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Finally opened up my EX after procrastinating for 4 weeks. It's nice. I'm not in awe of it but it's well done. Better first impression than Batman was for me. Batman is the least impressive statue I own.
 
wanderlai said:
Finally opened up my EX after procrastinating for 4 weeks. It's nice. I'm not in awe of it but it's well done. Better first impression than Batman was for me. Batman is the least impressive statue I own.
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Guess you're talking about the Comic version... :slap
https://www.sideshowcollectors.com/...2347-DC-Comics-Superman-Premium-Format-Figure
and
https://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/showthread.php?104637-Official-Sideshow-Batman-PF


The movie version is due in August... :gah:
 
wanderlai said:
Finally opened up my EX after procrastinating for 4 weeks. It's nice. I'm not in awe of it but it's well done. Better first impression than Batman was for me. Batman is the least impressive statue I own.
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I agree, Batman was a disaster and they need to go back to the drawing board and give us a much better PF of him with a snug outfit, good pose and much better facial paint job. Supes turned out much better than Batman PF.
 
Official first look for Cavill in MOS : Dawn of Justice...

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Slightly difference at the belt?


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mistermark said:
I agree, Batman was a disaster and they need to go back to the drawing board and give us a much better PF of him with a snug outfit, good pose and much better facial paint job. Supes turned out much better than Batman PF.
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Batman completely blew me away, but I think that might be because it's the first PF that I've ever seen or owned

I'm hoping that Superman takes it to a whole new level of 'OH MY GOD'
 
galmando said:
Batman completely blew me away, but I think that might be because it's the first PF that I've ever seen or owned

I'm hoping that Superman takes it to a whole new level of 'OH MY GOD'
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The Batman PF is one of the most impressive statues that has come out of SSC in the last 2-3 years, and I have seen all of the big releases in person. Mistermark just got a hate on for it and could never EVER let t go.
 
Spidey976 said:
The Batman PF is one of the most impressive statues that has come out of SSC in the last 2-3 years, and I have seen all of the big releases in person. Mistermark just got a hate on for it and could never EVER let t go.
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I thought people hated the final product of that statue because the clothing was saggy and thus, the suit was not tight enough to show his muscles? :huh
 
Darkavatar said:
I thought people hated the final product of that statue because the clothing was saggy and thus, the suit was not tight enough to show his muscles? :huh
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Some people just have a hate on for it. Some people like it in spite of the saggy pits, and some people fixed the pits and are now very pleased with it.
 
Bmutha said:
Some people just have a hate on for it. Some people like it in spite of the saggy pits, and some people fixed the pits and are now very pleased with it.
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So most people think it is a great piece then?

I remember when I said a shame some particular PF (can't remember what statue it was) doesn't have real clothes, someone said considering how the clothes on the Batman PF turned out that they thought it was a good thing they didn't use real clothing for this particular PF. I think it might of been the Wonder Woman PF. :dunno
 
Darkavatar said:
So most people think it is a great piece then?

I remember when I said a shame some particular PF (can't remember what statue it was) doesn't have real clothes, someone said considering how the clothes on the Batman PF turned out that they thought it was a good thing they didn't use real clothing for this particular PF. I think it might of been the Wonder Woman PF. :dunno
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Hardcore Batman fans + Hardcore SS fans = Batman could have armpits by his ankles and these people would still defend it...

Most people just wanted a certain amount of Quality Control for the $400 they spent. Having to tear the cloth outfit off his body to fix the armpit issues is unacceptable to a lot of people and then add the fact that SS wouldn't address the issue, instead they just quietly made the prototype look like the production version on their site because they didn't want to spend the money to fix the 9500 statues...

So yeah some people are bitter others are such fans they don't care about the flaws... so to each their own I guess...
 
dan350zr said:
Hardcore Batman fans + Hardcore SS fans = Batman could have armpits by his ankles and these people would still defend it...

Most people just wanted a certain amount of Quality Control for the $400 they spent. Having to tear the cloth outfit off his body to fix the armpit issues is unacceptable to a lot of people and then add the fact that SS wouldn't address the issue, instead they just quietly made the prototype look like the production version on their site because they didn't want to spend the money to fix the 9500 statues...

So yeah some people are bitter others are such fans they don't care about the flaws... so to each their own I guess...
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I take a bit of issue with your statement. Had the flaws with the arm pits been so extreme that it was ridiculous, would I have have accepted it? No, no I wouldn't have but I found with a bit of messing with the fabric most of the sag was actually easy to alleviate with about 45minutes worth of work. If I want to further 'fix' it to make it exactly like the prototype I can then use the glue remedy. I'm sure you're going to say that for $400 I shouldn't have to do this but in all honesty every Premium Format I've bought with a Cloth Costume has required some adjusting out of the box because of the packaging and how I'd like the cloth to sit. This was just a bit more work as the cloth was cut incorrectly.

Could the fabric have been cut correctly, sure, but I'm certain they cut the fabric in mass quantities, which expalins why so many had the issue.Had you been paying attention you'd see that some of the newer Regulars, which were probably made in a batch following the original run have been cut better. as people have shown pictures of.

