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07-08-2020, 11:34 PM
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#761
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Sailor Moon
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 1,248
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Quote:
Originally Posted by built2shred
I'll give a fair review of SS vs XM
THEY BOTH SUCK !!!  |
That settles it... hahahahha
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07-08-2020, 11:51 PM
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#762
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The Secret Six
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Arkham Asylum
Posts: 6,529
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These threads turn into XM vs SS debates so much because we have actual choices now. I know it bothers people but if you have 2 of a character and have to decide which one you want, naturally it will cause debate and conversation. It’s funny some people choose to be bothered by this. We choose between cars, phones, video game systems, computers, etc...statues are no different in that regard.
Several XM pieces I like more than SS’s versions... Sabretooth, Emma Frost, Mystique...but I choose SS Cyclops and Colossus all day. The “simplistic” or “less detailed” designs are part of what makes them better to me. The original costumes are pretty basic. I just like sticking close to comic designs for the most part. A bunch of extra flair on the costumes just for the sake of extra flair isn’t appealing to me, and XM Cyclops has some ugly design choices (visor, X belt) but to each their own.
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07-08-2020, 11:55 PM
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#763
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The Secret Six
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Arkham Asylum
Posts: 6,529
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Quote:
Originally Posted by built2shred
I'll give a fair review of SS vs XM
THEY BOTH SUCK !!! |
LOL
Neither nails it. I wish I could mix the 2 and I’d have SS’s sculpt with XM’s pose.
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07-09-2020, 04:45 AM
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Statue Forum MacDaddy
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: North carolina,
Posts: 2,052
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I personally like both XM and SS creative outlook on the statue. But I tell you what, if I see another statue made out of the Jim Lee version of Cyclops I will be  Where is the John Byrne look!?
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07-09-2020, 03:22 PM
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#765
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Mephisto
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Surprise AZ
Posts: 421
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I know there has been some interesting back and forth about this statue and the XM version, but I have to say I'm really happy with the Sideshow version. I'm mostly an XM collector, but something about their version didn't feel right to me. The belt buckle was the main thing I didn't like.
I actually like the more "plain" looking Sideshow version for a character like this. It's actually a bit more detailed than pictures show. Not texture per say but the lines, etc... I wasn't and still not a fan of the snow base, but the XM base was boring imo too. It really came down to cost more than anything. I'm not a huge Cyclops fan so the Sideshow version won out for me.
I think it looks great with my XM Phoenix. I think the XM version probably would have made Phoenix look a bit more dated/plain.
As collectors, its great to have options.
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07-09-2020, 09:34 PM
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#766
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Phoenix
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 12,746
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Looks like he's in a wind tunnel screaming ... it's a bummer the serious portrait came out looking like a sad face...
I will say that Jean looks great next to him... They both look like they jumped out of a comic book
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07-09-2020, 10:04 PM
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#767
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Hercules
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 14,293
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Khufu
I know there has been some interesting back and forth about this statue and the XM version, but I have to say I'm really happy with the Sideshow version. I'm mostly an XM collector, but something about their version didn't feel right to me. The belt buckle was the main thing I didn't like.
I actually like the more "plain" looking Sideshow version for a character like this. It's actually a bit more detailed than pictures show. Not texture per say but the lines, etc... I wasn't and still not a fan of the snow base, but the XM base was boring imo too. It really came down to cost more than anything. I'm not a huge Cyclops fan so the Sideshow version won out for me.
I think it looks great with my XM Phoenix. I think the XM version probably would have made Phoenix look a bit more dated/plain.
As collectors, its great to have options.
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Very nice! 
You have great taste, sir. On both the SSC Cyclops and XM Phoenix. I have XM Phoenix and SSC Jean waiting for Scott to arrive, myself.
Now if I ever get a classic Byrne Cyclops, then it'll be Phoenix with Byrne Cykes. And then Jim Lee Jean with Jim Lee Cykes.
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07-09-2020, 10:30 PM
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#768
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Kiss my shiny metal arse!
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Midgard. Better than Assgard
Posts: 3,375
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I'll take my Cyclops in the IS Sentinel dio....
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07-10-2020, 08:41 AM
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#769
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The X-Men
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: MN
Posts: 1,066
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Indomitus
I'll take my Cyclops in the IS Sentinel dio....
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Is that antman?  just kidding 
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07-10-2020, 08:45 AM
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#770
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Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country.
Join Date: Feb 2020
Location: Upstate, NY
Posts: 1,900
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Indomitus
I'll take my Cyclops in the IS Sentinel dio....
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As part of the X-Men dio, it looks good, but as a standalone piece, the pose is terrible and looks very strange. Still waiting on my SS piece to ship from the vendor I used. Although I do wish the SS piece was a more museum pose instead of so bent over, I do think I will love this when I have it in hand.
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