Sideshow 1:1 Vader

Too Much Garlic · **Posted:** Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:57 pm

This was posted over at Sideshowcollectors.com. Apparently revealed at Comic Con. More pictures are likely to follow of this guy soon.

xmr1 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 13, 2012 8:49 pm

hm, did Prowse have pectorals like that? The leather suit seems a bit too snug. There's hardly one crease. I like my ROTJ better :toothy

Too Much Garlic · **Posted:** Fri Jul 13, 2012 8:55 pm

Well, he was pretty buff.

DynamicMenace · **Joined:** Sat Feb 25, 2012 12:26 am **Posts:** 285

interesting. and yeah Prowse was that buff. i heard Gino did this for sideshow. at least that's whats going around in some other forums. looks pretty nice. considering the blurry photo.

xmr1 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 13, 2012 9:23 pm

Hm, guess it's time to put some more bubble tape on my mannequin lol.

Too Much Garlic · **Posted:** Fri Jul 13, 2012 9:48 pm

Yours is RotJ right? He had a more even look down the front than in ANH/ESB, so is probably not necessary.

StarWars Collector · **Posted:** Sat Jul 14, 2012 11:59 am

Looks like a slightly idealized ESB/RotJ hybrid

DynamicMenace · **Joined:** Sat Feb 25, 2012 12:26 am **Posts:** 285

yeah,
i thought it was ROTJ. because the lenses of the helmet appear to be larger like in ROTJ. but the pose and the base suggests ESB.
what else suggests its ESB besides the base and pose? is it the paint scheme of the helmet its self? becasue it appears that the cheeks and the bridge of the nose are a different(brighter) gun metal paint than the neck.
looks pretty cool though..not bad..not bad at all.

Too Much Garlic · **Posted:** Sat Jul 14, 2012 9:10 pm

Pose is seen in all three movies.

Midnight Trooper · **Joined:** Mon Apr 23, 2007 4:26 am **Posts:** 344

The arms and hands are poseable.

What makes it a hybrid? Its looks ROTJ to me.

Dark-Side · **Joined:** Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:56 pm **Posts:** 57

For sure they lost a knob on the belt box :wink:

BTW, the dome, the tusks, the cape hook on the chestarmor, and the chestbox are ROTJ

DynamicMenace · **Joined:** Sat Feb 25, 2012 12:26 am **Posts:** 285

aahh yes..so this is a ROTJ then. what are the chances that this is one of Gino's life size statues that he is letting SS use for the comicon? just to show as an example of what SS it planing on doing for a life size Vader maybe? just a thought i had,

Vadermonkey · **Joined:** Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:29 am **Posts:** 689

A fine figure to be sure but Gino's Vaders are more identifiable as "Gino" Vaders over what I would call screen accurate. (take that comment with a grain of salt) This was immediately identifiable as a Gino Vader or even a copy of a Gino Vader.

I'm not knocking it, just throwing my 2 cents in. I do have to hand it to those guys though for getting much better props replicas out to the general public than ever before regarding Vader.

StarWars Collector · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 6:55 am

Midnight Trooper wrote:

What makes it a hybrid? Its looks ROTJ to me.

Okay, let me rephrase that; RotJ with a touch of ESB :blah

Look at the dome (not just at the center strip, but the general shape), the dome placement (too low for RotJ), the shoulder armor (no cape hook).

BTW: I don't think we're looking at a Sideshow product here, but at Gino's RotJ Vader. :wink:

Vadermonkey · **Joined:** Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:29 am **Posts:** 689

There is actually a cape hook but who's looking? ;) lol

If it is just for display (lets hope) looks like his earlier version items were thrown onto the figure.