Hot Toys Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark DX05 Unboxing & Review

One of my childhood heroes has always been Indiana Jones

I got this figure in 2012, I never thought his headsculpt was bad, and when I put on “Raiders” to do my posing with the base & idol, really looks spot on. Some people don’t like the PERS eyeballs, but I think it’s cool.

I think the face looks good, he looks tired and of course younger. The pants don’t look to bad either, they are quite baggy in the movie, especially around the ankle area. Nice, comprehensive review as usual. 👍

I love this figure. I actually traded a vehicle for scrap and used the money to get him. I knew then I was serious about collecting 😆 I have some of the same flaking happening on the jacket but luckily it's under the arm and not too noticeable so I can still get some great poses out of him. Loving these retro reviews!

I remember watching Sean Long’s Review on this figure when i was younger

Hi. I love the video! One minor thing is that the pistol is a browning hi-power and not a 1911. They look very similar though so it is a common mistake

So glad you were able to finally see the original Indiana Jones! I remember back in the day when the only Harrison ford figure you could find was the Kenner Han Solo 12" and the Kenner Indiana Jones 12". I had both. Interesting fact, Han had blue eyes and Indy had brownish. Indy also had this hideous felt version of his fedora. I recently found (didn't realize I still had them) the Sideshow Medicom Indiana Jones and the Holy Grail Indy and Henry Jones figures. It is amazing that so many companies have trouble doing an accurate Harrison Ford head sculpt.

Got this figure when it came out and it’s really good. The headsculpt was was never totally right, but the whole package was great. Honestly, this was a figure that didn’t need PERS and I think it contributes to the face looking just a little off

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I bought the Sideshow Temple of Doom figure, and bought all the DX05 Accessories. I also put a Jacket on my Temple of Doom figure which makes my Sideshow Indy kick @$$. I always defended Sideshow Indy when he was getting bad reviews. I 100% agree the Sideshow Indy head sculpt looks waaay more like Harrison Ford, then the DX05 head sculpt. Awesome review as always.

WAY back when this figure first came out, everyone figured out that hot toys basically HAD applied some sort of guyliner. If you carefully removed the guyliner, it automatically improved the look. I did on mine.

UGH! One of my grails that I would LOVE to get one day! I will say i am surprised at how well his jacket looks for such an aged figure!

My mum made me a custom 1/6 Indy back in 82' using my Roger Moore Moonraker as the body and head sculpt.Fast forward 37 years and I picked this set up. I really love this as it goes-yes you need to play with the eyes otherwise its a wee Thunderbirds puppet-ish, but as a package its a stunner. If you don't know where Indy's look came from, check out Milt Caniff's Steve Canyon comic strip from the 40's(and while your at it go watch 'Spy Smasher' on YouTube to see how influential this classic 40's serial was on Raiders and Temple of Doom) Thanks Justin, another sublime distraction from this 1/1 scale world.

I wasn't collecting when this was issued - $250 USD on Sideshow! - and missed the Sideshow TOD Indy so I was really looking forward to a comparison, thanks for that, Justin. I'd love HT to tackle Last Crusade Indy in the near future.

Thanks so much for this video Justin! I've always been on the fence about this one so video, turning the figure and seeing how the light reveals the sculpt really helps so much over just still shots. I'm fine with the pants because they're accurate to that slightly baggy 30s style that yes he does have in the film. But the eyes!! Yep one thing I always do whether figures or say cg in movies is cover the eyes. You can tell if everything else is great (for me this edges out the SS/ToD one) instantly. But eyes in both those cases are easily the most important thing when it comes to being truly convincing. And Harrison Ford is infamous for having a really really hard eye colour to nail down. it's been a thing forever. For me the HT fig looks like they've given him dark brown eyes, and the video didn't actually clear that up a whole lot (tighter closeups please!). He doesn't have dark brown eyes! Part of that too is as you said the recessed eyes problem which will exacerbate it. That issue was common with the oldest HT figs and one thing that always gave me pause. Seemed like a manufacturing thing, and not just pers, because that got better too. But once they licked it the figs took a leap in terms of convincing sense of reality. I agree with VHS needs a rerelease! (even if it's not affected despite not being there in the old videos your DJ/JB announcer manner makes me a bit crazy, but maybe it's just me - and obviously a few others - but I love the videos, thanks again)

I think the sideshow’s eyes and chin are better. But I think Harrison’s iconic crooked nose is better in the Hot Toys one!

You're spot on. Having owned both these figures I can say without doubt the Sideshow head is a better likeness to Harrison Ford. It is mainly the eyes that lets the HT one down.

I bought him recently on Ebay. I actually really like the headsculpt. Cant wait until he arrives :D

Awesome figure. Love Indy I didn't know they had a 6 scale figure of Indy. I have to get him. Great review like always love your videos and content keep up the great work thank you.

Hot toys harrison has a stoic look because the eyes look dead and gives out a animatronic feel to the figure.The sideshows face looks better i think but the eyes look bad kinda like keep deer head that's been to the taxidermist lol.Great review im glad you got him i need a indi in my collection this is my favorite one.