Hot Toys Jake Sully *and* Neytiri (new pix Nov. 17 -- welcome Neytiri!)

[Alliecat]

Kinda sad reading through this thread and seeing the nice photo setting I used to have and what has happened since. 
Man, everything is really broken, even Flickr today which didn't want to let me upload anything till I'd fired up 2 different laptops & tried 2 browsers. 
Well anyway, a little distraction with nice things for a while....

So...  she is finally here!!!!!!!
I'd heard stories about pre-order delays, or just how long it took in general, but this still seems ridiculous to me.  I found out Hot Toys was finally going to do a Neytiri in JANUARY of 2023!!!!!  She was kind of an appalling price and I do NOT spend that much on collectibles normally.  But, well, having Jake, I kind of HAD to get her, right??
So FINALLY, around the end of September, I inquired of the store whether they had any news because I found on the website that she'd been released & was shipping but I hadn't heard anything.  They replied they'd just got a shipping notice the same day.  Fun synchronicity.  I thought you had to pay the remaining balance before they would ship but I guess not.
Anyway, then I was going to pick up in mid-October on my way up the bay for a concert.  The concert got cancelled, so I had to put it off till another appointment on the 28th, so finally she is here.
I was hoping to do some outdoor photos but between cold days, no privacy in my formerly lovely little mossy patch out back, and trying to get the fall garden work done while dodging roaming brats, I haven't yet. 
But here's her arrival at least.



I got him in 2019.  He's waited a very long time!






I got this little string doll before I got Jake.  Someone said it was like he had a little talisman he was trying to conjure her with, so OK, he's been standing holding that for quite a while 



Ready for the big reveal...



...



Hmm.  Well, someone else looks like they've had "a fifth of tequila and an ass-kicking". 



"Well hey."
"Kaltxi."









She comes with a couple extra pairs of bow-shooting hands, a bow & 2 arrows, a knife, and a stand that is fairly basic if you didn't get the "deluxe" edition.



So Hot Toys decided to get cute, and give her "moveable" eyes.  This little lever is supposed to go inside her head and hook onto a little peg that will move the eyes.  Well, I looked inside her head, and without trying to force it cos I didn't want to break anything, I could NOT get the lever in contact with the tiny eye parts.  The attachment thingy is in the way.  I think trying to move the eyes individually could turn into a mess anyway -- they could end up wonky.
Also, the posing photo just below my hand shows that her arms are supposed to raise 90 degrees out from her sides.  They do NOT.  They'll go forward and backward, but they will NOT move "out".  I haven't tried hair-dryering them yet, but, having read a review of Jake ages ago where someone's broke and he found the pieces holding the arms on were about 3mm of plastic -- he dissected his figure!! -- I am extreeeemely reluctant to try forcing anything.
This means I can't pose her shooting the bow. 
Both figures have pretty limited basic-Barbie articulation anyway, although Neytiri's wrists swivel a wee bit more, and her torso a wee bit less.



The bow looks nice.
Unfortunately again, the effort to make her eyes movable resulted in kind of a goggle-eyed stare-y ex/pression.  She's not going to photograph well face-on.
And dangit, I hate to complain at all because I was blessed to be able to afford her anyway.  But, for the price, I really think Hot Toys cheaped out this time around.  Jake's details are fantastic.  He has terrific hair, all braided.  Neytiri's hair is MOLDED.  Except for the queue.  Come on, Hot Toys -- for that price, she should have had HAIR!!!!  Jake's beaded accessories & feathers are real; Neytiri's are also molded plastic.  It just seems like they took cheaper options with the outfit and especially, did I mention, the hair.
Also about eyes, I was really annoyed to find that Jake's were going cloudy.  Guess it's a reaction of the resin to light?  I didn't know he should've had sunglasses!!!!    So he looks kind of blind close-up.  I guess I'll have to to try to paint eyeballs?  Yikes.
Well, we'll see how she photographs at an angle outside, sometime....  In the meantime, a few more pix.



"So, um, I've had this doll of you for a while..."







Yeah, OK, I'll leave you two alone now....


Thanks for looking!