Sideshow Black Friday Sale 2026

Why would you buy the regular release if the Special Edition costs less? It happens in the Sideshow Black Friday sale, and the edition names look almost identical on a phone. Below, I compare what comes in each box, where you get the same figure with a bonus part, and where a set gives you a whole second character. If you’ve picked your figure already, you can jump straight to shipping costs or holiday returns.

What’s in the Sideshow Black Friday Sale?

I found 48 Sideshow Black Friday deals on Hot Toys figures and sets. Of those, 25 are Marvel, 16 are Star Wars and five are DC. The other two are Beetlejuice and Seong Gi-hun from Squid Game. Every one had money off the figure or the set itself. A full-price figure with free shipping didn’t make the list, even if it turned up right beside the sale figures in Sideshow’s gift guide.

I went through all four pages of the Action Figure Gift Guide and checked the Hot Toys listings against their individual product pages. Out of 167 listings from all makers, 109 were Hot Toys items. Sixty of those had no reduction on the merchandise price when I checked. One discounted item was the Swoop Bike sold on its own. If you already have somebody to ride that bike, it might be exactly what you want, but I’ve kept this list to figures, creatures and sets that include a figure. That leaves the 48 deals above.

Those 48 are different listings, not 48 different characters. There’s a good reason to keep the editions separate. Sometimes Hot Toys puts an extra piece in one box and Sideshow marks both versions down to the same price. Sometimes the smaller box costs less even though the larger box has a bigger discount. Put those together under one character name and you lose the bit of information that might actually change which one you take home. If someone sent you a wish list with just a character name, our Hot Toys guide can help you narrow it down by character and edition. Once you know the suit or the bonus piece they want, you’ve got a much better idea which listing to open.

The Sideshow Black Friday discount shown on each card belongs to the edition named above it. It shows what Sideshow took off its displayed original U.S. price, rounded down. A “Discounted By $65” badge means at least $65 off the figure. It doesn’t mean the figure costs $65, and you don’t need to enter that number as a coupon. Use the blue button to see the current price of that edition. If the price or availability has changed since our check, go by what Sideshow shows you before placing the order.

When Do the Hot Toys Black Friday Deals Start?

Black Friday falls on November 27 in 2026, followed by Cyber Monday on November 30. You could already shop Sideshow Black Friday deals on November 3, more than three weeks before Black Friday itself. Its early holiday announcement says the discounts appear on the product pages and points shoppers back to the site for more offers during Black Friday and Cyber Monday week. That gives you a reason to look again later if nothing here suits your collection. It doesn’t tell us which figures will still be there, which editions will join the sale or whether today’s figure will cost less that week. Sideshow’s 2026 holiday shopping announcement is where that timing comes from.

My decision would depend on how particular I was about the release. Say you’d be happy with any one of several Iron Man suits. You have room to wait because another armor could come along and do the job just as well. If you want a specific scene, you have a different choice. A fully armored Tony and one halfway through suiting up can be based on the same film, and the second one still won’t give you that first display. I’d decide ahead of time how much I care about that difference. It’s easier to make the call now than while one of them is sitting in your cart.

If you decide to wait, save the full name of the release, the film or series and the bonus piece you want. If the suit you’re after belongs to an announced figure that hasn’t shipped, the Hot Toys Preorders page is a better place to look for that edition and its expected release window. This sale guide covers figures Sideshow had in stock. “Spider-Man in the black stealth suit” is a much better note than “Spidey on sale.” If another offer appears, you can tell in a few seconds whether you’re looking at a better deal on the same figure or a different figure with a similar name.

How Much Can You Save on Hot Toys Figures?

Eleven of the Hot Toys Black Friday offers in this guide were marked down by at least $100 when we checked. Only three had a discount under $50. I like seeing that spread because “up to” tells me what happened to one item and very little about the rest. I’d still resist making a shopping list from the largest number downward. A big figure with a vehicle or a second character can lose a lot more dollars than a single figure and still take a much bigger bite out of your budget.

Take a mixed shelf rather than a run of similar armor. The discount on Robin is $63, Black Widow is $65 off, and Hunter is also $65 off. If you wanted a partner for Val Kilmer’s Batman, that two-dollar difference wouldn’t get a vote from me. Robin completes the pair. Somebody with a Bad Batch shelf has an equally good reason to go straight to Hunter. When the discounts are that close, the useful comparison is the spot you’re filling, not the last couple of dollars on the badge.

Here’s another way to use those numbers if you’re choosing between one big purchase and two smaller ones. The displayed savings on two separate cards tell you the minimum you’d save on the merchandise if both reductions still apply. They tell you nothing about whether the pair costs less to buy or ship than the one big set. Pull up the actual total for each option. I’d much rather find that out before talking myself into a second figure because I think I’m saving twice.

For a two-pack, read the saving once. Batman and Superman share a listing and so do Chopper and BD-1. You don’t get to multiply the number by two because there are two characters in the photo. The flip side is worth a look too. If you want both head sculpts, outfits and bodies in a two-pack, compare that whole purchase with what you’d actually have to buy separately. If you only want one character, count the full amount you’d be spending to get him. I wouldn’t pencil in money from selling the spare figure until someone had actually bought it.

Which Hot Toys Figures Are Under $200?

If you’ve got $200 to spend, 16 figures in Sideshow’s gift guide came in under that before tax and shipping. Pick a name below to see the exact edition and how much Sideshow took off.

• Marvel — Black Widow, Cable (Special Edition), Spider-Man (Stealth Suit), Thena, Tony Stark (Team Suit), Vision, The Vision, and Winter Soldier.
• Star Wars — Assault Tank Commander, Artillery Stormtrooper, Hunter, IG-11, Shoretrooper, and Shoretrooper Squad Leader.
• DC — King Shark and Robin.

Marvel Figures in the Sideshow Black Friday Sale

Iron Man Mark V or Tony Midway Through Suiting Up?

When somebody says they want the suitcase armor from Iron Man 2, I always want to know which part of the race they mean. Is it Tony standing there in his blue racing suit as the plates start closing around him? Or is it Iron Man taking a hit from Whiplash with the suit already on? Hot Toys made both. The three Mark V listings show whole-dollar savings of $92 on the fully armored Mark V, $90 on the regular Suit Up and $103 on the Deluxe Suit Up. The little red suitcase doesn’t mean the same thing in all three boxes.

