Live Magazine February Issue February 2014 | Page 75

PACKAGING

ACCESSORIES

As with all DX packages, the DX13
box and contents are beautifully
designed and arranged. The box
matches the faux-leather look and
feel of the DX10, this time obviously
with the battle damage befitting the
figure. The bullet holes and subtle
bleeding effect is very nicely done.

All DX figures should come loaded
with accessories, and thankfully
DX13 is one that comes pretty well
jammed packed! The Terminator’s
alternate fully battle damaged head
definitely steals the show! Note that
the alternate head sculpt for the
T-1000 shown here is not available
in Australia.

Again, as with all DX figures, the
contents are first covered by a thick
piece of cardboard with their signature dark foam backing. Each card
always has some sort of accessory
or artwork, with the DX13 having a
cutout piece of the Terminator’s battle damaged jacket. A nice touch if
nothing else.
Once that cardboard insert is removed, the contents are revealed
in all their glory! And what a sight to
behold the DX13 figure is! The figure
and accessories are seen, with the
T1000 statue nicely wrapped in grey
soft material to prevent damage.

The detailing on the head sculpt is
incredible, with the paint app really
highlighting the subtle details in the
flesh, skin tone, exposed endoskeleton, and the impressive light up eye.
The left eye retains the ability to be
moved via the rolling eyeball system,
whereas the right exposed eye has a
great LED to show the red eye that
is so iconic.
The various battle damaged hands
are incredibly detailed, with all sorts
of blood, torn flesh and leather,
and metallic endoskeleton showing
through. It’s great that Hot Toys included the iconic thumbs-up gesture
to recreate that final scene.

Of course being the battle damaged
version, one of the key accessories
is the broken arm that happens after
his fight with the T-1000. This is attached by removing the regular left
forearm of the figure and swapping

with this accessory. The swap out is
a little tricky, with the joint being tight,
but just go slow and nothing should
snap off. I’d also recommend doing
it after you’ve removed the jacket.
The paint application on the torn arm
is pretty good, with some nice blood
detailing on the chrome exposed
endoskeleton.

Of course with the torn arm accessory, the jacket needed to suit that look,
and so Hot Toys have also included
a second jacket with the figure to go
specifically with that look. This fully
battle damaged jacket is nicely tailored, riddled with bullet holes and
weathering effects, and the tears are
cut just right. It’s great that little details like the bullet holes are also accompanied with slight blood seeping
out. It just totally adds to the realism
that is designed into this piece.

With both the semi-battle damaged and fully battle damaged head
sculpts, DX13 also comes packed
with the accessories to accompany
both looks depending on the time
in the movie. So it includes the grenade launcher with grenades and
bandolier, machine gun, pistol, and