Paitient Zero Premium Format!?!?!?!?!?

[nash]

LOL this guy comes in to try to post pics and he ends up showing us that he has yet another bootleg. Stupid edition size, and I didnt know that Sideshow can't spell VERSION correctly on the box. Seems like a typical Chinese recast/knock-off mistake if you ask me

 

[The Mike]

If its a boot its a well done one, the box looks legit. I'm interested to find out more about an "International" version. If there is a real difference I might have to seek one out.

 

[ozzfan84]

Nice pics. I'd really like to hear about this International edition from SS. This seems like a weird piece to pull this with.

 

[Jen]

Considering the misspelling on the box - I too am thinking this is a bootleg.

 

[Patton]

This has to be a bootleg for reat the miss spelling and the statue to me just doesn't look right compared to sideshows video and pics????

 

[ridimous]

Wow, If that's a recast or a fake, I can't wait to see the real ones. It sucks that the international verison doesn't have the decap hand.

 

[jbinny]

A couple more things that I thought about...

Where are the little pads that go on the undeside of the base?

Wouldn't it be 'International Exclusive' 'International Edition'?

 

[ChrisCJ99]

If its a boot its a well done one, the box looks legit. I'm interested to find out more about an "International" version. If there is a real difference I might have to seek one out.

I don't see much of a difference with the "international version"..... If it's just the WHITE watch strap then it's really not worth the hunt IMO

 

[NIGHTCRAWLER]

IF that really is a bootleg, wow the Chinese have really been stepping up their game lately

or something to that effect

 

[The Mike]

I wouldn't judge its authenticity by misspellings I've had at least six or seven SSC products purchased direct that had misspellings on the brown shipping box.

 

[Something Sexy]

I wouldn't judge its authenticity by misspellings I've had at least six or seven SSC products purchased direct that had misspellings on the brown shipping box.

I just found one on the Buffy PF box, not the brown mailer but the actual box. Not a misspelling but a grammar mistake.

 

[Darth_Pain]

The blue X is for replacement pieces. Maybe, they took all the replacements and made them an International Version. ?
If that's true, better hope none come in damaged.

Why would there be an International version anyway? I thought you could order from SSC from any where in the world?

 

[mr.thrifty]

and this had to be posted today so we can't call SS and find out what's up..

 

[The Mike]

I'm not saying whether its real or not I'm just saying I wouldn't go by the spelling alone is all.

 

[thenammagazine]

and this had to be posted today so we can't call SS and find out what's up..

I'm sure CS will be answering phones at 9am sharp with this being explained seconds later.

 

[GrueSam]

In that first batch of pics, the edition size looks like a sticker. I've never seen that before but only have 1 PF...



And, for the record, my daddy Balrog shipping box says "BALRONG".

 

[thenammagazine]

Has anyone seen this "international exclusive" up for PO on any UK/EU sites? Let's not forget, the original PZ was also bootlegged.

In that first batch of pics, the edition size looks like a sticker. I've never seen that before but only have 1 PF...



And, for the record, my daddy Balrog shipping box says "BALRONG".

That's because he's just too bad to be right!

 

[Nerdy Black Guy]

I don't know if it's a bootleg but it does seem suspicious. Regardless the statue looks nice and I can just imagine how much nicer the exclusive will be when it arrives at my house.

 

[Reefer Shark]

Going by the pics, I don't think it's a bootleg. I've had lots of mispellings on shipping boxes from various companies, and the base looks pretty authentic to me. Can't judge on the actual statue because there aren't any other confirmed in hand pics to compare it to.

...but if it's legit it's wierd that it was released with no announcement, eh?

 

[lcummins]

In that first batch of pics, the edition size looks like a sticker. I've never seen that before but only have 1 PF...

No, this is common... Sideshow usually use the same box for exclusive and regular, so the exclusive will usually have a sticker to cover the printed edition size of the regular.

And I agree, this simply looks like a typo, not a real misspelling, but that doesn't matter because as others have stated, plenty of Sideshow shipper boxes have spelling mistakes.

Guys, this is probably legit and not a bootleg. Sideshow has done other International versions as I mentioned before, and they have never mentioned it before hand (only after the fact). To me, everything looks legit and it doesn't surprise me at all with all the uproar over what happened with the pre-order of the exclusive. My money is on this is the real thing. I'm so confident, I'm adding it to the registry...