The Iron Man Mark V is the one to look at for a completed suit. You get the helmet, a battle-damaged Tony head sculpt and interchangeable battle-damaged chest, shoulder and left arm pieces. I’d use the battered left arm with the clean parts still on his right side. From across the room you’d see that something hit him, and as you get closer you’d see where. Hot Toys includes Whiplash’s arc reactor and a racetrack stand, so even without a second figure there’s something on the shelf that puts Tony back in Monaco.

On the two figures called Tony Stark (Mark V Suit Up Version), the blue and black racing suit is a big part of what you’re buying. Leave some of it showing. You can have the chest and back plates in place while parts of the racing suit are still visible underneath, or add the armor around the shoulders and arms. I’d want that whole setup turned slightly in the case. From straight ahead, you’ll miss some of the little pieces opening out behind him, which is a shame when that’s the reason to get this version in the first place.

The Deluxe adds the opening suitcase and the parts that attach to the case itself. Hot Toys shows two ways to fit the armor to Tony in its Mark V suit-up instructions (PDF, about 10 MB). The suitcase transformation is marked for MMS600, the Deluxe. If the open case is the part you remember from Monaco, look for that code on the box. The Deluxe still cost more than the regular Suit Up when we checked. If you’d leave its extra accessory closed on the floor anyway, don’t let the bigger discount make that decision for you.

Tony’s Workshop Before the Red and Gold

The Mark I and Mech Test Tony make a pretty good argument for leaving some space between your Iron Man figures. The Mark I shows $116 off and Mech Test Tony shows $87 off, but the Mech Test was still the lower-priced route into the workshop. Both have exposed cables, a round arc reactor and bits of machinery you can follow with your eye. On the Mark I, all that equipment is bolted around a man trying to get out of a cave. On Mech Test Tony, you can see the guy in a T-shirt trying to work out how to fly. Put the two together and it’s easier to appreciate how much of the machinery he’s managed to get rid of.

Hot Toys used diecast in specific parts of the Mark I, including the helmet, shoulders and chest. You can see wires between the plates and paint apps that give the metal a mix of bronze and silver tones. The motor on his back turns when you connect USB power and switch it on. Hot Toys puts the USB-C port at the back and lists a 5V/2A adapter, sold separately. If you want to see the motor turning, I’d put him near the glass side of the cabinet with enough room behind him for the cable. The Mark I body and armor are built together, so don’t count on pulling out a separate Tony to stand next to the empty suit.

Mech Test Tony gives you the opposite view. The gauntlets, boots and wires sit over his everyday clothes, and that workshop backdrop saves you from having to build a whole garage to give the figure some context. A pair of hands held out with the palms down makes sense here. He’s trying to stay upright, and it’s more fun seeing that than putting him in the same straight-ahead repulsor pose as an armored figure.

Team Suit Tony is another way to get Robert Downey Jr.’s likeness without buying a full set of armor. His gray Avengers uniform with red trim puts him on the Endgame time heist. There’s a battery-powered helmeted head as well as the Tony portrait, and the damaged Mark 50 mask comes as its own piece. His discount was $73. I’d pick out which Tony I wanted to see first: the guy figuring out his gauntlets in his garage or the Avenger getting ready to travel back in time.

Iron Man Mark 85 for the Snap, the Shield or the Hologram

The long Roman numeral on the box is easy to sort out. LXXXV means 85. After that, look for the words in parentheses. The regular Battle Damaged Version and the Special Edition both include the battered armor, Tony’s head sculpt, the damaged Nano Gauntlet with all six Stones and the rock base. Both editions were discounted by $114 and were the same price when we checked. The Special Edition adds a holo shield. If the whole reason you want this guy is that one moment at the end of Endgame, the pieces for it are in both sets.

I’d leave a little room between Tony’s face and the hand with the Stones. It’s tempting to bring the fingers right up to his cheek when you’re looking at the pose from above. Down at shelf level the gauntlet can end up covering half his expression. Turn the head and hand toward the same side of your case and look at the gap between the two. You should be able to see the fingers and Tony’s eyes at the same time. That matters to me more on this figure than showing off every light in the armor.

Hot Toys makes the Nano Gauntlet a whole right forearm that swaps at the elbow. The hand changes separately, which matters if you want to go from showing the Stones to posing the snap. For a fight pose, the Special Edition shield fits over the fist shown in the instructions. I’d go with the helmet for that look and save the portrait for the snap. If you like changing your display around, that extra piece buys you a different scene. If you know Tony is staying in one pose for the next few years, you already know whether the shield will ever come out.

The Holographic Version is also a Mark 85, but the blue armor takes it in another direction entirely. The detachable blue chest plate lets you see the machinery inside, and you can fit his Nano Repulsor Cannons in place of his arms. Its $126 discount was larger than the $114 on either battle-damaged edition. Set the blue suit beside a red and gold one and it looks like a design Tony could be studying. If your plan depends on seeing Tony’s face and the Stones on his hand, go back to the two battle-damaged editions. The word “holographic” on the blue suit is a finish, and the holo shield in the Special Edition is an accessory.

Making Room for Another Iron Man

If you’ve already got a couple of red suits, the Silver Centurion is worth looking at from the shoulders down. The Mark XXXIII has that red and silver finish, but what I like about the Armor Suit Up Version is being able to show sections in different stages of assembly. There’s also a pair of diecast blades that fit to the forearms. Keep one arm away from his body when you use a blade. From the front it can nearly disappear against all the other silver, and it’s too good a detail to hide.

It’s easy to mix up two red and silver armors when both listings mention suiting up. Look for the racing suit and suitcase if you want the Mark V from Monaco. Silver Centurion is the Mark XXXIII from Iron Man 3. If you’re building out the House Party Protocol, you’ll probably care a lot more about getting the Mark XXXIII in among the other armors than you will about displaying the suitcase sequence. At $148 off, the Silver Centurion shows a larger markdown than the Mark V. Look past the numbers if what you actually want is Tony at the track. A nice deal on the House Party armor still leaves you looking for Monaco.

