Star Ace Toys - "The Bride" from Kill Bill Volume 1

I could have sworn there was an old thread for this license announcement but I sure couldn't find one, so here we go.

I think it looks pretty cool for the most part.

I assume a blood covered one will come later on if this sells.

Is that Hermione she's fighting in that one pic?

Has there ever been an official figure about I’ve hundred times worse than a really crappy knock off that came out 5 years prior?

Man I’d really like a figure of The Bride but this just doesn’t look good at all to me. Almost looks like a knock off.

A perfect Huma Blurman!

Raymond F. said:

Has there ever been an official figure about I’ve hundred times worse than a really crappy knock off that came out 5 years prior?

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Underworld54 said:

I could have sworn there was an old thread for this license announcement but I sure couldn't find one, so here we go.

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Naw it's a hard pass, I'll wait for the Directors ***** Wagon Edition exclusive with foot fetish gear...

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How is this $218? I considered getting the knock-off to work on, but decided not to in the hopes of an official release. This needs as much work or more than that knock-off and is over $200.

Track suit and shoes look decent enough. It just needs a new head sculpt.

If the sculpt looks poor now, imagine how bad the production piece will be.

Of all the companies to get the Kill Bill license, why did it have to be Star Ace?

At one time wasn't there a ton of these figures around?

At least there's a chance for Go-Go.

That's true. It's a shame it wasn't Blitzway.

Asta said:

If the sculpt looks poor now, imagine how bad the production piece will be.

Of all the companies to get the Kill Bill license, why did it have to be Star Ace?

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I know. I can only imagine how bad their O-Ren is going to look.

Wor-Gar said:

At one time wasn't there a ton of these figures around?

At least there's a chance for Go-Go.

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I could go for a Gogo.

But I fear that Star Ace will only go and drop the ball...

cpoll36 said:

That's true. It's a shame it wasn't Blitzway.

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What could have been...

davejames said:

I know. I can only imagine how bad their O-Ren is going to look.

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Kill Bill 1 and 2 are my favourite Tarantino films, and the only ones directed by him that I go back and rewatch. So I could go for a full line of 1/6 characters, but over the years there seem to have been only dodgy third party figures of The Bride. And, surprisingly, only an Iminime O-Ren as far as I recall.

I don't know what happened to Star Ace - I have their Dracula and first Virgil Hilts - but they've become so unreliable, with production sculpts and paintwork looking worse than most third party offerings. Even the photoshop work on their promo photos leaves a lot to be desired!

I can see Uma in this sculpt, i just think the paint application will be what weakens it. SA dont do great paint.

Probably the only officially licensed figure well get. I think its a solid base figure for a repaint, but left as is i like it. My only real issue is the price, thats HT level pricing with not the same quality.

A repaint may make quite a difference. While I can't visibly see much fine detail in the sculpt, I've seen some wonders done with repaints.

The knock-off O-Rens and Bride they made a few years ago looked fantastic, but sadly go for about $1000 a pop on eBay now. Tragic that they turned out to be better than an official release like this!

WolfBoy said:

I can see Uma in this sculpt, i just think the paint application will be what weakens it. SA dont do great paint.

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I wouldn't recognise Uma from the close up shots. It's only the outfit that gives me a clue. But I see a lot more likeness in this shot:



Maybe they did a bit more photoshopping than just adding Gogo.?

But even if these photos showed a knockout prototype, I'd still be too wary to preorder knowing how drastically SA figures can change when they get to production.

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