A difference is HT has actually made the figures.... as oppose to just essentially a movie poster

Analogy:
Igor/Heartbreaker/SilverCenturion... at the moment (point in time) are still movie posters... that are actively being developed as a figure, unless until HT decides to cancel...

HK Figure Club interviewed Howard Chan recently. Here are the highlights of the interview :

- Hot Toys will launch 7 or 8 characters from The Avengers.

- Hulk is in progress, the body will not be fully Rubber.

- Black Widow will have a new body and hair are sculpted.

- Loki suit will be the one of The Avengers, the Thor Suit Version was canceled.

- Captain America Golden Age Version is still scheduled.

- Tony Stark Race Suit Version and Whiplash Armor Version have been set aside because of an overloaded schedule.

- The X-Men First Class range is almost complete, it will be announced soon.

- The license Green Lantern was cancelled.

- The licences of Iron Man 3, Superman Man Of Steel and Wolverine will be exploited.

- The next Star Wars figures should be Anakin and Han Solo, followed by a character from Episode II.

- Rambo or Rocky should be a DX but are not yet in production.