Vader PF has left the building!!
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Ok guys,
I finally got home to open up Vader...and my new camera!
Great night.
I opened up Vader and he is pretty good. The helmet is better than I thought it would be but is slightly too small. Compare it to Han's head and you will notice what I mean.
It's not as bad as I thought it would be. It even resembles the "Tantive" helmet a bit IMO.
His lenses DO have a slight red tint to them. Very nice!
What I really do not like is the color his chest lights up as....purple?!?!? It just looks really bad and they should have picked red as it would be more accurate. I will try and take some pics.
As I feared, the cape is REALLY big. I did the best I could to "bunch" it up towards Vader's back....but it should be smaller for sure.
What happened Brant!?!? You know we want these pieces to be "screen accurate."
It is probably the best Vader statue released for now. I have owned the Attakus 2 and Cinemacast pieces and both are below Sideshow's Vader for the most part. I cannot comment on Attakus 1 as I have never seen it in person. However, I have always thought the Attakus 1 mask looked off from the "side" angle too....but the pose is great.
Overall, I am pleased with Vader and he is a welcome addition to my collection. He is not perfect but until another company releases a better one, he is a keeper.
On another note, notice how much better my pic looks compared to this one:
PLEASE hire a better photographer Sideshow!
Ok guys,
I finally got home to open up Vader...and my new camera!
Great night.I opened up Vader and he is pretty good. The helmet is better than I thought it would be but is slightly too small. Compare it to Han's head and you will notice what I mean.
It's not as bad as I thought it would be. It even resembles the "Tantive" helmet a bit IMO.
His lenses DO have a slight red tint to them. Very nice!
What I really do not like is the color his chest lights up as....purple?!?!? It just looks really bad and they should have picked red as it would be more accurate. I will try and take some pics.
As I feared, the cape is REALLY big. I did the best I could to "bunch" it up towards Vader's back....but it should be smaller for sure.
What happened Brant!?!? You know we want these pieces to be "screen accurate."
It is probably the best Vader statue released for now. I have owned the Attakus 2 and Cinemacast pieces and both are below Sideshow's Vader for the most part. I cannot comment on Attakus 1 as I have never seen it in person. However, I have always thought the Attakus 1 mask looked off from the "side" angle too....but the pose is great.
Overall, I am pleased with Vader and he is a welcome addition to my collection. He is not perfect but until another company releases a better one, he is a keeper.
On another note, notice how much better my pic looks compared to this one:
PLEASE hire a better photographer Sideshow!
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One more week.....one more week.....one more week.....
Unique Soul said:
One more week.....one more week.....one more week.....
Re: Vader has left the building!!
Gruson,
Your pics look a thousand times better than the ones from Sideshow! They really do need better photographers at SS because every picture of the actual product in people's homes looks better than the horrible photos they released. As for the cape, whatever you did it looks great and doesn't appear to bulky at all. I'm with you on the chest box lights, though. Why on earth aren't they red? Has anyone figured that one out yet?
Gruson,
Your pics look a thousand times better than the ones from Sideshow! They really do need better photographers at SS because every picture of the actual product in people's homes looks better than the horrible photos they released. As for the cape, whatever you did it looks great and doesn't appear to bulky at all. I'm with you on the chest box lights, though. Why on earth aren't they red? Has anyone figured that one out yet?
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Looks great!! Looks pretty screen accurate though. I bought the SW Chronicles OT and PT along with the Complete Visual Guide. Those came toda so I spend some time looking at Helm proportions.
Looks great!! Looks pretty screen accurate though. I bought the SW Chronicles OT and PT along with the Complete Visual Guide. Those came toda so I spend some time looking at Helm proportions.
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Looks great!
How is the shoulder armor attached to the bodysuit? Is it possible to lift the armor up to slide the inner robe under the armor? I never cared for the robe over the armor and would like to change it when mine arrives.
Looks great!
How is the shoulder armor attached to the bodysuit? Is it possible to lift the armor up to slide the inner robe under the armor? I never cared for the robe over the armor and would like to change it when mine arrives.
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Thanks guys.
It's really weird now that I look at Vader.
From some angles he looks GREAT but others he looks pretty bad (same with different lighting techniques on him too).
I realize that ANH Vader's chest should not even light up.
But, here is a picture of the HORRIBLE purple light effects:
Since they did make the chest light up, it SHOULD be red and not this lavender/purple color. I just keep it off and it looks better. Red chest pic from TESB:
Thanks guys.
It's really weird now that I look at Vader.
From some angles he looks GREAT but others he looks pretty bad (same with different lighting techniques on him too).
I realize that ANH Vader's chest should not even light up.
But, here is a picture of the HORRIBLE purple light effects:
Since they did make the chest light up, it SHOULD be red and not this lavender/purple color. I just keep it off and it looks better. Red chest pic from TESB:
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Ha! You crack me up Gru! First you complain about screen accuracy, and then you complain about the lights on the chest plate (which aren't screen accurate) not lighting up the color you want. Too funny!
Ha! You crack me up Gru! First you complain about screen accuracy, and then you complain about the lights on the chest plate (which aren't screen accurate) not lighting up the color you want. Too funny!
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That's because it should have been done right...it's not accurate in many areas.
I always want the best from every 1/4 piece, especially Star Wars and Vader...
Mini-Rock said:Ha! You crack me up Gru! First you complain about screen accuracy, and then you complain about the lights on the chest plate (which aren't screen accurate) not lighting up the color you want. Too funny!
That's because it should have been done right...it's not accurate in many areas.
I always want the best from every 1/4 piece, especially Star Wars and Vader...
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What's wrong with complaining about purple lights on a box that shouldn't even light up anyway?
BTW, I'm more and more convinced about Lucas changing the helmet design on this statue. Look at this thread on the StatueForum about how he made Attakus change their TIE Pilot helmet to match the Tomy helmet from GG!
https://www.statueforum.com/showthread.php?t=22708
Mini-Rock said:Ha! You crack me up Gru! First you complain about screen accuracy, and then you complain about the lights on the chest plate (which aren't screen accurate) not lighting up the color you want. Too funny!
What's wrong with complaining about purple lights on a box that shouldn't even light up anyway?
BTW, I'm more and more convinced about Lucas changing the helmet design on this statue. Look at this thread on the StatueForum about how he made Attakus change their TIE Pilot helmet to match the Tomy helmet from GG!
https://www.statueforum.com/showthread.php?t=22708
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But, you're still going to keep it right?
el: Nothing wrong with it, just thought it was funny that someone would complain about the statue not being "screen accurate" then turn around and complain about a feature that isn't screen accurate in the first place. I meant no offense. I just thought it was funny.
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But, you're still going to keep it right?
el: Nothing wrong with it, just thought it was funny that someone would complain about the statue not being "screen accurate" then turn around and complain about a feature that isn't screen accurate in the first place. I meant no offense. I just thought it was funny.
Anakin
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,,..nicely said,.. so this figure is not only non accurate in many areas.., but the lights are purple?,..,
,..that's bad,..guess i will leave the lights off on mine then,.. when it finally arrives,..
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,,..nicely said,.. so this figure is not only non accurate in many areas.., but the lights are purple?,..
,,..that's bad,..guess i will leave the lights off on mine then,.. when it finally arrives,..
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