Another thing I take issue with is your terms "A lot", "Many" and "Most", you're speaking for yourself and maybe a some other board members but they are free to express their own opinions. The Fact remains that 2000 EX's sold out and Regs are selling as evident by the pictures that are popping up from people who have bought them. Don't include others in your sentiments and make sweeping generalizations. I understand you don't like this statue, you've made that fairly clear and that's fine. You have every right not to.

The last thing I take issue with is how you think I feel because of whatever made up allegences you may think some of us have. I like this statue. end of story. It has nothing to do with it's manufacturer. I detest many other Sideshow products, including the new Jean Grey, The Scarlet Witch, The Red Hulk PF and others. I only buy from Sideshow because I have an appreciation for the talent of their sculptors. For you to say that "only because it's sideshow do they like it" is ridiculous. I buy statues from other companies however, with a few Exceptions, the detail of the sculpture those companies have doesn't compare to the artists that Sideshow has in their employ. Were they to fire the sculptors I enjoy work from, that would change.

What I find funny, is that you say for $400 you expect pefect Quality, which again is your right, however from what I've seen is that is a new trend happening with XM studios. People are willing to pay $150-$250 more for what they consider "Perfect Quaility" and that's before shipping is tacked on. How long before Sideshow sees this and says "Well we can increase our Quality control if we increase our prices by $150-$250 per statue as well." Will you then be willing to pay those prices from Sideshow? Is that the direction that some people think this should go?

Personally I do not like XM's initial Captain America offering, what I find funny about it is that people who criticise Sideshow for a few of reasons (One leg up pose and high prices being the two that come to mind) Don't say the same things about the new XM statue even though they're paying much more for it...I wonder why.

Okay so Sorry this got off topic but I just was kind of thinking and typing at the same time. And Dan350zr, please don't take this as an attack it's just my opinion of your statements as I feel they're generalized a bit too much.
 
Josh-A-Tron said:
I take a bit of issue with your statement. Had the flaws with the arm pits been so extreme that it was ridiculous, would I have have accepted it? No, no I wouldn't have but I found with a bit of messing with the fabric most of the sag was actually easy to alleviate with about 45minutes worth of work. If I want to further 'fix' it to make it exactly like the prototype I can then use the glue remedy. I'm sure you're going to say that for $400 I shouldn't have to do this but in all honesty every Premium Format I've bought with a Cloth Costume has required some adjusting out of the box because of the packaging and how I'd like the cloth to sit. This was just a bit more work as the cloth was cut incorrectly.

Could the fabric have been cut correctly, sure, but I'm certain they cut the fabric in mass quantities, which expalins why so many had the issue.Had you been paying attention you'd see that some of the newer Regulars, which were probably made in a batch following the original run have been cut better. as people have shown pictures of.

Another thing I take issue with is your terms "A lot", "Many" and "Most", you're speaking for yourself and maybe a some other board members but they are free to express their own opinions. The Fact remains that 2000 EX's sold out and Regs are selling as evident by the pictures that are popping up from people who have bought them. Don't include others in your sentiments and make sweeping generalizations. I understand you don't like this statue, you've made that fairly clear and that's fine. You have every right not to.

The last thing I take issue with is how you think I feel because of whatever made up allegences you may think some of us have. I like this statue. end of story. It has nothing to do with it's manufacturer. I detest many other Sideshow products, including the new Jean Grey, The Scarlet Witch, The Red Hulk PF and others. I only buy from Sideshow because I have an appreciation for the talent of their sculptors. For you to say that "only because it's sideshow do they like it" is ridiculous. I buy statues from other companies however, with a few Exceptions, the detail of the sculpture those companies have doesn't compare to the artists that Sideshow has in their employ. Were they to fire the sculptors I enjoy work from, that would change.

What I find funny, is that you say for $400 you expect pefect Quality, which again is your right, however from what I've seen is that is a new trend happening with XM studios. People are willing to pay $150-$250 more for what they consider "Perfect Quaility" and that's before shipping is tacked on. How long before Sideshow sees this and says "Well we can increase our Quality control if we increase our prices by $150-$250 per statue as well." Will you then be willing to pay those prices from Sideshow? Is that the direction that some people think this should go?

Personally I do not like XM's initial Captain America offering, what I find funny about it is that people who criticise Sideshow for a few of reasons (One leg up pose and high prices being the two that come to mind) Don't say the same things about the new XM statue even though they're paying much more for it...I wonder why.

Okay so Sorry this got off topic but I just was kind of thinking and typing at the same time. And Dan350zr, please don't take this as an attack it's just my opinion of your statements as I feel they're generalized a bit too much.
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I guess I should of phrased it "I hope a lot of people would find it unacceptable to tear apart a $400 statue to fix an issue that shouldn't of been there" Obviously you feel it is acceptable so more power to ya... Although I don't agree with you regarding that for $400 we should expect subpar statues which is what you insinuated in your reply. You can read through the 1000's of posts here and in SF regarding this issue, quite a few posts basically said the same thing I did....

Anyways my post was meant as a counter point to new members who are often told "Dude this statue is perfect you got to buy it" :)

As for XM's statues, for the extra cost your not only get better QC but your also getting rarity, with only 500 made these statues become a lot more valuable down the road once they sell out, maybe that doesn't mean anything to you but it does for other people who like to collect rare statues.

Anyways I don't expect perfection from SS, there QC has been hit and miss since I've been collecting their statues. But when they do miss big IMO I will call them out for it...
 

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