1/6 Sideshow 1:6 Indiana Jones - Temple of Doom

[Groovy34]

Never understand this logic. You'd think it would actually be MORE expensive to make a smaller accurate figure -- more work to make smaller clothing work at scale even though you're using less physical material. There's no savings on sculptwork. Do you think there's an actual material savings because the body is 6 inches instead of 12? They have to make a new special box for the shape. Might be a small savings on shipping from Asia.

Something like R2 is pure sculpt and mold. Yoda, sculpt with a little robe. But Short Round has a full outfit (jacket, pants and shirt) plus shoes PLUS a baseball cap. And a knapsack.

For starters short round is taller than 6". 7.5 maybe 8. And if you cut fabric just right and design patterns you can save on time. I once design patterns for newt from aliens. It just means less intricate seams and more simple design.

Clothing design doesn't get paid diddly in this art unless your Kato . I usually give them what they paid for ( quality wise) they have no room to complain then. Truth is people pay money for sculpts and want quality clothes for pennies. And why you might ask because they think the fabric must cost next to nothing. News flash most fabric I have to pay a full yard for. Specialty fabric that needs printed isn't cheap. But there is always seamstress and tailors willing to take the low amt of money. Then there is delays etc. you know that old chestnut.

Personally I don't like making custom clothes for others because they try to play let's make a deal and that's when I say fine but don't complain when you get exactly what you pay for.

Back to short round
He does have a few items of clothes that would take about a day to design. Then find fabric and cut and test. The problem is body. And side show is not accustomed to sculpting a head smaller ever. But if he was by himself with a few items he would be $150. Maybe more if deal was sweetened. The cart isn't a good idea though. It's easier to do a duo with the bridge.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

Power to those that want a figure of the character, but I couldn't give a flying **** about Short Round.

Just make a GOOD Dr Jones - I only need one.

Please.

 

[Asta]

technically indy should be 12.25-12.5" tall since Harrison is 6'2

6' by most counts.

I have people trying to Jew me down all the time.

"As a man I've always felt Irish, as an actor I've always felt Jewish."

 

[Raiders March]

As far as people thinking short round was 7" tall here is photo ref pics. that support my theory of 8-9" tall
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if short round was 7" tall he would be waist high or at the stomach.
those who don't want short round I don't get how your temple of doom fans. technically indy should be 12.25-12.5" tall since Harrison is 6'2

Did'nt they make frodo and Sam from LotR on about and 8-9 inch body. Perhaps sideshow still has access to them, they could modify it to suit Shortys scaled height
I think it's all going to depend on how well received ToD indy is, that a future shortround release becomes likely.

 

[ebor]

...at all the speculation of a figure Sideshow will NEVER make...shortround that is

 

[Groovy34]

Did'nt they make frodo and Sam from LotR on about and 8-9 inch body. Perhaps sideshow still has access to them, they could modify it to suit Shortys scaled height
I think it's all going to depend on how well received ToD indy is, that a future shortround release becomes likely.

I remember them, you know that could work, I'm sure they kept the molds because making metal molds is expensive for mass market casting. I bet they even have the size scale for clothing as well to work from for short rounds clothes.

As far as the comment that he won't be made. I guess you never watched the movie. That's like having 1/6 batman returns without Catwoman and penguin. As long as batman gets made.

Short round was in just about every frame Indy was in.

 

[Wor-Gar]

As far as the comment that he won't be made. I guess you never watched the movie. That's like having 1/6 batman returns without Catwoman and penguin. As long as batman gets made.

Or Pirates without Barbossa.

 

[jra81984]

Or Pirates without Barbossa.

That has always been such a travesty to me.... they make a Penelope Cruz nobody wanted instead of a Barbosa that people would clamor for.

 

[Groovy34]

That is confusing indeed usually toy companies never make the leading female character unless the show/movie surrounds them. But they always make the sidekick. That and the Angela figure was ruff looking didn't help her either, imagine walking in a dark room flipping the switch and seeing her face.

The problem is we take what companies give us, more voices get change. I'm sure if people voiced they wanted short round it will bring it to there attention. Sometimes companies don't go past the main character because they don't know it will get bought. That's why hot toys only does major stars. Which is why we won't see a 1966 joker,penguin,Catwoman. Hot toys is afraid to take that chance.

