SSC Ponda Baba 1/6 Scum and Villainy

[asgardianboy]

I just asked about recent movements in the waitlist. I got more or less the same reaction I just got from you but without the insight.
Thanks for that.
Anyone else?
Thx.

To follow up on this, my waitlist position converted and finally pre-ordered.
I will be selling this figure's boots, because I will put together real leather boots.
I know original boots included in the figure will be state of the art in terms of sculpting & weathering, looking more realistic an to scale that leather will ever do, but I like multimedia.

This should be realising pretty soon. If anyone want my boots, please PM me.

Thanks everyone for your counseling btw.

Last but not least, I just realised Sideshow got the color of the holster belt wrong. It is tan, not black.
Had any of you already caught this one?
Any possibility of fixing that mistake if we told Sideshow? (No one has yet?)

LMK
Thx

 

[fantasticfrog]

I know it’s sideshow and not hot toys, but I’m surprised more people aren’t excited for these. Personally, I can’t wait. I’ve been hoping for cantina aliens forever and I regrettably skipped previous sideshow aliens. Hopefully they follow through with Jabbas palace crew.

 

[BoosterGold06]

I know it’s sideshow and not hot toys, but I’m surprised more people aren’t excited for these. Personally, I can’t wait. I’ve been hoping for cantina aliens forever and I regrettably skipped previous sideshow aliens. Hopefully they follow through with Jabbas palace crew.

I’m excited! The OT is still my favorite to collect. I thought they mentioned they had the Bib Fortuna prototype months ago on a stream.

They need to keep doing OT aliens. Maybe I’m wrong, but I feel like Ackbar or Nien Nunb would be like printing money for Sideshow.

 

[Brett Banner]

I’m looking forward to these as well. But I might say cautiously optimistic more than anything considering how hit or miss Sideshow figures turn out in production. Also I think it’s a big letdown for all the outfits to be so clean considering the prices SS is asking.

 

[asgardianboy]

I’m looking forward to these as well. But I might say cautiously optimistic more than anything considering how hit or miss Sideshow figures turn out in production. Also I think it’s a big letdown for all the outfits to be so clean considering the prices SS is asking.

So true. SSC is disappointing most of the times, w/ brilliant exceptions. These figures are delivered half done.

I know it’s sideshow and not hot toys, but I’m surprised more people aren’t excited for these. Personally, I can’t wait. I’ve been hoping for cantina aliens forever and I regrettably skipped previous sideshow aliens. Hopefully they follow through with Jabbas palace crew.

Because prices on these ones are insultingly high. SSC really is fleecing us, elderly OT fans.

Thx

 

[Brett Banner]

So true. SSC is disappointing most of the times, w/ brilliant exceptions. These figures are delivered half done.

Because prices on these ones are insultingly high. SSC really is fleecing us, elderly OT fans.

Thx

I’m 43 and honestly it blows my mind that the OT isn’t still considered, by far, the de facto most popular version of Star Wars. Could you imagine the Jackson LOTR films ever not being considered the most popular version of LOTR, no matter what other films or shows get made in the future? Or the Harry Potter films ever not being considered the most popular version of Harry Potter? I guess it’s all inevitable but still, hard to imagine.

 

[Mike86]

I love the idea of these figures. Just not for the price and Sideshow’s general quality.

I mean they’re characters that we see so briefly, come with little to no accessories, and are priced higher than some Hot Toys figures of more important/well done characters.

I might see if any of these hit discount prices eventually, and might get at least Greedo but just not a huge priority. It’s unfortunate because I would like them but I’m not that much of a sucker for OT nostalgia anymore.

 

[Dave_W]

If HT did this guy I could see them doing a second damaged jacket and severed arm. That's the set up I'd go for. A nice cantina floor base with wall back drop would have been nice too.

 

[Mike86]

If HT did this guy I could see them doing a second damaged jacket and severed arm. That's the set up I'd go for. A nice cantina floor base with wall back drop would have been nice too.

Exactly. Sideshow gives you an extra pair of hands, which aren’t even just standard to the figure but a bs exclusive.

At the least this should have come with the cut off arm. I realize it would have been a bit more effort to include a separate jacket but for he price I don’t see why not.

Plus we all know they’ll just reuse their cheap black hexagon base that essentially comes with every figure they’ve released for the past ten plus years.

Hot Toys reuses things too, but at least their bases have some sculpt and paint work.

 

[LoveMinusZero]

When it comes down to it, SSC is the only ones who will ever make these figs, so while we all might like a more ideal release: accessories, bases, etc, I'd much rather have the figure be released at all over not being released. Hot Toys will never make these figures, nor do I see any other company stepping up to do them.