09/29/2008 Hot Toys Alien Captain Dallas 1/6 Scale Poseable Model Kit review

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09/29/2008 Hot Toys Alien Captain Dallas 1/6 Scale Poseable Model Kit review

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There are lights on and in the helmet as well. There is one main white light on the top of the helmet and small red, green and yellow lights on the inside. They aren't very impressive in a lit room but...

They are pretty cool when the room's lights are dim.

They are turned on by a button on the back beneath the screw. They pretty much behave like the backpack - stay lit when the button is pushed. If I hit this button ten times, I am lucky if the lights will stay lit on their own one time. Because of this I am not for sure how the helmet is really supposed to function - stay lit when pushed or after pushed and turned off when pushed again.

The batteries in my helmet were put in backwards by the factory so I had to open the helmet to correct this. The helmet is also a snug fit and I can have difficulty getting it on and off. It was also very hard for me to put it on and keep the head looking straight forward. I still have yet to accomplish that even with some help.

I do love the head sculpt and paint job. I dread accidentally damaging it with the helmet removal - thankfully I won't be playing with this much.

The next accessory is a crane. It doesn't do much more than what you see in the picture. It is not the most exciting of accessories.

There is also a flashlight. There is no glass on the bulb and it doesn't light up. It is not a bad accessory but shortly after taking these pictures, the strap broke off the front on mine. I will have to re-glue it.

There is also a pretty cool pistol that fits loosely into a side holster. There are two wires at the bottom of the holster that keep coming out on mine causing the pistol to fall out. I am going to have to glue them in place I think.

I am giving this figure a *** 1/2 out of five star rating. It is a cool toy that I was looking forward to a long time. I really, really wanted to give it a ***** review but I can't. I know you could say I was unnecessarily hard on it but it cost me $150 through Sideshow. At that price point I expect more quality than I would on a $80 figure or a $50 figure or what have you. When you are getting something from a company like Hot Toys, you expect a higher standard and I am not for sure if I got it here. I am still overall happy with it but there are some things that really bother me about it. I just expected more out of it.

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