I've only turned them on twice. Not much of a fan of lights on figures anyways. There's other nits but I always had a soft spot for Jawas so these were something I couldn't pass up.
Sideshow 1/6 Jawa Figure Set
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I've only turned them on twice. Not much of a fan of lights on figures anyways. There's other nits but I always had a soft spot for Jawas so these were something I couldn't pass up.
nestles coco rocking the stands! you are killing it with those brother!
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Looks like that bird could use a little Parmesan and oregano. 
Great pics mandible
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Even 50 bucks off and I couldn't bring myself to buy these floppy-bodied midgets.
I know...
I realized I needed four Jawas - palm frond dude and Jabba dog dude for my Jabba's Palace dio, a "hero" Jawa for the ANH 12 set-up, and one to go along side my custom R5 and HT power droid - and I just couldn't make more than two custom Jawas, so had to buy two.
Is $170 a great deal? Not really. As I said before, at $170 for the Jawas and $180 for the ATAT driver I felt like I was paying about what they "should" be in the context of Sideshow's price run-ups of the past five years.
$220 and $210 was just too far above that $125 to $140 to $170 trajectory they were on (it was $175 for a quite complex Boba one minute... then boom, everything no matter how simplistic was over $200) - and they just aren't worth that. $170-ish I'm kind of okay with.
I hope HT does a Jawa 2-pack pretty soon as Jawas are a bit like R2's to me - you need quite a lot of them to fully cover the OT (I currently have an R2 with Luke Bespin, an R2 with 3PO, and an R2 with drinks tray for ANH, ESB and ROTJ.) I'd like to have three Jawas next to the ANH droids set-up, so fingers crossed HT does some.
Is $170 a great deal? Not really. As I said before, at $170 for the Jawas and $180 for the ATAT driver I felt like I was paying about what they "should" be in the context of Sideshow's price run-ups of the past five years.
$220 and $210 was just too far above that $125 to $140 to $170 trajectory they were on (it was $175 for a quite complex Boba one minute... then boom, everything no matter how simplistic was over $200) - and they just aren't worth that. $170-ish I'm kind of okay with.
I hope HT does a Jawa 2-pack pretty soon as Jawas are a bit like R2's to me - you need quite a lot of them to fully cover the OT (I currently have an R2 with Luke Bespin, an R2 with 3PO, and an R2 with drinks tray for ANH, ESB and ROTJ.) I'd like to have three Jawas next to the ANH droids set-up, so fingers crossed HT does some.
Lots of people seem to like multiples of these guys, which I would say makes it pretty much a certainty that HT will do them. But although the bodies and robes are terrible the various belts/ bandolier are amazing so it's worth picking those up.
The robes are tricky - it's a balance between looking screen accurate and being able to drape realistically. A few of the custom robes I've seen the fabric weave/color looks accurate but it doesn't drape very well (at least without a few tricks like pinching/pinning the fabric under joints etc.) The costume fabric had a warped denim-like twill look to it but it also flowed and hung heavily, making it very tough to exactly match in 1/6.
Curious to see the SSC robes in-hand. I would say the ability to accurately drape is probably a little more important than matching the weave (so long as the color and cut are correct) because you mostly view them from a distance under normal conditions and the weave pattern isn't as visible at that distance whereas the drape is. But I guess we'll see.
Interested to see how bad the bodies are on mine. One of the SSC Yoda bodies I got started to fall apart too, but at least the joints remained tight. It's weird - Jawas aren't exactly action pose guys - the most they do is just kind of stand and aim weapons. Surely you could make a body that can do something so limited, especially if you're going to charge $220.
I think the robes on thes are terrific. It may not be an exact match to the 1:1 weave but nothing in 1:6 will ever be an absolute accurate reduction of a full scale fabric. I agree with the drape being more important than an exact weave match and the drape and ability to shape the robes on these is pretty much perfect.
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Interested to see how bad the bodies are on mine. One of the SSC Yoda bodies I got started to fall apart too, but at least the joints remained tight. It's weird - Jawas aren't exactly action pose guys - the most they do is just kind of stand and aim weapons. Surely you could make a body that can do something so limited, especially if you're going to charge $220.
You will soon find out how awful they are. Easily the worst and most frustrating bodies I have handled on a figure costing $150+. The hands are about as lousy at firmly and convincingly holding the weapons and accessories. I like having them in the collection though, look cool once they are set up. I used real rocks as props and they also help keep the jawas upright.
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Unless you are really bothered by the fabric pattern of the robe you will probably still like these. Can't imagine you would have bought them if that were the case. They are no doubt annoying as hell to handle, but there is enough good to help offset the bad. I have two sets because I felt four jawas are better than two
Wow, great looking jawas!
The custom robes really compliment the sideshow accessories. With that being said, the sideshow sets should've come looking this way without having to buy custom robes.
The custom robes really compliment the sideshow accessories. With that being said, the sideshow sets should've come looking this way without having to buy custom robes.
With the $50 off - everyone who's been interested, should hit that buy button!
They are great - particularly if you pair them with Solo-Bones robes
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