Iron Strange puts a very different character inside that familiar red and gold armor. Up close it’s Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange inside, with the Eye of Agamotto worked into the chest. It’s a concept for Infinity War that appeared in the art book for Endgame. You can put it beside the Infinity War figures without needing to remember a scene you somehow missed in the movie. I’d have Strange casting with one hand and keep his other arm low so you can see the Eye on his chest. His face, the Eye and one blue spell effect are enough to explain the idea to someone seeing the figure for the first time.

Why Are There Two Visions?

One Sideshow listing says Vision and the other says The Vision. That little “The” is easy to miss on a phone. Both figures show $78 off and we found them at the same sale price, so there’s no discount advantage either way. The colorful WandaVision figure has the reddish-purple face, teal suit and yellow cape. The white figure has a white cape, a blue mechanical detail in the forehead and a light-up head sculpt. Hot Toys lists both at about the same height. That makes them an easy pair to pose face to face on the same shelf.

The white figure comes with two sets of eyepieces, showing him before and after he gets Vision’s memories. The beam that attaches to his forehead gives you another scene entirely. With the beam in place and the two figures squared up, you have a fight. Take the beam off, turn their faces toward one another and ease their hands down, and suddenly they look like two people having that strange conversation about who they are. You can keep the same two spots on the shelf and change the whole scene.

If you have room for one Vision beside Wanda, take a look at the fabric too. The yellow cape on the colorful release has a pattern picked out in red-violet, and it gives his outline a lot of contrast against the teal suit. The white release has detail in its cape and suit as well, but you’re depending more on the shadows to see it. Against a white back panel I’d turn one shoulder forward to put a little shade into those folds. With a dark cabinet behind him the outline of the cape is easier to see, even in a relaxed museum pose.

Cable or Cable Special Edition?

Cable is the one where I’d check both buttons even if you usually buy the regular version. On the day we checked, both editions started from the same original price. The regular Cable was discounted by $70 and the Cable Special Edition by $84. That put the edition with the extra piece below the regular one.

The bonus in that Special Edition is the translucent yellow psionic shield. You can use it for a fight pose or leave it in the tray and still come out ahead on the price.

Both editions give you Cable’s dark green poncho, tactical vest, heavy machine gun, time-travel device and that little burned teddy bear that clips to his belt. You can display him with the bear showing and leave the shield with the spare hands. The outfit gives you plenty of choices before you even start looking for somewhere to put a big effect piece.

That comparison works the other way around if one edition sells through or its offer changes. The light in Cable’s left eye and the silver mechanical arm belong to the regular release too. If those and the Josh Brolin likeness are what drew you in, losing the shield doesn’t cost you the character you came looking for. Check the two edition names as well as the current deal before you settle on a box.

Spider-Man With the Mask Up or Down

The two Spider-Man figures in this sale are about the same height. The Far From Home Stealth Suit has the smaller dollar markdown, yet it was the less expensive figure when we checked. It has that all-black outfit, a mask that exposes Peter’s eyes, interchangeable eyepieces and web lines for a swinging pose. If you already have a red Spider-Man, this is the one that gives you a completely different costume without your having to rearrange much of the shelf around him.

The Battling Version Movie Promo Edition is Peter from No Way Home. Its $88 markdown goes toward a figure with a rooftop base, a weathered red and black suit and two very different views of the head. The fully masked sculpt has swappable eyes. The other has the mask rolled up so you can see Tom Holland’s face. There’s a phone and a hand to hold it, which I love for a setup where Peter is catching his breath.

You can also give him the Box from the film and have him perched on the rooftop trying to keep it out of somebody else’s hands.

There’s a third character worth remembering if you’re using this sale to put together a Spider-Man shelf. Mysterio’s Iron Man Illusion is the ruined armor Peter sees in Far From Home, with a skull visible through the broken helmet. The drone, pixel effects and lit base come with the illusion. They give you the graveyard scene even if you’ve never collected the other Iron Man suits. The Stealth Suit belongs to that film, so I’d be looking at those two together before buying another red suit simply because its discount is larger.

Does the Hydra Stomper Come With Steve?

There are two ways to buy the big green Hydra Stomper in the Sideshow Black Friday sale. The standalone Hydra Stomper showed $123 off. The Steve Rogers and Hydra Stomper set showed $96 off and includes Steve in his flight suit. Before working out where to put the armor, decide whether you want the small Steve Rogers figure too. If you want him alongside Captain Carter, you’re looking for the two names in the title, even if you plan to leave the Stomper’s cockpit open so you can see inside it.

Here’s where a box list helps more than the sale badge. Both Stompers have the white star on the chest, the blue lights in the eyes and reactor, the opening cockpit and hands with articulated fingers. The armor can accommodate the sixth scale Steve from the What If…? line. That doesn’t mean Steve is included with the standalone armor. The bundle adds its own 28-centimeter Steve, his backpack and a separate stand.

If you want to display Steve in the cockpit, check section K of Hot Toys’ Hydra Stomper and Steve instructions (PDF, about 19 MB). Hot Toys shows how to move the chest-light battery case and seat Steve leaning slightly forward so his head sculpt clears the hatch. The Stomper’s legs are fixed on both releases. Steve can sit in the armor, but the armor itself won’t kneel beside Captain Carter.

For a standing display, Hot Toys lists the Stomper at about 56 centimeters tall before you allow extra room to reach into the case. That’s around 22 inches for the armor itself. If you want Steve visible outside it, the set needs enough shelf width for two pieces. I’d mark a spot for Steve alongside one boot, then look at the shelf from where I normally sit. You want to see his face beside the armor, and the bottom of the shelf above can hide the Stomper’s eyes if you cut the clearance too close.

Black Widow and Winter Soldier for the Same Savings

Black Widow and Winter Soldier each show $65 off. Here the figures also had the same original and discounted prices when we checked, so the choice comes down to which version of the character belongs in your collection. This Natasha has the white jumpsuit from Black Widow, with the black belt and thigh holsters breaking up the white. Her pack has two removable baton handles. That lets you hang the pistols at her sides and put a baton in each hand, or keep both hands free with the handles showing over her shoulders.

