Sideshow 1/6 C-3PO

[cel3027]

My replacement arm arrived today,was hoping for a hand attached but nope.
Just an arm but its all fine.

 

[Natedog]

Well no response yet here either (2 weeks tomorrow), although I'm probably on the bottom of the pile since I need 2 arms and a head.

 

[Tinman2000]

My replacement arm arrived today,was hoping for a hand attached but nope.
Just an arm but its all fine.

Yeah, a few pages back I was guessing the hand would not be included with a replacement arm. How did the part arrive, regular mail?

 

[JCFETT]

Is it just me, or is everyone asking for replacement arms to paint them red? LOLz

 

[cel3027]

Mine arrived in uk by fedex shipped monday arrived today.

 

[JonWes]

Well I sure hope mine has a hand since that's broken too! Eep.

 

[Shanester]

Mine is not for an arm, but still taking almost two weeks now.

 

[Badvermin]

Even being as careful as I could possibly be, the piston broke on the left arm. The internal mechanism features extremely thin and brittle the plastic, pretty sure they will all break at some point.

While the wrist looks like a ball joint, it's not. The peg in the hand is permanently attached so the wrist can not rotate. I've never seen this restriction before on a 12" figure, is it common? Anyways, don't expect to tilt his hand to rest on R2, because the wrist is stuck moving only left/right with no up/down movement.

The magnet feature for the restraining bolt is useless, as the magnets are very weak. Use double sided tape rather than risk loosing the bolt.

Black dot on left eye higher than right, metal screen has a dent in it.

The plastic was injected at too high of a temperature, resulting in two deformation lines starting at the neck bolts and running straight down his breastplate.

Thumbs do not work like that!!!! Sorry, thumbs are angled more like a finger than a thumb, resulting in a very odd look.

The painted drip lines on the left side of the head are 1/8" lower than than the ridge line.

I do like how the eye feature works, but the color seems more white than the yellow orange I recall from the films.

I'm rather disappointed with this figure. I would hold off for the next inevitable version for the hopes that they fix the issues.

 

[TaliBane]

Even being as careful as I could possibly be, the piston broke on the left arm. The internal mechanism features extremely thin and brittle the plastic, pretty sure they will all break at some point.

While the wrist looks like a ball joint, it's not. The peg in the hand is permanently attached so the wrist can not rotate. I've never seen this restriction before on a 12" figure, is it common? Anyways, don't expect to tilt his hand to rest on R2, because the wrist is stuck moving only left/right with no up/down movement.

The magnet feature for the restraining bolt is useless, as the magnets are very weak. Use double sided tape rather than risk loosing the bolt.

Black dot on left eye higher than right, metal screen has a dent in it.

The plastic was injected at too high of a temperature, resulting in two deformation lines starting at the neck bolts and running straight down his breastplate.

Thumbs do not work like that!!!! Sorry, thumbs are angled more like a finger than a thumb, resulting in a very odd look.

The painted drip lines on the left side of the head are 1/8" lower than than the ridge line.

I do like how the eye feature works, but the color seems more white than the yellow orange I recall from the films.

I'm rather disappointed with this figure. I would hold off for the next inevitable version for the hopes that they fix the issues.

I'm contemplating putting some clear nail polish on the pistons to make them a little stronger. They do slightly but noticeably bow when you move them. Like IG-88, I consider this a fragile model and handle it accordingly.

My eyes were off as well - yet to hear back from SSC re: that and piston breakage.

 

[Scentless Apprentice]

I found a Tamashii for around $250. Should I go for that one or get the sideshow version?

 

[QuiGonFishing]

SS is a nice 3PO, it really is. I'm getting concerned about all of the delicateness issues, but even if that was not a problem, if I could have only one 3PO, I'd go Tama all day...

 

[TonTon]

I found a Tamashii for around $250. Should I go for that one or get the sideshow version?

Get the Tama. If you're disappointed take another look at the Sideshow, but at that price you'll likely be very happy with it.

 

[IrishJedi]

I found a Tamashii for around $250. Should I go for that one or get the sideshow version?

Get the Sideshow one and tell me where you found the Tamashii one for around $250.

 

[PJB-1138]

I found a Tamashii for around $250. Should I go for that one or get the sideshow version?

Get the Tamashii. I have both and, unless you really don't care for its pristine finish, it's a much more premium piece than Sideshow's figure. Sturdier, too.

 

[Scentless Apprentice]

Get the Sideshow one and tell me where you found the Tamashii one for around $250.

Check Japanese websites. The yen is weak right now.

 

[Tinman2000]

The SS 3PO works for me but I'll like it more when the replacement parts come in (and yes I did the thumb mod). On the down side, I'll probably never change the pose because of it's fragility.

 

[Kadman88]

Anyone else still having trouble getting at least a response from sideshow. Emails not even been acknowledged let alone getting notification of a replacement part. Not sure what's up as the cs for me are usually great. Not even responding to live chat?

 

[TaliBane]

Anyone else still having trouble getting at least a response from sideshow. Emails not even been acknowledged let alone getting notification of a replacement part. Not sure what's up as the cs for me are usually great. Not even responding to live chat?

Yeah, I sent e-mail a week ago and have gotten no response so far.

 

[EVILFACE]

Anyone else still having trouble getting at least a response from sideshow. Emails not even been acknowledged let alone getting notification of a replacement part. Not sure what's up as the cs for me are usually great. Not even responding to live chat?

Give em some time. Took about a week for them to get back to me. Replacement arm will be here on Monday.

 

[stickman]

Anyone else still having trouble getting at least a response from sideshow. Emails not even been acknowledged let alone getting notification of a replacement part. Not sure what's up as the cs for me are usually great. Not even responding to live chat?

I got a letter from them today saying that they are shipping me an arm. Today was the mark of 10 business days, or 2 weeks.