Established in 2000, Hot Toys Limited is a high-end collectible production company, devoted to designing,
Hot Toys' logo.
developing and manufacturing high quality and highly detailed collectibles. Initially producing 1/6th scale military action figure series, Hot Toys has expanded its product scope to specializing in 1/6th scale popular movie character and world-renowned celebrity collectible figures.
Since 2003, Hot Toys has acquired the official merchandising rights for producing collectibles from movies, including The Avengers, Batman, Superman, Terminator, Pirates of the Caribbean, Alien, and Predator. They also have rights to manga/anime like, Appleseed and Space Pirate Captain Harlock, video games such as Assassin's Creed and Resident Evil, as well as famous world-class celebrities such as martial artist Bruce Lee and King of Pop Michael Jackson. All of which are well-received by movie, figure, and pop culture fans.
Hot Toys takes the lead in the 1/6th collectible industry and has greatly increased the quality of collectible figure development in recent years. Moreover, Hot Toys has obtained the patent for its innovation of Parallel Eyeball Rolling System (PERS) and Interchangeable Faces Technique (IFT) for its DX series, which have further increased the likeness and interesting elements of the collectible figures.
Hot Toys stresses product diversification. Emerging from highly detailed and articulated 1/6th scale collectible figures, Hot Toys also engages in 1/4th scale collectible figures, 1/6th scale collectible vehicles, 1/4th scale collectible busts, as well as 3” and 6” Cosbaby series, etc.
Headquartered in Hong Kong, the Hot Toys brand is well-received in different parts of the world with products sold by our strategic worldwide distributors to over 30 countries including the United States, Europe, and most Asian countries. Hot Toys’ subsidiary, known as Hot Toys Japan, is located in Tokyo, Japan.
Collaboration with the Metal Gear franchise[]
Hot Toys' involvement with the Metal Gear series started in 2012 celebrating the series' 25th Anniversary with the announcement of 2 new figures in their Video Game Masterpiece category, revealing 1/6 scale figures of Naked Snake and The Boss from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. Appearing in their Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D concept designs rather than their original, each figure is sculpted by Jung Ju Won and has over 80 points of articulation. Both were released in late 2012 with various accessories and in packages designed by Yoji Shinkawa.
In 2014, Hot Toys announced a 1/6 scale figure of Raiden from Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance was on it's way. The figure was sculpted by J.C. Hong and was planned for a late 2014 release. Raiden would come with accessories he uses in Metal Gear Rising and Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. A limited pre-order offer of having Samuel Rodriguez's signature weapon, the HF Masamura and it's sheath added to the figure was exclusive to various online distributors. In late 2014, a exclusive limited edition version of the same Raiden 1/6 scale figure was announced, but this time, sporting his Inferno Armor instead. This special Raiden includes all the accessories the standard version has, including the pre-order exclusive HF Masamura accessory. The figure was released exclusively at Hot Toys panel at Toy Fairs in 2015.