Well again, this will be a great figure without question, but Sideshow did a good job and each will end up having flaws and high points. I'm with everyone else that thinks the Medicom robe material is off, while looking nice, is off and doesn't appear to do anything all the special, but SSC's hood's too small and Medi's is right so I like that. Sideshow's sculpt is far more Ray Park, but Medi's has more Maul paint apps. I can't look at either and say there's a definitive Maul figure, there are places for improvement on both of them.