Great picture, Wonker!
This figure became one of my recent grail figures...I missed out on it at Sideshow....kept trying to accrue more rewards points to take the sting out of that price then suddenly, without warning, boom! It was gone.
Looking back on that, I was kind of short-sighted there being so hung up on the price of it...especially when one considers how much figures are going for these days...that price of $349 doesn't seem so insane.
With that in mind, I marched over to BBTS and it's still there at retail. Had a lot of OT at work this season so....it was "Happy Holidays" to me....
Just a quick shot after set-up here....
I'm glad I went for this...it's a gorgeous piece...just popping with detail and the saddle/tack gear is really well done. Thank the maker for those fellow collectors that put up some youtube videos of their set-ups....with no enclosed guide or instructions for this, the videos were a great help in getting it together.
Yeah, HT may come along someday with a "fur"-laden version of this, but...I think this one will do just fine for me. It's got options with the two heads and horn sets for a variety of display ideas and...I love the sculpting on it. The claws, the tail, the eyes just sparkle with life...it looks great!.
Now for the wampa in the room...that seam. I gotta say...when it's right in front of you, it's just not that big a deal. there are ways to light this thing for display to help play it down visually (or as many have down, artfully draping the reigns can help hide it). But for me...there is so much to draw the eye on this beast that I find myself looking at all of the other features on it. Do I wish it had been rendered a little differently to help "hide" it? Sure...but it's not a deal-breaker as far as I'm concerned.
I'm just glad I went for this...yes, I ended up paying full retail for it, but the piece is so awesome and coupled with the good experience of dealing with BBTS (it was double-boxed and showed up quickly in perfect condition), the Tauntaun has taken the center spot in my Sideshow Hoth set-up and is as visually awesome as the Dewback is on display.
Yeah, I'm gushing at this point...but getting this piece was a great cap to a really good year of figure collecting....
....here's to next year!