Sideshow Premium Format ESB Boba Fett

syllander

Active Hunter

• Feb 19, 2016

• #41

If this were from Hot Toys I'd be more surprised. I didn't see any mention on the SS website of Hot Toys affiliation. Maybe I overlooked it?
This is, completely on par with figures made by Sideshows other manufacturers. Was glad to see no mention of the Mega turn signals on Eric's HT ROTJ figure, although it did look much more the part after his repaint.
This figure too would benefit from some of the aforementioned painting obviously, but how would you tackle the turn signals? Fill and redo?

 

thinbluefett

Hunter

• Feb 19, 2016

• #42

I used to be a huge Premium Format freak. Had all the xmen and other old school ones like spiderman avengers and others. The old school sideshow stuff was awesome. The last couple years however...... ugh, complete garbage. Sideshow took off, became real money makers and I guess new leadership and greed took over. The prototypes all look great, painted by an actual artist. The production pieces however. WOW. All assembly line, made in China trash. Sloppy sloppy paint, horrible decal work, cheap hollow cast bodies, (Im talking literally egg shell thing is some places) less and less material to no material used on the premium formats and of course prices going through the freaking roof. Not to mention when they used to announce a figure in 6 to 9 months it was released. Now its almost two years on some pieces. They have really tanked.

 

Major

Active Hunter

• Feb 22, 2016

• #43

Wow..... those prototype pics...... love that.....

The production piece..... I'll have to fix..... seriously...

 

jbdubz

Active Hunter

• Feb 22, 2016

• #44

Major said:

Wow..... those prototype pics...... love that.....

The production piece..... I'll have to fix..... seriously...

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any big silver X's on the helmet???


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Major

Active Hunter

• Feb 22, 2016

• #45

That damned X..... :rolleyes

 

rebelliontransp

New Hunter

• Feb 24, 2016

• #46

And to think I have been counting g down the days since sideshow emailed me to say just 15 days till they bill me for this

 

Major

Active Hunter

• Mar 9, 2016

• #47

So..... I got mine yesterday...... I'll put up some comparison pics.....

I can tell you that my helmet doesn't have that silver X on the side, it's closer to what it should be..... they're will still be some things I tweak..........

I'm thinking part of this obviously is down to mass production and people who don't know this like we do missing finer details.

 

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jbdubz

Active Hunter

• Mar 9, 2016

• #48

thanks Robert and i certainly agree. i'd like to see the pics of your helmet.
i will say that after a couple weeks, the piece has grown on me a bit. its not as intolerable as it once was. still not my favorite piece as i had anticipated it to be upon first payment but it has earned a spot on display rather than being put back in the box for shipment elsewhere.

i think after a year and a half of waiting for it to finally come and my affinity towards all things Boba Fett ESB, i will end up keeping it. at least for now.
i know sideshow can send replacement parts and i think the X on the side would certainly warrant a new helmet. if they are unwilling to help, i will be rethinking the above statement to keep the piece. i will be making some adjustments as well, especially to the flightsuit and the mythosaur. definitely turn the braids around.
after all this, after the delays, after the continued business practice of misleading customers with stellar prototypes only to be duped by a mass produced product that results in dissatisfaction and disappointment, i have made the decision to refrain from ordering anything further from Sideshow Collectibles.


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BudaFett

Hi I’m Bobert!

• Mar 9, 2016

• #49

Fett finally came! I'll share my thoughts later. Great piece by SSC!

 

tterrell

Hunter

• Mar 9, 2016

• #50

Those are sooooo nice and very big compared to a lot of other Fett figures out there over the last 30 years.
ConGRATZ!

 

jbdubz

Active Hunter

• Mar 9, 2016

• #51

rnbuda said:

Great piece by SSC!

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absolutely whole-heartedly, 100% disagree. but to each his own.


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Kokuma

Hunter

• Mar 10, 2016

• #52

if I squint and make it out of focus it looks excellent... Unfortunately I have to re focus & there's a few stupid mistakes that just pop right out... I think my old Medicom RAH ESB 1/6 figure is more accurate than that and that is saying something! :facepalm

 

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UMD S4L

Active Hunter

• Mar 16, 2016

• #53

(I took this one because this piece was pretty obviously inspired by the Chris Trevas piece from SWCV).

