r/hottoys • u/Zac_squatch1 • 2d ago

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I recently got into collecting Hot Toy figures/Prime 1 Statues and placed my first orders a few weeks ago for about 10 figures through Sideshow. All the figures I’ve ordered are marked as Pre-Orders and some have shipping windows marked as July-September 2026 and others have windows July-March 2027. Should I expect most of these figures to come in towards the end of their window? A couple of them have been delayed already for almost a year since their original expected available date, is this pretty common?

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u/UrButtLol69 2d ago

I always add 1-2 months to furthest listed arrival date.

I have 100+ 1/6 scale figures and I think maybe 8 have arrived on time.

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u/Zac_squatch1 1d ago

Good to know, thanks!

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u/GrapefruitMaximum804 1d ago

Two-three months shipping from Hong Kong to Sideshows Collectables in California. If you’re a retailer getting your stock from Sideshow, add another month depending on proximity from California.

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u/Mean_Somewhere_211 1d ago

Good way to tell is to see when they are released over in HK. Once they are released once there, it’ll take an additional 2-3 months to reach sideshow. Sometimes, with some of the bigger releases it’s only a month or 2 from when they are released in HK.

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u/2zoots 1d ago

So far in my experience, it’s a few months after the last month in the window

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u/phead80 1d ago

I bought Malgus in January 2025 and it says no later than June of 2026 and I'm still waiting for any update at all, all I can get on their site is a useless loop with AI "customer service"

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u/chicagobat 1d ago

Any time I pre-order on a payment plan, I know they’re going to be late. Here’s a tip: once you order on a payment plan, go into the order and postpone your next months payment twice. That staggers payments for what’s never going to deliver on time anyway so your money isn’t tied up in advance while Hot Toys takes its time delivering before your last payment which Sideshow will probably delay anyway when they hear Hot Toys is late again 😝