If you saw the long-haired Artisan Bucky in our Hot Toys Reviews, check the outfit before you order. The Bucky in the Sideshow Black Friday sale has short hair and the blue tactical suit from The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. The sale figure gives you the later head sculpt, the metallic paint app on the mechanical left arm and a machine gun and dagger. If you have Sam in the case, this is the version I’d look at for that pairing. The fact that both Bucky and Natasha have appeared alongside Cap doesn’t make every outfit a match for the same film.

Thena was $84 off, a larger markdown than either Bucky or Black Widow. The draw for an Eternals shelf is the Angelina Jolie head sculpt and the gold and champagne outfit. You also get the shield and a choice of blades, an axe and a spear. If her shelf spot is between two other figures, the short sword gives you a way to see the weapon without hanging it across somebody else’s face. That’s a more useful reason to choose her than trying to squeeze every last dollar out of three unrelated Marvel offers.

Allow Room for the Weapon as Well as the Figure

Infinity Ultron and Thor are a good last check if you’re tempted by one of the bigger armored figures. Ultron is about 39 centimeters tall and his double-ended spear adds another thing to allow for. The wired red cape can take up room behind him too. Endgame Thor is about 32 centimeters tall, but give him Stormbreaker with a blue lightning effect and you’ll want room beside him. One deal shows $108 off and the other $71. Neither number tells you which one will fit in the gap you’ve got.

If there’s another shelf directly above that gap, I’d set a ruler upright in the case and look through the glass. Imagine where the top of Ultron’s helmet will be, then where you’d put the point of the spear. For Thor, run the ruler across the shelf from his shoulder instead. He comes with Mjolnir too, so there’s a compact display you can switch to if another Avenger moves in next to him. That choice of weapons might be worth more to you than the extra savings on the taller figure.

Star Wars Figures and Sets

Which Trooper Belongs on Your Star Wars Shelf?

The two Shoretroopers look so similar in a small product shot that I’d check the chest and belt before choosing one. The Shoretrooper Squad Leader has blue and white mixed into the tan armor and a skirt hanging from his belt. He’s the one from Rogue One, stationed on Scarif. The Shoretrooper from The Mandalorian comes from the refinery on Morak. Look for the brown pouch at his hip. That red plate on the right arm is on both, so it won’t tell you which one you’re buying.

Both Shoretroopers showed the same original price and the same discount at Sideshow, a saving of $84 each. If you’re building the beach on Scarif, the blue stripe makes the Squad Leader easy to pick out among the tan helmets.

For the refinery, I like the plain tan trooper with the rifle held low, his helmet turned toward whoever’s coming through the door. If you just love the armor design, putting the two side by side gives you a good look at the differences. I’d leave a little space between them so you can see the skirt on one and the brown trousers on the other.

The Assault Tank Commander offers another way into a Rogue One display. He showed $72 off when we checked, and his original price matched the two Shoretroopers. That made the commander the more expensive of the three to take home before tax and shipping. What distinguishes his release is the helmet, a double-barreled rifle and a piece of Death Star staircase that detaches from the stand.

If your idea is a patrol on Jedha, you might prefer the simpler base. If you have room for the stairs, the change in level gives you a way to show off his green trousers and the weathering on his boots. There’s no tank in this particular listing. The decision here is whether you want that helmet and armor for your trooper lineup.

The Artillery Stormtrooper showed $57 off. It’s a smaller saving than the blue Shoretrooper gets, but if you already have the Shoretrooper, a second rifleman might be less interesting than a trooper with a mortar. He has yellow armor markings and a yellow pauldron, but the important pieces are at his feet and on his back. You get a mortar with an adjustable barrel and three detachable detonators carried in the pack.

I’d put the mortar down beside the front edge of the shelf, give him one of the detonators and turn his helmet toward the barrel. From there you can see him loading it. Behind a couple of other troopers, you might only see his yellow shoulder.

Chrome Cody and Concept Art Maul

When you’re looking at the Sideshow Black Friday deals, it’s easy to see “Commander Cody” and “Discounted By $53” before you notice the word “Chrome.” This version gives you two helmets, one Phase I and one Phase II, with silver chrome armor below the neck. If you’re picturing Cody beside Obi-Wan with orange markings across white armor, look closely at this edition before you order. Its appeal is seeing the shape of those familiar armor plates in a completely different finish. That distinction matters more to me than how many clones I already own.

Which helmet would you actually put on him? If your other clones wear Phase II helmets, fitting that one gives you an easy comparison across the row. The ridges and openings are familiar, but light travels across Cody’s silver bucket differently than it does across a painted white one.

Switch to Phase I and the helmet itself becomes another point of difference. You also get the magnetic jetpack, a blaster rifle and gesture hands. I’d be tempted to leave the rifle down and let him signal to the clone next to him. You get to see the shoulder plates without putting another blaster across his chest.

It’s the khaki outfit that gives the Concept Art Darth Maul away. He has the tattooed face and horns you remember, but with a light training outfit and dark silver armor on his forearms and lower legs. If you’re after the black robes from the duel in The Phantom Menace, that’s a big difference. If you already have that Maul, the light fabric lets you see a whole different costume on a character most of us picture in black.

Sideshow took $43 off the concept release. Hot Toys gave this head sculpt separate rolling eyes. With a head sculpt like this, you can point the eyes toward the saber without turning his whole face away from you.

Take the blade into account before you pick his spot. Hot Toys includes two red blades, another pair sculpted in motion and a USB-powered light-up hilt. There’s also a second hilt for an unlit display. A double blade held straight across will claim space on both sides of Maul, and this figure is already about 35 centimeters tall before you raise either end. I’d try the angle with something about as long as the intended span before rearranging an entire shelf around him. It’s a lot easier to change your mind while the other Jedi are still standing.

Hunter and Echo in the Same Display

Hunter was $65 off and Echo was $88 off. Echo still cost more after the discount. Before calling either one the better deal, have a look at what you get to do with that figure. Hunter and Echo look like members of the same squad even with both helmets on. Their dark armor has red markings, worn edges and a black fabric undersuit visible at the joints.

