Sir Tristram
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I went ahead and ordered it anyway. 15,000+ rewards Points were burning a hole in my virtual wallet anyway.
Yeah, I saw that in the video. I was worried at first the Idol was stuck to the base too. Thank God it isn't because that WOULD stink!
I also heard the SideShow guy in the video mention it was plated yet the official description on their site says this...
"Each piece is individually painted and finished to exacting standards, each with its own unique quality and detail that..."
Now how can it be painted and plated?
Unless the description means that each base is hand painted? It is rather vague because it doesn't specifically say each Idol is hand painted.....It says each "piece"....
I hope SideShow releases a little bit more info to clear up some of the confusion.
Sitting atop a themed idol chamber display base, each piece is individually painted and finished to exacting standards...
So they're not talking about the base. I still maintain that it'll be like the 1:1 C-3PO. It'll have some metal plating, but also some paint on top of it.
Talked to my friends rep and she found that it was sculpted by Matt Falls and that it is made of polystone and will be vacuplated.
Sounds good to me. By the way, I find it funny that many people on Statue Forum were complaining that the price was too high, while some people here were saying that it was too low to be a good replica.
I think it is pretty damn low compared to the $600 to get the top of the line hand made ones that are sold at Club Obi Wan.
$450 for the first run of those, they went up for the 2nd. BUt they were done using the same proccess and company that did the origianl.
I've noticed that most of the time when it says "Prototype: Pending Approval" that the final items never look anything different than what's originally shown.
So, I know there are some around that want to see some changes made to the Idol before it ships but I'm seriously doubting any alterations will occur. What you see is what you get.
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