It doesn't change anything for me, as I am still excited about and will buy the Mattel version of the figure, due to cost. I am a fan of Hot Toys, but their price point is where I draw the line when it comes to collecting figures. As much as I wanted the Dark Knight figures, I just couldn't bring myself to spending that amount of money on a single figure. I'll gladly buy the Mattel version, because even though it is cheaper, from the looks of it, it'll be comparable to some of the higher end 12 inch figures out there. I'm sure that the Hot Toys version will be phenomenal as always, but it's just not in my price range.

That is enough for me.

I'd be very surprised if Superman didn't come with his Clark Kent suit and glasses. Like you say Hot Toys is usually very generous with their accessories. All their 12" figures I've seen have been amazing.

The figure is a deluxe version, so we can probably expect the same setup as the DX Joker. So it will also come with a Clark Kent head and a full outfit to make a clark, minus the body. Although I think this talk should be put in the Hot toys Superman thread in the Foreign Objects forum as it was centered on the Hot toys figure, not the Mattel one. This really shouldn't devolve into a Hot toys vs Mattel. They are two different animals. I personally will be buying the HT version, but I think that the Mattel one is really pretty good for the money.

Agreed.

Hey Jim, did you mean to put this in the Foreign Objects forum...because the HT tread is now in the Mattel one.

I'm sure as heck not going to buy just the body for $100 online just to make a Clark Kent.

TrueType bodies typically retail for $35 to $40 online, I believe. If Hot Toys provides the extra head and costume ala the DX Joker, they will provide a recommendation for which TrueType body is best. I wouldn't worry.

What makes me worry is if HT uses a muscular body like they did on Wolverine. Because Superman has such a gap between the top of his shirt and his neck, a regular Truetype may not work... so they will have to go with the muscular rubber body to make it look right. And a truetype may not look right on Clarks neckline. Obviously I'm jumping the gun on this..as we probably won't see a prototype for a little while. I'm just hoping HT is going to make it easy for us to make a Clark as well.

I understand. You mean if they use a body with a seamless, realistic neck line rather than a more traditional neck post facsimile and head (or the head and neck sculpt in one, as they often do). It could be likely that they go that route. But I'm still not sure it really matters if it's all covered by shirt and tie. Hot Toys does provide both neck options with their blank bodies, so even if it's just a Clark head (rather than the neck and head sculpt), it'll still fit on one of their standard neck posts.

Of course, the more I think about it... we'd want at least the Superman shirt under there wouldn't we? I know they did that with their first Superman Returns Clark Kent figure. Ahhhhhhh.... I don't want to over-think this right now. I trust Hot Toys. I will buy whatever they do. Their Dark Knight DX figures were PERFECT. Can't wait for the reveal!

You guys are brillant. You absolutely have to display supes and clark together. And you've got to make clark parting his shirt with the 'S' underneath! God, I hope HT gives us enough to do that!

BTW - do you guys know of a stand I can use to display this 12" supes flying?