I like what their hands let you do with the two of them. Hunter has a right hand for his dagger and a left hand for giving a signal. Echo has a mechanical right arm for getting into a computer. Put those two choices together and you’ve got Hunter keeping watch while Echo gets a door open. Neither needs a rifle pointed straight out of the case.

Hunter’s tattoo and bandana are good reasons to leave the helmet off. Think about how much of the face you want to see when you decide which side of Echo to put him on. Point Hunter toward his teammate and, from one side, you’ll get a better view of the skull marking than you would from the other. His backpack attaches with a magnet. I’d leave it on for the side view, or take it off if it crowds the rifle on the figure behind him.

Echo gives you five mechanical right arms. The one with the computer interface is the obvious choice for that door, but the grasper has moving pincers and a detachable wire, and the jackhammer arm retracts. There’s a manipulator and a utility arm too. The latter takes either a relaxed hand or one that holds the pistol. I’d keep the spare pieces for each arm together, especially the little wire and the hands for the utility arm. When you decide to change the scene, it’s a lot easier to find a whole arm and its parts than to remember which little bit of hardware went with which attachment.

For a straight Bad Batch lineup, I’d give Echo enough light near the bottom of the case to see the metal paint apps on his mechanical legs. A row of armor can look pretty similar from the waist up, and his legs are part of what makes him recognizable. If you only have room for one member, consider which detail you’d miss most. Hunter’s portrait identifies him even with the rifle and pack put away. With Echo, swapping the computer interface for the jackhammer changes what he’s doing even if he’s the only member of the Batch you own.

What Comes With Anakin’s STAP?

Both the regular Anakin and STAP set and the Special Edition Anakin and STAP set come with the vehicle. That’s worth sorting out before you start comparing the boxes. Both give you the Clone Wars Anakin with his scar, navy tunic and burgundy under-tunic, plus the blue and white vehicle with light-up drive turbines. The extra in the Special Edition is a weathered gray poncho. Sideshow had the same price on both editions when we checked, and both cards show a $98 saving after rounding down. If the picture in your head is Anakin holding the controls with his armor showing, you can build that display with either one.

The STAP is about 32 centimeters tall, 22.5 centimeters wide and 16 centimeters long. Those are the vehicle measurements. Anakin is roughly 31 centimeters tall himself, and where his head ends up depends on where he’s standing. I’d leave clearance for him to actually ride it, particularly if there’s another glass shelf overhead. The grips, control platform and foot locks articulate. Look at how far forward you want him leaning before you decide where the lightsaber will go.

What I like about the set is that there’s plenty to do with Anakin off the vehicle. The gray chest and shoulder pieces can be switched out for darker ones, and the dark chest guard comes with a brown cape. There are hands for using the Force and a holoprojector with little holograms of Ahsoka, Yoda and Obi-Wan. If there’s room for Anakin but not the STAP in your main display, the holoprojector gives him something to do besides stand there with the blade pointed up. Pick the character you’d most like to see on the other end of that call.

For the two-piece setup, I’d angle the STAP just enough to see the paint wear on the blue and white bodywork and stand Anakin alongside it between missions. That gives you a good look at the scar and medium-length hair on the head sculpt too.

If the poncho is what you like about the Special Edition, imagine that same pose with some of the chest armor covered. Sometimes a small costume piece changes the whole display, and sometimes it goes straight back in the box because the armor was the reason you bought the figure.

Hera, Chopper and the Droids You Might Miss

With Hera, the accessories I’d get out first are the tool bag and the communicator. This is the live-action Ahsoka version, with her brown jacket, orange pants and goggles sculpted into her flight cap. Give her the blaster and she looks ready for a fight. Give her the communicator and have her looking down at a droid, and suddenly she looks like a captain trying to get an answer. You can make that change with her eyes because Hot Toys gave Hera separate rolling eyeballs. Her green lekku also have wire inside, so you can arrange them around the jacket collar and leave the embroidery in view.

Chopper’s name appears on a set with BD-1, and the two droids wear black and red Imperial disguises. If you have Hera in mind, consider whether that’s the Chopper you want next to her. The usual patchwork colors are a big part of his look for some collectors.

The black and red paint apps work particularly well if you want a little undercover scene. That $35 discount is for the whole set, not for each droid. The set also includes a Mouse Droid, a funny little extra that you could miss completely if you stopped reading after the two names in the title.

Scale makes a difference here. Hera stands about 30 centimeters tall, Chopper about 18 and BD-1 about eight. Put BD-1 behind Hera’s boot and you’ve lost him. Put him out where Hera can glance down at him and his lenses and exposed wires are part of the scene. I’d leave the Mouse Droid a clear stretch of shelf in front of the others. It looks more like it’s going somewhere when you can see the floor ahead of it.

There’s also quite a bit you can change on Chopper himself. His center tread leg detaches, his wheels turn and the antennas come in normal and extended styles. You get different forearms for his two mechanical arms, plus another arm stored in his chest. For a quieter display with Hera, I’d have one arm reaching for her tools. For an Imperial hallway, I like the idea of keeping his arms tucked in and the smaller droids lined up behind him. All three come out of the same box, but you don’t have to squeeze them all next to Hera to make use of them.

Bo-Katan and IG-11 in Action

Bo-Katan and IG-11 had savings of $73 and $78 on their respective sale cards. Of the two, IG-11 started at the lower original price and also got the deeper discount. If you’re picking just one, the small gap between the two savings badges tells you very little about the figures themselves.

Bo-Katan has two blasters, a holster for each and two very different heads. The scuffed helmet with its movable rangefinder is the one I picture above the jetpack with both booster flames attached. But if the reason you want her is Katee Sackhoff’s likeness, you’ve got the short reddish hair and the headpiece on the unhelmeted sculpt. I’d holster the blasters and have her checking the comlink with her right hand. You can see her face, the weathering on her blue gauntlets and the front of her armor all at once.

You also get a wired grappling hook and a blade that attaches to the right gauntlet. Think about what’s beside her before you run the hook out across a display. If she’s in the middle of three Mandalorians, the blade will give you something interesting on the arm without a line running in front of the next helmet. If she has one end of a shelf to herself, the hook has somewhere to go. For a flying pose, allow room under the jetpack as well. Both flame pieces extend below it.