But in sideshow they would make a mistake by not doing SR. Because this is the only time Indy gets a sidekick. Unless you count sallah and his indy's dad. Plus size figures is hard to do and expensive.

 

[Asta]

Short round was in just about every frame Indy was in.

Yes, it was Shorty who lead the slave revolt and saved Indy from the Black Sleep of the Kali Ma.

Shorty was the real hero of TOD, while the initially reluctant Indy took a while to come around to the fact that he had to take on 'The White Man's Burden' - the film being inherently and intentionally racist since it was retelling a tale of empire under the influence of Kipling. (The 1939 film version of Kipling's Gunga Din being one of Lucas and Spielberg's inspirations).

However, with the high price of Sideshow's Indy, coupled with their seeming inability to get production figures close to the promise of the prototype, I wonder whether they'll sell enough to encourage them to go deeper into the line.

 

[Groovy34]

I think it's because they make a very expensive proto that scaling back to make it affordable for us it doesn't look exactly anymore. Instead of ploting both together so people aren't like "what" that happens when companies try to beike hot toys and ask for those fees.

The problems sideshow needs to work on before they can raise there prices would be:
1. The body, if it's not limp it's just wrong with the costume. ( this is a quality control issue which means the factory in china is not holding up there end of deal). This is especially true with the female bodies that are breaking left and right.
2. The head, both paint and scale is off usually ending up with needing to be re painted.
The rest isn't bad and sideshow has come miles from there xfiles and Buffy figures. But the promethious bodies are terrible to look upon. And why the waist joints go limp on a lot of bodies like the joint is not fastened

But surely they can't be to daft to not realize how important short round was to the film. With willie screaming and whining about it's no wonder people focused more in Indy and SR

 

[Groovy34]

I hope they don't make willie. Because they need to fix the design of the female bodies. Although I think it's the quality and thickness of the the resin. The crotch piece and shoulder blades are thinnest by the screws where it's falling apart the most. Make those specific parts of hefty material try throwing it at a wall if it survives then it can survive a lifetime of posing.

When I had to smash Harley's body once replacement showed up I took off the silicone parts and the black bits were just flaking off like crusty chocolate frosting. Meaning these bodies are not stable chemically at all. I told SS what it did. I also told them some of the parts like the crotch you can crush between your fingers.

In other words those who have Harley and Catwoman it's only a matter of time before those area's conpletly collapse.

 

[Raiders March]

I remember them, you know that could work, I'm sure they kept the molds because making metal molds is expensive for mass market casting. I bet they even have the size scale for clothing as well to work from for short rounds clothes.

As far as the comment that he won't be made. I guess you never watched the movie. That's like having 1/6 batman returns without Catwoman and penguin. As long as batman gets made.

Short round was in just about every frame Indy was in.

Ofcourse i've watched the movie.... Many, many times. Never said he won't be made, my statement was that it all rests on how indy ToD is received. How often do we not get what we wan't from sideshow. They did'nt even give a us good rounding of characters for Raiders, before giving us a alternative version of indy in german disquise.

 

[Groovy34]

TBH they should not have bothered with the German disguise anyone could do it with left over stuff from axis figures made. they should have had the other 2 villians that died when arch opened up instead of just one. that way the set made sence

 

[Jay1138]

Agreed. Like Mola Ram should have been done. But if this Indy does well, then maybe there's a chance a new Ram will get done. Most of us would be all over it.

 

[Stryker2011]

I seriously doubt that there will EVER be any other characters from this movie. What people tend to forget is likeness rights. They have the likeness rights to Harrison Ford from the Indy movies, getting the others would cost more, and then there's the R&D involved. I doubt you could slap a Short Round HS on a Hobbit body and call it a day. That kid was small and skrawny as hell, so a new body would have to be made, and probably not worth it in their eyes.

 

[Ombudsman]

 

[jra81984]

Short round would be complicated. Not would need a seamless neck and a custom body. I would love to see it happen but I have doubts.

 

[Wor-Gar]

This Indy isn't even a satisfactory figure and he's INDY. One can only imagine how slapped together a Short Round figure would be.

 

[jra81984]

The should design a new body and also use it to give us Jawas....how do we not have Jawas yet?