Sideshow 1/6 R2-D2

[Mad Old Lu]

Yep, January.

 

[earthdog]

Please stop drawing attention to the release date! It's a skittish one!

(´･_･`)

 

[Deak Starkiller]

Yep, January.

Thanks man.

Please stop drawing attention to the release date! It's a skittish one!

(´･_･`)

It's no big deal, I was just curious. I don't venture onto these boards too much but I've got the exclusive on PO. Looking forward to this little guy to pose with my PM 3PO.

 

[Sidewinder]

Jesus Fraking Christ! $75 to ship this figure to Australia? That's more expensive than the Buffy maquettes I ordered only 2 years ago!

It's bad enough with the dollar dropping, but with shipping costs that high, I certainly will be limiting my purchases from SSC.

 

[Prime Clone]

Jesus Fraking Christ! $75 to ship this figure to Australia? That's more expensive than the Buffy maquettes I ordered only 2 years ago!

It's bad enough with the dollar dropping, but with shipping costs that high, I certainly will be limiting my purchases from SSC.

Maybe Artoo is a special case? I did a shipping estimate on another item last week and it was still $40...

 

[Sidewinder]

Maybe Artoo is a special case? I did a shipping estimate on another item last week and it was still $40...

It must be a large box as I have the MoS figure shipping soon and that is also $40.

I have the Rocket and Groot 2 pack on order, so I hate to think how much that is gonna cost to ship.

 

[Asta]

Yesterday when the Bank Robber Joker arrived I was pondering the problem of the stand.

To me it's a massive waste of space, so I put him on an oval HT style stand.

But I wanted to find a use for it. I had an idea I could use it to display Sideshow's Seethree and Artoo together, thereby keeping Seethree secure and Artoo at the same height.

Though I wonder whether SS has already something like this planned. They've listed a "Figure Support Base" for C-3PO but as far as I can tell they haven't shown what it looks like yet.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

Not a bad idea.. if they both fit on there.

 

[Asta]

Not a bad idea.. if they both fit on there.

I think they should do. There's over 5" between the front of the figure's feet to the corner with the name plate.

 

[Rook]

I think they should do. There's over 5" between the front of the figure's feet to the corner with the name plate.

Just checked. It's pretty tight. You'd have to pretty much go to the edge with both Artoo and Threepio, but it should work.

 

[devilof76]

You haven't had to give them back yet?

 

[Asta]

Just checked. It's pretty tight. You'd have to pretty much go to the edge with both Artoo and Threepio, but it should work.

Thanks!

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

You're absolutely right though Kuat, those deluxe stands are unnecessary for the most part.

Just a way for them to justify some of the cost really.

 

[Invictus Sol]

No doubt w/o those "deluxe stands" they'd be practically giving the figures away.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

That's some pretty halfhearted sarcasm there Sol.

You can do better.

 

[Asta]

You're absolutely right though Kuat, those deluxe stands are unnecessary for the most part.

Just a way for them to justify some of the cost really.

Yes, for most of them I much prefer the simple oval job. It was a real cop out by Hot Toys putting a card top onto the Bank Robber Joker's stand. It wouldn't have been so bad if the surface was actually sculpted plastic.

The only deluxe stands I really like are the sculpted ones such as those with the Classic Predator or Iron Man Mk.I 2.0.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

The one with the MMS 238 T1 Arnold isn't bad either.

Still, the plain black ones are where it's at for me.

 

[Asta]

The one with the MMS 238 T1 Arnold isn't bad either.

Haven't got him yet. The delivery date will be a mystery because it's a OneSixthBruce order!

Still, the plain black ones are where it's at for me.

 

[devilof76]

Stands. Pfft.

 

[Asta]

Stands. Pfft.

Your figures have nothing between their legs?