IG-11 takes up space in a completely different way. He’s over 14 inches tall, with long mechanical arms and pipes and wires visible through the body. The waist turns all the way around, his two graspers articulate and Hot Toys includes both the heavy blaster and the rifle. I’d turn the waist so one arm covers the space to the side and point the other toward the front. Give him a gap between the other figures and you can actually see daylight through the body and appreciate how skinny this droid is.

For a crowded case, let the desert stand and the double shoulder belt carry more of the look. IG-11 is easy to recognize standing upright with that little red light in his mechanical head, even with the weapons lowered. If the scene you want is him looking after Grogu, check what you already own. The listed accessories for this IG-11 center on the blasters and ammo pouches; there’s no Grogu in this box.

Making Room for Kuiil and the Blurrg

Hot Toys lists the Blurrg at nearly two feet long. On the rocky base it stands about 43 centimeters high before you account for a rider. If your shelves are adjustable, check whether moving the one above it would crowd the display on the next level.

The Kuiil and Blurrg bundle showed the biggest dollar saving in the guide, $168. The standalone Blurrg showed $97 off. Both actually received the same 30 percent discount. The bigger dollar figure on the bundle comes from its higher starting price, so you’ll still spend more on the pair. You’re paying for Kuiil and his gear as well as the animal. Both Blurrgs come with the bridle, saddle and rocky stand. If you already have Kuiil, those pieces let you give him a mount without buying him again.

If you want both characters and don’t own either, the bundled set gives you more possibilities than just Kuiil in the saddle. He comes with a welder, a bucket and goggles, and his jaw moves. I’d put him at the Blurrg’s head, talking to it while he takes a break. His aviator cap stays on. Hot Toys warns that the goggles can scratch the paint, so take your time positioning them over his eyes.

For this one I’d lay out a sheet of paper to match the 60 by 25 centimeter footprint Sideshow gives for the creature on its base before deciding on either deal. Try it side-on first. If the tail forces you to turn it toward the glass, see how much room you’ve left for Kuiil to stand beside its head. A big creature and a small rider can make a great pair at this scale precisely because their sizes are so different. Check the view from where you sit before you give them the whole shelf.

DC, Film and TV Figures

Batgirl and Robin Belong to Two Different Gothams

If somebody told me they wanted a figure to go beside their Batman, my first question would be which Batman they have. The Batman Forever Robin looks like Dick Grayson could step straight onto the set with Val Kilmer. The purple and gold Batgirl belongs to the Arkham Knight game line. You could absolutely put them together. I’d just want to know whether you’re shopping for one particular movie or building a Bat Family shelf where everybody gets an invite.

Robin’s metallic red chest, green sleeves and gold belt give him plenty of color even with the cape closed behind him. The little R on his chest and the black eye mask put me right back in Batman Forever. The mask is sculpted onto the head, but you can still see Chris O’Donnell’s eyes, jaw and swept-back hair. I’d turn his face just a little toward Batman and keep the cape collar low enough to see his chin.

The accessory list for Robin is pretty short. You get fists, relaxed hands and gesture hands, along with the movie stand. There’s no big weapon to build a pose around. That suits me for the two of them side by side. I’d give Robin the relaxed hands, turn his chin toward Batman and put a little bend in the outer edge of the cape. The warm lining shows up against the green sleeve, while the black on the outside still ties him to Batman. If you enjoy changing out gadgets, though, he offers far fewer options than Batgirl.

Hot Toys gave Batgirl’s Purple and Gold Version a remote hacking device with a left hand to hold it, a grapnel gun with an attachable Batclaw, and two Batarangs. I can see her with the device up near eye level and the grapnel down by her thigh, as if she’s found a way into a building. The cowl has two lower faces, so you can change her expression without giving up the red-brown hair falling out of the back. Between that hair, the purple cowl and the gold bat on her chest, I’d keep the cape behind one shoulder so everything stays visible.

The part of the name I’d pay attention to is “Purple and Gold.” The shape of the armor comes from the game figure, but the metallic finish and big gold details are a specific color choice. Someone collecting a run of dark Arkham suits may care more about matching those outfits. Someone who grew up picturing Batgirl in purple might love seeing that color on a much more heavily armored design. The sale card shows $52 off Batgirl and $63 off Robin. I’d let the suit you actually want settle that choice. An extra eleven dollars off Robin won’t give your Arkham display the Batgirl you went looking for.

Why the XE Batman Comes With a Frozen Staircase

There’s a pretty good clue to this Batman’s identity in the box. He comes with an ice-covered stair rail. This is the XE suit from Cold, Cold Heart, the Mr. Freeze story in Batman: Arkham Origins. Bruce has a reason to be wearing all that extra armor, and the Cryodrill makes a lot more sense here than it would on a regular Gotham patrol figure. If the game is what brought you to this release, those bits of ice may mean just as much to you as the suit itself.

The XE Batman stands about 33 centimeters tall. The silver-gray plates have weathering across them, and the big armored boots carry that bulk right down to his feet. The stair piece, rail and ice crystal give you some say in how much of the game you build around him. You could put the drill in his hand with the activated head pointed toward the ice. Swap in the normal drill head and let him look over the frozen stairs, and you’ve caught him a few seconds earlier.

The $77 discount applies to the release with both drill heads and the staircase pieces. You can put that little frozen corner of Gotham together with what comes in the box.

I’d look at the right hand for listening to a signal, too. It’s easy to overlook that hand when there’s a Cryodrill in the box, but Batman standing still, hand up near his cowl, is a pose you could recognize across the room. You’d still see those silver gauntlets and the shape of the armor. It also gives you a reason to display the suit without dedicating the whole shelf to the ice scene. For somebody working with a narrow case, that choice makes a difference.

Batgirl and XE Batman are both game releases, so I can see why a collector would want them together. I’d leave a little room between them. She has those brighter panels and gadgets you can arrange close to her body. He has a black wired cape, thick shoulder armor and all that ice down at his feet. Giving the stairs their own corner would let each figure keep the look of its particular game without making you choose a different shelf for the two of them.

