Yes, it is legitimate and real Sideshow product. We have a large international fan-base, most of whom buy their product from local stores and dealers who purchase from distributors, who purchase directly from Sideshow. The process of collecting orders from these international distributors can be slow, and on rare occasion, we are caught by surprise by significant interest in a product after we have closed the edition size and set the production in motion. In these instances, we are left with the difficult choice of disappointing valued international collectors by refusing their orders or changing the edition size of the standard edition of the product - causing frustration with customers who pre-ordered in a timely fashion.
In this case, we chose to employ a compromise solution - allowing our international customers the chance to order from a separate ‘International Edition’, without changing the established regular edition size. It is not a choice that we make lightly, but we do believe it preserves the collectible nature of the product while allowing some of our international fans to participate in the excitement of the first Premium Format product from The Dead. This solution is not one that we intend to employ on a regular basis - but we do reserve the right to make occasional ‘creative’ solutions!
We didn’t intend to offer the International Edition of Patient Zero PF on our website - it was sold in its entirety to International Distributors. So being, news of the piece wasn’t communicated through our web & communications teams for publication. We apologize for the oversight and will inform you earlier if this situation should ever arise in the future.
