SSC 1/6 ROTJ Emperor and Throne

[Wor-Gar]

Last day to cancel.

Processing should begin tomorrow!

 

[galactiboy]

Mine's paid for with RP... so bring on the $8 shipping charges!!!

 

[Customikey]

 

[Rook]

Mine's paid for with RP... so bring on the $8 shipping charges!!!

Same here.

 

[Skiman]

can't believe this is still in stock, WOW!!!!!

 

[Darkmatter]

darth sidious, palpatine and the rotj emperor. the character release seems redundant with 4 different sculpts. is ss milking us?

 

[Skiman]

Customikey, is gonna roll around on his bed after you for that one.

 

[IrishJedi]

darth sidious, palpatine and the rotj emperor. the character release seems redundant with 4 different sculpts. is ss milking us?

Not at all, they're simply offering every version of the character. And that's a good thing.

Hell, I'd even be down for an EPISODE I Senator version now as well.

 

[Customikey]

darth sidious, palpatine and the rotj emperor. the character release seems redundant with 4 different sculpts. is ss milking us?

I love the idea of "milking" us. As if we had no say in the matter.

No, I don't think the different version are redundant at all. This is actually just the 2nd Palpatine release (two releases, four heads seems like a pretty good deal to me!), and we're unlikely to see anymore, in my opinion, though I'd love to see a TPM version.

Palpatine looks VERY different from ROTS to ROTJ. If you look at a side-by-side, he looks like a totally different character!

 

[Customikey]

can't believe this is still in stock, WOW!!!!!

My guess is that the PF announcement caused a few cancellations. That's going to be an AMAZING release.

 

[MaulFan]

Not at all, they're simply offering every version of the character. And that's a good thing.

Hell, I'd even be down for an EPISODE I Senator version now as well.

I'd also take Ep2 Chancellor, I really like that costume.

Also, kudos to Sideshow, the Sidious sculpt has the clean, uniform look to the disfigurement where the Emperor has the sort of sloppy, asymetrical look of ROTJ, they could have recycled but instead we get 2 properly distinct portraits.

 

[Skiman]

My guess is that the PF announcement caused a few cancellations. That's going to be an AMAZING release.

I mean it's not even low quantity alert, I'm tempted to see if some more reward points kick over in my account so I can cancel and re-order.

 

[galactiboy]

Wow, I'm actually surprised the exclusive is available... I remember it being a very fast sell-out

Oh well, mine won't be going anywhere and I'm sure it will sell out before too long. Especially once more start arriving in collectors hands.

 

[powercutcircus]

Just picked up mine. Looking to do a custom Death Star Window Backdrop...

 

[bloodgear]

I'd also take Ep2 Chancellor, I really like that costume.

And also he looks a lot older in EP2. Moreso than he did in Ep3.

Palpatine always looks different everytime we see him.

It'll never happen but I'd love a monkey eyes ESB version.

 

[EVILFACE]

My guess is that the PF announcement caused a few cancellations. That's going to be an AMAZING release.

Yup. Guess we found out why they don't have figures and pfs of a character out at the the same time

 

[The Josh]

For some it could be maybe but since we have no timetable for when the PF will be out I don't put much stock into it hurting it all that much.

 

[MaulFan]

I can easily see it hurting sales of this, people have already been dropping the throne not knowing when the figure'd ship, then before he ships we hear about the PF. If people are planning to get this essentially for the Emperor sitting on the throne and find a PF even more alluring than a 1/6 figure, especially since the PF will have lights, 2 portraits like this and be posable, then even if it takes another year plus to come out, if they're on a fixed budget, they'll cancel the figure now because they know what they really want is going to be made.

If we just had a Q&A reference to the PF, I could see that having little impact, but we got a lot of detail on the PF from SDCC and it's pretty well underway, certainly enough information to make people who'd rather a PF pass on this figure and wait.

Timing's always a factor too, if this shipped before SDCC, maybe it'd be a differenct story, but with all the new announcements of late from Sideshow and Hot Toys, there's a lot of competition for people's money.

 

[pixletwin]

It seemed to me that the cancellations coincided with news about the frailty of the throne.

 

[MaulFan]

I suppose the fragile throne could be a factor, if your display plan is throne or not at all.