Sideshow ESB/ROTJ Darth Vader

[Bo Shrek]

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I like how the bottom of the cheeks are stuffed into his lower masked!

 

[Darth Fok]

In some ways I still think the Medi version looks better, it's too bad how their scales are smaller

 

[Wanderer]

Yeah the Medi version from what? Five years ago?
This one looks crap. Definitely need to see better pics to get a feel for it. No disrespect, but I don't think the pics up to now look too flattering.

And he's wearing oven gloves and pants so baggy, MC Hammer would be embarrassed to wear them.

 

[Bo Shrek]

If anyone has any questions or would like a specific look at something, let me know and i can take some pictures. The video is done but i have to wait for tomorrow to make it live. But in the meantime, i've been "authorized" to show off pictures haha

Do you sense "THE DELUXE" in this figure and can you agree to the $250 price tag? Is this in Hot Toy territory?

 

[OSCORP]

If anyone has any questions or would like a specific look at something, let me know and i can take some pictures. The video is done but i have to wait for tomorrow to make it live. But in the meantime, i've been "authorized" to show off pictures haha

I wanna see a dynamic pose. Do you got the ANH VERSION OR MEDI to compare? Not really seeing 250$ worth of awesome here.

I for the most part can't stand you tube toy reviewers. But when I do by chance click to see what they have to offer, most of the time their voices are awful.

I would suggest doing Vaders review in the voice of James Earl Jones.

 

[SithThundercracker]

Medi Vader? Oh come on...

 

[Lejuan]

Medi Vader? Oh come on...

What's wrong with Medi Vader? Apart from the scale issue there's a lot to like.

 

[jedijim3002]

Looks great. Thanks optibot.

 

[Darth Con]

Shaw sculpt looks too angry i think.
Why did they do it like that?
Not sure i like it.
And confused about the dome again, looks different in every new photo, some good some bad.

 

[Punisher75]

Helmet probably looks different in each pic due to lens distortion, I know that with the real full size helmets the rule is to take the pic from at least six feet away and zoom in. I speak from experience with the real helmets being a Darth Vader costumer that's part of the 501st Legion.

 

[shocktrooper_au]

Helmet probably looks different in each pic due to lens distortion, I know that with the real full size helmets the rule is to take the pic from at least six feet away and zoom in. I speak from experience with the real helmets being a Darth Vader costumer that's part of the 501st Legion.

That's the technique I use, stand back and zoom in a touch, found that out photographing bicycles as the wheels would be oval shape if not done

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

It's one sixth scale. Clothes do not wrinkle the same as adult sized clothes.

I'm talking about the signature horizontal creases right through suit - not the way the suit looks when you move the limbs etc. Understand?

Even the custom capes people phap to on here are not hemmed and will fray.

Well, fair enough.. but be that as it may - it looks bad.

I must say, one of the most amusing things here at SSF are people who balk and criticize to the millimeter any imperfection on a $250 doll and yet will pay upwards of $500 on a custom that looks like crap.

Power to'em certainly - but I've NEVER bought anything like that.

All that said - first of all, cheers to Optibotimus for those recent pics. Unfortunately - as Pixletwin mentioned, the lens skew is really wonking out some of those proportions, which is clouding things more perhaps.

Maybe it's more to do with the way he's posed the figure - but lens distortion aside, the proportions still look askew; dome size / placement, how the torso pieces sit, the cod piece, general body proportions.. hmm.

The Shaw sculpt is quite good, so that's a positive - but till an actual review gets posted - yeah, we'll see.

 

[DiFabio]

I get the feeling that Vintij doesn't like Sideshow. Just a hunch.

 

[EVILFACE]

There is always medicom...............lol.

 

[DiFabio]

There is always medicom...............lol.

Wrong scale.

 

[Darth Con]

I think by this time next year your standard 1/6 scale Sideshow figure will be $249.99, Deluxe SS around $299.99, thats getting up to premium format prices (wont even go into price predictions for them!)

Increase will never stop.

I just wonder how far it can go before nobody buys anymore and SS closes down.
When is enough enough, and when will the bubble burst?

 

[DiFabio]

Increase will never stop.

I just wonder how far it can go before nobody buys anymore and SS closes down.
When is enough enough, and when will the bubble burst?

When the **** finally hits the fan and there's an economic meltdown, I don't think we'll be too concerned about the doll companies going under or the doll industry falling apart.

Hope you all have enough gold, silver, baked beans and lead!

 

[Lejuan]

And confused about the dome again, looks different in every new photo, some good some bad.

I can't get a handle on it either. Some places it looks fine, others it looks very similar to the ANH Vader...

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

When the **** finally hits the fan and there's an economic meltdown, I don't think we'll be too concerned about the doll companies going under or the doll industry falling apart.

It's like putting the cart before the horse, isn't it.

I'm glad I'm uber selective - there's not one 1/6 figure I own that I regret buying.

These companies exist because of us - not the other way around.

 

[phobicsquirrel]

Can't wait for the video. Pants look a bit baggy but I think maybe that can be fixed. Not sure if I like the gloves so big but maybe that can be fixed as well. Also does that head in the helmet move? Seems the head should be sat inside the helmet a bit more.