What You Get With Knightmare Batman and Superman

The Knightmare Batman and Superman set answers a question I’d ask about any two-pack. Can I put both characters on display at the same time? Here you get two complete figures. Batman is about 32 centimeters tall under the cowl, and Superman is just a little shorter. If you’ve been after Henry Cavill in the black suit, ask yourself whether you’d want the Knightmare Batman on his own, too.

The Sideshow Black Friday discount on this set was $80 for Batman and Superman together. It’s only a few dollars more in savings than the XE Batman deal, even though here you’re buying two figures. If you want just one of them, I’d think twice before paying for both.

One thing I like about this Batman is how much of Bruce you can choose to hide. The desert goggles fit onto his head sculpt, there’s a scarf for covering his lower face, and the cowl has three interchangeable lower faces. If you want him bundled up in all that desert gear, you might barely see the mouth you picked. I’d start with the goggles up and the ordinary scarf around his neck so I could actually enjoy the expression. On a shelf with other movie Batmen, the long dusty coat and green wraps on his arms already tell you which one he is.

There’s a Joker card on the machine gun, a small detail I could easily miss with the weapon held tight across his coat. I’d sling the gun where that card shows and give him the binoculars for a change. With Superman turned toward him, though, the weapon down by his side and Bruce looking up would tell quite a story. It’s the kind of set where deciding where each guy is looking can do more than trying to get both of them into a fight pose.

Superman gets a regular Cavill head sculpt and a second, battery-operated head for the heat vision. I’d want the regular one if he was going beside the rest of the League. On a Knightmare display, those lit eyes make Batman’s concern pretty easy to understand. If you use the regular head and put the light-up one back in its tray for months, I’d take its batteries out first. A leak can damage the contacts even with the eyes switched off. Our guide on storing figures with replaceable batteries covers what to check before you use the lights again.

Superman’s cape has wire, as does Batman’s coat, so think about their outer edges when you plan the pair. You can pull Superman’s cape toward the open side of the shelf and leave the space between their faces clear. That also gives the silver crest somewhere to catch the light against an otherwise black suit.

Which Joints Move on Hot Toys King Shark?

King Shark is the one DC listing where I’d slow down over the name of the series. Hot Toys made Nanaue from The Suicide Squad as a Power Pose figure. He’s roughly 35.5 centimeters tall, made of vinyl, and has seven points of articulation in the arms, wrists and waist. The instruction sheet also shows the feet swiveling. That lets you adjust their angle for a standing pose. Hot Toys doesn’t show a knee bend, so I’d rule him out if you’re buying Nanaue specifically for a deep crouch.

Look at what you get in return. There’s room across that big gray head for rows of teeth, a wide jaw and the rough texture of his skin. His pale underside looks different from the shaded gray across his back. The dorsal fin gives him a silhouette you can pick out behind the other members of the Squad. At close to fourteen inches tall he’ll stand above plenty of human-sized sixth scale figures, but it’s his shoulders and fin I’d make room for when deciding whether he fits between two teammates.

The book is where the figure gets funny for me. I can picture the giant shark in his blue patterned pants, trying to look like he’s minding his own business with all those teeth showing. You have a pair of relaxed hands and a pair of gesture hands. Decide whether the book or the gesture is the joke you want people to see first, then give it a clear spot in front of him.

Sideshow had King Shark at $57 off. If it’s the book gag you want in your Suicide Squad lineup, you can do it with the parts he comes with. I’d give him the space between two teammates where you can see what he’s reading.

Which Beetlejuice Head Sculpt Would You Display?

The green hair and striped suit might be the first things you recognize, but this Beetlejuice figure is based on Michael Keaton in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. That distinction matters if the 1988 film is the reason he’s on your list. You might be perfectly happy with the sequel look. I’d still want to see the actual face Hot Toys made before buying him for an original-movie lineup. The striped suit shows up in both films. The sequel head sculpts are where I’d spend my time comparing him with an older release.

The regular head has separate moving eyes. I’d angle them up from The Afterlife newspaper as if he’s just read something worth repeating to the poor person next to him. The other sculpt has his eyes popping out and his tongue hanging loose. That’s a whole different gag, and the frizzy light green wool hair helps it along.

The $49 discount is on the release with both portraits. You can change from Keaton giving somebody the side-eye to full cartoon chaos without buying a second figure.

I like that Hot Toys didn’t stop with the Handbook for the Recently Deceased. You get a nail file, a microphone, a heart and hands specifically for holding that heart. A guy standing on his own tombstone base, filing his nails like he’s got nowhere better to be, sounds about right to me. The heart goes better with a big gesture. Give him one prop and people can follow the joke. Set the entire contents of his pockets around his shoes and you’ll probably have to explain half of it.

Take a look further down the outfit too. The black and white stripes carry from the weathered jacket into the pants, and there’s a little flash of red sock before the black shoes. With the tombstone behind him, I’d leave the front edge of the base pretty bare so you can see those colors right down to his feet. A collector who loves odd tailoring and character props can get a lot of mileage out of this release without ever switching to the more outrageous head.

What Comes With Seong Gi-hun From Squid Game?

Seong Gi-hun comes from the second season of Squid Game. He’s back in the green tracksuit with 456 on his chest, but the cross badge and voting machine put this release at a particular point in his story. His Lee Jung-jae head sculpt has separate moving eyes. I’d give him a sidelong glance toward the machine, with one hand hanging there for a moment before he votes. You could build that whole scene with barely anything in front of his shoes.

The voting machine lights up over USB. If your case has a power source close by, think about which side you’ll put the machine on so a cable can run out of sight. If the shelf has no power, there’s still plenty in this box that doesn’t depend on that effect. The number is embroidered on the jacket and printed on the top underneath. You can open the jacket enough to show the shirt, and the wire in the collar gives you some control over how it sits near his chin.

For a game display, I’d sort the pieces before setting anything out. Hot Toys includes the ankle cuffs for the six-legged pentathlon along with Ddakji, Biseokchigi, Gonggi stones, a spinning top and a shuttlecock. Those little pieces belong to different parts of the event. Pick the game you remember watching and put its pieces with Gi-hun on the staircase base. Keep the others together so when you change the display you can find the right ones again. I’d keep the ankle cuffs with the games and give the voting machine its own spot. That way you can change the scene without hunting for a spinning top among all those loose hands.

