Bullseye Review of Sideshows Elektra

[Bullseye]

Elektra ¼ Scale from Sideshow _ Sculpted by Pablo Viggiano (Art Direction Martin Canale)



Brief History: Elektra Natchios or simply Elektra the daughter of wealthy Greek diplomat/millionaire and one time girlfriend of Daredevil. When her father was assassinated she withdrew from the outer world and left for Japan where she joined the elite fraternity of martial artists know as the Hand. She honed her skills with the help of their leader Stick. However, she was asked to leave due to her hatred of the world……Look up the Marvel Directory for more.

http://www.marveldirectory.com/indiv.../e/electra.htm



Sculpt: This is a mixed media sculpt from Sideshow sculpted by Pablo while still working with the Gore Group. Martin Canale provided art direction. The sculpt is ¼ scale and is the third from this fantastic line which includes Logan, Green Goblin and Punisher. Future releases include Doom and Iron-man. This line is a new for Marvel collectors and includes real leather, cloth and in this case hair. The line has been unfairly been described as dolls. In this case Elektra is crouched on top of a Buddhist monk head, ready to attack with her famous sais. The body of the sculpt is polystone with her dress, booths and head band in leather. The hair is also given a realistic appearance and looks very good in person.



Paint Application: The paint application on my Elektra is excellent. The lips, teeth and eyes are very well painted and the skin tone looks real. The base is painted in a very nice granite like colour.

Critique: The pose of Elektra is excellent but its been pointed out to me by some martial arts experts that she is not holding the sais correctly. I was also a little disappointed when the base was changed from its original, which was the head of Buddha, but this is understandable in these politically correct times we live in. The head wear is also not as smooth as it could have been.



Conclusion: This is one of my favourite pieces currently in my collection. There are two options the regular Red and exclusive White. This is the one time were I preferred the non-exclusive from Sideshow. Pablo and Martin have produced the definitive Elektra with this beautiful sculpt.

Some interesting links:

Movie Link
http://www.sculptedheroes.com/sidesh...os/elektra.mov

http://www.sculptedheroes.com/main_eng.htm

http://www.goregoregore.com/sculptur...page=1&donde=4

[bat_collector]

Great reveiwe bullseye. It is eye catching, I've seen it in person. However, I didn't buy the hair on it. I may go look at it more closely next time I'm at that shop.

Its great to have some reviews for some non-bowen products here.

[Bullseye]

Cheers B_C. Next up Green Goblin from Sideshow.

[wktf]

Pretty cool piece.

[Bullseye]

Cheers guys. Dana for some reason i can no longer post pics. Maybe you or Danny could post a picture in my original post.

[BOSCO]

Good review mate..and it certainly is a very nice statue.much better lookin in person

[noseeb13]

I was checking out Pablo's site and I wanted to know if anyone knows if his Belasco bust from the Earth X line was ever released, and while on that note, same thing with Hyperion?
These are the only two in the line that I do not have and never remember them being released.

[kar-kar]

Great review Bulls,definitely one of my favorite statue of Elektra aside from attakus statue

[Azog]

Excellent review Bulls, makes me finally wanna break and get her!

[Bullseye]

You won't regret it Azog. I really love this piece.