I'm anxious to see SSC's Indy. We already know the sculpt is great, but I really hope they up their tailoring for this one. I think SSC puts out a nice product for the price, but their tailoring is easily the sloppiest of all the major 1/6 companies, and that includes the military companies like DML.
I think that distinction goes to Hasbro, and that's a serious indictment considering how big they are. Maybe SS is at par w/21C, and certainly better than the "lesser" brands like Power Team and SOTW. Most of my SS figures are from the Bond line. I have a few Universal Monsters, which I used for their outfits, and the Barbwire & Bayonettes figures, which I think were nicely made for that price point, tailoring and all.
The quality of the Bond figure tailoring really left much to be desired, and ditto for the tailoring on much of the other suited figures like Get Smart and Scarface. Unlike some here, I can't make statements like "Sideshow will pull out all the stops," since no one can really be sure about that at this point. At best, I'm predicting that SS' Indy line might be made at the same price point and quality level as the Star Wars line and the Bond Legacy figures, which aren't really that much better. But with much certainty, I don't think SS's Indy will come close to Toys McCoy's, just based on the real leather jacket alone that's even lined like a 1:1 jacket that IMO is comparible in quality with SS' premium format figures, the scupts of the two pairs of hands, and of course, the accessories. Economically, if any "major" player like SS, DML, DID or BBI went to the same level of quality, they'd be forced to use the same price point of the Toys McCoy Indy when it first came out, which was around $240. Then throw in the limited production of 2,000 pieces... just look at the going rate for some of the Legacy Bonds that have higher production numbers and came out not too long ago.
With that said, maybe the demand for the Toys McCoy Indy might dip a bit while SS distributes theirs, (which is not a long period), having the effect of most of these auctions ending without meeting their minimum bid amounts unless the seller foolishly doesn't set a minimum. But I doubt that Toys McCoy's going price will dramatically lessen in the long run. Then maybe I might be biased because I have it, along with the horse, which together cost me around $500 (that should be lower since I passed on the 1,000 limited run of the horse at its original price of $100 and ended up paying $240 two years later). I freed Indy and the horse from their boxes like my other figures, but based on the level of quality that's admittedly lesser for the horse and the distinction these pieces hold in the 1/6 universe, I still think that my hard earned money was well spent.
But don't get me wrong, I'm sure to get every figure Sideshow makes in their Indy line, which is saying a lot consider that I've dramatically reduced my 1/6 figure purchases in recent years.
That's the cheap ass stuff I'm talking about. The relic hunter trousers are made of thicker heavier weave material. I used it for a Custom Terminator. I agree the RH jacket needs some zipper tailoring but overall the quality of material used will be better than SSC can deliver IMO.
