Argh! Ok, so I've tried, but I just can't resist it.
This figure just doesn't look right
The proportions, the fit of the chest armour, the helmet shape, the costuming (particularly the sleeves), the body size, the weight and feel of the thing, all just...wrong!
I'm surprised more of you can't see how off it is. The only thing I actually like about it, is the weathering, and the base.
And here's the thing. I swear, swear to you guys, that I've been going out of my way not to mention this, as I know it just riles people for some reason. But the simple fact is that this Boba Fett, not their RotJ version, but this ESB version, is still much, much better
I didn't even take that shot with the intention of mimicking the real on-set still, it just naturally looks like it. I only just realised that they must have used those exact on-set shots to sculpt it - look at the hands, they're in the exact same pose!
It's not perfect. The backpack sits too high. The weathering on Sideshow's is better. But overall, it's simply a much better figure.
I promise that's the first and last time I will bring up the "other" company. But I really feel it needed saying, because to me it's glaringly obvious that it's superior in every significant way.
Back to the Sideshow one - they need to re-think the whole way it hangs together. The details are there, the weathering is there, but it just isn't right. The whole essence of what makes Boba Fett so cool is missing, his stance, his build, the way the costume sits on him like he belongs in it.
Sorry to be so negative, I really want this to be the ultimate Boba Fett so that I can, you know, buy it. But it currently falls far, far short.
