How to identify recast Sideshow ALIENS 1:1 Busts

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Re: What's with all these recast Aliens 1:1 busts on ebay???

Ill agree with you on this picture that that one looks rubbish , the recaster must of had a bad day



Ill Hold my hands up and say i decided to buy one 2 weeks ago for $700 i notice now they have gone a bit more expensive



The only diffrence is they do not have the blue tint in the paint sideshow seem to have but for a saveing of $3300+ i can live with that.



most of the pics shown in the auctions are of the actual busts, there could be 1 or 2 that use sideshow website pics but i not seen them.



Nope sideshow dont care, like they dont care about this flaking paint issue, this is why we pay them top dollar because they produce good quality collectables, but if they carnt get the main part of the business right the PAINT then they are worthless in years to come. They are NOT a good investment.

Would you be happy if you bought a brand new car and the paint came off in less than a year ??????? you would go sick at the car company

i fully belive anything sideshow has put out in the last few years is dangerous to buy and your takeing a risk with your money, i have worked in Quality Engineering all my life and if this was a car product there would be massive recalls the problem is a company like sideshow are not tied down by BSI / ISO standards so they can produce any old c*ap and the QA stickers they stick on well i know from many companys that just becomes a chore to a production guy and after a while they will just stick them on without even looking, so all the people shouting that sideshow is a far better product than anything i will 100% disagree with you

Sorry for the rant but quality is my business and it just anoys me how people can defend the pi*s poor service / product that we recive, all if another company was on par with sideshow for produceing stuff im sure a lot of people would move to them

im sure this will get edited by the mods but its how i feel

Hey Raider
Could you post a few pics of what your recast warrior looks like?
Is it solid or hollow?
 
Re: What's with all these recast Aliens 1:1 busts on ebay???

You bought a IM EX comiquette for only $400 and didnt know it was a fake? Did you buy it on ebay or from a 'collector'? $400 shouldve been your 1st clue it wasnt on the up and up...

I bought a fake Iron Man Exclusive comiquette.
I didn't know about it for over a year.
It burns me that I paid $400 bucks for it and I can't get it back.
But for 12 months I enjoyed that statue. I look at it now and know that besides the shoulder plates being on the wrong way it is pretty much the same statue. But WAY over valued in the market today.
I know mine is pretty much worthless, but someone would buy it, probably for more than I paid for it and love it.
It probably pains me more that if my ex hadn't frozen my finances at the time I could have kept my order for the original exclusive.
I am in two minds about recasts. I love to hate my Iron Man. But at 25% of the current price, and inspite of a couple of flaws this alien bust is not bad. With some touching up it could be great.
Sideshow should be protecting their product and consumers.
This thread is a couple of days old and the listings are still active.....
 
Re: What's with all these recast Aliens 1:1 busts on ebay???

These recasts a worthless and not worth the asking price IMO.
If I didnt already have an original I could live without it.
Original or nothing a recast does not have a place in my collection,
but that's just me.

I'm with you.
I wouldn't be proud to have a fake in my collection. No matter how much I saved. If I can't afford it, I'll either save up for it or live without it.
 
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Re: What's with all these recast Aliens 1:1 busts on ebay???

You bought a IM EX comiquette for only $400 and didnt know it was a fake? Did you buy it on ebay or from a 'collector'? $400 shouldve been your 1st clue it wasnt on the up and up...

I bought it maybe within six months of the real one being released. I've had it for around 3 years now. I didn't think it was too cheap at the time...but then again at the time I was not aware of fakes in the SS line, nor did I go to forums etc...
People will get stung with these too. When it comes to fakes ignorance can be bliss :duh
 
Re: What's with all these recast Aliens 1:1 busts on ebay???

Damn that sucks. Yeah I could see how that would happen. I dont think it was publicized very much, if at all, that there were fakes out there at the time.
 
Re: What's with all these recast Aliens 1:1 busts on ebay???

Raider, could you please post pics of yours? I'd like to see the differences firsthand.
 
Re: What's with all these recast Aliens 1:1 busts on ebay???

With all of the ridiculous reissues SS does all the time, why don't they make a brown tinted Aliens bust? It would curb the recasts for the most part, and they'd probably sell a ton of them.
 
Re: What's with all these recast Aliens 1:1 busts on ebay???

I own both and I will be posting a comparison with pictures between the real sideshow alien warrior and the recast version. This will be next week so keep an eye out on this thread.
 
Re: What's with all these recast Aliens 1:1 busts on ebay???

Why doesn't sideshow release a newer version bust of an alien to be more inventive? It can be in a different pose or position. I would love to see their version of the classic alien warrior sideshow style!
 
Re: What's with all these recast Aliens 1:1 busts on ebay???

I own both and I will be posting a comparison with pictures between the real sideshow alien warrior and the recast version. This will be next week so keep an eye out on this thread.

sounds good to me :)
 
Re: What's with all these recast Aliens 1:1 busts on ebay???

Yes!
I would love to see the side by sides. Raider, I would love to see yours too!
 
Re: What's with all these recast Aliens 1:1 busts on ebay???

Does anyone know if their have ever been cases of a 1:1 Darkness bust fake?

Chris
 
Re: What's with all these recast Aliens 1:1 busts on ebay???

Yeap, next week I'll take really high res 12.01 HD comparison pictures of both of them side by side. I do plan on selling off my recast version to cover some of the cost of owning the original one but never the less I will post a comparison between the two to let you all be the judge on how the two compare to one another. I own bust number: #217 of 400
 
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Re: What's with all these recast Aliens 1:1 busts on ebay???

Yes!
I would love to see the side by sides. Raider, I would love to see yours too!

not had chance to take any pics yet.

Does anyone know if their have ever been cases of a 1:1 Darkness bust fake?

Chris

yes there is a reproduction of it, but only seen it 3-4 times on ebay
 
Re: What's with all these recast Aliens 1:1 busts on ebay???

Does anyone know if their have ever been cases of a 1:1 Darkness bust fake?

Chris

Yes, I have seen one on ebay a few times from Italy, but it is truly dreadful - still wants $500???:horror
 
Re: What's with all these recast Aliens 1:1 busts on ebay???

Sideshow Alien Warrior 1:1 bust vs. Taiwan recast pre-painted Alien Warrior 1:1 bust.

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Re: What's with all these recast Aliens 1:1 busts on ebay???

Someone sold those molds in order to reproduce the bust because it's dead on. The only thing that sets apart the two is the paint job. If those Taiwan recasters ever get a talented painter then it would look exactly the same.
 
Re: What's with all these recast Aliens 1:1 busts on ebay???

Looks good, I want one....
 
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