Show Us Your Troops (Sideshow/Marmit/Medicom/etc.)!

[Pixelpiper]

I believe I was talking about the janky Medicom, not Marmit, and I asked if you had mixed them up. Marmits look great. Medicoms look like p00p. And no one in the industry, not even Hasbro, makes a worse 1/6 body than Medicom.

Besides that, I just wanted to point one thing out.

Prices for a collectible don't always reflect its true value

A collectible's "value" is precisely its market price at any fixed point in time. A collectible's "investment value" factors in the current market value and a projection of where the market will go. A collectible's personal or emotional or intrinsic value, are immeasurable and solely up to the individual collector. Are these what you were thinking of?

Now, I'd like to collect both SSC and Marmit troopers. I also have the Marmit AT-AT driver on my list. I also have collected Hasbro since the 70's, and while they're playing at the bottom for accuracy, some of them are at the very top for collectible value, measured in dollars. They all have their plusses AND minuses. I don't think there's a reason to collect only one, unless of course you want only one example of any one subject.

 

[Darthgothikus]

Jeez guys. They're just hunks of plastic. I've got several of each, they're all ok in their way. I like the Marmits best, but that's just me..... doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things....

 

[RavenEye]

Uh... jeez cool it... Y'all act like this will be the only 12" Stromies we'll ever see.

Honestly I think a true 100% Stormie would be if someone combined all 3 into one. Having each accurate part casted and put on a figure would be a dream come true. I'd buy $100 or so kit if someone would do it. And I mean really good cast, not no air bubbles or re-plastered bits from mishap cast. I can obtain a body and paint the rest. It just means who's willing to do it and honestly I would donate parts to someone who's a good caster if other people would.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

They're discussing things civilly.. the 'calm down' posts aren't really necessary fellas.

 

[Niltusk]

They're discussing things civilly.. the 'calm down' posts aren't really necessary fellas.

 

[Pixelpiper]

...if someone combined all 3 into one. ... I'd buy $100 or so kit if someone would do it.

I don't think anyone would do it for $100 a pop. It's too laborious for that price on a hobbyist scale. Maybe for $400-600 if you're lucky. It would have to be a small production run to avoid the lawyers from the companies of the originals.

 

[jkno]

They're discussing things civilly.. the 'calm down' posts aren't really necessary fellas.

 

[Darthgothikus]

They're discussing things civilly.. the 'calm down' posts aren't really necessary fellas.

Fair enough!

 

[jkno]

If someone would make a kit then they should use the helmet and armor from Marmit, and the belt from SS. High quality resin, or even ABS if possible, and offer the option of kit and finished (all depending on color of the original material, if needs painting or not).

A problem might occur with the size of the armor parts, since the Marmits need heating to be able to assemble them, because armor fits only when heated and this way enlarged a bit. Thus a bigger armor size than the regular Marmit armor would do - so when casting it might need to add a bit on it. The price shouldn't be that high either, especially if mass producing.

But not sure where all this will go with the recasting issue though...

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

We're all friends here!!

Personally - I think fan passion coupled with mass produced collectibles, will always be a fiery, swirling conundrum of elation & disappointment.

I'm a pretty massive SW nerd. I know what I want in a high end piece, but that may not always be viable for a company to facilitate. While I can appreciate that to a point.. it also does my ****ing head in.

 

[Pixelpiper]

ABS won't allow the same polished shine of the trooper armor, so PC (polycarbonate) would be a good choice. As low as the production costs may be, licensing is the biggest unknown. How much to license? What geographic regions covered by license? How many units allowed to be produced? Etc. etc. etc.

And even then, I don't think the numbers for this type of collectible would be considered "mass production" by any stretch. 5000 units (which is more than SSC produced of many troopers) is not mass production in terms of retail product. That's a decent sized, but low volume single production run.

With mold prices ranging from $10000 to over $50000 each, depending on where they're made and how long they should last, and this kind of product requiring more than a dozen molds, you can see it would be pretty pricy to "tool up" for something like this.

 

[RavenEye]

ABS won't allow the same polished shine of the trooper armor, so PC (polycarbonate) would be a good choice. As low as the production costs may be, licensing is the biggest unknown. How much to license? What geographic regions covered by license? How many units allowed to be produced? Etc. etc. etc.

And even then, I don't think the numbers for this type of collectible would be considered "mass production" by any stretch. 5000 units (which is more than SSC produced of many troopers) is not mass production in terms of retail product. That's a decent sized, but low volume single production run.

With mold prices ranging from $10000 to over $50000 each, depending on where they're made and how long they should last, and this kind of product requiring more than a dozen molds, you can see it would be pretty pricy to "tool up" for something like this.

I give up...

 

[Pixelpiper]

I give up...

You've never sculpted nor cast anything, have you? Let me know when that $100 Storm/Sand/Trooper armor can be bought and I'll take every set made.

 

[MidnightClad]

You've never sculpted nor cast anything, have you? Let me know when that $100 Storm/Sand/Trooper armor can be bought and I'll take every set made.

I will pay 101$ per stormtrooper

PS: Not sure If I am happy with the job I did polishing my Stormtroopers armor but it came out good enough and hasn't seemed to have any negative effects HAHAHA. But so far I still love my SSC Stormtrooper, would love a medi if the scale was fixed, and cant afford to buy up all those marmits

 

[abake]

Why can't anybody sculpt and cast new codpieces for SST Stormtroopers? It's the single most distracting piece of inaccuracy. Well, that and the lower leg armor. Oh, and the upper leg armor, too.
Hmmm...

 

[Pixelpiper]

Why can't anybody sculpt and cast new codpieces for SST Stormtroopers?

It's why "won't" anybody. My guess is that there just wouldn't be enough money in it to make it worthwhile. Like not even break even.

 

[Niltusk]

I think alot of people just mod it with a Hasbro codpiece and call it a night.

 

[DarthTrafford]

Couldn't find the thread so I'm posting it here!
I found a Han & Luke Stormtrooper 2 pack on Amazon!
The price is right so I pulled the trigger.
The final figures I needed to complete my Sideshow Star Wars 1:6 figure collection.
Not counting the new Padawan Obi-Wan or Jedi Master Yoda.
I'm so pumped!

 

[shocktrooper_au]

It's why "won't" anybody. My guess is that there just wouldn't be enough money in it to make it worthwhile. Like not even break even.

I did for my corporal sandtrooper

 

[jkno]

Why can't anybody sculpt and cast new codpieces for SST Stormtroopers? It's the single most distracting piece of inaccuracy. Well, that and the lower leg armor. Oh, and the upper leg armor, too.
Hmmm...

And the helmet...