Sideshow 1:6 Lando as Skiff Guard Figure

[knapejor]

This figure looks awesome in the SSC unboxing video.

Indeed, I absolutely love it! This will be a great addition to my Jabba's Palace setup for sure!

 

[knapejor]

Where can I see it?

It was live on the Sideshow channel, but I can't seem to find it anywhere now.

Edit: https://fb.watch/2fGpgy5QRN/

 

[Knightstalker]

Looks great in that video. Sideshow does a far better job than Hot Toys with their leather, the boots in particular look excellent.

 

[slikkerias]

Looking very much forward to receiving this figure! ...it?s kind of funny that they talk about the sixth scale line like it?s still going. Maybe they?ll get the license - or whatever the problem is - back one day. But for now it seems this one is the last sixth scale SW figure from SSC [emoji17]

 

[davejames]

Yeah figure looked pretty good there, although the lighting made it hard to judge that well. The shoulders do seem a bit too broad for Lando, but it's something i can probably live with.

And they're kinda making me want that Jabba now too...

 

[darth dennis]

Just watched the video, or I should say "skimmed" the video. I like the look of the figure. Unmasked head looks better but I still won't use it. The outfit is top shelf and the sandal boots are awesome! Glad I've got this one preordered...

 

[TaliBane]

It was really fun to watch the video and I loved the extreme close-ups they did. As someone who painstakingly crafted this same outfit in 1/6 recently (thanks for abandoning then reinstating this figure, Sideshow) and stared at hundreds of Lando ref pics, I think I appreciated the way they did things more than most could.

Looking very much forward to receiving this figure! ...it?s kind of funny that they talk about the sixth scale line like it?s still going. Maybe they?ll get the license - or whatever the problem is - back one day. But for now it seems this one is the last sixth scale SW figure from SSC [emoji17]

Yeah it's a strange thing that it wasn't like "hey, this is the last one" - it's the end of a MAJOR era of SW 1/6 - but I guess it's not something you really want to share because everything they say/do is to sell product, and saying you don't have the license anymore doesn't do that in any way.

I also thought it was funny that the one figure they happen to select for this video has a nasty paint scrape on the helmeted headsculpt's cheek, revealed when the host removes the helmet. The host must have been like "why the **** did we have to do this live?!" Well I hope it's just on that figure...

 

[davejames]

It was cool that they gave an option to have him holding the empty helmet... which I'm sure lots of people will use once they can replace the Sideshow head with the much better HT one.

 

[TaliBane]

It was cool that they gave an option to have him holding the empty helmet... which I'm sure lots of people will use once they can replace the Sideshow head with the much better HT one.

The new Sideshow Lando head looked the best it has ever looked in that video - better than the proto. The appes looked a bit better and it didn't looks as vertically squeezed.

It's amazing to me that Sideshow made Lando's likeness look so easy ten years ago (brilliant likeness, even if it has other issues with paint, detail and size) yet here we are in 2020 and both Sideshow and HT have delivered pretty middling Lando likenesses, even if both heads are much better in terms of sculpt detail and paint apps.

The HT ESB Lando will obviously blow this new SSC Lando away in terms of ultra-real paint apps but I really don't think it's all that much better in terms of likeness. It's a common issue with HT figures - people are so won over by the super realistic apps they don't notice the middling (or some cases poor - I'm looking at you, HT old Ben) likeness.

 

[Sixth Scale Man]

Seems like the Facebook link has been removed. Weird that Sideshow isn?t making this video available even though the general response has been positive.


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[Asta]

The video's here:

https://www.facebook.com/ChatCave/videos/979651732558822


You can usually download Facebook videos, but this one's set to private for some reason.

 

[TaliBane]

I took a few dozen screen captures, I'll post the better ones if the video doesn't reappear.

But yeah - it's weird - its gone from youtube as well.

Maybe they noticed the paint chip on the figure's face?

 

[Gipetto0812]

Man I missed it. Figured I would be able to catch it on YouTube later. They did something similar with the 1/6 comic Gambit. Except they never even made the video they announced that it would get a unsealed and revealed look and then the post was gone a couple days before the Live.

 

[Sixth Scale Man]

I took a few dozen screen captures, I'll post the better ones if the video doesn't reappear.

But yeah - it's weird - its gone from youtube as well.

Maybe they noticed the paint chip on the figure's face?

Thanks for that. It would be nice to see those, especially if the video doesn?t get posted.[emoji106]


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[Asta]

You can still watch it here as long as you've joined the Let Your Geek Sideshow FB group:

https://www.facebook.com/ChatCave/videos/979651732558822

 

[TaliBane]

Video wasn't great quality so I have sharpened these a bit (right-click for huge versions).

 

[Hoody999]

How accurate are those white string shoulder armour straps ? I couldn't see those on a couple of movie stills ??

And is that chest armour correctly sized ?

 

[Cocoboloboy]

How accurate are those white string shoulder armour straps ? I couldn't see those on a couple of movie stills ??

And is that chest armour correctly sized ?

I think the armor size is correct or really close. I think the body it’s on may be a bit too wide though.

The shoulder strings are way too light. They should be a more reddish brown color.

 

[TaliBane]

How accurate are those white string shoulder armour straps ? I couldn't see those on a couple of movie stills ??

And is that chest armour correctly sized ?

I was pretty precise with my custom in terms of sizing and color of everything vs the costume - the Sideshow chest armor may be slightly small but not by much. I think Coco is right that the body is bit too wide and is making it look small. I've tried to match the size of the hands and the helmets in the comp pics below.

And yeah the shoulder armor strings should be very thin leather like on my custom (darker brown on top, pale reddish below.) I used real leather on mine though and my guess is Sideshow would have to use pleather and it wouldn't be durable enough over time so opted for string (not sure why it'd be white though.)

 

[davejames]

Yeah I'm definitely loving the proportions on your custom a whole lot better Talibane! Hopefully switching this to a leaner body will improve things a bit.