The $56 off Gi-hun applies to that whole Season 2 set, including the square-symbol mask and gold piggy bank. The piggy bank is something even somebody passing your shelf might recognize from the show. The square mask carries more meaning for the person who knows what that symbol stands for. If you’re buying for a Squid Game fan, asking which scene stuck with them will tell you more than asking whether they like action figures. Their answer might be the little voting machine, the games, or Gi-hun back in his tracksuit trying to get the other players out.

Which Sideshow Black Friday Deals Can You Actually Use?

When I compare Sideshow Black Friday deals, I look at the price of the figure first. Then I check whether that edition also qualifies for cheaper shipping or a gift. The November 3 holiday guide listed $5 U.S. shipping for Vision and Robin. If either figure is on your list, check the shipping offer on its product page for your address. It’s also why I didn’t add the value of shipping to the savings badge. A collector outside the offer area wouldn’t get that saving.

One Sideshow Black Friday offer advertises a free figure when you buy at least $300 in qualifying in-stock merchandise. The words I’d check before adding anything else are “qualifying” and the name of the free figure available that day. A full cart can contain items outside the offer, and the gift itself can change or run out. Look at the eligible products and any shipping charge for the gift. Sideshow links the eligible items from its current holiday offers. If your cart already qualifies and you like the extra figure, great. If you’re adding a figure you never wanted just to hit the threshold, compare the new total with your original order first.

If you have rewards in your Sideshow account, I’d sign in before deciding what to buy. That way you can see whether your existing balance applies to this order and what the checkout still asks you to pay. Sideshow applies rewards to eligible merchandise. You still pay taxes and shipping, and you have to apply your rewards at checkout before you submit the order. I’d keep that account credit separate from the advertised discount when comparing two figures. You earned the credit earlier, and using it on one figure means you won’t have it to spend on the other. The Sideshow Rewards terms cover eligibility and redemption.

What Will It Cost to Get the Figure to Your Door?

Before you order from the Sideshow Black Friday sale, check the shipping estimate for the edition you picked. A big mount, a diorama base or a second body can mean a much larger shipping carton, even if both listings are called sixth scale. On a U.S. order, Sideshow uses carton size and weight when working out shipping and may use dimensional weight on oversized pieces. I’d enter the ZIP code where the figure is actually going, especially if I’m sending it to somebody else as a gift. Sideshow explains this in its U.S. shipping guide.

There’s one more line you might see under a figure’s price. Sideshow calls it a Tariff Impact Fee. It applies to certain imports. On the Beetlejuice listing, for example, Sideshow shows the discounted figure amount and the fee underneath the displayed total. That total is the one we used for the comparison. If you’re writing down prices for a couple of figures, don’t add the same fee a second time.

For a gift, decide where that carton is going before you check out. Will it go straight to the person getting the figure, or to you first so you can wrap it? Sending a large set to yourself and then mailing it across the country means you have a second trip to arrange and pay for. On the other hand, sending it to the recipient’s house could give away the surprise. If the collector cares about keeping the original brown shipper clean, look for the double-box option on eligible items and check the charge. It’s a preference I’d ask about before paying for it. Sideshow shows where to find it in its double-boxing instructions.

In stock also answers a different question from “will it be here for Christmas?” Look above Add to Cart for the shipping estimate on that exact item, then allow for the trip after it leaves Sideshow. If you choose flexible payments, Sideshow says the in-stock order ships after the final payment processes. That can work fine for your own collection and still be the wrong option for a gift you want to hand somebody next month. See its explanation of in-stock shipping times before choosing a payment schedule.

For Christmas 2026, Sideshow’s holiday shipping table lists December 6 as the U.S. ground order-by date. Its 2026 Christmas delivery guidance says orders placed after December 13 may miss Christmas. Carrier volume, weather and customs can change when the box reaches you. If you want to hand someone the figure at a family dinner, work back from that dinner. A delivery before December 25 can still be a week too late for your plans.

Buying a Hot Toys Figure for Another Collector

If you’re buying for someone else, the most useful thing you can get is a look at their display. One picture can tell you which characters they already display, how much room is left and whether they like one figure per shelf or a whole team together. You don’t have to know all the movie names. If their Batman wears a black rubber-looking suit with a yellow oval on his chest, that tells you more than a shopping list that just says “DC.” If there’s a line of white helmets and room at the end, take a closer look at the markings before you buy another trooper.

When you can ask directly, ask which version they wanted instead of asking whether they like the character. Someone can love Bucky and still have a very particular jacket, haircut or metal arm in mind. A collector who wants the white Vision could easily send back a perfectly good red one. If you’re sending someone a Hot Toys Black Friday deal as a gift idea, keep the edition name in the screenshot. That saves you both from having to guess which box you meant. If you want to keep the surprise, ask for two or three exact listings. You still get to choose which box they open.

Once you know the release, check that it fits where they’ll put it. Measure the opening between the shelf and the one above it, then the usable depth with the door closed. The frame can take away room you thought you had. Think about the width of the pose too. A figure standing straight with both hands down is one measurement. A cape pulled to one side, a long spear or a droid pointing a rifle across the case is another. Our guide to display cases for figures is useful if the gift is starting a collection and there isn’t a cabinet yet.

What Is the Holiday Return Window for a Gift?

If you’re buying a gift directly from Sideshow, keep your order confirmation. The 2026 holiday return policy gives buyers until February 7, 2027, to request a return or exchange on purchases delivered from November 1, 2026, through January 2, 2027. The delivery date is the one to check. I’d still inspect the figure when it arrives, especially if you want the same edition as a replacement and stock is running low.

Keep the fitted tray and shipper while you sort out any problem. If something arrives broken, take a close-up of the damage, a wider shot showing where it is on the figure, and pictures of the packaging. For a gift, Sideshow asks the original purchaser to contact support. Its returns and replacement-parts instructions tell you what to send. Once the figure is safely in the case, our guide to which Hot Toys boxes to keep can help you decide what’s worth the space in your closet.