1/6th Scale IG-88 Figure LINK IN 1ST POST!

[TaliBane]

Nearly have already but not due to this.. solely on quality of final product and cost of said product.

I no longer pre-order anything SSC and have started to order HT from places without NRD and cheaper shipping.

I will let you know when they offer something I am actually interested in how hard the addict/collector in me wants to hit the order button.

Yeah, it's kind of easy to "boycott" a company when the quality is often so lacking, the price so sky-high, and NRD's on ever-lower pricepoints. You really don't have to take the high ground at all.


And even if you do pre-order a SSC figure based on the announcement - that ain't what you get. The last time I was excited for a figure was Luke X - first there was the $240 price for the most bare-bones figure imaginable, then the "held in the fingers" gorgeous proto pic of the headsculpt, then the in-hand pics hit showing the truly awful production apps.

Tan Solo Hoth, shrunken-head Indy gah, Thunderbirds Luke Hoth... the procession of issues goes on and so does the lack of PO's.

 

[Wor-Gar]

The race to order in the old days was a lot of fun... but you did tend to get caught up and order things you might not have if given a night or two to sleep on it. Then again, the prices were $65-$90 for a long time.

Now, with prices veering toward $300 easy... and NRDs... no way I preorder anything until those in-hand pics surface from China.

The $20 off isn't even an effective tool for me anymore as CA tax will gobble that right down. And near $20 shipping SUCKS!!!


So yeah... the old panic-preorder has given way to the wait-and-see generation.

 

[TaliBane]

The race to order in the old days was a lot of fun... but you did tend to get caught up and order things you might not have if given a night or two to sleep on it. Then again, the prices were $65-$90 for a long time.

Now, with prices veering toward $300 easy... and NRDs... no way I preorder anything until those in-hand pics surface from China.

The $20 off isn't even an effective tool for me anymore as CA tax will gobble that right down. And near $20 shipping SUCKS!!!


So yeah... the old panic-preorder has given way to the wait-and-see generation.

Well, as you know, over in the custom section there are SW figures being made that rival anything SSC could produce. When figs were $60-120, spending $150 (in time and parts) or so on a custom fig made them expensive. Now they're a steal. Even if you can put together a hero custom with headsculpt for $200 you're coming out ahead.

Nothing from SSC will ever be under $200 from now on. Not even the simplest fig. By end of next year, everything will be close to $300.

It's like they came up with every way to destroy the business they had - "let's make the price $240, no, how about $270!!" "How about add an NRD, then drop the pricepoint it applies to, so it's on everything..." "let's re-release a whole bunch of old "limited edition" figs, but charge more and include less!" "Let's tease a bunch of cool products then never make them!" "Let's show an amazing handpainted sculpt then do the ol' switcheroo and make the in-hand head horrible... and buyers all paid an NRD so they can't back out - haha!"...

... and now it's finally yielding results.

 

[TonTon]

That all sounds like a good business model. You must have an MBA.

 

[user 1190]

Boycott sideshow and they eventually get rid of the license Disney will just give it to someone else who will be allowed and likely convinced to do the same thing.

 

[Aliaz]

Just noticed that on the IG-88 giveaway page they have a picture of him shooting a green laser from his rifle. Why did they make it green? Based on some comic?

 

[Darth Fok]

Maybe it's just me, but this figure is pretty old and looks pretty cheap compared to the newer ones today.

 

[Travis Baumann]

Maybe it's just me, but this figure is pretty old and looks pretty cheap compared to the newer ones today.

He actually is really solid. Lots of hoses and small details, light up head/eye functions, telescoping legs, magnetic belt with magnetic mines.

My only gripe about the original figure is that the wrist rotation is really loose and the pincers are as well so it is a struggle to pose him looking good with his guns raised. They did put little pegs on the guns that fit into recessions on his arms but they still don't always hold the guns convincingly.

I do like this figure a lot.

