Fertility Idol prop replica--PREORDER NOW ON PAGE ONE!!

[icruise]

I'll have to admit that I never knew that some of the screen-used versions of this prop can realistic looking eyes, rather than just gold. I've seen Raiders many times and never noticed that.

 

[agent5]

I wonder what a 1:1 ark would be like.

Somehow it would be inaccurate, thats for sure.

I'll have to admit that I never knew that some of the screen-used versions of this prop had realistic looking eyes, rather than just gold. I've seen Raiders many times and never noticed that.

When it hits in HD or if you have a chance to see it in theaters you can see the eyes moving back and forth quite easily as Indy approaches it. Here's a shot of the inside of the Idol with the moving eyes.

 

[Darth Madden]

I'll have to admit that I never knew that some of the screen-used versions of this prop can realistic looking eyes, rather than just gold. I've seen Raiders many times and never noticed that.

I never noticed it either. I'm actually thinking about getting this, it does look good even with all the so called "imperfections."

 

[Sir Tristram]

Somehow it would be inaccurate, thats for sure.



When it hits in HD or if you have a chance to see it in theaters you can see the eyes moving back and forth quite easily as Indy approaches it. Here's a shot of the inside of the Idol with the moving eyes.

Oh my god. I never realized the eyes moved. I have seen that film so many times and I never noticed that.


Oh, I want a 1:1 Ark.....Badly! Don't even say that.
So, they're making a 1/4 Ark.....you think they'll make a 1:1 too?

 

[Pitfall Harry]

Hahahah....I can't imagine how much they'd charge for an Ark replica.

 

[thenammagazine]

Hahahah....I can't imagine how much they'd charge for an Ark replica.

given that their 1/4 Ark is more than a PF, me either.

 

[icruise]

They've announced the price for that? (I'm sure it probably will be more than a PF, but I hadn't heard any specifics on price.)

 

[thenammagazine]

They've announced the price for that? (I'm sure it probably will be more than a PF, but I hadn't heard any specifics on price.)

Wasn't it a few pages back? I believe it was well over $300.

 

[Hjalmar]

Well, a 1:1 ark sounds kind of bold, but they've done life sized droids, so I wouldn't say "never"

 

[galactiboy]

Somehow it would be inaccurate, thats for sure.



When it hits in HD or if you have a chance to see it in theaters you can see the eyes moving back and forth quite easily as Indy approaches it. Here's a shot of the inside of the Idol with the moving eyes.

Never knew that bit either... so much work for something it seems most fans didn't even notice

 

[Something Sexy]

The minor inaccuracies do not concern me at all since this piece still looks so damn good and I am the biggest Indy fan out of everyone I know personally and none of them would know this. For the price I don't see how you can pass this up unless the production version is crap.

 

[agent5]

I understand where your coming from and I've preordered one as well because it does look nice. The base alone is worth getting it. It does bother me though that once again the reference of the film seems to have been tossed for a quick fix out of the LF Archives book. I'm not sure the method of Sideshow when it comes to putting together reference matierial on any of their pieces but I would love to find out. From their protoypes to their production pieces it seems they pass over much of it. I mean, they all look great but in the end almost all of them are missing something - something that was overlooked, ignored or for some unknown reason, purposely not added. I can't figure it out.
Many of my friends who collect Indy on a light scale have crappy Ebay Idols with bad paint jobs and some bad sculpts so when I saw this SS Idol I called them immediately to let them in on it since the SS Idol is better than almost any Idol on Ebay almost any time. Its for the general fan, not the hard core fan, as is most of SS's stuff. Great but not excellence.

