Diamond Select does it again... Ark Replica bank...ugh!!

[Kuzeh]

So,
Diamond Select is showing off their mad skills for sculpting crappy stuff...
here's the latest, from Toy News International

Indiana Jones Ark Replica Bank
by Jay Cochran in Indiana Jones at 02:10 PM on 2009.04.22


A Diamond Select Release! Bring home all the awe and wonder of the mysterious Lost Ark of the Covenant with this Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark replica bank! Perfect for a stunning replica display, this Ark of the Covenant replica bank also doubles as an accessory for the Ultimate Quarter Scale Indiana Jones line! Measuring 10" long and created using digital reference data, this iconic replica can now be yours!

Seriously, this deserves a:

 

[denryanj]

Yuck. That looks like it was molded from regurgitated yellow Starbursts.

 

[Darth Snoopy]

Is that carved out of cheese?!?

 

[Platty]

a big wtf!

 

[IrishJedi]

Some of you would probably buy it if it were made of polystone, though.

And, yeah, a lot of DST's stuff is scary bad... but their Fertility Idol Bank is pretty good, especially for the money.

 

[galactiboy]

Is that just concept art? Doesn't even look like an actual object...

 

[IrishJedi]

Is that just concept art? Doesn't even look like an actual object...

It's gotta be. And it has that Photoshop "glass" effect look. Yuck.

 

[thenammagazine]

Looks like it was carved out of baby poop!

 

[IrishJedi]

It looks a good bit better in this pic:

It's $19.99 and will be 10" long.

 

[Mad Old Lu]

I like how they say it was "created using digital reference data", meaning they just took some screenshots from the DVD or looked at some jpegs!

 

[Darren Carnall]

well they got the feet and shape of the wings right, and the fact that the bottom of the lid is wider than, and completely covers the legs. and all for 19.99 huh?

How about that, it *can* be done.

 

[Darthrazz]

Is that carved out of cheese?!?

 

[SovereignStudio]

It looks a good bit better in this pic:

It's $19.99 and will be 10" long.

Either that's the stock image from the LFL book, or they used the WRONG reference material!! Note how a good bit of the railing is broken off. That's ecactly how it was shown in the book, and was a result of being damaged from years of storage in the archives. It was not damaged like that in the movie. The only thing that makes me think it may not be the photo from the book is that the poles and rings are missing here, but are shown in the book.

 

[Ben]

i love diamond select there products are amazing! take there terminator figure for example!

 

[IrishJedi]

well they got the feet and shape of the wings right, and the fact that the bottom of the lid is wider than, and completely covers the legs. and all for 19.99 huh?

How about that, it *can* be done.

That's just a nice way of pointing out that this is actually more accurate than Sideshow's prototype.

 

[Darren Carnall]

That's just a nice way of pointing out that this is actually more accurate than Sideshow's prototype.

shhhhhhhh

 

[Kuzeh]

i love diamond select there products are amazing! take there terminator figure for example!

 

[Saya]

Is that carved out of cheese?!?

mmmmm...cheese

 

[Darth Madden]

Its not terrible but the Hasbor Ark is much better and only about $10 more.

 

[Silent December]

I don't get what everybody is getting all worked up about. It's 20$ bank guys, not a high end 1/6th scale replica to go with your Indy. Relax.

Irish, I have the Idol bank too and it's a good looking hunk of plastic. My wife said it looked cool.tin