dcarty wrote:
Yes, $7K - $8K was the retail pricing on both of those displays so Sideshow's pricing is not out of line.
As far as the product itself, so far, it looks much nicer than either the Rubies or Don Post ever did and it has the interchangeable hands, Bespin themed stand, and electronics for some "added Value". I don't know if Rubies or DP were lit I just remember they were fugly as all get out so I never paid much attention. I do like that it has some bulk to it. I wonder if they made a mannequin custom made? It would be nice to see some photos of the production product under natural lighting.
They showed the master as a teaser at Comic Con either last year or the year before and there was a thread about it over at the RPF. From what I recall Gino stated at that time that the display was not intended to represent Vader from a specific movie. It was supposed to be the "approved" Vader that Lucasfilm has sort of standardized over the years so it was probably more in line with the Touring Vader. That evidently has changed since the ad copy on Sideshow's site says it's supposed to represent Vader's appearance in ROTJ, whether they've made any changes or not.
I would love to find out how Sideshow sources their castings and what the approval process from Lucasfilm is. That terrible Vader bust Sideshow has with the reveal helmet seems to be pretty obviously sourced from Portumac so it probably just boils down to "hey, there's this fan who does a pretty good kit of the reveal helmet let's use that".
Dave
As far as the product itself, so far, it looks much nicer than either the Rubies or Don Post ever did and it has the interchangeable hands, Bespin themed stand, and electronics for some "added Value". I don't know if Rubies or DP were lit I just remember they were fugly as all get out so I never paid much attention. I do like that it has some bulk to it. I wonder if they made a mannequin custom made? It would be nice to see some photos of the production product under natural lighting.
They showed the master as a teaser at Comic Con either last year or the year before and there was a thread about it over at the RPF. From what I recall Gino stated at that time that the display was not intended to represent Vader from a specific movie. It was supposed to be the "approved" Vader that Lucasfilm has sort of standardized over the years so it was probably more in line with the Touring Vader. That evidently has changed since the ad copy on Sideshow's site says it's supposed to represent Vader's appearance in ROTJ, whether they've made any changes or not.
I would love to find out how Sideshow sources their castings and what the approval process from Lucasfilm is. That terrible Vader bust Sideshow has with the reveal helmet seems to be pretty obviously sourced from Portumac so it probably just boils down to "hey, there's this fan who does a pretty good kit of the reveal helmet let's use that".
Dave
yeah i dont get how they can call it a ROTJ version of Vader when he is on an ESB themed base. makes no sense. plus the helemt doesn't look to be 100% ROTJ to me. or maybe im just not as seasoned as most of you experts here but it seems to be a mash up of a ROTJ and ESB lid. the dome seems larger than ROTJ. wasnt there a size difference between the two? th thought that the dome was a bit smaller on ROTJ and the eyes were a bit bigger? the eyes do seem to look a bit bigger as they were in ROTJ on this. buit the dome looks to be much larger. unless of course im wrong..
