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This is a dirty, battle-wounded Indy. Temple of Doom is a darker film so it makes sense that they decided on a look from near the end of the movie. He’s bloodied up in multiple areas, he’s got a sleeve torn off, he’s a real mess at this point. But that doesn’t stop him from looking like he’s going to wreck you if you get in his way. The effect of the battle damage is rather nicely done all around, although it does look a little weird around the knee area. It has a consistently good paintjob over the entire piece, looking both convincing and well applied even in detailed areas like the bandages and face.

In terms of accessories, it comes with Indy’s messenger bag, the three Sankara stones, his knife, and an alternate arm. The alternate arm gives it a more action oriented pose as you’ll see in later photos. If you get the exclusive, you also get the cup with monkey brains, a real classic moment from the movie! It even opens up so you get a full shot of the brains. Delicious!

As much as I enjoy the original Premium Format Indiana Jones, this one has a better likeness. Perhaps the best likeness of Harrison Ford I’ve seen to date. Just look at the next photo, that is spot on Harrison Ford! Great intense expression too. The fabric came out well, great fabric choices that look the part and feel good, not thin or cheap in the slightest.

The base matches up really well with the Mola Ram and really, the Indiana Jones feel. All sorts of different skulls underneath a rocky base? Pretty much perfect. Between this and the first Indy, you’ve got a great clean museum pose and a battle-damaged more action pose. What really matters is which one you prefer, because they’re both excellent statues. Or if you want another way to look at it, do you want archaeologist Indy, or warrior Indy?

5/5. A gorgeous statue that looks great by itself, with Mola Ram, or with the other Indy statues. Thanks again to Sideshow Collectibles for providing this review sample.

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Rogue looks fantastic although the base is fairly large. I’d like to see more of the EX head but regardless, an extra head and two prints? That’s worth an EX preorder for sure! The Chalice of Kali looks suitably gross, sure to be a conversation starter around the house, haha.

Quick Buying Options : The exclusive is in stock at Sideshow, the regular is a few bucks off at BBTS, or try your luck on Ebay.

Once you bust him out of the cardboard enclosure, you’ll notice he comes with some quality display options. He includes an alternate head as well as an alternate flaming heart hand, both held in place via pegs and magnets. They’ve done a great job on the seam lines, you won’t ever spot them.

Right off the bat I thought the likeness was great on both heads. It had been a year or two since I’d seen Temple of Doom so I busted it out to compare. Sideshow did indeed do a damn good job and best of all, both heads have crazy eyes and a crazy expression. He legitimately looks like a dude that would rip your heart out. Take a look at the weathering on that skull head, or on the paint in general. I’m really pleased to say I have zero issues with it.

Ignore that minor colour shift on the hands, that was a photography thing, both are painted the same shade. I’ve mentioned my issues with transparent resin for flames and smoke before, it often doesn’t look realistic. In this case, the flame is well sculpted and with proper lighting it looks pretty cool, but it still suffers from transparent resin simply not looking like flames. While I prefer the regular hand, in the right display situation, I fully believe that flaming hand would look killer. The base is superb. It’s similar to the ToD Indy with the skulls. The skulls look like they died miserable deaths, the rocks surrounding them are well crafted, and the top of the base has some fine weathering.

Let’s look at the fabric. His robes are a thick material all over. The red and black contrast nicely, just as they did in the movie. I did notice there were some loose threads on the bottom of his robe but that can be fixed with a tiny pair of scissors and a few seconds of your time.

Unfortunately, this is another Sideshow review where I should’ve consulted the movie before I took my shots. While the way I’ve displayed him looks fine, the shoulder robe is supposed to be displayed in a different manner and part of his robe should’ve went over his left hand. Having fixed it post-review, it does look better that way. Thankfully, I’m better at dressing myself in real life than I am at dressing up Sideshow PFs, since this is the second or third time this has happened. In another mixed media touch, you’ve got the hair from the shrunken head. You’re supposed to make it billow out so the hair is wide but I felt it looked a little better like this. Not movie accurate, deal with it.

The exclusive item is the skull chalice! Almost as gross in sculpted miniature form as in the movie. This goes well as a counterpart to the monkey brains the ToD PF Indy has. The accessories in general are very well sculpted and painted.

In the interests of full disclosure, I received this as a review sample from Sideshow. On one hand, it’s unfortunate for my e-cred that the first statue I get from them gets top marks. On the other hand, anyone following the site or seeing my posts on various message boards would know I felt this was a superb statue from the moment I saw it at SDCC so I’m glad the retail release lives up to that. Top marks all around, one of my favourite Premium Format statues to date.

5/5.

Buying Options : The exclusive is in stock at Sideshow, the regular is a few bucks off at BBTS, or try your luck on Ebay.

Dear Fans, our 10th Anniversary Exhibition in Tokyo is coming in just a week! Are you ready for that?

At the event, we will have new and greatly expected licenses & products to be unveiled!

To kill your thirst, we now proudly announce the FIRST licensed product here which must be highly anticipated by fans for long!!

Here, we are excited to bring you with the teaser of our MMS DX Indiana Jones Collectible Figure from the Indiana Jones – Raiders of the Lost Ark movie, which is a collaborated project with Sideshow Collectibles, and will be FIRST unveiled in the Hot Toys 10th Anniversary Exhibition on Dec 24-26, 2010!!!

In 2011, we will have even more breathtaking, overwhelming and unexpected licenses to be announced! Stay tuned!

THE FORCE IS STRONG WITH US!!!

The Indiana Jones vs Mola Ram diorama went up for pre-order at $300. Seems pretty nice, I’m not 100% sold on the Mola Ram likeness, but I think the idea for the diorama is fantastic and exciting.

There’s a small preview for the upcoming 12″ Sandtrooper that Sideshow’s putting up for preorder next week. Looks pretty sweet!

Sandtrooper preview

The edition size on the Rocketeer premium format shown last week was 375 on the exclusive. Edition size on the Hot Toys Iron Man Battle Damaged Mark III exclusive was set at 550. Finally, edition size on the exclusive Donatello was set at 425.