Darth Maul Legendary Scale Figure

[newe82]

$2K LSF GTFO

 

[Darth Lam]

Can you please define "much cheaper"?

I got it from Alter Ego Comics when it went up for preorder, and it was about $300 less than retail (15% off) with free shipping.

 

[nash]

LOL < !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[JosephCPR]

lol at $2000 for that.
So around $300 for Premium Formats ...and if you double the size its 6 times the price.

That is what I really thought. It makes NO sense that if they are charging $300-350 for the PFs (already overpriced if you ask me), now they pretend to charge 6 or 7 times more for this kind of piece.

As Gagaliya has said, there will always be people with more money than sense.

 

[Alainator]

I'd rather save money for some upcoming HT new 1/4 scale lines.

 

[automaton]

That is what I really thought. It makes NO sense that if they are charging $300-350 for the PFs (already overpriced if you ask me), now they pretend to charge 6 or 7 times more for this kind of piece.

As Gagaliya has said, there will always be people with more money than sense.

if they have the "sense" to have more money, why not enjoy the smaller pleasures?

like Obi Wan said... "who is more the fool... the fool who can't afford a kick ass collectible or the fool who can?"

 

[devilof76]

I'm gonna go with the latter.

 

[choopie]

that's why I won't pay that much for these, just a Predator or Predator 2, but that's it. They already established a $300 price tag for a 1/4 pf piece, so how do they justify 6X that price for a 1/2 pf? I think it's obvious SS is trying to run CM out of business and they are only tailoring to that consumer base. If your a CM buyer, and you can get a 1/2 piece for the same price as a 1/3 piece, who you gonna go with?

I completely agree with you on the CM observation. I think that's exactly who Sideshow is competing with on these pieces. I guess Sideshow is thinking, well people will pay $2,000 for 1/3 scale, so the same price at 1/2 should be a good deal.

Whatever Sideshow wants to do is their business, but personally I feel for this price, the ES should be set and should be ultra limited..like 100 pieces or something. I really feel that the collector should be getting some kind of value for that kind of investment.

 

[VS1976]

Hasn't the argument always been that the price of 1/6 clothes is expensive due to the difficulty of working with stitching in such small sizes. At 1/2, aren't they essentially making kids clothes? It should be easier then, right?

Not the cloth material that I am talking about. Even though the scale increased by 1/4 X the polystone or material has increased at least 4 times bigger to cover the mass of the statue.

 

[galactiboy]

I completely agree with you on the CM observation. I think that's exactly who Sideshow is competing with on these pieces. I guess Sideshow is thinking, well people will pay $2,000 for 1/3 scale, so the same price at 1/2 should be a good deal.

Whatever Sideshow wants to do is their business, but personally I feel for this price, the ES should be set and should be ultra limited..like 100 pieces or something. I really feel that the collector should be getting some kind of value for that kind of investment.

Sideshow charged just under 2K for hte 1/2 Iron Man piece and I don't think that had an ES either. So, while we may not agree with it customers seem to still be buying.

 

[The Chaver]

Do you guys think this will fit in a detolf?

So let me get this straight.. Your gonna spend $2,000 on a collectible of this scale and then your gonna put him in a $60 detolf? Come on, give this guy a custom made pedal-stool with an acrylic cover if your you want to protect him. Other wise I'd just put him on a table somewhere.

Sorry, I just think those Detolf's look rediculous. Especially with a piece like this in it.

If I get him he's going on my dresser in my room or I'll make a pedal stool and out him next to my desk which is in my room as well. I like my collectibles in my room I guess because I spend most of my time there.

 

[Phil Sierra]

$2000.00? Looks like I'm out.

 

[choopie]

Sideshow charged just under 2K for hte 1/2 Iron Man piece and I don't think that had an ES either. So, while we may not agree with it customers seem to still be buying.

Isn't that a Legacy piece? I assumed the $2,000 price tag was because it was tied to the Stan Winston Studio name.

 

[cstojano]

You must be bat**** crazy to buy this for $2000. The MR falcon and at-at are only a little bit more and those are considered the pinnacle of star war collection.

This will go the same way as their $5000 bronze statues, attracting a few with more money than sense. Only way i can see this get sold are stores or commercial companies needing 1 as a decoration.

lol @ sideshow

A gandalf the gray bronze sold recently for 18,000 dollars.

 

[cstojano]

Well its probably 4 times the material to make the LSF.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square-cube_law

 

[azurepred]

Isn't that a Legacy piece? I assumed the $2,000 price tag was because it was tied to the Stan Winston Studio name.

that's why I thought Maul would be cheaper. I was thinking more like $1500.

 

[Khev]

You must be bat**** crazy to buy this for $2000. The MR falcon and at-at are only a little bit more and those are considered the pinnacle of star war collection.

See the thing is the MR Falcon and AT-AT are not the universally regarded pinnacles of OT SW collecting. Who can really say what the definitive OT piece is? A Vader statue? Which one, and which outfit, ANH, TESB, or ROTJ reveal? The Falcon, an X-Wing, AT-AT, R2-D2, C-3PO, Stormtrooper, Luke? How do you pick the ONE collectible from the OT? It'll be different for almost everyone.

With the PT, this. Maul. Is. It. The end. No more universally loved or iconic character out of the entire trilogy. One character, one outfit, Darth Maul. And this is without question the grail representation of the character, and thus the trilogy.

I *really* want there to be a reason to buy this, but if its an open ES that'll just kill it.

 

[ProgMatinee]

So let me get this straight.. Your gonna spend $2,000 on a collectible of this scale and then your gonna put him in a $60 detolf? Come on, give this guy a custom made pedal-stool with an acrylic cover if your you want to protect him. Other wise I'd just put him on a table somewhere.

Sorry, I just think those Detolf's look rediculous. Especially with a piece like this in it.

If I get him he's going on my dresser in my room or I'll make a pedal stool and out him next to my desk which is in my room as well. I like my collectibles in my room I guess because I spend most of my time there.

You spend most of your time in "your room". That sounds freaking lonely. I only spend time in my bedroom sleeping or ____ing. The rest of my time is spent in the living areas.

I was joking about the detolf by the way.

 

[Agent23]

And comic books in the 90s.

Absolutely. Gimmick covers and 4th and 5th printings.

 

[choopie]

that's why I thought Maul would be cheaper. I was thinking more like $1500.

Same here. I never expected the LSFs to be cheap, just affordable.

Time has not been kind to us collectors. We went from highly sought after $1,000 Stan Winston Predator and Pumpkinhead maquettes to $2,000 glorified PFs.