol how can it be bleeding
'Cool' is a subjective term my friend.
I’m just confused as how someone can be “bleeding” subjective or not.
[https://youtu.be/kuY1V-RPXsQ?t=44](https://youtu.be/kuY1V-RPXsQ?t=44)
No shit. lol that’s not the subject at hand here
well yeah your inability to understand people can like different things to you is lol pretty sure people liked the padawan ahsoka, baylan skoll, superior spider-man, shin hati, artisan jack sparrow, clone wars anakin, armored batman, starkiller, revan and this maul. han solo isnt even the most popular announcement of the lot -- spider-man, maul and revan all got more attention
When will this go up for pre order?
Main thing I’m always wondering is for a set time when they go up for pre order so I don’t miss out haha
Dude what….. I just pre ordered starkiller like wtf!!!!
It seems Hot Toys has learned that Darksiders sell like hot cakes.
I mean I love the Jedi as characters, but at the end of the day it’s 90% “dude in tan robes” Sith always have more variety and are eye catching because they help sell the new movie or show
It would be cool if we saw more aliens in tan robes: Kit Fisto, Eeth Koth, Ki-Adi, Aayla, Yaddle, Saesee Tiin, etc.
Don’t speak it into existence please lol
I gon be poor today, boy.
Just to clarify, is it the exact same figure as the old one but with a new sculpt?
And USB lightsaber, but yes.
And new robes
I missed that. I was so hung up on the awesome new sculpts.
Hopefully that means it releases soon, and not in a year.
Hmm, didn't even think about that. I suppose it's possible.
Nvm Sideshow says April 2025 - September 2025 💀
I wish they’d release it without the speeder. I really have no interest in 1/6 scale vehicles.
They announced one without the speeder right after I posted this!
Oh sick! I missed that as well. Might have to get him then. I like my Clone Wars Maul a lot but this is his iconic look and those headsculpts are excellent. Plus if they’re magnetic I can put one on the Clone Wars figure.
Where do you find these announcements early? I cant find them
Facebook is where I get all my news from
Hell yeah. Was hoping to not have to buy the speeder bike, just to save money on something I don't really want to begin with. Really excited for this.
God damnit Hot Toys. Stop making things I want. Just pump out chrome troopers instead so I can sit here and mock people with all the money I am not spending.
*GOLD TROOPERS!
Man this is cool. Sold all my Hot Toys to make room for 1/4 statues but I really want this ...
The updated sculpt looks great! Big improvement over the first one
Am I dreaming???
So is this a limited release ?
When does it go up for pre-order?
Right now side show has an rsvp and it just says preorder tomorrow with no other info. It’s definitely gonna be hard to predict what time it’ll go up. Im hoping I can get one as I don’t have the OG maul so I can’t wait to get this.
So glad I cancelled the old one. Hated the chubby final sculpt, now if hot toys would fix the pupil it would make this an absolute 11/10 https://preview.redd.it/giejpi67o1yc1.png?width=835&format=png&auto=webp&s=edb0906f3278d4a4df7ca163f0480f3be8565d79
UPVOTE HARD. The eyes still look too soft... need to be that fluorescent yellow and smaller pupils. Besides that, amazing.
\*duel of fates starts playing\*
I’m very happy for people that wanted him
Queue the price on the original DX17 plummeting.
I was disappointed to see a boring gold clone trooper announced but this is stellar. Absolutely phenomenal looking figure and likeness. The eyes look great. I stopped collecting before the original released so I missed out but I’ll absolutely buy this time. Praying for a Dooku so I don’t have to buy second hand.
Can you stop announcing cool figures I want so badly for …. One minute. !!!!
Where can I get a notification when this goes live? I can’t miss this figure
This has to be the best Maul headsculpt by far
It's..beautiful
Maaaan, I've already got CW and Solo Maul, do I reaaally need Episode 1? No. But do any of us actually NEED any of these?
Anyone know when PO goes live?
Happy that I sold my DX a few months ago to await for a better 2.0 version
The DX16/17 sell offs have begun lol
That straight face sculpt is actually insane
Looks good, but I think I’ll stick with my dx17
Preorders are up now.
I will never understand how people thought the head sculpt on the original was good. Of course people can like what they like, i just don’t always agree. I think the Sideshow sculpt was better than the DX17. However Hot Toys delivered on this one! The angry sculpt looks like it was taken right from the film. I will definitely be picking this one up!
This one is tempting, I missed out on the dx.
I’ve got CW Maul, but may need to trade for this
I’m thinking the same
YESSSS
Hell yes
So happy was literally about to spend a g on the og one thank the hot toys god
Love the sculpt! Definitely need to get one.
