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Full gallery up of the Sideshow Collectibles Black Widow Premium Format statue

Dr_Teng — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:30:25 +0000

Sideshow Collectibles just released the full gallery of their Black Widow Premium Format statue from Iron Man 2. So what do you guys think? Definitely a fan of the likeness, the materials look pretty nice, good pose. Kind of a lackluster exclusive though. Still, seems like an excellent Scarlett Johansson statue! Here’s a link to the full gallery.

Sideshow Collectibles releasing a new Marvel movie Premium Format – Black Widow

Dr_Teng — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:12:02 +0000

Here’s a quickie preview of the Sideshow Collectibles Black Widow Premium Format statue. This is based off of the Iron Man 2 version but no doubt there’s going to be an Avengers one down the line!

Sideshow Collectibles She-Hulk Premium Format Exclusive statue review

Dr_Teng — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:40:31 +0000

What looked to be one of the finest female statues released by Sideshow Collectibles in a while and part of their recent Hulk craze, here’s my review of the She-Hulk Premium Format Exclusive statue.

Quick Buying Options : Most likely you’ll be stuck with Ebay. But you can get on waiting for the regular at Sideshow, or Amazon.

Not being a fan of Sideshow’s earlier Adam Hughes She-Hulk comiquette, it was great to see a more traditionally styled She-Hulk from Sideshow. While it wasn’t the one piece outfit that many associate She-Hulk with, it’s an accurate version of her outfit from the cover this statue is based on (She-Hulk #29 I believe). Plus I’ve heard if you take her pants off, she’s actually wearing a one piece, so with a bit of customization you could get that look as well. But I didn’t want to risk damaging the fabric!

One of the few complaints about this statue is that the musculature isn’t quite large enough for She-Hulk. I can understand the complaints because She-Hulk is traditionally drawn as a hot female body builder, although in the cover this is based off of, she doesn’t look nearly that large. There’s some well done musculature around the abs and there’s some on the arms but it wouldn’t have hurt to make her a little bigger. She would’ve been just as feminine and attractive with a little more bulk.

The rest of the sculpting? Very nice indeed! The cracks on the road, laces on the shoes, and the way the hair flows are all very appealing. She has a very pretty face as well.

The paint job on this is really great. Starting from the base, the contrast between the side and top of the broken street is a nice touch. The shade of green they picked is perfect, it’s a more flattering one than the darker green on the AH comiquette. Her hair is a dark green with well applied light green highlights. The shading done to enhance the ab musculature and the eyes are exactly like you’d hope for.

About the only part that isn’t perfect is the detail work around the hands. Specifically, the black outlining the fingers. It’s a little too heavy. When I initially received this statue, the fingers around the meter looked really bad, however, Sideshow replaced that with a much nicer hand. If you have issues with yours, contact them, they may be able to help you out!

The Premium Format parts of this are the pants and belt. The pants are made of a nice thick material and lined well, the belt looks like a belt. Given that it’s a fairly simple outfit, it required no futzing to get it to look right and they’re tight in the areas you’d want them to be tight.

As for the exclusive, it’s a parking meter. While it’s not cover accurate, it looks pretty cool! It’s well sculpted and painted and fits the scene. I wouldn’t consider it necessary but it’s certainly a nice touch.

4.5/5. Almost exactly the She-Hulk statue I was hoping for. Slightly more muscle-y and it would’ve been perfect.

Buying Options : Most likely you’ll be stuck with Ebay. But you can get on waiting for the regular at Sideshow, or Amazon.

Sideshow Collectibles Gollum Premium Format statue review

Dr_Teng — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:49:33 +0000

Up for review this week is one of the more interesting statues previewed last year, the Sideshow Collectibles Gollum Premium Format statue! Sideshow was nice enough to shoot over one of these and I was sure excited to crack it open. As a huge Lord of the Rings fan, I wanted to know if Sideshow could do justice to such a unique and essential character to the trilogy. Let’s find out!

Quick Buying Options : Still available at Sideshow Collectibles and you can try your luck at Ebay.

One of the coolest things about this release was when Sideshow announced they were going to add an extra bust display base, which doubles your display options. Instead of getting one collectible, you’re getting two! You have a full statue, which you can display as either Gollum or Smeagol, with an interchangeable magnetic nameplate. Then you place the other one on the bust display and attach the other nameplate to it as well. It’s a sweet setup!

Gollum’s base is rather tall, which is understandable due to his short height. Totally works with the movie given how many mountain ranges they climb or cross over. The base is nicely sculpted and well painted with properly applied highlights throughout. The bottom of the base is a round silver design with interlocking rings and worn paint. The magnetic nameplate fits in quite well with the base, no obvious separation.

