ryanlb wrote:
Tell me, in what way would an ANH Vader statue be different then the Vader statue GG already has released?
Oh... where to begin...
Well, the one currently out is a bastard Vader, understood in that way that it is not from any one movie, but with pieces from all, but is mostly a RotS/RotJ combo figure with a stupid pose and crappy flowing cape - much like the RotS promo pictures.
One thing is the helmet - the ANH helmet is the meanest looking of them all with its lower dome, crap-tacular paint job and over-all roughness of the suit and armor. The best way to describe the ANH Vader is: battle-worn!
The Marmit ANH Vader is the only ANH Vader figure out there... and it wasn't even released - the 1:4 scale sideshow Vader doesn't even reach it in terms of look and over-all accuracy. If only LFL would stop messing with the companies and demanding them to make stuff less accurate... then we'd definitely have the most extremely cool looking and accurate Vader if GG really put an effort into it.
Basically... the helmet sculpt on the current GG busts and statue is sub-standard and is deliberately altered, softened, etc. Really odd that Vader has these issues with accuracy when pretty much all the other busts are as close to original as possible - or am I misinformed here... does this interfering happen with all the stuff, making it less accurate?
There are so many things different with the ANH Vader compared to the others... and it's a damn shame Lucas doesn't appreciate that version more as it is definitely a fan-favorite at the same level as the ESB version. Oddly enough Lucas prefers the RotJ version... and that can be seen in every decision LFL makes regarding Vader - even the supposed ESB Vader busts sports an RotJ helmet... and parts of the face is flipped.
I really cannot figure out why these alterations are made to Vader figures and statues... it doesn't make sense except that it possibly related to LFLs fear of the original look getting out and their love for the symmetrical... I guess. Still odd.
Here's me crossing fingers that GG will do it and be allowed to do it right!