Sideshow 1/6 C-3PO

[TaliBane]

I don't know how far back you've read in this particular thread, but what I'm hoping and waiting for the most in the short-term is that SideshowAlex (sideshow employee posting here) is able to pose 3PO and R2 together on the same level for a few photos. Anyone who's also followed the R2 thread should want to see this pretty badly.

These threads go wide and deep, and I hope they didn't pose R2 and Threepio apart on purpose. I already have R2 ordered... he better come up to 3PO's lower chest, not below his waist!

 

[Pixelpiper]

Go Alex! Go Alex! Go Alex!



Woo!

 

[Puay]

Why? So it can sit in the land speeder that'll never be made?

I like people who think far.

 

[Puay]

Sideshow booth :

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iiKsGRoFQ7A

 

[Wor-Gar]

I have to say that 3PO looks TONS better in that video than any picture I have seen so far. Looks like real metal. Still not sold on the shade of "gold" -- wish it were just a tad warmer, more orangey -- but he looks great there.

 

[Tee-Kay]

This video give much more depth and volume to those 12". I'm even more impatient to have them in hand.

 

[Pixelpiper]

wish it were just a tad warmer, more orangey

Pair of $2 glasses frames and a $20 sheet of Rosco orange gel filter, some scissors and some adhesive tape. Bam. Problem solved.

 

[Kamandi]

Gold can be a tough color to photograph.

 

[pixletwin]

C3PO looks pretty great, if you ask me.

 

[Pixelpiper]

I've done some quick Photoshop image movement and at this point, with the photos available, the 3PO-R2 height ratio seems off. I can't tell if the issue is with one or both characters, but R2 appears too short next to 3PO, which is unfortunate.

 

[Pixelpiper]

Save these images for reference later on:

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

Why do these companies think R2 should be 1/7 scale..

At this rate, SSC's won't be much different to the Medi, height wise.

 

[jra81984]

I've done some quick Photoshop image movement and at this point, with the photos available, the 3PO-R2 height ratio seems off. I can't tell if the issue is with one or both characters, but R2 appears too short next to 3PO, which is unfortunate.

Hah! I did the same thing! I am not encouraged... I tried it with a couple different angles too.

 

[Pixelpiper]

Hah! I did the same thing!

My results, using a different source image, came to just about the same results. I wanted to use a different source to compensate (differently) at least a little bit for perspective. And I tried to be generous and forgiving, but no matter how much I let slide, I just can't see them being the correct heights. The difference is just too great to be made up by the issues with the photo(s). Even without having them lined up it's pretty easy to see that R2 is far less substantial than he should be compared to 3PO. He's short, but he's a fat ******* of a little guy.

 

[jra81984]

My results, using a different source image, came to just about the same results. I wanted to use a different source to compensate (differently) at least a little bit for perspective. And I tried to be generous and forgiving, but no matter how much I let slide, I just can't see them being the correct heights. The difference is just too great to be made up by the issues with the photo(s). Even without having them lined up it's pretty easy to see that R2 is far less substantial than he should be compared to 3PO. He's short, but he's a fat ******* of a little guy.

Maybe we got this all wrong and R2 is perfect and 3po is too short? lol I tried to be generous in lining it up too, but nothing seems to account for the difference.

How is it that a random Japanese company that made a clock got it right and major toy manufacturing companies cannot? I hope we are proven wrong when the final result comes out. Here is a picture of my Tamashii 3po with Taito Clock R2D2.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

Maybe we got this all wrong and R2 is perfect and 3po is too short? lol

Yeah....

..you've lost me.

 

[greedo737]

I think sideshow purposely didn't put them together and put Threepio on a stand so we wouldn't ***** and moan about the height. Fingers crossed they prove me wrong and put them together on Sunday.

 

[subzro]

I think sideshow purposely didn't put them together and put Threepio on a stand so we wouldn't ***** and moan about the height. Fingers crossed they prove me wrong and put them together on Sunday.

They could be 100% perfect and we would still find something to**** and moan about

 

[OutLander]

It's funny because if you look at the R2 inside the ship he looks smaller than the one in the Tatooine shot even though he's leaning back which would make him smaller than when he's upright like in the ship. I believe there were a couple of R2's made for ANH and they may not have been exactly the same size?

Save these images for reference later on:

Hah! I did the same thing! I am not encouraged... I tried it with a couple different angles too.


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[Tee-Kay]

Even though the difference is minimal, "desert" R2 and "indoor" R2 aren't the same size due to larger "allroad" wheels on the earlier.