No, the people who pay $6k or more for it are the ones who are crazy. As mentioned earlier in the thread, you can get one made cheaper with much greater accuracy if you know where to look.
Star Wars Han Solo in Carbonite Life Size Figure
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No, the people who pay $6k or more for it are the ones who are crazy. As mentioned earlier in the thread, you can get one made cheaper with much greater accuracy if you know where to look.
jkno
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Darth Mitchell
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Corrose
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Let's not pretend a light up feature warrants an additional 2k in pricetag LOL. We are still pretend lighting, especially LEDs are expensive and the reality is you can now get LED keychain flashlights that are powerful for $2.99 at gas stations that run on 1 or 2 AA batteries.. It's still just a slab of material with some lights...again, I feel anything above 3500 is completely unwarranted. Now if the Han part glows red like the smaller one, we can discuss added value afterward.
Im not saying that because I want one and can't afford it. If it was a 7k piece that felt like the pricetag justified it, I'd own it. Like with the 3PO. I feel that what you are getting for $5800 is $5800 worth of raw material, labor, paint, etc. It's a much more intense piece craftsmanship wise.
Like the poster above said there are guys doing these on the RPF that look beautiful, theres a guy on TDH who is casting the front panel (Han) in a thick rubber that can be rolled up for less than $1k. Others sell kits for the panels, ACCURRATE panels with LED's, you can darn near buy a kit to make an unlicesned one for less than $2k.
The majority of the gripes over the alleged price tag are justified IMO.
Im not saying that because I want one and can't afford it. If it was a 7k piece that felt like the pricetag justified it, I'd own it. Like with the 3PO. I feel that what you are getting for $5800 is $5800 worth of raw material, labor, paint, etc. It's a much more intense piece craftsmanship wise.
Like the poster above said there are guys doing these on the RPF that look beautiful, theres a guy on TDH who is casting the front panel (Han) in a thick rubber that can be rolled up for less than $1k. Others sell kits for the panels, ACCURRATE panels with LED's, you can darn near buy a kit to make an unlicesned one for less than $2k.
The majority of the gripes over the alleged price tag are justified IMO.
gibby
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EDIT - photo removed.
I just realized this is the same photo that masterside posted from last year.
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I just realized this is the same photo that masterside posted from last year.
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I think I'm going to need a bigger display room...
icruise
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You and me both, brother.
jkno
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Not long ago a guy on another forum sold original Volvo dashboards which were used for the screen used HIC. If I was interested in having a HIC in my collection then a prop replica way with original parts would be THE WAY.
gibby
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I'm anxious to see the price as well.
Also curious to see if they patterned the lights. That would be pretty sweet!
Also curious to see if they patterned the lights. That would be pretty sweet!
gibby
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Yeah they do!
Looks like the lights just might be in sequence, too, but I haven't found a vid with the entire thing yet.
Looks like the lights just might be in sequence, too, but I haven't found a vid with the entire thing yet.
It's a shame that they appear to have used a fan produced casting of the Han Solo part which had been cut into separate, smaller parts for ease of shipping. I can see the "join" line which runs horizontally across the part where Han's shoulders would be. There's a lot of recessed "Carbonite detail" that has been lost where the separate parts were stuck back together and then rubbed down. I had a fan made casting here in the UK which looked exactly the same as this (where the detail was lost due to the parts being stuck together).
The Illusive Originals version was better because they didn't cut the Han section into parts so the detail was maintainted properly.
It doesn't appear that the sides of the box have the correct tapered shapes either.
Here's a photo montage which shows the original prop, Sideshow's replica and the fan made replica that I had. Note the smooth detail occurs in the same place on the Sideshow version.
The Illusive Originals version was better because they didn't cut the Han section into parts so the detail was maintainted properly.
It doesn't appear that the sides of the box have the correct tapered shapes either.
Here's a photo montage which shows the original prop, Sideshow's replica and the fan made replica that I had. Note the smooth detail occurs in the same place on the Sideshow version.
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