Your First Sideshow Order

[tomandshell]

So... the next time you are on Sideshow's site, check under your account and find out when you placed your first order from them. Tell us the date, and what item it was that got you started.

After first hearing about them in 2002 in connection to the upcoming extended DVD release of FOTR, I finally scraped up some money and placed my first order on January 29, 2003, for "The Arms of the Fellowship, Collection One."

(That was followed a week later by an order for the Orthanc environment, which eventually got cancelled while I was on vacation, due to an expired credit card at the time of shipment.)

[The Dwimmerlaik]

I was to yougn to order in Sideshow so till this days my first order is Lurtz exclusive 12/30/2005 :banana and in 2nd market it was the uruk-scout helm.

[wookilar8]

My first Sideshow item was the 8" line of Universal Monsters. My first order placed with them directly was for The Vampyre (Nosferatu) 12".

[wyrmn3500]

i saw a picture of the platoon set (barnes et. al) in a toy magazine, and had to have them -- haven't stopped collecting their 1/6 stuff since :)

[CAhobbit]

Jan. 8, 2003 though it was for the TORn TT Oscar party. :D

I didn't actually start buying statues until Feb. 2005. I'm a late bloomer I guess.

[Mirabella6666]

My first Sideshow Order was made in person, at Comic-Con 2003, when I pre-ordered the Witch King. I also ordered Boromir, and bought the Aragorn bust at the Sideshow booth. I debated on buying Sam and Bill, but spending another $150 seemed like WAY over the top, so I didn't. :banghead

[hairlesswookiee]

my first order was april 28th for the general grievous exclusive edition. i wanted to get some of the sideshow collections but i am more of a star wars collector than anytying else. so once i heard they were starting the PF star wars line it was already after the luke, han , and vader editions were already on sale.
i have since gotten into the SS figures and plan to get into the star wars 12", LOTR 12", and LOTR PF as well as the star wars PF.

[Shai]

The first figure I bought from Sideshow was Evil Ash 12'' from army of darkness, to this day he is still one of my favorite figure made by Sideshow,in my opinion a very underated figure...At that time,I was collecting movie maniacs figures by Macfarlane,then I heard Sideshow was going to do a modern horror line,I sold my complete movie maniacs collection,I became a Sideshow freak and the rest is history....

[Wetanut]

24 December 2002. 13 LOTR busts....all at one time. Was going to be my ONLY order. slippery slope folks...very slippery! :sick

[The Josh]

My first order from SS site? Or my first order for a SS product?

My first order for a SS product was the Strider statue I bought from a shop in the Netherlands for $260 with shipping back in December of 2003. Just a couple days after that I placed my first order on SS site for the Elessar statue. That was the start to my madness.:wacky

[Spiff]

For me it was 12/4/03 for a Fell Beast :joy

[adrijami]

For me it was 12" Origins Angel aka Liam/Angelus on May 28th, 2005 :banana
And till then I'm ordering 12" Buffy line, 12" Star Wars, and looking forward to collect 12" Angel and 12" LOTR as well:wacky :wacky
I'm real addict to Sideshow now:joy :joy :joy

[FrankenFan]

My first direct order isn't listed on SC's site, but my paper records indicate it was on April 12, 2001, for an 8" Clear Creature from the Black Lagoon action figure and a 12" Wolf Man figure.

But like some others, I began buying the 8- and 12-inch Universal Monsters figures and Little Big Heads off the pegs at my local TRU, and the exclusive boxed sets from FAO Schwarz, a year or two before.

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[Azog]

Insanely Twisted Rabbits

[The Josh]

Insanely Twisted Rabbits


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Just teasin Jeremy

[Gruson]

Mine is classic:

2003-11-15
Lord of the Rings Exclusives The Cave Troll Figure

[CookieMonster]

My first SS order arrived on 2nd september 2004.

It was the LOTR "Escape Off The Road" wall plaque :nazgul

[Agent0028]

Fond memories. My first order was July of 2003 for Roger Moore in Golden Gun, George Lazenby in Majesty's Secret Service, and Timothy Dalton in Licence to Kill.

[hairlesswookiee]

dont laugh guys, but i never heard of sideshow until the star wars PF line was announced. i am dissapointed because after checking out their site back then i saw some amazing things. wish i would've jumped on their stuff a long time ago.

[The Josh]

dont laugh guys, but i never heard of sideshow until the star wars PF line was announced. i am dissapointed because after checking out their site back then i saw some amazing things. wish i would've jumped on their stuff a long time ago.

I felt the same way when I started in on the SSW line.

[Nessasita]

Mine was on 10/20/2003 and I ordered Treebeard... went downhill from there :sick

[Mithrandier]

01/12/2004 - Gandalf the Grey Statue - first order from SS

[prophecygirl]

Ths first thing I ever bought direct from SS was the PG Buffy exclusive, I think :)

[oxbeard]

9/10/2002 with a coupon for Balrog, Orc Legion Helm, and Orthanc. Orthanc was later cancelled.

[dr2red]

My first were PG Buffy and Regular Willow and that was
April 2005.
My wonderful new addiction keeps on growing.
I collect
X-files
Pota
Buffy
New line
Uni monsters
Hellboy
And now Star wars

[lcummins]

My first "direct order" from Sideshow was for the Lord of the Rings Medallion program. I placed the order on 10/23/2001 at 9:47:07 PM!

Like Frankenfan, I had purchased Sideshow product from retail or dealers, as far back as 1999.

The sad part is, I didn't begin ordering the LOTR statues until the Morgul Lord went up for pre-order! :sick


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1500 POSTS BABY!!!!!

[The Josh]

Congrats LC :D

[Customikey]

First SSC item I ever bought was the Spinal Tap 3-pack from a movie store in a mall. They were begging me to take it. I used one of the bodies to make a figure of myself to stand in full tux next to my wedding cake. My wife was a CY Girl.

The first thing I ever ordered directly from SSC was Vlad the Impaler, the exclsuive version. The severed head MAKES that figure.

I've been ordering pretty steadily from them ever since. With SW and LOTR coming along nicely, they will be getting ALOT of my money directly.

[tremulant]

Gandalf on Shadowfax & Gandalf the grey but Later cancelled since they were cheaper on ebay. My first real order was Mouth of Sauron bust.

[Bodie The Cursed]

October 4, 2003

Medallion 16, Dual of Fire and Light.

[creecher]

Great topic for a thread Tom.

Congrats on the 1500 posts Lonnie.

According to my account the first on line order I made was for the Minas Morgul & free 1/4 Elessar Crown on 14/12/04. That's the english version of the date btw.

I never had a card, so I used to send money orders, which doesn't show on my account. I would think my first would have been Vampire Angel. The Uni Monsters are my favourite line, so I sprung for the exclusive Invisible Man. He was just too radical to pass up.

[GrueSam]

Mine arrived Feb '03. Daddy Balrog. Ordered him the first minute he became avail... :balrog

[Bonehead15]

My first direct order was the 1/6 Phantom of the Opera.

Before the Phantom, I bought all my SS figures from ToysRUs. Back in the day, TRU had the 1/6 Frankenstein, 1/6 Wolfman, Uni Monster bobbleheads, and Uni Monster 8 in figures.