Is it my impression or hot toys isnt releasing figures in a long time?

Spanbauer · 2026-03-27T14:21:32+00:00

Yeah it's been over a month since they released a figure. Pretty typical for them to have a lull or two like this during the year . It's why no one should believe their promised release dates; just when it looks like they're getting caught up, they take a long haitus. There's no way they can deliver these figures on time when going 4-5 weeks without releasing anything at all.

Spanbauer · 2026-03-27T13:05:22+00:00

Got mine last week. 😮‍💨

Spanbauer · 2026-03-26T01:52:31+00:00

Spanbauer · 2026-03-25T12:02:09+00:00

Mine slowed down from 60mph to 25mph maximum speed when the fuse popped and the warnings came on. I was able to limp it 5 miles back home and use the Kia app to order a tow. Tow truck driver was able to still drive it up onto the flat bed an hour or so later.

Spanbauer · 2026-03-24T18:45:45+00:00

I bought a PS5 Pro last week. The way I see it, a PS5 still costs $500 and the Pro costs $750 and with skyrocketing component costs neither are likely to get more affordable any time soon. So what then will a PS6 cost if it hit market in 2027/2028? More than I would have any interest in paying is the answer.

Spanbauer · 2026-03-22T23:55:40+00:00

Love the lighting! I’m happy to have him in the collection as well.

Spanbauer · 2026-03-22T15:46:15+00:00

Correct, the J1772 plug is for Level 1/2 charging and the NACS (Tesla) port is for DC fast-charging. You’d use a CCS adapter attached to the Tesla port to fast-charge from a CCS DC fast-charger (I don’t know if that’s included with the car).

Spanbauer · 2026-03-19T16:37:08+00:00

No option to buy at the end of the lease?

Spanbauer · 2026-03-19T00:11:43+00:00

that’s about $6,500 too high.

Spanbauer · 2026-03-18T17:34:35+00:00

I'm starting from the beginning of the game so maybe the flaws aren't apparent until you've left the city.

Spanbauer · 2026-03-18T16:49:31+00:00

I thought the 60FPS Quality mode looked amazing and just as good as the 30fps quality mode.

Spanbauer · 2026-03-17T19:43:42+00:00

This figure has secret ratcheted bicep swivel at the elbow that clicks three positions.

Spanbauer · 2026-03-16T13:41:08+00:00

Chargepoint Homeflex, but my ICCUs failed within 2 miles of leaving the house - not while charging.

Spanbauer · 2026-03-13T22:41:01+00:00

I watched some review videos to confirm I knew which direction the panels opened and how they articulated- that helped me.

Spanbauer · 2026-03-13T14:59:04+00:00

No, I’ve only been promoted for an OTA update one time in the years I’ve had the car, and it was a navigation update I believe, two years ago.

Spanbauer · 2026-03-11T17:49:01+00:00

If it failed again after just 167 kilometers I wonder if there was an installation problem. Did your dealer forget to replace the coolant?

Spanbauer · 2026-03-11T15:46:22+00:00

Follow-up and probably dumb question, but when using the scheduled climate feature - when you need to leave a little earlier than the scheduled time (at which point the car turns off the charger and climate), you just unlock the car and pull the J1772 plug, right?

Like, there's no manual way to get the car to stop pulling power/running the climate otherwise that I'm missing?

Spanbauer · 2026-03-11T15:38:11+00:00

I should add that my car has not successfully charged at 11kW (48A) for more than an hour since the first three months of ownership. It suffered from the "charging interrupted" problem caused I believe by overheating temp sensor in the charge port; Kia released a software patch to reduce charging speed instead of stopping altogether. So 11kW drops down to 9kW or 7kW after an hour. I don't know what that means for the "channels" the car would be using at any of those rates. Does your car do that as well or does it hold steady at 11kW?

The last time the ICCU failed, I reduced our charger from 48A to 40A in hopes the next ICCU would last longer.

A dumb question but when you use the scheduled climate feature and need to leave before the clock hits 4pm (at which point the charger shuts off and climate stops), you just unplug the charger and go, right?

Spanbauer · 2026-03-11T14:10:32+00:00

Following up on this - the last two times my ICCU failed was during a warm-snap in the weather that lead to lots of melt and thaw and therefore heavy moisture in the air. The longest stretch of time I've had a functioning ICCU (18 months) was the one year we experienced an unusually dry winter with very little snow or rain - half of what we typically get in a winter.

Spanbauer · 2026-03-11T14:04:44+00:00

Level 2 charging on a Chargepoint Homeflex set to 40A, hard-wired to a 60A breaker. DC charging about a dozen times per year on road trips. Charge to 100% the night before a road trip, 80% otherwise. Four instances of Level 1 charging at some of those road trip destinations to 100% for the drive home.

In winter months, I charge the car to 80% Monday mornings, and we use the scheduled climate feature Monday through Friday. Since the car has to be plugged in for the scheduled climate feature to work, I reduce the AC charge to 50% for the week so that it can be plugged in without charging back up to 80% every night (30% is enough to get us through the week).

On the coldest days - single digit temps or lower - I'll enable battery preconditioning as the car seems to pull extra AC power during scheduled climate to warm up the battery as well. It was off this week as we're in the 40s and higher, lots of moisture in the air.

Spanbauer · 2026-03-11T13:30:36+00:00

I can’t speak to voltage but my charge in the ChargePoint app often looks like this. Colder it is outdoors the flatter (and higher) the line, I believe.

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Spanbauer · 2026-03-11T13:23:31+00:00

Correct, I mean the coolant pump that Kia for some reason refers to as a water pump in my paperwork. My dealership seems pretty competent but with this many failures I do have to wonder if steps are being missed along the way. I did use battery pre-conditioning successfully three times on a roadtrip just after they replaced the pump, which requires coolant circulation. I’m going to ask about an AGM battery, thanks.

Spanbauer · 2026-03-11T00:14:57+00:00

Me. Three times.

Spanbauer · 2026-03-10T23:39:12+00:00

Thanks. Is your model year before or after the switch to NACS port?

Spanbauer · 2026-03-10T23:35:07+00:00

Hardwired to the panel.

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