Except for the fact that the rest of the DC comic line is out of scale, especially Batman. They're bigger than 1:4 (regardless of what people say to justify their purchase), so the real issue is not Darkseid on himself - it's Darkseid when you pair him up with the others. Scale will look all messed up when you put it next to Batman
People still complaining about the size of a classic inspired Darkseid?
People still deny that he is undersized to the JLA PFs he is supposed to compliment?
I am going to go ahead and bet that another Darkseid in a size comparable to Bane is not coming out anytime soon. See you in 7 to 10 years (may be) Darkseid...
I thought people were more upset that he was undersized for SS's asking price.
I think the price was also a concern, but not fitting with the rest of the JLA collection was a bigger issue to some. Hence why so many passed on such a high profile character as evidence by the ES.
I don't recall seeing Darkseid advertised as Modern or Classic when it went up for sale. Those variants usually come after the fact like blue Bats and purple Catwoman.
I just meant "classic" as in the original Kirby New Gods costume, which was used up until the Jim Lee New 52 redesign, which had the shoulder pads and gold accents. Kirby drew him just large enough to be imposing, but his size fluctuated between artists, kind of like the Juggernaut and Hulk.
If you say so. This is one of those debates like the GL PF that wasn't undersized and fit just perfectly with the rest of the JLA....and then Sideshow made a proper one because everyone knew it didn't fit. Hell, the ES on that first PF would have been higher on it if it was acceptable for a JLA display. People voted with the preorder numbers on that one and the Darkseid exclusives.
This is what I think of "classic" non-Kirby non-New 52 Darkseid in relation to Superman. Take the current Superman PF and scale accordingly. You do not get what's currently being offered by Sideshow. This is why I think they could not afford to make the same mistake with Bane PF. Collectors have shown that size does matter when thinking of a display.
As for Darkseid. The picture you posted doesn't invalidate what I originally said. Since he was introduced, he has varied in size wildly. The Perez, Byrne, Ordway, Giffen, and Kirby Darkseid was slightly taller than Supes but with more girth. That's just the way he was drawn back then. In the last 15 or so years he has gradually been increased in size until we have the HUGE Darkseid we see today. If that's the Darkseid you like or prefer, that's OK. That doesn't mean that since his introduction by Kirby that he hasn't been drawn by artists as slightly taller than Supes for decades. That's the Darkseid we are getting from SSC. That doesn't make his scale wrong. You (and other collectors) just want a more modern looking Darkseid and I have no issue with that. However, that doesn't mean the Darkseid we are getting from SSC is out of scale.
We can agree to disagree. I'll wait to see some side by side pics.
To be honest, I never thought Green Lantern was undersized. It's just that Batman is freaking huge, and when paired together it seems like GL is undersized. Which is why nobody mentions Deadpool being undersized, he fits in with Marvel pieces.
But the Batman pf is ridicolously huge and massive, he's as bulky as the Hulk Maquette. But everybody bought it and since there are more collectors with the Batman pf than collectors with GL pf, they voiced their opinion much louder because they didn't want to admit that their Batman pf is grossly oversized.
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