Sideshow Avengers Assemble statue collection

[slynger]

Originally Posted by Collectorcol

You've just sold them to CBG

Not until they hit waitlist.

[Igo]

Originally Posted by majestic1

So are we getting new movie versions as well or were these changed to this new comic/cartoon line ?



^ That looks like the pose they went for with this new comic Cap.

Good question, and fun story…

We originally wanted to do a 1:5 movie line, collect all the avengers throughout all the films, and keep building a collection.

Problem is, all of their costumes constantly changed from film to film, and film approvals are a bunch of extra hoops you gota jump through… So we decided to stick to the occasional film 1:4 scale PF / Maquette from time to time, when they made sense, and re-think the movie 1:5 line into a comic book line.

So yah, no movie 1:5 line (like we originally planned) and it transitioned to a comic book line.

The first 4 are the big 4, and we have more designed out to hopefully continue the line. If the first 4 all sell as well as we hope they will, there will be more to come. Im stoked because a couple we have planned we havent done before (by us) and some are repeaters for characters we havent done in a long while. So it's a good mix of possibly new territory as well as revisiting some classic characters we havent done in a while.

1:5 scale is also really growing on me as well. I used to be a "EVERYTHING 1:4 SCALE OR FAIL!" guy, but the more you look at how crazy collection space can get, and the rising prices, 1:5 scale is still a nice chunk of a statue, but helps minimize the space as well as the price, allowing for more people to work on collections.

So, who knows, hoping these are received well. Iron Man goes up really soon with Cap not too far behind. Stoked for full reveals on Thorster and Hulkie as well.

[SONICobra]

Igo, what happened to your mid flight pose mk VII? i was counting on that being THE iron man for my collection...

[Diddy1984]

igo... why is it so easy for you to divulge info on this project but we cant hear a whisper of the MOTU line... alot of ppl waiting to know if this line will continue past heman, skeletor and evil-lyn...

[Josh-a-tron]

Originally Posted by Igo

Good question, and fun story…

We originally wanted to do a 1:5 movie line, collect all the avengers throughout all the films, and keep building a collection.

Problem is, all of their costumes constantly changed from film to film, and film approvals are a bunch of extra hoops you gota jump through… So we decided to stick to the occasional film 1:4 scale PF / Maquette from time to time, when they made sense, and re-think the movie 1:5 line into a comic book line.

So yah, no movie 1:5 line (like we originally planned) and it transitioned to a comic book line.

The first 4 are the big 4, and we have more designed out to hopefully continue the line. If the first 4 all sell as well as we hope they will, there will be more to come. Im stoked because a couple we have planned we havent done before (by us) and some are repeaters for characters we havent done in a long while. So it's a good mix of possibly new territory as well as revisiting some classic characters we havent done in a while.

1:5 scale is also really growing on me as well. I used to be a "EVERYTHING 1:4 SCALE OR FAIL!" guy, but the more you look at how crazy collection space can get, and the rising prices, 1:5 scale is still a nice chunk of a statue, but helps minimize the space as well as the price, allowing for more people to work on collections.

So, who knows, hoping these are received well. Iron Man goes up really soon with Cap not too far behind. Stoked for full reveals on Thorster and Hulkie as well.

Igo, I'm glad to see you're excited by this line and that's great but I've gotta say, I'm a little skeptical, here's why.

In 2010 the very first thing I bought was the Punisher Comiquette. Then I picked up the Ghost Rider Maquette, and safe to say a few other 1/5th scale pieces planning to make my collection 1/5th scale, here's the problem. I noticed that Sideshow was kinda pushing the 1/4 scale, those came out more frequent and across things I wanted to collect. So, in order to get my collection up I switched to 1/4 scale, sold all my 1/5th scale stuff and refocused my collecting. I now have an awesome PF collection.

So when you say, "If these sell well we'll do more" well that's great but you guys had the Comiquette line going nearly 7 years ago and kinda dropped it off a cliff. Not only that but these, like I said in previous post seem a bit cartoonish for Sideshow, I usually expect highly detailed sculpts out of you guys, much like the 1/5th Skeletor(which is amazing, so happy you guys did that, I love it) not these.

So, while I appreciate the enthusiasm and I guess these are great for someone looking to get into a new line or for Avengers collectors that need everything Avengers, I just don't see it as something long term. Mind you I'm only speaking for myself here.

Hope I didn't drag you down, have a good weekend....I'm still waiting on a Mark VII Iron Man for my PF collection

[gaijin]

Those look quite similar to XM animated line.

Price wise ..... holding my breath.

[majestic1]

Originally Posted by Igo

The first 4 are the big 4, and we have more designed out to hopefully continue the line. If the first 4 all sell as well as we hope they will, there will be more to come. Im stoked because a couple we have planned we havent done before (by us) and some are repeaters for characters we havent done in a long while. So it's a good mix of possibly new territory as well as revisiting some classic characters we havent done in a while.

Would be nice to get some lesser known members of the avengers roster, there have been so many over the years, Wonder man, Tigra, Mocking Bird etc.

[SolidLiquidFox]

Originally Posted by Josh-a-tron

So when you say, "If these sell well we'll do more" well that's great but you guys had the Comiquette line going nearly 7 years ago and kinda dropped it off a cliff. Not only that but these, like I said in previous post seem a bit cartoonish for Sideshow, I usually expect highly detailed sculpts out of you guys, much like the 1/5th Skeletor(which is amazing, so happy you guys did that, I love it) not these.

Agreed. Sideshow doesn't even use the term comiquette anymore which at one time was the name for a fully sculpted 1/5 scale comic line.

I think many will be forced to shift to a smaller scale given rising prices and the ever present issue of shelf space. Making the pieces a little bit cartoony allows for less detail and cheaper pricing which could translate to easier QC.

[blackjack]

will these be fully sculpted or mixed media?.I dont like mixed media.

[Shoo]

Fully sculpted.