Sideshow 1/6 R2-D2

[Wor-Gar]

Irish! Long time no see.

Looks good... but why is that "eye" white instead of red/blue?

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[inked]

Who's Anthony? An ebay seller?

Anthony Tsang (Budget Stark on YouTube)

 

[IrishJedi]

Irish! Long time no see.

Looks good... but why is that "eye" white instead of red/blue?

I'm pretty sure it's blue. Often the brightness of LEDs can make blue look white in pics. I know this all too well.

 

[Captain Britain]

Anthony Tsang (Budget Stark on YouTube)

Thanks mate, I love his movies but didn't realise that was his real name.

 

[inked]

Thanks mate, I love his movies but didn't realise that was his real name.

His videos are great. Some in the community don't like the fact that he is sourcing figures for people (due to the fact that he takes a small fee for doing so) but he is a great guy to deal with, I've had a few figures from him over the last 6 months.

 

[Wor-Gar]

I'm pretty sure it's blue. Often the brightness of LEDs can make blue look white in pics. I know this all too well.

Well the figure looks great there, just like the proto as far as I can tell. So now the wait begins...

 

[Captain Britain]

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As great as all those accessories look, they also scream 'junk that I'll either never take out of the box or sell off'.

 

[Taibhse]

Look closer. R2 is three tenths of a millimetre too short. It's not just the height, it's the volume - 3/8 cubic millimetre out.

Sorry mate - once you've had this pointed out you won't be able to unsee just how wrong Sideshow got the proportions.

 

[davejames]

Yeah, I mean is anyone here really going to pose him with the serving tray on his head? For more than, say, 10 minutes?

 

[IrishJedi]

Yeah, I mean is anyone here really going to pose him with the serving tray on his head? For more than, say, 10 minutes?

I am. In fact, I'll have 3 of these so that I can display him in various such configurations (with tray, without 3-legged, and without 2-legged with all of the tools out). I may even get another one to weather a lot more.

I'm also nearly done making a 1:1 tray for one of my lifesize R2s, so I'm thrilled that Sideshow apparently did a great job with theirs:

 

[Mad Old Lu]

If you've got the whole Jabba set up, then yeah, I can see people displaying R2 with the tray.

Me? Nope. I don't think I'll even try it on him.

 

[Captain Britain]

If you've got the whole Jabba set up, then yeah, I can see people displaying R2 with the tray.

Me? Nope. I don't think I'll even try it on him.

I want to know how he took the tray off.

 

[IrishJedi]

I want to know how he took the tray off.

That I can also answer from experience. All he'd have to do is go into 3-legged mode and lunge forward really fast and the whole thing would go flying right off. Trust me.

 

[Racetrack]

His videos are great. Some in the community don't like the fact that he is sourcing figures for people (due to the fact that he takes a small fee for doing so) but he is a great guy to deal with, I've had a few figures from him over the last 6 months.

Why would anyone have a problem with him taking a small fee? Do they expect him to give up his time for free picking stuff up, packaging it and posting it?

 

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Why would anyone have a problem with him taking a small fee? Do they expect him to give up his time for free picking stuff up, packaging it and posting it?

Apparently! Ridiculous isn't it.

 

[Captain Britain]

That I can also answer from experience. All he'd have to do is go into 3-legged mode and lunge forward really fast and the whole thing would go flying right off. Trust me.

Thanks for that. You've just added to the Star Wars canon!

 

[IrishJedi]

Thanks for that. You've just added to the Star Wars canon!

Haha! Cool.

By the way, there's a full photo review of the regular edition up on FB now:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.772786639454565.1073741842.179760992090469&type=1

 

[inked]

Wow, how much bigger than the Medi?!

 

[Wor-Gar]

Size looks great for once!!!!

 

[Captain Britain]

Got to admit, it's looking pretty good.

I'll be getting the exclusive-to-Captain-Britain version. It comes with this: