Hello, A2themonster! Welcome to the forum, hope you enjoy your stay.
hey guys im new to collecting statues, i have a couple random thoughts/questions:
Sure! Never apologize for having questions, just ask, and anyone will gladly answer them to the best of their knowledge. It's always nice helping a fellow collector.
When i initially purchased my first 3 statues (2 batman artfx and the killing joke joker statue) I was unaware of sideshow, exclusives, or anything like that. I have since also purchased the lion o exclusive premium format statue, the joker pf ex, and pre ordered sheperd and drake pf ex's.
By telling all this, I can see you're a fan of Batman, ThunderCats, and Videogames. It's important having that in mind.
My question is from what ive seen this very addictive habit needs some structure, Ive tried, well, am, implementing is to only get the 1/4 statues. but how does that work if I have some that are smaller or bigger?
It depends. If the statues of different sizes are all of the same character, you can have a section of your collection dedicated to that character, and it will make perfect sense.
and what is looked at as "higher up" on the food chain or quality list (if there is a difference), between figures and statues
"Life-size" is 1:1, nearly nobody collects that scale;
"Legendary Scale" is 1:2, it's the approximate 50% of the life-size, but it's still HUGE. These are very expensive, and take a lot of space. Few people gets into it;
"Premium Format", around 1:4 and sometimes 1:5. It's a scale in expansion, more people get into it everyday. They're expensive, but with some effort, perfectly possible;
Then there's the 1:6 and smaller... very affordable, there are some very nice things in smaller sizes, but less detailed than in the other I mentioned earlier.
and what is the best way to go about deciding if an exclusive is worth getting over a reg edition, etc?
Tastes, more than anything else, is the deciding factor. Then it's all up to personal critteria.
Many times, the exclusive version with have a differences in color, or will come with a detail or accesory that won't come with the regular edition. Example: there's an upcoming statue of Conan fighting against a giant beast, in which the regular version the beast is painted white; while in the exclusive version, the beast is black.
Most of the times, the exclusive version is produced in smaller numbers, so it's more difficult to get. If you really like the exclusive better than the regular, and consider that the difference in price is justified, then it's up to you going for it or not.
LIke I said, it's all up to tastes, and personal critteria.
whats another good website/company besides sideshow that sells great statues?
There's lots of them, and each day new ones seem to appear. This is a hobby in constant expansion. More people gets into it each day.
Sideshow Colletibles, Gentle Giant, DC Collectibles, ARH Studios, Attakus Bowen Designs, Pop Culture Shock, and others in the USA scene. In the japanese market there's companies like Kotobukiya, Yamato, Good Smile Company, Griffon Entertainment, and many more. The japanese market is HUGE!
Ive seen and purchased kotobukiya (I KNOW i misspelled that)
Actually, your spelling was correct!
Right. And there's many others.
Thanks, apologies for the ramble which Ik just happened and the plethora of grammatical errors...thanks again and HELLO!
No problem! Welcome to the hobby, and have a great time collecting!
