1/6th Scale Sideshow Boba Fett Figure

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They probably want people who don't know better to think that it's the same figure that was previously available without promoting it much rather than advertising it as a new figure when it's going to be the same overall figure as before only with a higher cost and less accessories.
 
SS ESB Fett v2 .. v1.jpg
 
i cant tell if i should want this on top of my hot toys preorder... my commonsense says no, but my Boba bone says yes :blissysmi

Fett is a money maker. Guaranteed HT will make a ESB one within 2 years. Especially since they have most of it made already with the ROTJ version.
 
This is the problem inherent in our little hobby here. As prices go higher, people want to have better investments in their purchases too. When the next best version of something is always right around the corner, it becomes harder to justify paying as much as these are starting to cost. At $100-150 for a figure, you can still feel okay about the enjoyment you get from it if you lose a few bucks in value to a new version. At $300 up a figure, you become less willing to upgrade, and less satisfied with loss of resources spent as that is also multiplied.

And let's face it, these aren't vintage toys where people will want them 30 years from now because they have some nostalgia attached to them. They are collectibles first and foremost, and will suffer the ebb and flow of that market, rather than something like vintage toys where people desire far inferior representations to modern releases, for reasons other than their edition number. And, when multiple companies are releasing figures of a character, the market compares them all together in terms of saturation, valuing not just a SSC piece to an SSC piece, but one to any other representation past and present.

I've bought a lot of figures and enjoyed a lot of releases with you guys. But, it's getting harder and harder to stay interested in the hobby, especially considering the expense and market saturation of all these characters. I can appreciate them as figures to enjoy on my shelf, and there is value in that. But, it's getting a lot more difficult to look at them as collectibles when incremental upgrades like this never really pay off in the end, and there's no shortage of selection, nor will there be in the future. The edition number on these really is infinity so long as people keep buying them.
 
I have to agree, this a seriously odd move by Sideshow. On one hand it's kind of cool to see them try to correct issues the first version had, but on the other, it really feels like a cynical most to pump out another Fett release before HT does the same thing.
 
Why $25 more for the same thing with less included? And it's a bummer about them cutting the light-up stand - that's a value-added piece.

And the green, while seeming different, doesn't look like much of a match to the screen costume either, though green is a very difficult color to get right in pics.
 

I really don't see the improvement here. Just a variant.

And so what was the supposed "reissue" version that came out briefly last Christmas -- someone here even said that SS fixed the boxy chest and it had a longer jumpsuit and all kinds of claims that I never heard again.
 
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it really feels like a cynical most to pump out another Fett release before HT does the same thing.

This is exactly what I was thinking too. Bad idea to go against them though, especially when Sideshow is their official distributor.
Looks like monsters in motion already has a pre-order built for him.
Star Wars Empire Strikes Back Boba Fett 1/6 Scale Figure Star Wars Empire Strikes Back Boba Fett 1/6 Scale Figure [26WSS28] - $199.99 : Monsters in Motion, Movie, TV Collectibles, Model Hobby Kits, Action Figures, Monsters in Motion
 
This is the problem inherent in our little hobby here. As prices go higher, people want to have better investments in their purchases too. When the next best version of something is always right around the corner, it becomes harder to justify paying as much as these are starting to cost. At $100-150 for a figure, you can still feel okay about the enjoyment you get from it if you lose a few bucks in value to a new version. At $300 up a figure, you become less willing to upgrade, and less satisfied with loss of resources spent as that is also multiplied.

I have to admit my enjoyment becomes less when I pay these prices....(i.e.. BD Robocop & Chewbacca).
 
So it's likely that this one will make it to production as well, as opposed to the shiny, pleathery vest that Boba 1.0 came out with.


EDIT: Looking at Jango proto and production photos he did come with the pleathery vest.

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This is really a big slap in the face to Hot Toys, who is probably the only thing keeping Sideshow afloat these days!

First, is no one going to call them out for trying to FOOL PEOPLE into believing this belongs with the Hot Toys line? They are now presenting their figures with the exact same exact fonts/character logo that Hot Toys uses! What a bunch of BS!

Then, you're going to regurgitate an old Boba figure (while taking away accessories and upping the price) and release it right before Hot Toys releases their own Boba figure? Boy, they are really getting cheap and desperate nowadays!

I really hope that Sideshow goes out of business soon. Put the licenses they have into more deserving hands.
 
I missed Boba the first time so was hoping to pick one up on eBay for cheap after the HT version was announced. No dice.

I could get this one, but a price hike for less stuff rubs me the wrong way.

Oh, well.
 
I've bought a lot of figures and enjoyed a lot of releases with you guys. But, it's getting harder and harder to stay interested in the hobby, especially considering the expense and market saturation of all these characters. I can appreciate them as figures to enjoy on my shelf, and there is value in that. But, it's getting a lot more difficult to look at them as collectibles when incremental upgrades like this never really pay off in the end, and there's no shortage of selection, nor will there be in the future. The edition number on these really is infinity so long as people keep buying them.

I think this is true with the popular characters. Just like Vader there will be many more releases of Boba. A good example of the opposite end of the spectrum is the HT Bespin Luke. Have you seen the prices on ebay?!
 
Owning the first version and I sold it for the reasons of it being too boxy but this new version looks better but the extra bump in price with less items is not appealing but better deal than Hot Toys. It's up on every site except Sideshow which is weird.
 
Owning the first version and I sold it for the reasons of it being too boxy but this new version looks better but the extra bump in price with less items is not appealing but better deal than Hot Toys. It's up on every site except Sideshow which is weird.

It is up on Sideshow. What's weird is it's hidden. It doesn't even come up with a search. You need the direct link someone previously posted.

Star Wars Boba Fett Sixth Scale Figure by Sideshow Collectib | Sideshow Collectibles
 
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