I would like to get the SS PF Boba, but it's out of my range. I've decided for this year I can't spend more than $150 on a single item, and that it's got to be extremely special to warrant that price. $325's just too much. Now, if I were to get lucky and find it on eBay for $150 I'd grab it.
NoHumorMan wrote:
You got a nice collection of Vader figures. Imo, I'm more for accurate and normal looking pieces rather than stylized and Super Deform figures - I have never understood the need to get so much detail right on a figure that is warped and deform... it just doesn't make sense to me and seems like a huge waste of time... but... it sells... so maybe my aesthetic sense of art and commercialism is a bit out of whack.
When I first saw the Super Deformed figures I didn't like them either. In general I prefer realistic/accurate items as well. I picked up the Super Deformed Boba on a whim, because it was on sale and was impressed enough I bought the TIE Fighter Pilot off ebay. I love that one. I decided to get Vader because I do like the other two I have, and because I like the stylizing of Vader. There's so much Vader stuff available, and it all starts looking the same to me very quickly. There's not much that can be done to make him look different, and keep in the movie style.
For that reason, I really like the Animated maquette. For that reason I think the Super Deformed one is really cool. I love that they tried to be accurate with the paint job on the mask, and the reveal parts of it. I like that they tried to find a new take on something we've seen over and over again for the last thirty years.