I notice so far the re-releases have mostly been robotic/mechanical objects like Probe Droid, E-Web, and now IG-88. Alex from Sideshow once commented on how the cut & sew was one of the more cost prohibitive aspects of the process so they are really going cheap and getting all the re-releases that do not involve that out of the way first I guess (other than Fett and Boba 2.0's which were just timed to coincide or just beat out arrival of the HT version of each).

 

[Travis Baumann]

Just noticed that on the IG-88 giveaway page they have a picture of him shooting a green laser from his rifle. Why did they make it green? Based on some comic?

"Creative license"... SSC has always been pretty heavy handed with it.

 

[TaliBane]

"Creative license"... SSC has always been pretty heavy handed with it.

Yeah, on IG-88 they sacrificed quite a bit of accuracy, partly for articulation (they totally redesigned his shoulder bells versus how they look in the movie) and partly for "creative license" (the head and hoses are quite different to how they look in the movie.)

 

[The Ween]

I'm just coming in to this thread so I can't read it all. Is this IG-88 the exact one that was released years ago, or is it improved in any way?

 

[LoveMinusZero]

I don't think any new pics or specs have been released yet. Besides the one giveaway teaser pic.

I hope it's updated, especially the head, but I doubt it. I'll be getting it either way, as the figure is impossible to get for a decent price these days.

 

[devilof76]

The people who bought the first edition will always be the only ones with the first edition. Now that there are two editions, the market will reflect the real value of the original. When license ownership changes its terms, all prior assumptions are null and void. Sorry for your loss.

Congratulations to those who no longer have to pay ******** prices on the aftermarket.

 

[Aliaz]

New pictures Here
P.O up later today.

$199.99. Better price then I expected.

 

[TaliBane]

The people who bought the first edition will always be the only ones with the first edition. Now that there are two editions, the market will reflect the real value of the original. When license ownership changes its terms, all prior assumptions are null and void. Sorry for your loss.

Congratulations to those who no longer have to pay ******** prices on the aftermarket.

Actually, people are under that mistaken impression, but technically the license ownership didn't change and the only prior assumption that changed was an extra fee paid to extend the existing license (hey, there were new movies announced.)

The idea that new ownership of a company makes all contracts with that company "null and void" would amuse lawyers no end.

And as I keep pointing out, I saw a non-ex IG sell for $235 on eBay just a couple of months ago, so yeah, the prices on this had definitely gone higher but if you were patient, it could be had for $50 over original retail.... or $25 over new retail minus a light-up stand (that sells for over $50-70 on its own,) depending on how you want to look at it.

 

[Futurion]

I did not see reasonable price for IG on eBay for a looong time. It's always $399+-.

 

[slikkerias]

...the paint looks great on the new version. Any other updates?

 

[TaliBane]

I did not see reasonable price for IG on eBay for a looong time. It's always $399+-.

This is the one I was watching (six weeks ago)...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sideshow-H...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

[TonTon]

Proto looks nice.

 

[devilof76]

Actually, people are under that mistaken impression, but technically the license ownership didn't change and the only prior assumption that changed was an extra fee paid to extend the existing license (hey, there were new movies announced.)

The idea that new ownership of a company makes all contracts with that company "null and void" would amuse lawyers no end..

Pardon the imprecision of my language. I don't give the same kind of damn about this as some of you.

What I mean is that the overall situation for Sideshow has changed. There are obviously details of the current business situation between Disney/LFL and their licensors that has given rise to the lack of new output by Sideshow, particularly in the way of 1:6 ST figures. Hot Toys is a competitor now and the business model previously employed by Sideshow is obsolete. The expectations customers have established based on the old model are null and void. (Oh, look...I said assumptions in my original post, not contracts. You're welcome for the clarification.)

But the point still stands that v.1 is v.1 and nothing will ever change that. This is v.2. No one is violating the sacred 2000 unit ES.