Statue Iron Patriot Quarter Scale Maquette by Sideshow Collectibles

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[dan350zr]

Not sure why people always try to compare HT's to Statues, HT's are plastic dolls or if you prefer action figures, Statues are sculpted art... Apples to Oranges.... I'm not ripping on HT's but lets be honest about what they are. Both are collectibles but I don't see how people think they compete with each other...

 

[Centurion]

How about an arrow indicator to make sure they don't miss it

Hahaha! Right?!

Anyway, something tells me this will just end up being another one of their marketing gimmicks.

Because the Iron Patriot is in the arm rocket pose already, I speculate that:
Sometime down the line, to generate more sales, they will announce and reveal the rocket attachment.
People everywhere will rejoice and grandparents will do backflips. "Thank you Sideshow for listening to your fans!" will be heard 'round the world.

All the while, Sideshow meant for it to be with arm rockets right from the very beginning.

 

[subzro]

They do not compete. I think it's because a lot (not all) of HT head sculpts (and clothing) look so real and are so incredibly well done that it's hard not to compare. I collect figures and statues. I'm getting this and HT iron patriot.

 

[Centurion]

Not sure why people always try to compare HT's to Statues, HT's are plastic dolls or if you prefer action figures, Statues are sculpted art... Apples to Oranges.... I'm not ripping on HT's but lets be honest about what they are. Both are collectibles but I don't see how people think they compete with each other...

Comparing figures to statues is inevitable, in this industry, where manufacturers have become experts in sculpting with various materials and using specialized painting techniques.

Those days are long gone where something labeled as a "doll" or a "toy" has inferior quality or accuracy to the statue of the same subject.

Take a look at Enterbay's 1/4 T-800 Battle Damage product:

What you're looking at there is a poseable figure and, in my opinion, one of the best representations of the T-800 in terms of accuracy and quality. If people want to call this multimedia piece a "doll", so be it.

You may also take a look at and compare Sideshow's Jack Sparrow 1/4 statue and Hot Toys' DX-06 Jack Sparrow figure.
I won't bother to post pics. Sideshow's offering doesn't even come close.

 

[subzro]

I started seeing my girlfriend a few months ago and the 1st time she came over and looked at my collection she was very impressed. I made a joke about how some of my friends like to sometimes jokingly tease me about my "dolls" and she said that "they have no idea what they are talking about, me and my sisters had lots of dolls growing up and these are nothing like dolls. They are more like small works of art". I knew right then she was a keeper

 

[BB&WSF]

Comparing figures to statues is inevitable, in this industry, where manufacturers have become experts in sculpting with various materials and using specialized painting techniques.

Those days are long gone where something labeled as a "doll" or a "toy" has inferior quality or accuracy to the statue of the same subject.

Take a look at Enterbay's 1/4 T-800 Battle Damage product:

Spoiler

What you're looking at there is a poseable figure and, in my opinion, one of the best representations of the T-800 in terms of accuracy and quality. If people want to call this multimedia piece a "doll", so be it.

You may also take a look at and compare Sideshow's Jack Sparrow 1/4 statue and Hot Toys' DX-06 Jack Sparrow figure.
I won't bother to post pics. Sideshow's offering doesn't even come close.

The way 1/6 scale sculpting, etc. has evolved, many a times it is difficult to choose between the two scales (1:4 / 1:6). To me, it is quite a thing for folks to stick around with one scale only. Especially, when such fantastic stuff and options are available.

 

[Y4NK33 PL4N3T]

I started seeing my girlfriend a few months ago and the 1st time she came over and looked at my collection she was very impressed. I made a joke about how some of my friends like to sometimes jokingly tease me about my "dolls" and she said that "they have no idea what they are talking about, me and my sisters had lots of dolls growing up and these are nothing like dolls. They are more like small works of art". I knew right then she was a keeper

Clone her

 

[spawn10459]

I started seeing my girlfriend a few months ago and the 1st time she came over and looked at my collection she was very impressed. I made a joke about how some of my friends like to sometimes jokingly tease me about my "dolls" and she said that "they have no idea what they are talking about, me and my sisters had lots of dolls growing up and these are nothing like dolls. They are more like small works of art". I knew right then she was a keeper

My wife bought me my first Statue and now its turned into an obsession. Every time i buy a statue i remind her that it all started because of her Then she just smiles and buys me more comics/statues

 

[DFanatic]

Comparing figures to statues is inevitable, in this industry, where manufacturers have become experts in sculpting with various materials and using specialized painting techniques.

