Collectors of Terminator merchandize and memorabilia can now covet their very own T-800 Endoskeleton, in miniature and life sized versions, as action figures of the infamous cybernetic assassin are now available from various makers. Those partial to the Genisys installment of the series may soon also have a replica of the menacing Spider HK Tank within a credit card swipe away.
Action figures representing past and present Terminator movies are available in everything from 4-inch scale models with articulating arms and legs to full sized busts and statues. A good example of this is a miniature action figure of the T-800 Endoskeleton available on-line from Entertainment Earth. This seems to be an accurate rendition of the robotic innards that viewers saw every time Arnold Schwarzenegger “sheds his skin” in most of the Terminator flicks! This one, manufactured by Aoshima retails for under (US) $30.
Still, diehard fans, apparently, cannot be satisfied with a mere pint-sized toy model of their favorite cyborg villain-slash-hero. For the truly hardcore, nothing short of a full-sized model will do. A full scale model of the iconic T-800 will be available on Summer 2015, according to theterminatorfans.com.
These full-scale T-800s are being manufactured by Chronicle Collectibles, which the above-mentioned source says will be of high quality and constitute good reproductions of the actual movie props. There was no quote on the price, but collectors can probably expect a steep price tag. Furthermore, an on-going collaboration between Chronicle and Legacy Effects will reportedly result in more Terminator Genisys action figures, big and small.
Meantime, in a press release disclosed though its website, Chronicle Collectibles revealed that it is currently in the process of designing a 1/18th scale model of the T-7T Spider HK Tank, the mechanical Tetrapod that is expected to wreak havoc in the movie. The four-legged armored Spider tank seems to have generated a lot of interest from Terminator fans, both old and new.
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