I'll try this again... for some reason, I can't seem to get the photos to show up properly vertically....
Cyclops finally in the house. Sideshow ships by DHL to my area of Canada, and I don't know what those delivery guys are doing, but they ain't delivering.
Anyway, initial thoughts.
Quite happy!!! After seeing the final production pics, I was worried about baggy outfit, etc., but actually, it's totally fine. I needed to do minimal futzing out of box as the shorts were riding a little high, and the harness had bunched up some of the torso spandex. But after moving everything into place, it's totally fine. Just like their recent Magneto figure, or the recent Flash figure (without the padding).
I would agree still that the body is a little bit thin, but in-hand, it's actually not that noticeable. To be fair, I'll likely keep the jacket on anyway, which is pretty well done. All my joints seem fine, body is pretty solid. Only issue is changing the hands. The sleeves of the spandex are not sewn or glued to the wrists, so when you change hands, you have to stuff the tights into the cuffs of the gloves, but at the same time, not impede the wrist joint. A pain, but not really a big deal.
In the end, I'm pretty happy with it (I did use some reward points, so didn't pay full price), it looks exactly as the prototype, which makes me even more excited for Gambit.
Here are a few pics out of the box, as well as along side the V1 Sideshow Wolverine. No lighting, just the light coming in through the windows.
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