The premium format portion of this is limited but I doubt anyone is surprised, considering Gollum wears very little. What he does wear looks good but it’s not exactly difficult to make front and back fabric straps like that. The fabric is properly weathered along the edges as it should be.

On to the statue! I started with the Smeagol top since I liked the look of wonder on his face. He’s holding up the One Ring and looks like the happiest little fella in Middle Earth. The sculpting on this is just superb so be sure to check out some of the high-res shots for much larger than life pictures. Some particularly good areas to check out : the varying sizes and wear on the teeth, the emaciated musculature, particularly around the chest, and the lines of expression around the face.

The paint on this is really good! Gollum might look like he’d be simple to paint but there are so many details, a half-assed paint job would’ve made this flat and boring. You’ve got the varying amounts of dirt on his feet, knees, and hands, exactly where he’d have most of it. The purple/red tones visible across his skin, particularly the most emaciated parts of him, and even some nicely done vein work. And look at those baby blues! I can’t say whether they’re decals or not but they’re definitely applied correctly.

The Gollum top is just as good as the Smeagol one. He looks downright vicious, as if someone is threatening to take his precious from him. His teeth are sharper and more menacing (which I’m not sure is movie accurate, do his teeth change during the movies? Possibly!), his intense expression is really evident in the lines across his face. The paint, as with the Gollum top, is excellent.

5/5. Thanks again to Sideshow for providing the review sample. This is a fantastic addition to a Lord of the Rings statue lineup and I couldn’t find any issues with mine. Pose, paint, sculpt, base, it’s an excellent statue all around.

Buying Options : Still available at Sideshow Collectibles and you can try your luck at Ebay.

Sideshow Collectibles puts a little bit of Black Widow up for display

Dr_Teng — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:45:31 +0000

No doubt Sideshow Collectibles plans an extensive amount of Avengers products this year, here’s the Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow Premium Format statue! Full reveal shouldn’t take too long. So far I’m enjoying the likeness, better than the Hot Toys one (review coming!) from that angle.

They’ve also had a couple of contests for figures during the 12 Days of Sideshow event, if you guys want to enter, here you go!

Sideshow’s Baroness Premium Format finally up for preorder!

Dr_Teng — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:34:30 +0000

Sideshow Collectibles has had a lot of people anticipating this one for ages, their G.I. Joe Baroness Premium Format statue. The exclusive comes with a switch-out hand at $349.99 and while I plan to look at some hi-res shots of the face before I decide, I really like the fabric and sculpting on it so far.

Sideshow Collectibles Baroness Premium Format for $349.99

Sideshow Collectibles sneaks their upcoming Deadpool Premium Format statue

Dr_Teng — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:29:59 +0000

Not a character I’d buy a Premium Format for but Deadpool certainly does have a dedicated fanbase. An unmasked exclusive head for this one could be really impressive!

Sideshow reveals their Dutch (from Predator) Premium Format gallery

Dr_Teng — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:30:11 +0000

I’ve been anticipating this one for a while, the Sideshow Collectibles Dutch Premium Format statue! One of my favourite action movies, there’s plenty of great PREDATOR products. Dutch? Not so much. There’s the one ridiculously expensive Hot Toys figure and that’s about it. $349.99 is a little pricey but goddamn, this looks fantastic. Check out the full gallery here.

Finally, my most anticipated Spooktacular preorder, Colossus, is up for grabs!

Dr_Teng — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 22:01:18 +0000

And not only that, but they snuck out that they’re releasing a Magik statue! What do you guys think of Colossus? I like a lot of what I’m seeing but it just doesn’t have the OOMPH I was expecting. Though I haven’t looked at all the pictures yet! Nice print though. The Magik statue on the other hand…loving that base. I’d like to see some better shots of the face, but so far, so good.

Sideshow Collectibles Colossus Premium Format statue for $399.99

Statue Alert – Sideshow Collectibles Rogue Premium Format statue

Dr_Teng — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 02:34:35 +0000

Lots of people have been reporting they’re getting Rogue statues with eyes crossed on both the EX and regular heads, poor paint over multiple areas of the statue, really badly applied makeup paint, and unfortunately, a filled in butt over what was shown on the prototype. Basically, lots of problems. I received mine and the images below are of my personal one, I’m not happy with it but I’m waiting to see what Sideshow’s solution will be. Keep in mind mine is better than a lot of the ones I’ve seen on the forums. So if you receive it, inspect it and check whether it’s ok!

This was my most anticipated statue this year so I’m sure hoping they can fix it up and make it look as good as the prototype did. Rumour is that Sideshow is having the regulars painted at another factory so they might be significantly improved, no clue if that’s true though.

The images below are what the prototype/statue looked like on Sideshow’s website.