when's the last time you bought one? Last few I bought back in 2013-16 were not up to snuff, but this one was much better than previous offerings. I still don't think it's worth full price, but they're much better than the archaic pieces they were known for.
The last one I bought was the astonishing cyclops. It's just hard for me to pay full price because the prices are comparable to Hot Toys and the Sideshow figures in hand are obviously of much lower quality. I just think they need to fill a niche if they want to offer them at current prices besides making comic characters as third parties have entered that space as well. Its just in every factor, Sideshow is inferior, whether it be articulation, paint, sculpt or accessories. Heck, even the figure stands and bases that come with Sideshow figures are really pathetic if you are charging $300 all-in.
I agree, they ought to be much less. I think 200 even would be fair for what they give us, Gambit didn't even come with extra cards for crying out loud. I don't think they're awful, but man, not a fan of paying A+ prices for something that's B+.
I agree about the figure, and very much agree about the box artwork! Lee Weeks is the best when it comes to drawing Gambit!
Is the elbow double jointed on this one?
I think it is, if not I'm certainly getting more than a 90 degree bend out of mine soyou're getting virtually all the ROM you need.
Hmmm....I can check and get back with you but I believe so.
Agreed.
It's double jointed....just checked.
Cool, I am glad they atleast upgraded that. I was surprised when I got my Magneto before that he was single jointed.
Yea it’s sad that SS hasn’t developed double jointed large muscle arms for the bigger characters. Pure laziness on them. It’s one of my biggest gripes with their comic figures. They could literally copy and modify the HT Superman or Batfleck arms and put those on the larger characters but nope.
was he? that's kinda sad, their mags looked good. Is Gambit using a new body? I was shocked that he had ball jointed ankles, last few figures I had from them didn't, who else uses this body?
Sideshow basically uses 2 bodies (Not counting Wolverine or Cap). A smaller one like the Flash and and a bigger one like for Batman v2. Where they differ is in the arms they use (They swap them around). Everything else is the same (Below the chest). I've pretty much owned most of their DC and Marvel figures and I've swapped the bodies on all of them and that's what I've noticed.
what would you change it too? I might consider doing that in the future
There are some slight differences actually. They look very much the same but they do have varying differences.
I always figured they only had the slim and regular. I hadn't notice any differences, when comparing the bodies, but I guess I could be wrong. I forgot about the accordion DD type one.
I put all my figures on the Phicen bodies, so the M33 or M32 might work. Removing the torso armor of Gambit might be a difficult without damaging it. I'll post it if I'm able to do it.
