Sideshow ESB/ROTJ Darth Vader

[EXOTICLEX]

Great pics guys....Keep them coming....be a little while till Lord Vader reaches me. Guess that gives me some time to track down a Boba.

 

[devilof76]

Darth Vader is really tall huh? I know he was tall in the movies, but he wasn't, like, a thousand feet tall like this figure.

Has anyone else even noticed? Did you guys even see the movie? What, was Sideshow trying to make him as big as he was on an actual movie screen? Gawwwwd.

 

[King Darkness]

He's easily as big as Puca.

Gonna need a Vader atop his mighty steed, Puca!

 

[EXOTICLEX]

Has anyone posted some pics of Vader with some Snowtroopers flanking him?

 

[EXOTICLEX]

Who is Puca? Is he that latino guy that reviews stuff at SDCC?

 

[devilof76]

Puca is a horrific Irish demon who has been manifest on this earth as my kitten.

He's easily as big as Puca.

Gonna need a Vader atop his mighty steed, Puca!

She is a beast. You think they had her in mind when they made him so tall?

I guess I'll forgive Sideshow this time, since they chose to honor her monstrous greatness with the best figure they've ever made.

 

[Pixelpiper]

(Vader) quite a few inches taller than Billy Dee Williams.

That's the part you got right. The other parts, nope.

This Vader release is well proportioned for the most part with the exception of the Helmet which in stock form is far off the movie versions. However, when posed next to other releases from Sideshow and the Hot Toys Luke, he is far too tall. I'll know exactly once I get the figure in hand, but from photos it's clearly a lot more than 1/4". Vader didn't TOWER over anyone except R2, Ugnauts and Jawas in any of the movies (maybe, on a whim, I'll give you Leia). Hell,m there were other actors that came up within 3" of the top of his dome! Billy Dee BTW, is/was only 6' tall.

I am 5'9" (same as Hamill in the movies) and have (and have had) plenty of friends who are 6'3" to 6'5" and while they're taller, they're not TOWERING like this Vader figure over its contemporaries.

Maybe Sideshow is starting from scratch with their 1/6 line scale - we won't know until the new Hoth characters come out this fall (imagine!). But this figure does not line up with anything they've released in the past few years. It's not just slightly out of scale, it's grossly out of scale. Insanely out of scale. Except the Helmet which is still too small. But still not as bad as ANH Vader scale - that thing was created in a vacuum. By people who had never seen a Star Wars movie.

Remember when this guy was first previewed and people were talking about stupid crap like the lights on his chest? Or the frumpy costume? Talk about not seeing the forest through the trees. Now most people don't care that he's way too tall. I love the character, love what I've seen of the figure. Still not disappointed I bought him, but I'm still concerned about the scale. I have another figure I want to display him with and I'm kind of a stickler for scale - I also don't have patience for artists who don't show attention to detail - an egregious scale misstep is kind of pathetic when so much else has been done to the 9's.

 

[user 19388]

how about some more pictures of this awesome Vader

 

[devilof76]

So Vader is towering? I'm glad we could have that confirmed for us by someone who obviously know what they're talking about.

 

[King Darkness]

I enjoy my towering Vader.


So did only about 3 of us get this figure in? Where are all the pics????

 

[mattdorris]

Mine will be here Tuesday

 

[devilof76]

I will have horrible pics to post on Wednesday.

 

[King Darkness]

Can you post them now?

 

[DeadLeaves]

Wednesday for me!

 

[devilof76]

Can you post them now?

And ruin the suspense?

 

[Groovy34]

I only want to know if it's possible to use a HT knock off body for vader and just add some height to his legs. Im sure i will have to shorten suit and cape but what do you guys think is it possible to do a costume swap?

 

[JediSword]

Got Batman AnD Vader shipping. I'm going to have a heart attack

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[Hologram AI]

Couldn't resist for much longer. Used my reward points on him and got him for $100 shipped. I blame all of you.

 

[Pixelpiper]

Couldn't resist for much longer. Used my reward points on him and got him for $100 shipped. I blame all of you.

Hey, those points aren't actually worth anything until they're used! Congratulations. I popped back in October with only a 20$ discount. Now I'm still deliberating what to use my own saved up points for.

 

[King Darkness]

And ruin the suspense?

Yes please.

I only want to know if it's possible to use a HT knock off body for vader and just add some height to his legs. Im sure i will have to shorten suit and cape but what do you guys think is it possible to do a costume swap?

There is no knock off HT body out that would be adequate for use as Vader.