 

[Something Sexy]

I understand where your coming from and I've preordered one as well because it does look nice. The base alone is worth getting it. It does bother me though that once again the reference of the film seems to have been tossed for a quick fix out of the LF Archives book. I'm not sure the method of Sideshow when it comes to putting together reference matierial on any of their pieces but I would love to find out. From their protoypes to their production pieces it seems they pass over much of it. I mean, they all look great but in the end almost all of them are missing something - something that was overlooked, ignored or for some unknown reason, purposely not added. I can't figure it out.
Many of my friends who collect Indy on a light scale have crappy Ebay Idols with bad paint jobs and some bad sculpts so when I saw this SS Idol I called them immediately to let them in on it since the SS Idol is better than almost any Idol on Ebay almost any time. Its for the general fan, not the hard core fan, as is most of SS's stuff. Great but not excellence.

Isn't most of this due to the fact that there were different idols or different grails or different whatever made for the movies depending on the scene. So it could be accurate depending on what original piece that based it off of. Or SSC looked at having the actual eyes and said it looked too goofy.

 

[IrishJedi]

I'm with agent5 on this one. Yes, it's inaccurate to the movie hero props, which was expected given the history of this piece. BUT... bottom line is that it looks very cool (love the paint job), the base is genius, and the price is very nice.

Ultimately, this is one of the best things Sideshow has done with this license to date.

 

[agent5]

Isn't most of this due to the fact that there were different idols made for the movie depending on the scene.

Yes, there were several different Idols used in filming (of which only the stunt Idol we never see which has the mouth shape SSC chose) and even more production Idols but even if it was based off the Stunt Idol, WHY the Stunt Idol? Why not base it off the main Hero Idol we see in all the screen caps, film stills, etc? Why base it off a Stunt Idol which was never fully seen on the screen at all? The Stunt Idol was only used for the out-running the boulder and throwing over the pit sequences in which case they opted for a light foam casting. The Hero Idols are what we see the close-up's of and it is not the version SSC chose to make, for whatever reason.

As I said, I still do like it a lot dispite it's inaccuracies as it is much nicer than most Idols but I just can't get a grip on why SSC does what it does and for what reasons. I'd love to know.

 

[bmarz1000]

I'm convinced that Lucasfilm has "character keys" or licensing guidelines for each of their characters and icons. When I worked for Disney, Mickey HAD to look a certain way, Pooh's shirt HAD to be a certain color red, etc. Indiana has had those silly brass snaps on his jacket for all the licensed merchandise last year and usually the same tan web belt. The fertility idol has had this look for all the Hasbro and Sideshow product as well as Gentle Giant, etc. I think Lucasfilm gives their Licensees a portfolio of images and that's what they have to go from. Maybe I'm wrong, but it's a possibility. I bet SS would give anything to have full creative license to make these as accurate as possible but ultimately the licensor has that power.

 

[IrishJedi]

As I said, I still do like it a lot dispite it's inaccuracies as it is much nicer than most Idols but I just can't get a grip on why SSC does what it does and for what reasons. I'd love to know.

Pretty sure this one (the idol) is on Lucasfilm, not Sideshow.

LFL has been basing all official idol representations on the stunt prop for years now. I have no idea why.

 

[Darth Madden]

I'm convinced that Lucasfilm has "character keys" or licensing guidlines for each of their characters and icons. When I worked for Disney, Mickey HAD to look a certain way, Pooh's shirt HAD to be a certain color red, etc. Indiana has had those silly brass snaps on his jacket for all the licensed merchandise last year and usually the same tan web belt. The fertility idol has had this look for all the Hasbro and Sideshow product as well as Gentle Giant, etc. I think Lucasfilm gives their Licensees a portfolio of images and that's what they have to go from. Maybe I'm wrong, but it's a possibility. I bet SS would give anything to have full creative license to make these as accurate as possible but ultimately the licensor has that power.

Well, I'd say that pretty much ends the debate for me.

 

[bmarz1000]

Are you being facetious? It's hard to tell.

 

[Darth Madden]

Are you being facetious? It's hard to tell.

No I'm being truthfull. Maybe I should have left off the or worded it better. If its all Lucas's fault then there is nothing left to complain about to Sideshow.