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Sideshow Collectibles
Boba Fett Life-size Bust |
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To coincide with the 30th year anniversary of The Empire
Strikes Back, Sideshow has just announced its producing a 1:1 scale
(life-size) Boba Fett bust, due for release summer 2012 -
retailing at $800. The edition size was high at 1,000 so it shouldn't be a
problem picking up one of these second-hand. |
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| As with all of Sideshow's life-size busts, it
looks like a really nice collectible - although we have to caveat this by
saying that this preview is only based on what you're seeing in front of you
now - i.e. Sideshow's own press photographs of their prototype - rather than
our own hands-on review. Unfortunately Sideshow prefers to not support
independent reviews from sites such as this so we can only go on the PR
stuff we receive. |
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| So it looks like this will be a Polystone base
with fiberglass/resin armor and helmet - with fabric mini-cloak and Wookiee
braids. As you can see from these photos, the grey tunic and collar is made
from the Polystone (rather than material) - with the armor detailing and
resin braids applied
on top. There's no rocket or jet-pack detailing, with SSC presumably
deciding to omit on cost/weight grounds. |
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| If we take a good look at the helmet we can see
that it sufferers from the same fault that was present on the
Master Replicas Boba Fett Helmet, namely the
tapering of the visor (i.e. the visor narrows towards the bottom of the
helmet- its very clear on the front-on shots) . We think this is strange and
may indicate that either SSC has based too much of its design on the MR
helmet, (or for the prototype at least) perhaps this could be a reworked MR
lid?
According to the blurb, "no parts of this bust are wearable as costume
parts" so from that we're assuming that the helmet, though movable is NOT
wearable. Certainly when looking at this prototype it appears that the visor
has been painted black - so you wouldn't see a whole lot assuming you could
put it on anyway. Aside from that its good to see the antenna is
articulated. |
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| It has a slightly odd look from the rear since
it highlights the lack of Jet-Pack/Rocket - and already on the forums there
have been concerns raised over this being missed. However to be fair to SSC,
it probably presented too big a problem to them and would most certainly
have significantly increased the weight and probably the cost too. |
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| The final shot side-on shows the helmet
detailing (although we believe this prototype was a hand-painted one-off),
Polystone tunic, armor parts and fabric cloak. At 35lkbs in weight its
another monster collectible so we're expecting shipping to be expensive -
most especially for those living outside the US. |
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| The big challenge for anyone producing a Boba
Fett display is always the painting and detailing. SSC seems to have done a
decent, although not mind-blowing job on this hand-painted prototype piece -
although whether this will translate to the actual production pieces is
anyone's guess. Given the amount of work (and cost) Master Replicas went
through on their helmet, we somehow doubt whether SSC will have the funds to
follow-suit. SSC tend to do a good job on their 1:1 stuff, however the
battle-worn damage and detailing of Boba Fett is a different challenge so we
guess we'll have to wait and see the production pieces to find out how
accurate this finally ends up. The hard-core Fett fans have already
raised concerns already over its accuracy, but we think for most collectors
this will probably be "close enough". Following on from the Darth Vader
Life-Size Bust, this is another iconic character from Sideshow - and quite a
departure from their initial proposition of providing the lesser-known
characters. Perhaps this has signalled a change in direction from Sideshow
and we can come to expect more of the traditional characters Like
Stormtrooper's, TIE Pilots and Biker Scouts? If so then there's the danger
we're getting something we already have access to (and unlike Sideshow in
wearable form) - so we hope that isn't the case. If they're reading this
then our advice to SSC would be to go for a C-3PO bust next!
So in summary its a decent likeness of our favourite Mandalorian - and
for those already collecting the SSC busts, we imagine this is going to be a
very tempting piece indeed! |
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Fett Page here
or More Sideshow
Collectible 1:1's here |
