Sideshow's Dinosauria Collectibles Tyrannosaurus Rex Maquette - Faux Bronze Edition

[The Monster]

https://www.sideshowtoy.com/?page_id=4489&sku=2000152

So who ordered? I did AWESOME PIECE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Amanaman]

Not feeling it. I like my exclusive very much.

 

[Dyscrasia]

I'm also passing on this one since the original maquette is so damn good and I have no $$$~~~

 

[dansdinosaurs]

It's nice to see the details highlighted differently, but it's not something I'd personally spend money on.

 

[Agent0028]

Sadly I must join those that did not order. Faux bronze just isn't my thing. It's an awesome piece no matter how its painted though, so for collectors of faux bronze I think its great. Furthermore, I like that Sideshow is getting a little more juice from this line. The prices have been great, the pieces are amazing, and the edition sizes are wonderful. I love this line and I don't want to see it fall by the wayside.

 

[Atheris]

No spank you......dont need two of the same thing

Chris

 

[Shropt]

Man, these Faux Bronze Dinosauria pieces just aren't selling.

These pieces may soon be as dead as the subject they present.

 

[Scar]

As I said before, if the only way these pieces were released was in faux bronze, then I likely would have purchased one. However, it'd be more than a bit excessive to spend $200 on a double of something I already have on my shelf.

 

[PRTCLR]

I think someday this faux-bronze editons will be worth the money - only for people that want to re-sell them. It's a risk you take. And the truth is among real collectors that they know what limited editions mean these versions are gold.

 

[Amanaman]

Sideshow's other faux bronzes are worth less than retail. Invest at your own risk.

 

[OCP]

That's not completely true,

https://cgi.ebay.com/Sideshow-JURASSIC-PARK-Bronze-Diorama-50-ex-SOLD-OUT_W0QQitemZ250598330552QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3a58d310b8

Faux-Bronze editions are also fairly new. It should be interesting to see prices after five to ten years.

 

[Atheris]

That's not completely true,

https://cgi.ebay.com/Sideshow-JURASSIC-PARK-Bronze-Diorama-50-ex-SOLD-OUT_W0QQitemZ250598330552QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3a58d310b8

Faux-Bronze editions are also fairly new. It should be interesting to see prices after five to ten years.

Well I think in the case of the JP dio its an exception. Only because the bronze edition looked a million times better than the S***Y paint apps the regular one came with. In dinosauria's case...the paint apps are spot on and amazing. Why would anyone pour more money into a statue with a lesser paint job

Chris

 

[OCP]

Well I think in the case of the JP dio its an exception. Only because the bronze edition looked a million times better than the S***Y paint apps the regular one came with. In dinosauria's case...the paint apps are spot on and amazing. Why would anyone pour more money into a statue with a lesser paint job

Chris

Why do people buy real bronze statues? Maybe it's edition size and a focus on sculpt rather than paint? Not sure.

 

[Scar]

I think someday this faux-bronze editons will be worth the money - only for people that want to re-sell them. It's a risk you take. And the truth is among real collectors that they know what limited editions mean these versions are gold.

Sideshow's other faux bronzes are worth less than retail. Invest at your own risk.

Exactly. It's not sensible to invest in the faux bronze, in my opinion, if the painted editions have such a great degree of care in detail as the Dinosauria pieces do. The paint apps on these pieces are actually quite the selling point for me, so I'm not sure how the faux bronze has the slightest aesthetic advantage.

Well I think in the case of the JP dio its an exception. Only because the bronze edition looked a million times better than the S***Y paint apps the regular one came with. In dinosauria's case...the paint apps are spot on and amazing. Why would anyone pour more money into a statue with a lesser paint job

Chris

Agreed. The faulty paint apps on the original diorama were such an overwhelmingly prevalent flaw that the it was all the viewer could focus upon. Removing them from the equation allowed for a focus on the detail instead. Repaints of the piece, however, can certainly allow for a better appreciation, I feel.

 

[PRTCLR]

I don't think people understand what the faux-bronze editions represent. It's limited editions and they are different - like NOT the different colored paints apps. that's the whole point. And yes I do believe you can not call yourself a completist if you don't get the bronze editions. Just for that matter because if you show somebody your wonderful collecton they will ask you (what about the bronze version?) I wonder what you will say - well they are the same as the colored version - (abviously you are missing some of them - makes you wonder.)

 

[Agent0028]

I think there are different degrees of completism. I wouldn't consider someone a completist just because they didn't have an alternate paint scheme.

 

[Scar]

I don't think people understand what the faux-bronze editions represent. It's limited editions and they are different - like NOT the different colored paints apps. that's the whole point. And yes I do believe you can not call yourself a completist if you don't get the bronze editions. Just for that matter because if you show somebody your wonderful collecton they will ask you (what about the bronze version?) I wonder what you will say - well they are the same as the colored version - (abviously you are missing some of them - makes you wonder.)

Sorry. That's asinine. What do they "represent"? It's not some high moral ideal. It's the exact same ____ing statue with a different paint application. It's a way to sell more of the same statues with a paint app people aren't likely to caterwaul about because there truly isn't much of a way to screw it up. That's it. If you like the whole simplistic dimension of it and prefer the muted color palette then certainly that's your preference, but I would hope you didn't buy the regular edition first. Two statues of the exact same sculpt sitting next to each other and painted differently doesn't wow or impress me. It would have me saying, "Why the hell did you buy two of these instead of just one with the color palette you preferred?" If you like the faux bronze and Sideshow managed to get another $200+ from you, then that's super and you're exactly the type of consumer they're looking for with faux bronze pieces. But there's a reason these faux bronze statues aren't flying off the shelf. For the prices these statues cost, people aren't looking for the same candy in a different wrapper.

It's superfluousness for the same of superfluousness. I can't justify something like that financially or aesthetically in my collection. I understand those people who would want one of the two, but people who get both just to have a "complete collection"?

 

[PRTCLR]

Let me ask you this, do you collect the regular versions or the exclusives? if you collect the exclusives then they are important to you and you know what they represent. Basically the faux-bronze versions are exclusives on top of the exclsusives (if you did not know that) it's very simple. If you don't collect the exclusives that's absolutely understandable becuase only a few particular, true collectors understand the true importance of it.

I don't care what you like or not, I care less about you trying to justify it. I am simply telling you what it represents. And if you don't get it, don't worry, you will never get it.

 

[Agent0028]

Sorry, I missed it, what does it represent?

 

[Atheris]

Let me ask you this, do you collect the regular versions or the exclusives? if you collect the exclusives then they are important to you and you know what they represent. Basically the faux-bronze versions are exclusives on top of the exclsusives (if you did not know that) it's very simple. If you don't collect the exclusives that's absolutely understandable becuase only a few particular, true collectors understand the true importance of it.

I don't care what you like or not, I care less about you trying to justify it. I am slimply telling you what it represents. And if you don't get it, don't worry, you will never get it.

I understand what your trying to get at...but I dont think it applies here. If they made multiple versions of this T-rex in various poses and bases and you bought all of them..THEN..I would say your a completist. The point everyone is trying to make here is that this is the same staue painted a different color.
I consider myself a completist...I also collect diecast cars. When I buy a model car I wont go out and buy that same model car in every color they paint it in. Whats the point?....
By doing that doesnt make me a completist...that would define me as delusional.

Chris