Official Sideshow 1/6 ANH Darth Vader PHOTO Thread

[IrishJedi]

Meh. I don't go for conspiracy theories. What happened is either A) Sideshow 'Effed up, or B) Lucasfilm are twats. Neither would be a first.

 

[Brent72]

Meh. I don't go for conspiracy theories. What happened is either A) Sideshow 'Effed up, or B) Lucasfilm are twats. Neither would be a first.

Totally agree, Irish.

 

[The Chaver]

I can see that but, only for when the licence gets handed to another company later on down the road..and its all LFL doing..

It's for short term and long term. LFL may have this in the contracted license agreement. And it benefits both LFL and the companies that use the license.

 

[automaton]

it runs in the family with these Skywalkers... first Luke's farm boy clothing, and now this... money is usually the root... it was simply cheaper somehow to give one this, than that.

 

[Valfar]

it runs in the family with these Skywalkers... first Luke's farm boy clothing, and now this... money is usually the root... it was simply cheaper somehow to give one this, than that.

Thats a good point.

 

[The Chaver]

Meh. I don't go for conspiracy theories. What happened is either A) Sideshow 'Effed up, or B) Lucasfilm are twats. Neither would be a first.

We're not talking about JFK or the ^^^^ing Loch Ness Monster.

But we're are talking about money hungry companies that want to make the most profit possible. It's no conspiracy theory, it's fact, that's the way companies do business.

 

[MaulFan]

It's an interesting theory, but I'll argue it with this logic.

If they show us a helmet everyone loves at SDCC and then give us a lesser one in production, how does that help sales of the next one.

I'll tell ya right now, when the next Vader is previewed, if everyone likes the dome, first thing everyone will be posting will be yeah, but remember what happened to the ANH dome.

This incident will make people afraid that if the like the proto, it's not what they're going to get when their figure shows up.

There is no logic to SSC doing this on purpose, if it's because of Sideshow, it was a mistake or some production necessity but not a marketing stategy, and if it's LFL they just suck balls.

 

[EVILFACE]

it runs in the family with these Skywalkers... first Luke's farm boy clothing, and now this... money is usually the root... it was simply cheaper somehow to give one this, than that.

Changing clothing material is a possible money saver, but sculpting a new helmet and creating a new mold isn't cheap. They were told to change it.

 

[RICEaRONI]

Changing clothing material is a possible money saver, but sculpting a new helmet and creating a new mold isn't cheap. They were told to change it.

agree with that statement more than any others. nobody would go "man they really love'd the dome at SDCC, let f^ck with em hahahaahaha"


... i hope

 

[Valfar]

All i have to say is, the SS Stormtrooper is way off the ones we see in the movie..so, this Vader even though with its flaws, its leaps and bounds closer to what we see on screen, SS's version of a Stormtrooper is more of a let down to me then this Vader..and it boggles my mind that SS pumped out a awesome clone trooper,that looks damn close to the movie ones, right after the Stormie.

Though come to think of it, LFL may not had been able to grant the accurate designs to SS for the Stormie due to copyrights and all that crap they got into with Andrew Ainsworth.

 

[Natrix]

I explained it some pages back, but here it is again. -So that there will be more a reason for people to buy the next Vader incarnation-

SS WILL make three or four Vader's, their not going to make the first one perfect, because then people won't buy the next three.

SS has already stated that they are doing the other versions of Vader so why F' up the ANH version? That argument makes no sense, Vaders will sell regardless.

 

[OSCORP]

Strong nerdism's in this thread.

 

[thenammagazine]

Its quite possible that the casting was goofed...afterall, that's what happened to Jedi Luke and the first Han. The shrink factor was miscalculated and we got ginormous heads. This has also been confirmed by SSC.

Maybe this happened here and the helmet was cast and it shrunk too much as opposed to too little.

I think the whole idea of "casting shrinkage" can be debunked. If the helmet shrunk THAT much, you wouldn't be able to put it on Vader's head. The bowl portion would have shrunk just as much as the rim. Personally, I think it's an LFL thing. More often then not, they've been having several WTF changes, from this to the brass nipples on Indy's stormflaps.

 

[JustinLuck]

Its hardly perfect..the top on the proto is too small and round..the only thing looking right was the amount of flare all around the dome but even then, no widows peak, way too shiny, overall look seems to fit ESB...but, like i said..no company that has done 1:6th Vader at this point has anything on the helmet SS made here..the finnish on the lenses and the gunmetal colour on the mask..looks the best so far..and kudos for atleast having the bottom grill the right size.

Marmit's wasn't released, but I still think it is the closest of all the incarnations. At least, it is the most aesthetically pleasing to my eyes as a representation of ANH Vader IMHO. I wish someone could just buy Marmit's molds and release it, even unpainted as a model kit.

https://www1.odn.ne.jp/~cdt96010/marmit-vader.htm

 

[Valfar]

Marmit's wasn't released, but I still think it is the closest of all the incarnations. At least, it is the most aesthetically pleasing to my eyes as a representation of ANH Vader IMHO. I wish someone could just buy Marmit's molds and release it, even unpainted as a model kit.

https://www1.odn.ne.jp/~cdt96010/marmit-vader.htm

Yea, i posted that pic aways back in the thread..and i agree thats a nice one but, it never hit the market ever..the helmet on that Marmit is great but, from the neck down it looks worse then Medicom..though sure its a prototype..SS has got the look better from the neck down, just not sure if his suit should be matte black or a more shiny colour like the medicom...ahh hell each release has its flaws, one way or another but, we are getting a tall imposing one this time, atleast.

 

[JustinLuck]

I agree the suit isn't as impressive as it could be, but I'd do anything to buy that mask and helmet. I especially like the sharp widow's peak and the considerable size of the head compared to the body.

 

[Darklord Dave]

I can't imagine though, i would think they'd take a mold of the helmet and make castings of it, the difference is quite significant.

Crazy things can go on in a factory in China. Maybe there's a factory worker who's an ESB fan and just changes the helmet on their own thinking they're "correcting" it.

It could happen...

 

[Darklord Dave]

I agree the suit isn't as impressive as it could be, but I'd do anything to buy that mask and helmet. I especially like the sharp widow's peak and the considerable size of the head compared to the body.

That Marmit helmet looks completely wrong to me - too long in the face and the dome.

 

[JustinLuck]

I agree Dave that the Marmit is not perfect. But to my eyes, it looks better than Sideshow's mask/helmet proportions in relation to the rest of the body.

I also do not see the look of ESB in Sideshow's helmet either.

Here he is.

 

[pixletwin]

Those are terrible reference pics because they are a totally different angle than MaulFan's pic.