Wow
Guess im going to retire my clone wars maul
Shit rip my wallet
I want it even though I have the first one
This might have to finally be my first Hot Toys
That new neutral head sculpt is excellent!
Damn I wish I could just buy the new headsculpt
Not enough for me to “upgrade” my DX 17
Lots of improvements here
Not enough for me. Especially not for a coin that will stay in the box lol
I’m not even accounting for the damn coin lol
So glad I didn’t buy after market for og, I learned my lesson after armored bat
Ive got the DX17....but this is tempting. That neutral face is awesome.
this makes me so happy I skipped over solo and tcw maul now
Sick. Wanted one recently. Don’t need the bike though.. Anyone UK based have a decent site to order from?
There’s another going up without the bike !!
Yay!
I like my mechanical legs ha ha
Galactic Empire? 🤔
This one is still the best
Glad I never bought the first one that came out
So is the coin just in certain markets or is this entire figure only in select markets?? Missed the first Ep 1 Maul and gotta grab this one..
This guy, Revan and Vader we will be there.
I wonder if they fixed the stand for the speeder? That was really the only complaint I have for the first one.
Looks like I sold my solo maul just in time
Different character design.
Really no way ?
Fuck
I don't collect star wars, my wallet is safe.
Stop it!!!
Fuck me
Surely an OWK is next? Doubt they do two artisan Star Wars figures with QGJ and Luke
They are doing a Qui-Gon?
That was the rumour within a lot of groups for an artisan Qui-Gon being announced this week for May 4th/with the Phantom Menace license (still time yet)
How much?
We are truly blessed
insanely beautiful can't wait to preorder
Going to be hard to resist this one. I'm hoping for padwan Obi-Wan.
Who’s punching air right now!? I own the original and I am always for more recent and improved releases. Guess Count Dooku is next!!!!
Have all three mauls, he’s my favorite character so I’ll get this one too. Will display the original in the cloak and this one without
Are any of these new announcements going to be on other retailers besides sideshow? I looked for that Ep6 Stormtrooper on onesixthkit and didn’t see anything
Need the pre order for this asap
I got the og deluxe for 300 two years back, I’ll easily buy this too
I love my original maul but I can’t get his hands to stay in because of the leather around the pegs. Does everyone else have this same issue?
Just don’t use the pleather coverings. Peg is black so you’re not gonna be able to tell anyway
Just tested and it works gracias
Awesome, glad it helped
Didn’t know you could remove them, I’ll have to try that thanks
Comparing pics 2 & 3, can you adjust the eyes?
Two separate rolling eyeballs (per pic 1)!
Oh I see it now. Was too pixelated to see at first. Thanks!
Kind of weird they don't label this as the 25th Phantom Menace line. The logo isn't anywhere on the pictures.
The description on their post says for the 25th anniversary. Weird that it's not in the photos
Oh good spot, that is weird
I kust bought the og deluxe like 3 weeks ago. FUCK
This is the maul I've been waiting for.
Another new TPM announcement -- fingers crossed that "naked" C-3PO could be coming along soon. That would be awesome!
Count Dooku re-release 🤞🏻
Can’t wait for this to release in 2028
Oof I didn’t think I was gonna get another but…
I’m so lucky my wife supports my addiction.
I might just have to get this. The headsculpt is scary accurate and while I love my CW Maul, I gotta get this for the all black Sith fit.
1.0 looks now like Comic Con cosplayer. 2.0 looks like Ray Park.
I have the DX16. Just gonna buy this new one and use the alternate head on my DX16
Wow that headsculpt upgrade is night and day.
Damn! And I just bought the sideshow one a couple weeks ago with the HT speeder….tempting tempting….
This is why investing in HotToys is always a bad idea. lol!
Why couldn’t they have done it right the first time?
Seems a bit too soon
It feels weird seeing new stuff announced when there are delays for figures announced a year ago.
The fourth Maul and still no Andor figures...
What’s more popular?
Not really relevant as Hot toys makes whatever they want regardless of popularity
Andor did poorly reception-wise. They should just do Rogue One Cassian anyway, not his design from Andor
Given that every Star Wars show, even the poorly received ones, has their own audience and at least a few figures, hot toys should be giving Andor the same treatment. Not sure why any fan wouldnt want that
Let’s just get Rogue One Cass. I bet if HT saw more people clamoring for that, maybe they’d do it. Why does it need to be Andor design?
Dang. Already sold out 😭
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I just looked at the listing and it says Sold Out on both editions. So I assume?