I received mine yesterday. Overall, I like it. The helmet sculpt is very good, the base is awesome, the pose is dynamic, and MOST of the paint is pretty good. However, the part I think is weakest are he gauntlets. They're huge and kind of oddly shaped.

 

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UMD S4L

Active Hunter

• Mar 16, 2016

• #54

Oh, and here's one more for a size comparison.

 

jbdubz

Active Hunter

• Mar 16, 2016

• #55

UMD S4L said:

(I took this one because this piece was pretty obviously inspired by the Chris Trevas piece from SWCV).

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then why put an ROTJ mythosaur skull on an ESB Boba? if that were the case, they not only had an accurate print but a prototype that is arguably 100% accurate. they had the roadmap but chose to deviate. even after they were told it was wrong.


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jbdubz

Active Hunter

• Mar 16, 2016

• #56

Kokuma said:

if I squint and make it out of focus it looks excellent... Unfortunately I have to re focus & there's a few stupid mistakes that just pop right out... I think my old Medicom RAH ESB 1/6 figure is more accurate than that and that is saying something! :facepalm

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lol just put a bag over his head.
yeah, my Scum and Villainy 1/6 ESB fett is much closer to accurate. at 1/6 size they were even able to paint the red LEDs on the rangefinder and the chest lights are painted on! not to mention the correct Mythosaur and wookie braid orientation.

IDK why but that is super important to me for some reason lol
besides the shin tools being the visual dictionary versions, the piece is much more on point at less than half the size.



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UMD S4L

Active Hunter

• Mar 16, 2016

• #57

Well, I suppose we can agree to disagree. I have the Scum and Villainy figure as well and that one disappointed me from the start. I thought the anatomy was weird. To me, his waist/abdomen was too narrow but hips were too wide and the way the chest armor sits it just ridiculous. Also, the shape of the helmet, I think, is among Sideshow's worst efforts. But there are things it gets right, sure. I suppose that's just the nature of mass-production pieces. There will probably never be a perfect representation of Boba Fett produced and I don't buy anything (Sideshow or otherwise) expecting it to be. I buy simply because I love Boba Fett and I love collecting Boba Fett memorabilia.

 

Nighthawk756

Jr Hunter

• Mar 16, 2016

• #58

UMD S4L said:

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I received mine yesterday. Overall, I like it. The helmet sculpt is very good, the base is awesome, the pose is dynamic, and MOST of the paint is pretty good. However, the part I think is weakest are he gauntlets. They're huge and kind of oddly shaped.

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Wow....I REALLY need a copy of that Trevas piece!

 

jbdubz

Active Hunter

• Mar 16, 2016

• #59

UMD S4L said:

Well, I suppose we can agree to disagree. I have the Scum and Villainy figure as well and that one disappointed me from the start. I thought the anatomy was weird. To me, his waist/abdomen was too narrow but hips were too wide and the way the chest armor sits it just ridiculous. Also, the shape of the helmet, I think, is among Sideshow's worst efforts. But there are things it gets right, sure. I suppose that's just the nature of mass-production pieces. There will probably never be a perfect representation of Boba Fett produced and I don't buy anything (Sideshow or otherwise) expecting it to be. I buy simply because I love Boba Fett and I love collecting Boba Fett memorabilia.

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i guess i just don't see it. i can deal with a bit misshapen armor and the helmet without the ESB flare when it comes to nailing the finite details that make the differences between ESB and ROTJ.
I don't purchase things expecting perfection either but at a 500$ sticker price, there is a certain standard that should be. as an ESB purist, that ROTJ mythosaur is a slap in the face.

on a more positive note, i did contact sideshow and they are going to replace the helmet at least. nothing they can do about the horizontal feather or the shoulder bell but at least that huge silver X wont be an issue.


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Major

Active Hunter

• Mar 17, 2016

• #60

That's good to hear they're doing that........

I'll get some pics of mine up next week, already thinking of the mods I'll be doing to it.....