Those days are long gone where something labeled as a "doll" or a "toy" has inferior quality or accuracy to the statue of the same subject.

Take a look at Enterbay's 1/4 T-800 Battle Damage product:

What you're looking at there is a poseable figure and, in my opinion, one of the best representations of the T-800 in terms of accuracy and quality. If people want to call this multimedia piece a "doll", so be it.

You may also take a look at and compare Sideshow's Jack Sparrow 1/4 statue and Hot Toys' DX-06 Jack Sparrow figure.
I won't bother to post pics. Sideshow's offering doesn't even come close.

That 1/4 scale Terminator is a prime example of the quality of action figures. That figure has superior sculpt and paint apps than any Terminator statue Sideshow has ever made and it's also better than their BD T-800 that is coming soon. Whenever people come in these threads and start calling figures "dolls" you know that person is just trying to instigate a fight.

 

[Collectorcol]

Plastic will always capture more detail than polystone.

They are dolls, highly detailed expensive dolls.

 

[izunadrop!]

An arm weapon will make or break my decision to keep this guy on order.

Same here!


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[Crash1207]

Not feeling this headsculpt. Dont get me wrong, its quite accurate to the actor himself, but he seems and looks lifeless in a pose where he's supposed to be ready to attack.

Not that I will display him with the unmasked head anyway. Now, add that forearm weapon SS !

I couldn't agree more with this post. Pose is a little too dynamic to have the yearbook expression on his face.

 

[dan350zr]

That 1/4 scale Terminator is a prime example of the quality of action figures. That figure has superior sculpt and paint apps than any Terminator statue Sideshow has ever made and it's also better than their BD T-800 that is coming soon. Whenever people come in these threads and start calling figures "dolls" you know that person is just trying to instigate a fight.

It's not a fight, head sculpt aside EVERYTHING about a HT is a doll, their bodies are generic with lots of joints which are ugly as hell if their not covered up. I've yet to see one single sexy looking HT, the reason is due to generic plastic bodies. A statue can be sculpted to highlight the sexy curves of a female body or detail out all the muscle definition. You also get dynamic poses which you can't obtain with a hot toy since you need the stand to hold them up. People go on and on about how you can pose Hot Toys but every time I look at pictures of peoples collections, all their HT's are just standing straight up on the crotch stand. There also not easy to pose, I bought all the Avengers and Dark Knight HT's, thought I'd give them a try but when I put them next to my statues they really did look like toys. I'm willing to concede HT's heads might be works of art but from the neck down it's all doll/action figure.

Now there's nothing wrong with collecting HT's, but I do tire of HT collectors continuously bashing statues. IMO their completely different. And No, as much as some of you guys want to think HT's are poseable statues, they're not

 

[Collectorcol]

The only HT I've ever been interested in was the upcoming BD T-800 and that was because there are no visible joints.
As we know the detail in their portraits is pretty amazing.
I ended up cancelling but each to their own.

 

[Y4NK33 PL4N3T]

HT IM figures don't have bodies to cover up

 

[dan350zr]

HT IM figures don't have bodies to cover up

Armor by it's nature has joints, skin doesn't... Although IMO the IM stuff HT's made was extremely over priced given it's armor was made out of plastic, now if they used some actual metal here and there then I could see the $250-$300 price tag...

 

[rocbolt]

Armor by it's nature has joints, skin doesn't... Although IMO the IM stuff HT's made was extremely over priced given it's armor was made out of plastic, now if they used some actual metal here and there then I could see the $250-$300 price tag...

War Machine, Iron Patriot and Mark 42 are diecast

 

[Y4NK33 PL4N3T]

Armor by it's nature has joints, skin doesn't... Although IMO the IM stuff HT's made was extremely over priced given it's armor was made out of plastic, now if they used some actual metal here and there then I could see the $250-$300 price tag...

Considering each IM figure consists of well over 200 separate molds plus six light up features there's no chance it's going to be in the price range of other figures that consist of a sculpt and some clothing.

 

[dan350zr]

War Machine, Iron Patriot and Mark 42 are diecast

Didn't know that, the IM Avengers I got was rather flimsy plastic.